7 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on There Has Never Been A Greater Portion Of America Living On Food Stamps
There Has Never Been A Greater Portion Of America Living On Food Stamps
Friday’s jobs data proves it – America is back baby!!! Or is it all totally manipulated statistical shenanigans? A quick glimpse at the following charts two rather uncomfortably ‘non-recovery-like’ lines – of structural unemployment and the percent of the US population of Food Stamps – would suggest that for much of America, the recovery never happened… and in fact has got worse…
7 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sunday Setups For 12/8/14
Sunday Setups For 12/8/14
We’re doing some background work on the blog, so I can’t get the Sunday video out tonight. This truly is a market of stocks because for every nice setup I see, I also see a disaster. There are many stocks getting punished and breaking down out there. They are most obvious in the oil patch, but there are breakdowns all around.
It still looks like the Santa Clause rally wants to continue. We scaled out of some more profitable names last week and I have adjusted stops accordingly on the P&L so, please keep current if you are following at home.
7 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Mike Maloney On The Coming Wealth Transfer (& Where To Hide)
Mike Maloney On The Coming Wealth Transfer (& Where To Hide)
Submitted by Adam Taggart via Peak Prosperity,
History may not repeat but it sure does rhyme. Mike Maloney has studied monetary and financial breakdowns throughout history and concludes that there’s nothing new or different happening this time, except its global and far more massive than any other time in history.
7 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Total Derivatives Decline By 3% In Q2 To Only $691 Trillion
Total Derivatives Decline By 3% In Q2 To Only $691 Trillion
Who says macroprudential regulation doesn’t work: according to the BIS, notional amounts of outstanding OTC derivatives contracts fell by 3% to “only”
$691 trillion at end-June 2014. This is also roughly equal to the total derivative notional outstanding just before the Lehman collapse, when global central banks volunteered taxpayers to pump a few trillion in capital to meet global variation margin calls. Clearly the system, in the immortal words of Jim Cramer, is “fine.”
7 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on When will Japan private consumption recover?
When will Japan private consumption recover?
Izumi Devalier, Japan Economist at HSBC, explains why she’s concerned about private consumption following Japan’s revised third-quarter growth data.
7 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Keep an eye on the Fed’s accelerating asset sales
Keep an eye on the Fed’s accelerating asset sales
The U.S. monetary authorities (Fed) are stepping up the contraction of their balance sheet at a surprisingly fast pace. S
7 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Credit Suisse evaluates prime brokerage business as part of October cuts: source
Credit Suisse evaluates prime brokerage business as part of October cuts: source
Credit Suisse AG is considering scaling down its prime brokerage business as part of already announced efforts to reduce risk in its investment banking division, a person familiar with the matter told …