25 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Caught On Tape: China’s ‘Not-So-Shadow’ QE
Caught On Tape: China’s ‘Not-So-Shadow’ QE
Who needs helicopters? While China slashes reserves and unleashes its stealth-QE (‘Pledged Supplementary Lending’ – PSL), the streets of Hong Kong’s salubrious Wan Chai district were awash with freshly-minted notes when a security van overturned spilling 15 million Hong Kong Dollars to the wind… We await the ‘accidental’ overturning of a security-van in Ferguson soon (if this works) to ‘quell the masses’.
25 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NewsWatch: 8 technologies that will change the way you do everything
NewsWatch: 8 technologies that will change the way you do everything
From virtual reality to 3-D printing, these are the tech trends to watch in 2015
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25 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on SF Fed Warns US Equity Valuations Will Be Cut In Half In Next Decade
SF Fed Warns US Equity Valuations Will Be Cut In Half In Next Decade
When “the retirement of the baby boomers is expected to severely cut U.S. stock values in the near future,” is the ominous initial sentence from no lesser maintainer-of-the-status-quo than the San Francisco Fed’s research department, one begins to recognize the Federal Reserve’s overall need to hyper-inflate asset prices at whatever cost for fear of the ‘wealth’ destruction looming. As the following study reports, projected declines in stock values – based on the latest demographic and valuation data – have become even more severe.
25 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The REAL Santa Claus
The REAL Santa Claus
Saint Nicholas was a real, historical person.
But he didn’t live in some snowy Northern place like the North Pole or Scandinavia. And he probably wasn’t fair-skinned with ruddy cheeks.
He lived in the town of Myra – on the Southern Coast of Turkey – in the fourth century (it was then part of Greece). So he likely had an olive-colored, Mediterranean complexion:
25 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 10 things rich people do better than you
10 things rich people do better than you
Financially responsible and successful people don’t build their wealth by accident — or overnight.
25 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japanese 10Y Yield Drops To Record Low; 2s Sell Subzero After BOJ Indirectly Buys Record Foreign Stocks
Japanese 10Y Yield Drops To Record Low; 2s Sell Subzero After BOJ Indirectly Buys Record Foreign Stocks
While the rest of the world was preparing to celebrate Christmas, China was busy easing its economy into growth, and its stock market into low earth orbit, by lowering non-bank deposit reserve rates to zero as reported previously, while Japan was enjoying the consequences of the BOJ monetizing 100% of all gross JGB issuance, when overnight the Japanese Ministry of Finance not only sold $22 billion in 2 Year paper at a negative yield of -0.003%: the first time ever a government note (not bill) has sold at a negative yield, but the Japanese 10 Year yield dropped to 0.31%, declining below the
25 December, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Project Syndicate: These entitled tech bullies are ruining Silicon Valley
Project Syndicate: These entitled tech bullies are ruining Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley’s pride and arrogance risks a backlash that will not do anyone any good, writes Lucy Marcus.
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