14 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ECB stimulus already priced into market: Pros
ECB stimulus already priced into market: Pros
The European Central Bank will likely begin quantitative easing next week, two pros told CNBC, but they believe the market has already discounted it.
14 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Canada Crude Contagion: Calgary Home Prices Drop Most In 2 Years
Canada Crude Contagion: Calgary Home Prices Drop Most In 2 Years
For the 2nd month in a row, home prices in Calgary – corporate hub of Canada’s oil industry – have fallen. This is the biggest 2-month-drop in almost 2 years (and comes on the heels of yesterday’s news that Suncor is slashing jobs and capex).
14 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Day After SEC Charges HFT Trader With Spoofing, Another HFT Spoofer Sends S&P Soaring
Day After SEC Charges HFT Trader With Spoofing, Another HFT Spoofer Sends S&P Soaring
Just yesterday, the SEC charged Canadian Aleksandr Milrud with orchestrating a lucrative market manipulation scheme that relied on “layering” (or “spoofing”) in which a trader places orders solely to trick others into buying or selling at artificially inflated or depressed prices… So we found it ironic that twice today, Nanex exposed examples of the “spoofing” manipulation in crude oil futures (which soared) and S&P 500 e-mini futures (which soared)…
14 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Last 3 Times This Happened, The US Was In Recession
The Last 3 Times This Happened, The US Was In Recession
14 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Join Me In My Time Machine
Join Me In My Time Machine
For no particular reason, I braced myself and watched a few minutes of the Star Wars Holiday Special, which will pretty much wreck any illusions you have that we live in a just and sane universe. A related video caught my eye, though, and it was the 19 minutes of commercials that were aired during the aforementioned special:
14 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 2014’s "Robust" Jobs Market Produced No Wages, And Now No Spending
2014’s "Robust" Jobs Market Produced No Wages, And Now No Spending
14 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Ohio man arrested for planning attack on US Capitol
Ohio man arrested for planning attack on US Capitol
Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants was arrested for a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol with guns and bombs.