22 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Black swan in bonds puts Fed on notice
Black swan in bonds puts Fed on notice
Last week the bond market did something its only done one other time in 45 years. Yet not many people noticed.
22 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sunday Video-New Market Highs and Some New Setups
Sunday Video-New Market Highs and Some New Setups
22 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Drugmaker Valeant to buy Salix for $14.5 billion
Drugmaker Valeant to buy Salix for $14.5 billion
Salix, a maker of gastrointestinal drugs that has been courted by at least four potential suitors over the last year, has finally found a buyer.
22 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on If The Troika Says "Nein" Tomorrow, Here’s What The "New Drachma" Will Look Like
If The Troika Says "Nein" Tomorrow, Here’s What The "New Drachma" Will Look Like
While Greek officials remain ‘confident’ of their ability to deliver a reform package that the Troika-esque “institutions” will accept tomorrow (notably a bank holiday in Greece), it appears the Germans are not so sure.
22 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Traveling? What Medicare Can — and Can’t — Cover
Traveling? What Medicare Can — and Can’t — Cover
Find out what Medicare can and can’t cover while you’re traveling — both domestically and abroad.
22 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Department Of Homeland Security Issues Warning After "Mall Of America" Terror Threat
Department Of Homeland Security Issues Warning After "Mall Of America" Terror Threat
First it was ruthless snow (in the winter), then we got a port blockade (caused by well-paid US workers demanding even more), and now, unveiling the last pillar of the holy trifecta of economic disappointment scapegoats, earlier today the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, aka the “De(r)partment of Fear”, Jeh Johnson said that in a video the Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group al Shabaab called for attacks on US shopping malls, specifically citing the Minnesota mall, and that the agency is taking this threat against the Mall of America “very seriously” and that people should be “
22 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The "Liquidity Glut" Springs Eternal: Global Central Bank Easing Quadruples In 2015
The "Liquidity Glut" Springs Eternal: Global Central Bank Easing Quadruples In 2015
Thanks to global disinflationary pressures driven by the savings glut, an oil glut, and universally high (peak) debt levels (crushing the transmission mechanisms of textbook economists), central planners have gone full ease-tard in 2015.