16 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on What Did VIX Know? The Mysterious Link Between Terrorist Attacks & Rising Risk
What Did VIX Know? The Mysterious Link Between Terrorist Attacks & Rising Risk
Correlation is, of course, not correlation; but following our earlier coincidental chart on the extraordinary drop (and recent rise) in VIX today – after the worst terrorist attack in a decade…
16 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Upmarket noodles, chocolates keep Abenomics’ pulse beating
Upmarket noodles, chocolates keep Abenomics’ pulse beating
Consumers content to pay a bit more for added-value products offer some counter argument to those proclaiming Abenomics’ demise.
16 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Intuit Looks to Reset With Q1 2016 Earnings
Intuit Looks to Reset With Q1 2016 Earnings
The tax and small-business software giant looks to gain investors’ confidence back in its latest quarterly earnings report.
16 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on AUD lower … metals lower, concerns over China slow down
AUD lower … metals lower, concerns over China slow down
Shanghai copper is limit down, China demand concerns cited as a catalysts driving selling
AUD is getting hit as I update:
16 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Japan’s Problems Will Not Be Solved By More QE, RBS Warns
Japan’s Problems Will Not Be Solved By More QE, RBS Warns
One thing that became abundantly clear about QE long ago even if it hasn’t yet dawned on Mario Draghi or Haruhiko Kuroda, is that the practice of monetizing anything and everything that isn’t tied down (or that you can’t pry from the cold dead hand of an institutional investor), is subject to the law of diminishing returns.
Put simply: eventually it just stops working in terms of stimulating aggregate demand and/or boosting growth and inflation expectations.
Unfortunately, the deleterious effects of QE are not subject to the same dynamic.
16 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US CPI preview from Nomura
US CPI preview from Nomura
US October CPI data is due at 1330GMT, here are some broief points on what to watch from Nomura’s preview
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The big question, not touched on in this piece, is whether the CPI result will be enough for the Federal Reserve to proceed with a December rate hike …
16 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Well-Known Technician Still Sticking to His Bearish Call
Well-Known Technician Still Sticking to His Bearish Call
Several weeks before the market’s double-digit correction in August, Lowry Research’s Richard Dickson told Financial Sense Newshour listeners that the bull market in stocks was likely coming to an end within a matter of months. Even with the strong rebound off the August…