28 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Asia set to open mixed as traders digest Yellen’s speech
Asia set to open mixed as traders digest Yellen’s speech
Futures pointed to a mixed open for Asian markets, with Japanese shares likely to receive a boost from a relatively weaker yen.
28 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Fed has over-estimated growth in 14 of the past 15 years
The Fed has over-estimated growth in 14 of the past 15 years
One headline from Jackson Hole was that the Fed wasn’t taking criticisms seriously
Expect the dissection of the Fed to continue.
Criticisms have never been higher of the Fed’s failure to meet its mandate and its wrong-headed methods of picking winners and losers. The calls for change hit an all-time high in the days before Jackson Hall but the commentary from symposium was completely tone deaf.
28 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: This red state is a green energy leader
The Wall Street Journal: This red state is a green energy leader
On a blustery February night, the Texas electricity market hit a milestone.
28 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Were dire Brexit predictions much ado about nothing?
The Wall Street Journal: Were dire Brexit predictions much ado about nothing?
It’s now been two months since British voters on June 23 cast their ballots to exit from the European Union, and it’s becoming unclear if the recession so many feared will materialize — at least in the near term.
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28 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Moment Of Maximum Peril – Clinton Vs. Trump
The Moment Of Maximum Peril – Clinton Vs. Trump
Submitted by Matthew Jamison via Strategic-Culture.org,
With the conclusion of the summer political conventions in America and Labor Day approaching in the States, the race for the White House is entering its final phase. The Republican and Democrat gatherings in Cleveland and Philadelphia respectively where poles apart and presented two starkly different visions of America.
28 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Trade ideas to start the week: The yell and the echo
Trade ideas to start the week: The yell and the echo
Yellen fallout will dominate the start of the new week
Hawkish comments from Yellen and dovish chatter from Kuroda is the dominant theme as a new week kicks off.
28 August, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on New Evidence Reveals Iran Evaded Sanctions, Continued Nuclear Weapon Development With Venezuela
New Evidence Reveals Iran Evaded Sanctions, Continued Nuclear Weapon Development With Venezuela
By Lisa Daftari of Foreign Desk News
New evidence suggests Iran received help from Venezuela with its nuclear program despite a decade of U.N.-mandated sanctions aimed at curbing the rouge regime’s controversial nuclear and ballistic missile programs.