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Added topic Britain nears EU exit after Cameron loss, papers say
Britain's newspapers warned Saturday the country had edged closer to leaving the EU after Prime Minister David Cameron's "crushing" failure to block Jean-Claude Juncker becoming president of the European Commission. But they were divided on whether
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Added topic Martin Armstrong Warns Civil Unrest Is Rising Everywhere: "This Won't End Pretty"
The greatest problem we have is misinformation. People simply do not comprehend why and how the economic policies of the post-war era are imploding. This whole agenda of socialism has sold a Utopian idea that the State is there for the people yet it
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Added topic Low Volatility, Positive Gains - No Risk Environment?
A close friend of mine and a business partner has a one-liner that popped out once upon a time in a meeting. These days we all love to remind him of it and laugh about the whole thing. The quote is “ Seriously guys, there is no risk ” as we discussed
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Added topic Crushing The Q2 "Recovery" Dream In 1 Simple Chart
For a week or two, the 'news' appeared to confirm the 'hope' ; faith that Q1's dysphoria would emerge phoenix-like into Q2 euphoria as a 'hibernating' American public emerging from their weather-shelter and spent-spent-spent all their
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Added topic Thomson Reuters Revises Rule Book for Currency-Trading Platform
Thomson Reuters Corp. (TRI) said it is revising the trading rules for its foreign-exchange platform after consulting with market participants. The company is updating its Rule Book following discussions over the past 12 months and will outline new
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Added topic Ahead of the Bell: US Manufacturing Survey
The Institute for Supply Management reports on U.S. manufacturing production, orders and other activity in June. The ISM, a trade group of purchasing managers, will release its manufacturing index Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern time. STEADY GAINS
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Added topic GBPUSD news
UK Construction PMI (Jun): 62.6 actual vs 59.8 estimated; 60.0 prior
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Added topic Stoned To Death
Well, the “high” surrounding pot-related stocks is clearly a thing of the past. This just goes to show how these story stocks can get creamed -- and, let’s face it, do you really want to entrust your investment dollars to potheads? In any case, the
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Added topic The Emerging German-Russian Axis
This weekend has seen the European Union do a stitch-up deal so that arch-federalist Jean-Claude Juncker became Commission president. To be honest, who gets to play eurocrat in chief is of no great interest to me, but the manner of the appointment
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Added topic The BRICs Are Morphing Into An Anti-Dollar Alliance
While numerous massively indebted administrations around the world hope to divert the attention of what's left of their struggling middle class away from its daily impoverished existence and distract it with flashing lights and glitzy animations
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Added topic Largest Austrian Bank Crashes After "Revealing" 40% Surge In Bad Debt Provisions
Update: just as expected, the confidence-preservation brigade is quick on the scene: HUNGARY LOAN-REFUND LAW VIOLATES RULE OF LAW: BANK ASSOCIATION HUNGARY LOAN-REFUND LAW DAMAGES INVESTOR CONFIDENCE, BANKS SAY Because clearly marking loans to fair
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Added topic Summertime, and the tradin’ is easy
It’s summertime, and the tradin’ is easy. After the Federal Reserve suggested on Wednesday that rates would remain close to the zero bound for a “considerable time“, investors are in a state of bliss. Implied volatilities are sitting at exceptionally
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Added topic Inflation? Only If You Look At Food, Water, Gas, Electricity And Everything Else
Have you noticed that prices are going up rapidly? If so, you are certainly not alone. But Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen, the Obama administration and the mainstream media would have us believe that inflation is completely under control and
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Added topic The Next 20 Years Will Not Be Like the Last 20 Years - Here's Why
The Status Quo is not sustainable. Here are some resources on the many reasons why. Coming to the understanding that the Status Quo is not sustainable is often a crooked path of overcoming programming, propaganda, denial and fear. My colleagues at
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Added topic BofA Blasts Sell Bonds, Sell Gold, Buy Dollars
"After several weeks, Gold is setting up for a sell, US Treasuries are set to resume their bear trend, and the USD is set to resume its bull trend. Get ready..." is the ominous warning BofAML's Macneil Curry sets forth in his technical treatise this
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Added topic The Market Has Never Been More Fearful Of An Extreme Event
"There's something going on in derivatives land," is the warning from ADM's Andy Ash and as Paul Mylchreest notes the relationship between VIX and SKEW suggests the options market is pricing in the possibility of a major market event. The process
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Added topic 3 Numbers: German business climate, US store sales, US house prices
• German confidence a key matrix amid lowflation threat • US retail demand seen improving • US house prices expected to creep lower An update on sentiment in Europe’s biggest economy will set the tone for trading on Tuesday with the June release of
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Added topic Don't Be Fooled By Reports Of Rising Home Prices
Home prices climbed at a slower-than-expected pace in April, according to latest Case-Shiller report. However, the report continues to show far higher price gains than other reports. Ian Shepherdson at Pantheon Macroeconomics has repeatedly argued
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Added topic GDP Disaster: Final Q1 GDP Crashes To -2.9%, Lowest Since 2009
Remember when in January 2014, Q1 GDP was expected to rise 2.6%? Well, here comes the final Q1 GDP revision and it's a doozy: at -2.9%, far below the -1.8% expected and well below the -1.0% second revision, it is an absolute disaster, and is the
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Added topic Obama "Deeply Disappointed" By Supreme Court Decision To Limit His Power
"Today's SCOTUS decision is encouraging for all who believe in the checks and balances enshrined in our nation's constitution," is Darrell Issa's message following the Supreme Court's unanimous (9-0) decision cutting back the power of the White House