Monthly Archives: June 2018

Quote of the Day: G7 Rants

Trump gave “a long, frank rant”, the official said, repeating a position he carried through the 2016 U.S. election campaign into the White House that the United States had suffered at the hands of its trading partners, with French President … Continue reading

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NorKo summit: What denuclearisation means

Washington is pushing for the complete, verified and irreversible dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities. Achieving this would require much more than the removal of weapons ► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2GakujT

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Week In Review – June 8

Summary Good week for U.S. equities with Dow outperforming Next stop on the S&P500 is 2801.90 and then the all-time high We are better sellers up there into the fall as the Fed’s balance sheet reduction steps up, which will … Continue reading

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Sector ETF Performance – June 8

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Global Risk Monitor – June 8

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Speaking Of Wile E. Coyote Moments…

The stimulus “is going to hit the economy in a big way this year and next year, and then in 2020 Wile E. Coyote is going to go off the cliff,” Bernanke said, referring to the hapless character in the … Continue reading

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Nonlinear Thinking: European Inventors Awards

The European Inventor Awards organized by the European Patent Office celebrates inventors not just from Europe but also from the US and Canada… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2018/06/07/eu…

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Swan Lake – June 7

The swans were restless and a bit weaker today. Italy 10-year is blowing out again, now just ten bps below May 29th closing high of 3.16 percent.  The yield curve in Italy continues its re-flattening, as shorts seem to be … Continue reading

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The Clash Of Generations Cometh

You heard it here first, comrades! https://twitter.com/jameshasson20/status/1004096297316601856?s=21

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The Tale Of Two Fat Tails

In a normal probability distribution…blue curve), the odds of risky outcomes (bad stuff happening) are thin at the extremes. In fat-tailed distributions, such outcomes have a greater chance of occurring (the [greenish] curve). Source Non-normal distributions can be heavily skewed and … Continue reading

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