Yearly Archives: 2018

Sector ETF Performance – August 17

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Global Risk Monitor – August 17

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Feels Like 1997

Just back home after a week-long road trip to many major U.S. cities. The “Cranes Of Dubai”  As an economist, I am always looking for anecdotal evidence of how the local economy is doing.  What impressed me most was the … Continue reading

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Watch Turkey

Traveling and out of touch. We are watching how the  international community, especially the U.S, responds to Turkey’s economic crisis.  Do U.S policy makers go the traditional route of trying to stabilize the situation through IMF, etc., or is it … Continue reading

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It’s August

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China’s Raises “The Other Nuclear Option”

We are on our way out to go fishing for the next few weeks but couldn’t let this pass without one last post. The current headline at the Drudge Report linking to a CNBC piece citing the People’s Daily (Chinese government press) … Continue reading

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China’s FX Reserves Increase

#China’s FX reserves surprisingly rose a for 2nd straight month to $3,118bn in Jul, from $3,112bn despite falling Yuan. Consensus had forecasted a drop to $3,107bn. pic.twitter.com/OFCEL4PaZw — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) August 7, 2018

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Commodity Correlation

Commodity correlation matrix pic.twitter.com/wsK7Uq9obY — Tracy (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) August 7, 2018  

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Beijing police shut down P2P lending demonstration

China has been at the center of the rise of FinTech firms since the Great Financial Crisis (GFC).  Some of these firms have become huge. Watch this space. In the United States, the majority of lenders rely on FICO scores … Continue reading

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Investors Beware Of “XX-Rated” Result In Ohio’s 12th

We suspect a flip of Ohio 12th congressional district to the Democrats, with Danny O’Connor defeating Republican, Troy Balderson,  could  be the grain of sand generating the avalanche in the framework of  structured criticality.  It may be the impetus for the political … Continue reading

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