Yearly Archives: 2018

China vs. U.S. trade war: Who would win?

 

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World Cup Prediction: Spain or Germany?

The machine learning random forest algo predicts Spain is favored over Germany mainly due to the fact that Germany has a comparatively high chance to drop out in the round-of-sixteen. Combining the odds from many different bookmakers puts Brazil as the … Continue reading

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S&P500 Camped Out In Doji City

The S&P500 has generated a Doji candlestick in three out of the last four trading days. Also of interest is the rejection at 2792,  an important Fibonacci retracement in the current correction, which we flagged a few days ago.  

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Nonlinear Thinking: The Robots Are Here

Stunning… JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce gargantuan, has built a big new Shanghai fulfillment center that can organize, pack and ship 200,000 orders a day. It employs four people — all of whom service the robots. What’s going on: Welcome to … Continue reading

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COTD: World Cup & Stock Trading Volume

Hat Tip: @T_Mason_H (COTD = Chart of the Day)

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ECB to end stimulus programme later this year

ECB President Mario Draghi admitted the eurozone recovery has slowed and kept record low interest rates unchanged… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2018/06/14/ec…

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Swan Lake – June 14

The Global Macro Monitor defines “macro swan” as any global macroeconomic or financial event with the capacity to spill over into world markets causing risk aversion and lower asset prices.  – GMM The Euro periphery continued to rebound.  The big news … Continue reading

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‘toon of the Day: Tutor In Chief

https://twitter.com/markdistef/status/1006950084423110658?s=21

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TOTD: Derivatives Per Capita

Deutsche Bank has lost 80% of its value in five years. Fortunately, it is a regional bank–focusing on the orb we call Earth–and only have $50 trillion in derivatives–$50,000 for every man, woman, and child on that orb. No problem: … Continue reading

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Europe’s Wage Inequality Wedge: a crash course

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