Yearly Archives: 2018

QOTD: Change Perspective, Things Change

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” — Max Planck, German quantum theorist and Nobel Prize winner

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Trump Wants A China Trade Deal – Bloomberg

We have to begin collecting our bets on who would cave first.  Wasn’t it obvious? May14 — Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer discusses President Donald Trump’s shift on trade with China after announcing on Twitter that he wants to help … Continue reading

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The Week Ahead – FT

The FT’s Daniel Garrahan previews the big stories in the week ahead, including Venezuela going to the polls in a presidential election that’s been slammed by the international community, results from Walmart and Burberry, and Japan’s first-quarter GDP figures.  – … Continue reading

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QOTD: Druck On Distorted Interest Rates

…today we have settled to allowing the most important price of all, long-term interest rates, to be regularly distorted by public intervention. …If I were trying to create a deflationary bust, I would do exact exactly what the world’s central … Continue reading

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Week In Review – May 11

Summary Bullet Points U.S. 10-year yield up 2 bps Brazil 10-year up 23 bps, closes over 10 percent for first time since January Indonesia 10-year up 25 bps Junk credit tighter Euro periphery spreads tighter x/ Italy, though showed some … Continue reading

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Sector ETF Performance – May 11

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Global Risk Monitor – May 11

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That’s The Ticket…

I can only imagine. Pop and Kerr in 2020.  That would be one “woke” presidential ticket!  

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Stock Bulls Take Charge, Technically Speaking

In our Monday post on Bull and Bear Traps we noted the bulls had to do three things, and we also noted the bullish pennant technical formation. It is imperative the S&P bulls:  1)  hold the 20-day moving average at … Continue reading

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TOTD: Prince Harry Is A Stud!

'Enjoy the day, it goes so quickly' – Prince Harry's former colleagues wish him and Meghan Markle good luck ahead of their wedding day#RoyalWedding pic.twitter.com/6lZwmzQlrq — ITV News (@itvnews) May 10, 2018 (TOTD = Tweet of the Day)

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