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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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QOTD: On Risk

Risk does not like prophets. It’s not even fond of historians. You can plan for every risk except the things that are too crazy to cross your mind. —  Morgan Housel

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Italy’s North-South Economic Divide – France24

Italy 10-year closed at 1.88 percent today,  6.7 bps wider versus the 10-year bund for the week, but still 14 bps tighter year-to-date. The Italian 10-year government bond is 112 bps through the U.S. 10-year note yield, and the country … Continue reading

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QOTD: Paul Tudor Jones

Note, no mention of “recession”, the trigger for the cheerleaders.  The bear market of    1962 and 1987 occurred with robust economic growth. You look at every bear market and they’ve always basically occurred because of an uptick in inflation … Continue reading

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