Israeli Central Bank to Use Its Reserves to Buy US Equities
Jesse’s Café Américain March 1, 2012Not even bonds yet, but stocks?It makes sense that some Central Banks have started to buy in the stock markets for private corporations. After all, central banks...
View ArticleForget the Black or Freckled Swan, Follow The Message of The Market
edegrootinsights.blogspot.com / by Eric De Groot / Thursday, September 27, 2012Black swan, freckled swan, or spotted pig, regardless of the imagery used to denote doom and gloom fills the seats and...
View ArticleThe Market’s Verdict: Buy Stocks, Buy Bonds, Buy Gold
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / 11/06/2012 11:47 Since early this morning when Germany dropped its nasty econ bomb, the US has been bid. It’s not like Europe was sold, it’s just that US Treasuries,...
View ArticleUS Equities – Leverage and Risk Are Rising Further
acting-man.com / By Pater Tenebrarum / January 15, 2013Hedge Funds Go ‘All In’Bloomberg reports that hedge fund leverage has just reached a nine year high, wile margin debt has climbed to a four year...
View ArticleMeanwhile, In Switzerland…
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / April 8, 2013, 10:38 -0400Despite the ever-levitating nominal levels of Japanese stocks, and relative stability of European peripheral bonds, it appears the demand for...
View ArticleWhy the Stock Market Is Going Higher, According to Goldman
thedailybell.com / By Staff Report / THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013Goldman: Four Reasons Why the Market is Going Much Higher … Last night’s much-buzzed about research report from Goldman Sachs, in which the...
View ArticleThe New Tapering Normal Optimism In Charts
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / May 28, 2013, 07:45 -0400That all the increase in risk assets has been on the back of multiple expansion for the past year is by now not news to anyone. What may come...
View ArticleBernanke Speaks; Gold Clocked
traderdannorcini.blogspot.com / By Dan Norcini / June 19, 2013The caption says it all – once the FOMC statement was released, followed by some comments from Fed Chairman Bernanke, that was all she...
View ArticleHilsenrelevant Still? Fed Mouthpiece Unleashed To Save The Day Again
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / June 21, 2013, 13:04 -0400The ‘Hilsenramp’ is here. As US equities look set to test previous all-time highs and important support (100DMA), the mouthpiece of the Fed...
View ArticleChinese Stocks Drop To Lowest Since Jan 2009; Down 20% From Feb Highs
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / June 24, 2013, 21:48 -0400With US equities 7.5% off their all-time highs and on the verge of instigating a ‘Markets In Turmoil’ special, we thought it perhaps of note...
View ArticleBecause Fundamentals Matter?
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / July 7, 2013, 17:16 -0400Presented with little comment aside to note that US equities are once again resurgent near all-time highs fully supported by err… umm…...
View ArticleThe Top-Down “Un-Reality”
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / July 14, 2013, 20:40 -0400US equities closed the week at new all-time highs - and yay-verily the world of long-only asset-gethering talking heads celebrated this as in...
View ArticleStocks Drop Most In 3 Weeks As BTFATH Fails (For Now)
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / July 24, 2013, 13:57 -0400Did the world of retail investors just realize that they are indeed the greater fool (as we showed here), as it seems this high-volume dip in...
View ArticleStocks Sliding Pre-Market
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / July 26, 2013, 09:09 -0400With hotter than expected inflation in Japan (yes we know that’s what they wanted), it appears (from Nikkei and JPY) that there is a growing...
View ArticleThe JPY-Driven Rotation From US Equities To European Bonds
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden /08/13/2013 10:16 -0400We can’t wait to hear Bob Pisani explain this one… JPY weakness continues this morning (now -2% on the week) but early in the European day (around...
View ArticleEurope’s Riskiest Bonds Rally Most In 3 Weeks To 2 Year Low Spreads
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden /08/13/2013 11:51 -0400Peripheral bond spreads have rallied for 10 of the last 11 days. At a mere 269bps, Spanish bond spreads are the lowest in 2 years; Italian spreads...
View ArticleThe S&P’s S.A.D.
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / 08/19/2013 10:04Seasonal-Affected-Disorder is not just for investment bankers who never see the light of day. As is clear from the chart below, the August/September...
View ArticleFundamentals Better Get Better (Fast)
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / August 20, 2013, 18:04 -0400While we have commented previously on the impact that dismal earnings-growth relative to magnificent multiple-expansion has had on the rise...
View ArticleGold And Silver Slamdown As US Equities Open
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden /08/28/2013 09:29 -0400With the escalating tensions – as Israel now steps up:ISRAEL IS DEPLOYING ALL OF ITS MISSILE DEFENSES AS A PRECAUTION.It makes perfect sense that...
View ArticleAn “Efficient”“Illiquid”“Market” Responds To Kerry’s Words
zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / August 30, 2013, 13:48 -0400Presented with little comment aside to note that volumes surged as US equities initially dipped and then ripped back to the entirely...
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