It increased its balance sheet by about 10 per cent between last September and the year end. The difference between QE and “not QE” is mysterious, then, because liquidity has expanded and, in the process, relieved funding pressures and reduced systemic risks. In the absence of public sector instruments such Read more…
Accumulating snow and blizzard conditions are possible Friday evening for parts of eastern Dakotas, western Minnesota and northwest Iowa. Snow is expected to arrive in the Northeast by early Saturday and move up the Interstate 95 corridor from the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area to Boston throughout the day. Accumulating snow will Read more…
Source: Bloomberg China was mixed on the week with a dash-for-trash rotation from big caps to small cap tech. Source: Bloomberg Jeff Bezos is still not a member of the “four commas” club. Source: Bloomberg Global FX Vol fell to a new record low. Source: Bloomberg Commodities were mixed with Read more…
Dershowitz confirmed the news – or at least confirmed that he would be joining the team – in a series of tweets: STATEMENT REGARDING PROFESSOR DERSHOWITZ'S ROLE IN THE SENATE TRIAL – Professor Dershowitz will present oral arguments at the Senate trial to address the constitutional arguments against impeachment and Read more…
But it is when you get gap after gap after gap that the action becomes incredulous and challenges conventional market wisdom. It is impressive to say that this market finds support on top of each gap each time, but I suppose extraordinary liquidity measures produce extraordinary results. I'm just a Read more…
What's more, while the remaining tariffs provide leverage for US trade negotiators, they are still a tax on US importers and US consumers of Chinese goods.” But before we even get there, going back to the chart shown above, Bloomberg today points out something we have pointed out in the Read more…
Source: Bloomberg The rally in cryptos comes as CoinTelegraph's William Suberg notes, bitcoin derivatives trading looks set to reach record levels this month as volume spikes and open interest hovers near all-time highs. 16, open interest for its futures products alone totaled 5,328 contracts – or 26,640 BTC ($237 million). Read more…
Not only do they exploit workers but each in its own way, mask the huge amount of income they pluck from our government on all levels while avoiding paying taxes. A More Truthful Logo Some time ago the Paradise Papers highlighted the murky dealings by Apple that allowed it to Read more…
Jack Dorsey Asks Elon Musk, Who Once Committed Securities Fraud On Twitter, How To Fix Twitter The inmates are officially running the asylum. Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey, who recently announced he wants to live in the woods in Africa instead of sitting behind a desk managing the two Read more…
Could you look at the line-up of Democratic impeachment managers without laughing. Legal necromancers of the future, with all the time in the world, may never unpack the intended meaning of these charges besides “we hate you” and “you hurt our feelings.” But it's up to the Senate of today Read more…