Why Donald Trump Is Praying For A Market Crash
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 20:23
Since 1928, there have been 22 Presidential Elections. In 14 of them, the S&P 500 climbed during the three months preceding election day. The incumbent President or party won in 12 of those 14 instances. However, in 7 of the 8 elections where the S&P 500 fell over that three month period, the incumbent party lost. Statistically, the market has an 86.4% success rate in forecasting the election!
"We Live In A Time Of Piecemeal-Planning & Incremental-Interventionism"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 20:00
This Is The Cartoon Germany Hands Out To Sexually Frustrated Refugees
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 19:10
GM/Ford Credit Risk Surges To 2 Year Highs As Fitch Raises Auto Sector Concerns
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 18:30
With the feds probing Deutsche Bank's exaggerating Auto ABS demand, car dealerships suing automakers for being forced to channel-stuff, direct evidence of massive channel-stuffing with near-record inventories-to-sales, and sales now beginning to tumble after last month's weak credit growth, it is perhaps no wonder that Fitch has raised the warning flag about automotive vehicle and parts makers...
German Town Bans Refugees From Pools
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 18:00
"There have been complaints of sexual harassment and chatting-up going on in this swimming pool ... by groups of young men, and this has prompted some women to leave (the premises). This led to my decision that adult males from our asylum shelters may not enter the swimming pool until further notice."
Atlanta Fed Explains Why It Waited Until The Market Close To Reveal The Lowest Q4 GDP Estimate Yet
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 17:28
"This One Is A Bag Of Dicks": America Answers Oregon Militia's Plea For "Supplies"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 16:58
Weekend Reading: Breaking Markets - Season II
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 16:35
“Fed Chair Janet Yellen will be forced to either acknowledge labor market tightening as reason to continue with the four-hike schedule for 2016 or risk her credibility, belittle job market stability and sound a warning about the risks of lower oil prices and cheap gasoline (sacrilege to regular Americans) by slowing the hiking pace after a single 0.25 percent increase last month. If she gets it wrong, things could get ugly fast."
Atlanta Fed Waits Until The Close To Reveal 0.6% Q4 GDP Estimate
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 16:15
The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2015 is 0.6 percent on January 15, down from 0.8 percent on January 8. The forecast for fourth quarter real consumer spending growth fell from 2.0 percent to 1.7 percent after this morning's retail sales report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the industrial production release from the Federal Reserve.
The US Consumer Is Drowning His Sorrows At The Bar
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 15:40
"Today we feast, for tomorrow we die..."
Here's A Chart You Won't See On CNBC
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 15:36
What goes up, comes down considerably faster...
Bill Gross' Advice To Traders As Stocks Crash
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 15:29
"Stay out of the bathroom."
Chipotle To Close All Stores Next Month For Meeting On How Not To Poison People
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/15/2016 - 15:15
America's favorite "fast casual" darling is set to hold a kind of ad hoc “try not to poison anyone” meeting on February 8, when all stores will close “for a few hours” so that management can “discuss some of the changes [its] making to enhance food safety, to talk about the restaurant’s role in all of that and to answer questions from employees.”
