Archive - Apr 2015
April 29th
Meanwhile, In Baltimore
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 14:52 -0500The Baltimore riots may have calmed down but their aftermath remains, and nowhere is it more tangible than what is taking place in Orioles Park right now.
Apple Warns Of "Material Financial Damage" If Its $171 Billion In Offshore Cash Is Jeopardized
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 14:51 -0500Why have Apple shares languished in the wake of Monday's top and bottom line beat? We may now have the answer...
The Real Financial Crisis That Is Looming
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 14:50 -0500There is a financial crisis on the horizon. It is a crisis that all the Central Bank interventions in the world cannot cure. It is a financial crisis that will continue to change the economic landscape of America for decades to come. No, we are not talking about the next Lehman event or the next financial market meltdown. Although something akin to both will happen in the not-so-distant future. It is the lack of financial stability of the current, and next, generation that will shape the American landscape in the future.
Artist's Rendering Of What Really Burned Down In Baltimore
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 14:25 -0500Sad... but true...
When Exactly Will The Fed Launch QE4?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 14:00 -0500No one earned it. No one saved it. But here’s our prediction: Someone will miss it when it is gone! If the US money supply were a deck of cards, Uncle Sam has been slipping in extra aces for the last 44 years. In the third quarter, net liquidity is likely to turn negative. And the stock market is likely to correct. What then? The Fed will panic and announce QE4… and other measures.
Bonds, Stocks Shrug As Hawkish Fed Sparks Dollar Surge, Commodity Purge
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 13:33 -0500Bonds & stocks seem confused by the somewhat hawkish Fed statement with modest gains for both amid a lot of oscilation around unchanged. The Dollar, however, is quite sure and is surging (EURUSD -100pips) with crude and precious metals sliding.
'Hawkish' Hilsenrath Confirms Fed Not Worried About Q1 Growth, Rate Hikes Coming
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 13:21 -0500At a stunning pace of 608 words in just 4 minutes, The Wall Street Journal's Fed-Whisperer, Jon Hilsenrath, has proclaimed his "common knowledge" meme for today's FOMC statement. Confirming that officials "aren’t at this point alarmed about the first quarter slowdown," and in fact stating they are confident of spending picking up due to consumer sentiment (which just fell)... which leaves them signalling no shift in policy stance - i.e. rate hikes are coming whether the economy can handle it or not...
Jawbone Renormalization: Only 560 Words In FOMC Statement, Fewest Since October 2012
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 13:16 -0500At 560 words, this was not only the lowest wordcount of any FOMC statement since October 2012, just before QE3 was launched in December of 2012, but actually had fewer words than Hilsenrath's 608 words "explainer" of what the Fed just said.
"Not Patient" Fed Blames Snow For Weakness, Removes Calendar Guidance
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 13:03 -0500With everyone hoping that The Fed says something dovish (because after all stocks are 1% off their highs) there was some disappointment as the weakness was shrugged off as transitory:
- *FED SAYS WINTER SLOWDOWN PARTLY REFLECTS `TRANSITORY FACTORS'
- *FED SEES MODERATE GROWTH, JOB GAINS EVEN AFTER 1Q SLOWDOWN
In the end, once again, the dovish Fed provides just enough wealth-creating hope to keep stock dreams alive but knows it has to move sooner rather than later (keeping the "but we think the economy will strengthen" meme alive).
Pre-FOMC: S&P Futs 2099.50, 10Y 2.04%, EUR 1.1175, Gold $1210, Oil $58.85
Greek Deposits Now Lowest Since 2005; One Third Of Bank Assets Now ECB-Funded
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 12:45 -0500Greek deposits fall €2.5 billion in March to the lowest level since 2005 as the cash crunch intensifies ahead of looming payments to government employees and the IMF. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank sees a referendum on a "reluctant" reform agreement as the most likely "solution" (although most Greeks reportedly oppose such a step) but says the chances of a less favorable outcome are still at least 30%.
Flash Crash Scapegoat Can't Afford Bail, Will Remain In Prison
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 12:14 -0500The news of Navinder Sarao's arrest, the scapegoat for all that is broken with the world's equity markets, may have come, gone and be largely forgotten, but while the CFTC is happy to have washed the corruption and incompetence off its hands by destroying the career of one insignificant trader (whatever happens, redirect public attention from the HFT firm that just came public and boasted of one trading loss day in 6 years) Sarao is facing decades in prison. And, what is worse for the alleged mastermind of the May 2010 flash crash, he won't even be able to enjoy a few weeks in quasi-freedom. Why? Because this lonely 36 year old, who "crashed" the entire market 5 years ago from his parents' basement (literally), can't even afford bail.
Even Wall Street's Biggest Permabulls Are Throwing In The "Recovery" Towel
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 12:04 -0500Unlike last year when every single weatherman, pardon "economissed", quickly declared the collapse in Q1 GDP from an initial consensus of 3% to an abysmal -2.5% was due to the weather, and not due to a dramatic tightening in Chinese end demand, this time there is suddenly no silver lining, and one after another, the economisseds are lining up to say that, ooops, they were all wrong.
WTI Crude Surges Above $59 - Highest In Almost 5 Months
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 11:56 -0500The initial euphoria over a small Cushing draw has not stopped as the machines have run WTI crude up over $59, tagging all YTD stops and pushing the front-month to its highest since December 12th.
Biggest Inventory Build In History Prevents Total Collapse Of The US Economy
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 11:55 -0500If US inventories, already at record high levels, and with the inventory to sales rising to great financial crisis levels, had not grown by $121.9 billion and merely remained flat, US Q1 GDP would not be 0.2%, but would be -2.6%.
Caught On Tape: The Moment The Earthquake Struck Tibet
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 04/29/2015 11:40 -0500While the images of Everest's avalanche were stunning, the following chilling clip captures the terror of Tibetans as this week's earthquake shook their world...


