Archive - Dec 2013 - Blog entry

The rate on the 10-year Treasury bond has risen dramatically. Is it priced in to stocks? Does it mean recovery, at last?

Japanese capital outflows have increased in recent months. Data out earlier today shows some country break down and we try to place that in a larger context. 

Market fragmentation in combination with the maker-taker market model, and in conjunction with a dramatic period of exchange “innovation,” had resulted in a new form of artificial edge.

See why the Fed is unlikely to taper in December, but Q1 14 is much more likely.  Read a preview of the highlights from the week ahead.  

Janet Yellen is readying herself to take over the duties of Ben Bernanke. What can we expect from her?

Toner!  Toner!  Toner!

Japan is likely to launch even more QE in early 2014 and a much lower yen may result. That'll have dramatic consequences, perhaps greater than US tapering.

Don`t fall in love with market exposure as even Wall Street Sharks get eaten alive in financial markets.  

While the perma bears may find comfort in the dollar's decline, its weakness has not been very broad, but really limited to the euro, sterling and currencies that move in their orbit.  Still further dollar declines look likely near-term.  

Fleeced Navidad...

Below some leading economists and financial commentators give their perspective regarding the risks of bail-ins or deposit confiscation. If you manage money in any way, your own or others,it will be prudent to heed their warnings. 

The world has changed immensely and there were once things that were sacrilegiously respected. But, that’s no longer the case.

In every organization, including the Chinese Communist Party, there are forces of movement and forces of order.  The forces of movement have moved into ascendancy in China and this was signaled by establishment of the special economic zone in Shanghai and the program emerging from recent Third Plenary Session.  However, the uncertainty over implementation kept domestic and foreign investors cautious.

Travesty- n: “a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.”

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