Archive - Aug 2015 - Blog entry
August 17th
Renminbi Devaluation Signals High Stress in China’s Economy
Submitted by Sprott Money on 08/18/2015 04:58 -0500Having covered the issue of “competitive devaluation” and currency-debauchment in considerable depth in recent commentaries, China’s “surprise devaluation” of the renminbi provides a practical, current example to illustrate the economic dynamics at work here.
Aug 18 - PBoC Injection Shows China's Worry
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 08/18/2015 04:06 -0500PBoC Injection Shows China Worries About Outflows- WSJ
August 17th
Cargill Buys One Of World's Largest Aqua-Feed Producers
Submitted by EquityNet on 08/17/2015 13:13 -0500The nation’s largest privately held company, Cargill, has agreed to purchase Norwegian-based EWOS, one of the world's largest suppliers of feed and nutrition for farmed fish. The $1.5 billion deal signals Cargill’s entry into salmon and trout markets and is the company’s second aquaculture deal in the past two months after it announced a $30 million shrimp feed facility project in Equador with Naturisa.
The Credit Industry Signals a Recession is Here… and Possibly Even a Credit Crunch
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 08/17/2015 08:23 -0500The official GDP numbers do not reflect this because they are too politically important to do so. But the hard data shows something nasty is coming down the pike.
Doomsday Clock For Global Market Crash Strikes One Minute To Midnight
Submitted by GoldCore on 08/17/2015 05:57 -0500The Telegraph’s John Ficenec has written an excellent piece warning of a possible market crash in the coming weeks. He identifies eight key “signs things could get a whole lot worse.”
Why Is Gold Becoming Scarcer, 16 Aug, 2015
Submitted by Monetary Metals on 08/17/2015 01:57 -0500Both the October and December gold contracts are backwardated, and Feb '16 contract is not far. The gold market is tight. Why?
August 16th
Observations about the Dollar and the Week Ahead
Submitted by Marc To Market on 08/16/2015 08:52 -0500A look at next week's data in the somewhat larger context, and a look at interest rate differentials
Why Germany Secretly Loves Greece...
Submitted by Secular Investor on 08/16/2015 06:20 -0500... and the ECB printing presses!
Zero Hedge: What Should We Do?
Submitted by George Washington on 08/16/2015 01:21 -0500Open Thread ...
August 15th
Why the Next Round of the Crisis Will Be Exponentially Worse Than 2008
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 08/15/2015 19:31 -0500The bond bubble is now well over $199 trillion in size. And if we were to include credit instruments that trade based on bonds, we’re well north of $600 trillion.
When Internet Zillions Slipped My Grasp
Submitted by Tim Knight from Slope of Hope on 08/15/2015 16:00 -0500It wasn't really clear to me how popular their site was, though, until the news hit on April 23, 1998 that Silicon Investor had been bought by go2net for $33,000,000 in stock. Now keep in mind this was just a discussion board we're talking about, little more sophisticated than the dial-up BBS's I had enjoyed back in 1981 on my TRS-80.
Is the Dollar Going on Summer Vacation?
Submitted by Marc To Market on 08/15/2015 09:24 -0500Near-term dollar outlook, with some views on oil, Treasuries and S&P 500 thrown in for extra measure.
