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Guest Post: Generation X: An Inconvenient Era
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2013 11:09 -0400
A data-based look at the financial context of the past 30 years from the perspective of Gen X.
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Europe's Quantitative Easing
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2013 08:57 -0400
Most people do not think that Europe engages in Quantitative Easing. They know that the United States engages in it, that Britain engages in it and now that Japan engages in it but they think that Europe has so far refused to be involved. They think this because this is what they have been told. Unfortunately this is inaccurate. The European Quantitative Easing takes place every day just not in the manner utilized by America and others. However, it takes place all the same and it is done in a manner to circumvent the rules of the European Union. This is also why the ECB has such a massive balance sheet. What Europe has done is gotten around their own regulations which forbid the ECB from lending money directly to nations.
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What Has Happened So Far
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2013 07:21 -0400- Ben Bernanke
- Ben Bernanke
- Bill Dudley
- Bond
- British Pound
- Central Banks
- China
- Copper
- Crude
- Deutsche Bank
- European Central Bank
- Fail
- Gross Domestic Product
- High Yield
- Markit
- Monetary Policy
- New Home Sales
- Nikkei
- Quantitative Easing
- Real estate
- recovery
- Short-Term Gains
- Testimony
- United Kingdom
- Volatility
Once again: The FOMC minutes had nothing to do with overnight's events, especially since both Ben Bernanke and Bill Dudley made it very clear previously that for any tapering to occur (and which is supposedly bullish according to David Tepper, who may finally be done selling to momentum chasers) if ever, the economy would have to be be stronger (which is of course a paradox because it is the Fed's QE that is making the economy weaker). If anything, the minutes reminded us that there is a mutiny in the FOMC with finally someone having the guts to say on the record that Bernanke is blowing a bubble - something never seen before on the official FOMC record. And after all, the Nikkei opened way up, not down. It was only after the realization of what soaring bond yields mean for, wait for it, stocks (despite central planner promises that it is soaring bond yields that are a good thing - turns out, they aren't) that the sell-off really started. That, and of course copper, and the end of the Chinese Copper Financing Deals arrangement that has been China's illicit cross-asset rehypothecation scheme for years (more shortly). So in a nutshell, here is what has transpired so far, courtesy of Bloomberg.
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Japan Stock Market Crash Leads To Global Sell Off
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/23/2013 06:51 -0400Yesterday afternoon, following the rout in the US stock market, we made a spurious preview of the true main event: "So selloff in JGBs tonight?" We had no idea how right we would be because the second Japan opened, its bond futures market was halted on a circuit breaker as the 10 Year bond plunged to their lowest level since early 2012, hitting 1% and leading to massive Mark to Market losses for Japanese banks, as we also warned would happen. That was just the beginning, and suddenly the realization crept in that the plunging yen at this point is not only negative for banks, but for the entire stock market, leading to what until that point was a solid up session for the Nikkei to the first rumblings of a ris-off. Shortly thereafter we got the distraction of the Chinese Mfg PMI which dropped into contraction territory for the first time since late 2012, and which set the mood decidedly risk-offish, although the real catalyst may have been a report on copper from Goldman's Roger Yan (which we will cover in depth shortly) and whose implications may be stunning and devastating and may have just popped the Chinese credit bubble (oh, btw, short copper). And then all hell broke loose, with the Nikkei first rising solidly and then something snapping loud and clear, and sending the index crashing a massive 1,143 an intraday swing of 9% high to low, leading to an over 200 pips move lower in the USDJPY, and leading to a global risk off across the world.
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Deleveraging, Releveraging And Finding The New Saturation Point
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 19:31 -0400
Do you need a break from public policy buzzwords? Are you happy to go back to the days when cliffs were discussed occasionally on the National Geographic channel but not analyzed ad nauseum on CNBC? Are you tired of reading about austerity, austerians, anti-austerians and austeresis? You’ve come to the right place. “How long have we been deleveraging?” – I’ll answer “zero years.” As in, what deleveraging? We haven’t even gotten started yet.
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"We Are Experiencing More Than Just A 'Soft Patch'"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 16:57 -0400
"The economy is amazing right now - employment is recovering, innovation is going and housing is reviving. What's not to love?" This was a statement we heard in the media to justify the recent rise in the stock market. However, back in the real world, what is clear from the two composite indexes is that the broad economy, and by extension underlying employment, has clearly peaked and has began to weaken. This is well within the context of historical trends and time frames. While the mainstream analysts and economists continue to have optimistic views for a resurgence in economic activity by years end the current data trends, both globally and domestically, suggest otherwise.
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Four Signs That We're Back In Dangerous Bubble Territory
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 15:41 -0400- Bank of Japan
- Bond
- Central Banks
- Chris Martenson
- Consumer Confidence
- default
- Equity Markets
- ETC
- European Central Bank
- Fail
- Fisher
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Greece
- Gross Domestic Product
- Housing Bubble
- Housing Prices
- Irrational Exuberance
- Japan
- Krugman
- Market Crash
- Nikkei
- Paul Krugman
- Price Action
- Purchasing Power
- Reality
- recovery
- Sovereign Debt
- The Economist
- Unemployment
- Yen
As the global equity and bond markets grind ever higher, abundant signs exist that we are once again living through an asset bubble – or rather a whole series of bubbles in a variety of markets. This makes this period quite interesting, but also quite dangerous. This can be summarized in one sentence: How could this be happening again so soon?
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Target Misses, Good Weather Blamed
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2013 08:48 -0400A week ago it was the better than expected weather's fault for the big Wal-Mart miss. Today, it is the turn of that other retail bellwether, Target, to blame sunny days. From the release: "Target’s first quarter earnings were below expectations as a result of softer-than-expected sales, particularly in apparel and other seasonal and weather-sensitive categories,” said Gregg Steinhafel, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Target Corporation. “While we are disappointed in our first quarter performance, we remain confident in our strategy, and we continue to invest in initiatives, including Canada, our digital channels and CityTarget, that will drive Target’s long-term growth."
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Latest Stolper Fiasco: Goldman Stopped Out On Long EURHUF, 2.86% Loss In One Month
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/21/2013 13:01 -0400Curious how to trade those Goldman recommendations, such as today's uberbullish "strategic" call seeing nothing but blue skies all the way through 2015? Here is a quick reminder courtesy of your friendly FX wizard, Goldman's Tom Stolper. "On April 18 we recommended going long EUR/HUF. Our view has been that higher US yields would hurt a number of EM currencies (including the HUF). We also thought that ongoing monetary easing in Hungary would further compress interest rate differentials, leading to a gradual weakening in the currency. Although both macro drivers materialized, the HUF strengthened, contrary to our expectation.... we recommend closing the position with a potential 2.86% loss (including negative carry of about 32bp in total)."
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Bernanke and the Central Bankers's Worst Nightmare
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 05/21/2013 11:15 -0400If this plan fails to bring about economic growth in Japan, or worse still fails to bring about growth and unleashes inflation, then it’s GAME OVER for Central Bankers. Their one great claim “we’re not doing enough QE” will have been proven to be total bunk.
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Two Issues for the Fed: When and How
Submitted by Marc To Market on 05/21/2013 10:27 -0400Preview of tomorrow's Bernanke testimony and FOMC minutes.
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China Fakes Trade Surplus...
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 05/21/2013 10:17 -0400Has China been hiding the real state of its economic data?
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Frontrunning: May 21
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/21/2013 07:48 -0400- Activist Shareholder
- Allied Capital
- Apple
- Bill Gross
- Bond
- Charlie Ergen
- China
- Cohen
- Corporate Finance
- Crack Cocaine
- Credit Suisse
- Dell
- Deutsche Bank
- European Union
- Ford
- France
- Goldman Sachs
- goldman sachs
- Gross Domestic Product
- Hershey
- India
- Insider Trading
- International Monetary Fund
- Ireland
- Japan
- JPMorgan Chase
- Mexico
- Morgan Stanley
- Newspaper
- Obama Administration
- Oklahoma
- Private Equity
- ratings
- Recession
- Reuters
- SAC
- SocGen
- United States Attorney
- Wall Street Journal
- Yen
- Yuan
- IMF Tells Central Europe to Spend More (WSJ)
- Tornadoes Blast Oklahoma (WSJ)
- Frenetic search for survivors as 91 feared dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma (Reuters)
- JPMorgan investors on edge over vote on Dimon; what if they win? (Reuters)
- Wealthy bank depositors to suffer losses in EU law (Reuters)
- Yen Slips as Amari Backtracks (BBG)
- Japan Ready for More Yen Weakness Despite Recent Comments (WSJ)
- IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting (Reuters)
- Li Keqiang pledges China boost to India trade (FT)
- Europe's Recession Sparks Grass-Roots Political Push (WSJ)
- Obama and Xi to meet in effort to calm growing US-China rivalry (FT)
- Berlin plans to streamline EU but avoid wholesale treaty change (FT)
- France must reform or face punitive measures - EU's Oettinger (Reuters)
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Guest Post: The Coming Collapse Of The Petrodollar System
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/20/2013 22:48 -0400
The theory of Petrodollar Warfare can be attributed to US analyst and author William R Clarke, and his 2005 book of that title which interpreted the US-UK decision to invade Iraq in 2003. He called this an "oil currency war", but the concept of the petrodollar system and petrodollar recyling dates back to the eve of the first Oil Shock in 1973-1974. The role of the petrodollar system as a driving force of US foreign policy is explained by analysts and historians as basic to maintaining the dollar's status as the world's dominant reserve currency - and the currency in which oil is priced. Today however, with the major and massive changes of oil resource availability revealed by the shale energy revolution, rising global oil production capabilities, stagnating oil demand, and rising renewable energy supplies in all major developed countries, and the constantly declining role of oil in the economy, the Petrodollar System's days are surely numbered
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Artificial Growth Exhibit A: China's Inventory Stockpiling Hits All Time High
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/20/2013 15:49 -0400Need a quick GDP boost in a world in which the uber levered consumer is tapped out and has no more savings or purchasing power, in which the government is facing an existential socialism or bust crisis even as global sovereign debt levels are at unseens before levels, and in which global trade has collapsed (so there go the C, G and (X-M) components of GDP)? No problem, just add some I for Inventory. Better yet, add a whole lot of I, especially if you are that global growth dynamo, China, which over the years many have accused of having taken the term "overcapacity" and put it through the Barry Bonds juicer yet where courtesy of a central-planning regime that has made sure nothing appears to be unused, except for the occasional ghost city or empty mall, proof of such overcapacity has been scarce in official, government data.
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