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So according to today's headlines, bonds yields are rising on "rate hike expectations"...

 

... while stocks are rising because the data is bad enough to delay a rate hike.

We will refrain from commenting on this endless farce, aside to note that the Fed would save everyone a lot of energy, nerves and vocal cords if it merely announced what the closing price in the S&P is every day and just do away with "trading" and "markets" entirely.

 

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Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:52 | 6393283 SickDollar
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here is your 100% proof : this economy is a big joke , unreal

 

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:48 | 6393494 KnuckleDragger-X
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More like a practical joke and we're on the recieving end of it.....

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 12:10 | 6393609 invisible touch
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tyler manipulation...

 

remove your eyes from your ass, it's 2 different source of information; 2 different editorial,  so as many interpretation.

 

it would be lame if 2 titles were from same website, but it's not...

 

so what, one is correct and the other is not ? then what...

 

we all gonna die and the shit is running until 2100.

 

 

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 15:03 | 6394395 MortimerDuke
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Wow.  Are you serious?  Tylers are well aware of the two different sources.  It would be *even more* lame if they came from the same website, true, but coming from two different websites is still quite lame.  Interest rates rise on *good* economic data - not bad data like ADP payrolls.  Stocks *like* bad data - like the bad ADP payrolls report - because it indicates a lower probability that the Fed moves to raise rates in September.  Get it?  The whole point is that what has traditionally been the case no longer applies.  Stocks love bad news now and bond yields are moving contrary to common sense.  I feel like I just had to explain a joke, which of course, makes it less funny.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:48 | 6393495 max2205
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Headline.  WORLD ENDS....STOCKS CLOSE AT RECORD HIGHS 

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:51 | 6393284 JustObserving
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 if it merely announced what the closing price in the S&P is every day and just do away with "trading" and "markets" entirely.

But then how would the free and fair financial press of the West laugh at Chinese manipulation of their markets?

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 12:18 | 6393509 KnuckleDragger-X
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They could go back to working the street corners like the ones they came from. Cramer in fishnet stocking in the back alley.....

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:52 | 6393287 silverer
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Buying stocks now is like putting rocks in your pockets before you go swimming.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:03 | 6393294 Mercury
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Headline writing robots randomly generate narrative fallacies.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:55 | 6393296 Winston Churchill
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Laugh now or cry later.

Duck or grouse.Sign over a low doorway in my favorite english pub.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:06 | 6393338 XAU XAG
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Your having a laugh

 

in slang

 

Your having a bath

 

Guess that's where the bubbles come from!

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:27 | 6393396 Winston Churchill
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Get up them apples ,on your plates,have a laugh, and make sure you do your boat.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:56 | 6393299 Spungo
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The addiction to heroin will go away if we increase the dosage.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:57 | 6393301 madcows
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Yup.  I watched it all this morning.  The bad numbers rolled in, and stocks took off.  Of course, the Dow futures were up 0.8 before open.  So, a lot of this has to do with the dollar.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:57 | 6393302 Two Theives and...
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When the average Lumpen is this stupid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiZFXkmofgI

Anything goes...and nothing matters.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:57 | 6393304 toady
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That is pretty funny, in a twisted, we're-all-gonna-die, way.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:06 | 6393335 BandGap
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Funny and scary.

The idiot box (my dad's phrase for the TV) has conditioned so many over the years.

#yourfuckingstupidopinionisbullshit

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:59 | 6393305 Dr. Engali
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What part of the stawk market has become a policy tool do these idiots not understand? We are to the point where a lousy 2% pull back kills CONfidence and any eCONomic activity. There are NO fucking markets left.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:58 | 6393309 papa song
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"One Has To Laugh"

When I was single, and before kids, I laughed.  Now I cry.

<siiiiigggghhhhhhhh....> 

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:58 | 6393310 vq1
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"Look over here, look over there"

Are we having fun yet?

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:58 | 6393311 Mrmojorisin515
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I'd laugh but it stopped being funny eight years ago

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 10:59 | 6393312 rejected
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That's one of the best of the best ZH writeups!

Sums up the economy in two lines!

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:02 | 6393323 AL_SWEARENGEN
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Marketwatch is the drag queen of financial 'news' propaganda. 

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:08 | 6393341 MsCreant
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So more Ru Paul than Caitlyn.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:05 | 6393334 CHC
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There is NO reality - it's all perception.  It's only your perception that you have freedoms and rights. 

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:06 | 6393337 MsCreant
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One does not "Have to laugh," if you are a journalist in this environment, you have to "Make shit up."

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 12:26 | 6393600 Eirik Magnus Larssen
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These headlines are mostly being generated by algorithms. Disturbingly, High Frequency Trading algorithms in turn track them for key words or phrases as their "buy" or "sell" signals. Direct human interaction is gradually phased out.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:07 | 6393339 netpounder
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Priceline is the economy.  Weaker payroll data means that people have less money to buy gold.  LOL.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:09 | 6393343 PlayMoney
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Whats the big deal. Bad news makes the market go up. Thats how its supposed to work, right?

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:14 | 6393356 nakki
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Its a ponzi world with a serious case of Alzheimer's thrown in. 

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:19 | 6393370 orangegeek
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Headlines we'd like to see:

 

US Stocks Arise Amidst Central Bank Balance Sheet Expansion.

 

Treasury Yields Rise Central Bank Rate-Hike That Have No Merit.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:23 | 6393377 Don Sunset
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They want you gold bugs to sell your metal and buy stocks.

AU is down another 0.5% today.  Correction -0.6%.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 12:33 | 6393732 Stormtrooper
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And, I am offering $750/oz to anyone who sees the writing on the wall and decides to get out before all of your shiny yellow becomes just paperweights. Because I am a nice guy that only wants to help.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 12:59 | 6393890 Stormtrooper
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PS. The price offered will drop daily so don't miss your chance to get out now.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:26 | 6393387 jomama
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...to keep from crying.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:33 | 6393412 cowdiddly
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I seen that headlne this morning just after Disney stunk up the place and just shook my head. The Naz rips up 70 points WTF. It is just kinda sad at this point.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:36 | 6393439 lasvegaspersona
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'price insesitive buyers'

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:49 | 6393492 Baby Eating Dingo22
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Three days down

Something had to be done

A matter of national security

Can't let bear market chatter take hold

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 11:50 | 6393503 cpnscarlet
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Whatever the headlines say is of little import, the economy is very healthy and the dollar is strong with the full faith and backing of the US Government.

 

What's another $5/oz between friends?

 

I Am COMEX gold.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 12:00 | 6393561 wisebastard
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technicals mother fuckers

 

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 12:05 | 6393585 LibertarianMenace
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Tyler, your last paragraph is the comment of the week.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 12:05 | 6393588 Dragon HAwk
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Just remember Oil Is the Bright Spot in the US Economy.... oh wait..

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 12:06 | 6393594 Chuck Knoblauch
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The government must be using Priceline to ship drugs cheaper.

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 12:14 | 6393626 thismarketisrigged
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yes, the almighty priceline now all of the sudden drives the ''market''

 

this shit is so comical.

 

cat, wmt, dis, nope, those companies r irrelevant, pcln baby!!!!!!!!!!! wooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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