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In Bizarre Alliance, Russia Teams With The Taliban In ISIS Fight
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 11:25 -0400The fight against ISIS makes for some strange bedfellows. “The Taliban interest objectively coincides with ours. We've already said earlier that we and the Taliban have channels for exchanging information."
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If We Don't Change The Way Money Is Created & Distributed, We Change Nothing
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 11:02 -0400If the money creation/distribution system isn't transformed, "reform" is nothing more than ineffectual policy tweaks that offer do-gooders the illusion of progress. The only real solution in my view is to create and distribute money at the base of the pyramid rather than to those in the top of the pyramid.
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China Proposes A Fix For Its Crashing Housing Market: "Transplant" 100 Million Farmers Into Its Cities
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 08:46 -0400There is just one very big problem with this "solution"...
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Don't Look Now But Gasoline Is Up 10% In 3 Days
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 10:42 -0400After a year of proclamations from mainstream media (and Wall St. economists) that low oil prices mean low gas prices at the pump which means "bonanza" for US consumers, it appears none of that happened. Confidence is fading fast despite what some suggest is $550 average savings this year as 'gains' flooded into soaring rent and healthcare costs. But, more recently, as stock markets celebrate a soaring oil price (off decade lows), wholesale gasoline prices have soared 10% in a little over 48 hours...
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Art Cashin Unveils 2015 Christmas Poem: "Resist Ye Grinch Feelings"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 10:34 -0400Having recently opined that "2015 was one of the most difficult markets in 50 years," the venerable Art Cashin has once again unleashed annual holiday poem.
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Stock Buybacks In Jeopardy: Investment Grade Bond Funds See Biggest Outflow In 17 Weeks
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 10:13 -0400There has been a "continued shunning of fixed income" with over $25 Bn of outflows from bond funds in three weeks, of which $6.4 Bn took place in the past week, resulting in outflows in 6 of past 7 weeks.However, the biggest outflow risk is not to Junk but to investment grade, that main funding source for trillions in corporate stock buybacks: it was the IG space that took another beating with largest outflows ($3.5bn) in 17 weeks!
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WTI Crude Surges Back Above $38 (But Stocks Aren't Playing Along)
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 10:12 -0400Unleash 'The Andy Hall Algo'... it seems the quarter-, year-end mark-ups may just be required to maintain 'some' hedge funds and hold off liquidation for another quarter...
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Another Major Commodity Index Drops To 2009 Lows
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 09:55 -0400Another index bites the dust of the deflationary spiral...
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US Had "Secret" Discussions With Assad "Regime", Tried To Start Military Coup
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 09:23 -0400According to WSJ, "the Obama administration pursued secret communications with elements of Syria’s regime over several years in a failed attempt to limit violence and get President Bashar al-Assad to relinquish power, according to U.S. and Arab officials. Early on, the U.S. looked for cracks in the regime it could exploit to encourage a military coup, but found few.”
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As Good As It Gets? Initial Jobless Claims At Lowest In 43 Years For Christmas Week
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 09:36 -0400It's Chrismas time. Only the scroogiest of scrooges would be laying people off this time of year and in fact this week's 267k print in initial jobless claims is back near cycle lows. The last time there were initial jobless claim in a holiday week was 1972, which raises the question - so what happens next?
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Full Early Market Closure Timetable
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 09:13 -0400For those stuck watching algos frontrun today's market paint drying, here is the full calendar of today's early market closures.
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This Is Canada's Depression: Surging Crime, Soaring Suicides, Overwhelmed Food Banks "And The Worst Is Yet To Come"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 00:44 -0400The news out of Canada - and especially out of Alberta, the heart of the country's oil patch - has just gone from disturbing to downright terrifying.
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Global Stocks, Futures Flat As Santa Rally Runs Out Of Steam In Christmas Eve-Shortened Session
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 08:02 -0400After a furious three day "dash for trash", no volume, no breadth, commodity-driven rally, even Santa is now exhausted and overnight US equity index futures were little changed with European and Asian shares mixed. The dollar has declines as gold, silver gain, with WTI initially continuing its recent meteoric rise (up over 8% in the past three days, nearly hitting $38), only to reverse and give up all overnight gains moments ago. Copper falls after Chinese stocks see a second day of weakness, down 0.7% while an unexpected tumble in the USDJPY to 7 weeks lows has dragged the Nikkei (-0.5%) and its futures down.
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Frontrunning: December 24
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The Big Short: "Every American Should See This Movie & Be F##king Pissed Off"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/23/2015 22:32 -0400"This is a dangerous movie for Wall Street, the government, and the establishment in general. ... cuts through the crap and reveals those in power to be corrupt, greedy weasels who aren’t really as smart as they want you to think they are. The finale of the movie is sobering and infuriating."
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