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Saturday Humor: Kim Jong-Un Watches North Korean Submarine Launch Missile
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/09/2016 22:30 -0500In what may well be the most epic 28-seconds of footage ever recorded, a fedora-donning Kim Jong-Un watches from a ship as a North Korean sub launches a missile.
North, South Korea "At The Brink Of War" As Loudspeaker Dispute Spirals Out Of Control (Again)
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/09/2016 12:15 -0500South Korea - which Kim Jong-Un says is "jealous" of the North's "H-bomb" test - has resumed blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda over loudspeakers installed on the two countries' border, a move the North says has once again brought the Korean Peninsula "to the brink of war."
Why Is North Korea Our Problem?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/08/2016 20:00 -0500Once, there was a time when Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and Tojo ruled almost all of Eurasia. And another time when a monolithic Sino-Soviet Communist bloc ruled from the Elbe to the Pacific. As those times are long gone, is it not time for an exhaustive review of the alliances we have entered into and the war guarantees we have issued, to fight for nations and interests other than our own?
US Futures Lose Overnight Gains; Dax Back Under 10,000 As Chinese Market Bailout Fizzles
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/08/2016 06:56 -0500- Aussie
- Bond
- China
- Circuit Breakers
- Consumer Credit
- Copper
- CPI
- Crude
- Crude Oil
- Equity Markets
- Fail
- fixed
- France
- Germany
- Initial Jobless Claims
- Iran
- Japan
- Jim Reid
- KIM
- Mexico
- NASDAQ
- Natural Gas
- Nikkei
- North Korea
- Price Action
- Primary Market
- recovery
- Saudi Arabia
- Shenzhen
- Time Warner
- Trade Deficit
- Unemployment
- Volatility
- Wholesale Inventories
- Yuan
The half-life of the latest "market supporting" intervention by the Chinese government: just about 12 hours.
Global Stocks Crash After Spiraling Chinese Devaluation Unleashes Worldwide Chaos And Selling
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/07/2016 07:34 -0500- Apple
- Australia
- B+
- Bank of America
- Bank of America
- Bitcoin
- Bond
- Brazil
- China
- Circuit Breakers
- Consumer Confidence
- Continuing Claims
- Copper
- CPI
- Crude
- Crude Oil
- Equity Markets
- fixed
- France
- George Soros
- Germany
- headlines
- High Yield
- Hong Kong
- Initial Jobless Claims
- Italy
- Japan
- KIM
- Kyle Bass
- Kyle Bass
- Market Conditions
- Middle East
- Monetary Policy
- Natural Gas
- Netherlands
- Nikkei
- None
- North Korea
- Oklahoma
- OPEC
- RANSquawk
- San Francisco Fed
- Saudi Arabia
- Shenzhen
- Standard Chartered
- Trade Balance
- Trade Deficit
- Unemployment
- Volatility
- Wells Fargo
- World Bank
- Yen
- Yuan
Once China set the Yuan fixing some 0.5% lower, the biggest drop since the August devaluation, all hell broke loose and unleashed a global selling panic after China's stock market was promptly shut down less than 30 minutes into trading, then European shares dropped the most in more than 4 months as Asian equities plunges, as did US stock futures, the dollar weakened against the euro and the yen; crude plunged to fresh 12 year lows. Gold rose.
"America Is A Gang Of Cruel Robbers": North Korea Boasts Of "Successful" Nuke Test As Skeptics Laugh
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/06/2016 11:16 -0500
Pretend To The Bitter End
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/04/2016 14:45 -0500- Afghanistan
- Bernie Sanders
- Bond
- BRICs
- China
- Corruption
- CRAP
- Detroit
- Donald Trump
- ETC
- Eurozone
- Federal Reserve
- Ford
- France
- Germany
- Global Economy
- Goldilocks
- Great Depression
- Greece
- High Yield
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- KIM
- Middle East
- NASDAQ
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- Nomination
- North Korea
- Portugal
- Racketeering
- Reality
- recovery
- Saudi Arabia
- SWIFT
- Turkey
- Ukraine
There’s really one supreme element of this story that you must keep in view at all times: a society (i.e. an economy + a polity = a political economy) based on debt that will never be paid back is certain to crack up. Its institutions will stop functioning. Its business activities will seize up. Its leaders will be demoralized. Its denizens will act up and act out. Its wealth will evaporate. Given where we are in human history - the moment of techno-industrial over-reach - this crackup will not be easy to recover from. Things have gone too far in too many ways. The coming crackup will re-set the terms of civilized life to levels largely pre-techno-industrial. How far backward remains to be seen.
Happy New Year: Global Stocks Crash After China Is Halted Limit Down In Worst Start To Year In History
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/04/2016 06:46 -0500- Australia
- Bond
- Carry Trade
- Chicago PMI
- China
- Circuit Breakers
- Copper
- Crude
- Crude Oil
- Equity Markets
- Eurozone
- Federal Reserve
- Ferrari
- fixed
- Flight to Safety
- Germany
- headlines
- High Yield
- India
- Initial Jobless Claims
- Iran
- Jim Reid
- KIM
- Markit
- Meltdown
- Middle East
- NASDAQ
- Nikkei
- RANSquawk
- Saudi Arabia
- Shenzhen
- Swiss Franc
- Yen
- Yuan
It all started off relatively well: oil and US equity futures were buoyant on hopes Iran and Saudi Arabia would break out in a bloody conflict any minute boosting the net worth of shareholders of the military industrial complex, and then, out of nowhere, like a depressed China in a bull shop, the "mainland" crashed the party and it all well south very, very quickly...
A Year In The Fabulous Life Of Kim Jong-Un, In Pictures
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 17:10 -0500
Obama To Hit New "Friend" Iran With Fresh Sanctions Over Contested Ballistic-Missile Program
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/31/2015 07:53 -0500On the heels of a “close call” in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, Washington is preparing new sanctions against a handful of companies and individuals tied to Tehran’s ballistic-missile program. "We've been looking for some time at options for additional actions related to Iran's ballistic missile program based on our continued concerns about its activities,” an unnamed US official says. Iran calls the new actions "illegal."
"Political Correctness" Is About Control, Not Etiquette
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/28/2015 21:15 -0500
To begin, we need to understand that political correctness is not about being nice. It’s not simply a social issue, or a subset of the culture wars. It’s not about politeness, or inclusiveness, or good manners. It’s not about being respectful toward your fellow humans, and it’s not about being sensitive or caring or avoiding hurt feelings and unpleasant slurs. But what exactly is PC? Political correctness is the conscious, designed manipulation of language intended to change the way people speak, write, think, feel, and act, in furtherance of an agenda. PC is best understood as propaganda.
Dave Barry Answers - Was 2015 The Worst Year Ever? (Spoiler Alert: Yes)
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/26/2015 14:20 -0500- Apple
- B+
- Bernie Sanders
- Black Friday
- Carbon Emissions
- Comcast
- Donald Trump
- FBI
- Florida
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- International Monetary Fund
- Iran
- Iraq
- Japan
- Joe Biden
- KIM
- M1
- Mexico
- Middle East
- NBC
- New York Times
- Nomination
- North Korea
- Obama Administration
- Ohio
- President Obama
- Reality
- Same-Sex Marriage
- SWIFT
- Treasury Department
- Tribune
- Vladimir Putin
- Volkswagen
- Volvo
- Washington D.C.
- White House
We apologize, but 2015 had so many negatives that we’re having trouble seeing the positives. It’s like we’re on the Titanic, and it’s tilting at an 85-degree angle with its propellers way up in the air, and we’re dangling over the cold Atlantic trying to tell ourselves: “At least there’s no waiting for the shuffleboard courts!” Are we saying that 2015 was the worst year ever? Are we saying it was worse than, for example, 1347, the year when the Bubonic Plague killed a large part of humanity? Yes, we are saying that.
"Secret" Documents Show ISIS May Be Flesh-Eating, Organ Harvesters, US Says
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/25/2015 09:03 -0500"The apostate's life and organs don't have to be respected and may be taken with impunity. A group of Islamic scholars have permitted, if necessary, one to kill the apostate in order to eat his flesh."
Art Cashin Unveils 2015 Christmas Poem: "Resist Ye Grinch Feelings"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/24/2015 09:34 -0500Having 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.



