Global equity markets rallied into the last day of the week, with euphoric sessions in Asia and Europe pushing U.S. equity futures through overnight highs and into new all time highs, amid a trader focus on today's quadruple witching and huge S&P rebalancing.
The BOJ surprised the market overnight with an announcement to further "stealth taper" its QE by trimming its buying of bonds due in more than 25 years by 10 billion yen to 50 billion yen, the bank's first reduction in the segment since July.
"It is regrettable that private citizens are being drawn into this. But that is the product of Senator Feinstein’s shockingly shoddy handling of the whole matter."
“I decided that the time had come to strike out against what I saw the erosion of democracy by centralization and bureaucracy, and to set out an alternative view of Europe’s future..."
Figures released today by Eurostat have revealed a concentration of the EU's scientists and engineers in the UK and Germany... and the opposite in Italy...
"The International Criminal Court is a noble ideal but a flawed institution. Far better to encourage nations to develop courts that are accountable to the victims and free from charges of selective enforcement or foreign intervention."
"...The source of child pornography was traced to an IP address used at the observatory and a source within the building observed a computer with 'not good' images on it..."
"...the farm seizures in South Africa aren’t just about dispossessing an unpopular, market dominant racial minority...It’s also a threat to South Africa’s incredibly fragile democracy... AND ALONG the lack of a broad-based middle class, you have a recipe for kleptocracy and starvation."
Choosing a degree should not be about emulating the success stories that have gone before you, but taking their lessons on board before you make a decision that will best suit you...
