Short-Sellers Set-Up Shop As Sentiment Starts To Shift
Monday, January 20, 2014 6:46 PM EDT
Shorting is coming back in style.
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A "Davos" World In Which The 85 Richest People Have The Same Wealth As Half The World's Population
Monday, January 20, 2014 5:04 PM EDT
The disparity in wealth between the haves and the have nots has reached absolutely record proportions, surpassing any previous inequality gaps seen before and during the Great Depression.
The US Is Closed, But Markets Elsewhere Are Open - Full Overnight Summary
Monday, January 20, 2014 9:06 AM EDT
On MLK Day, we party like its 1991... in the Shanghai Composite that is. The main Chinese index slid another 14 points overnight to its lowest level since the June near-banking sector collapse. Plus more global updates.
How Erik Prince, Founder Of Blackwater, Will Help China Subjugate Africa
Sunday, January 19, 2014 12:15 PM EDT
China’s ongoing colonization of Africa represents yet another sad development in the continent’s tragic history.
IMF Warns These 4 European Nations Are "Potentially Destabilizing" To Global Economy
Friday, January 17, 2014 11:40 AM EDT
Denmark, Finland, Norway and Poland have been added to the IMF’s list of countries with the potential to destabilize the global economy. The total number of countries on the list has risen to 29.
Chinese Stocks Tumble On Contagion Concerns From First Shadow-Banking Default
Friday, January 17, 2014 12:33 AM EDT
While manufacturing and services PMIs disappointed, the big problem in big China remains that of an out-of-control credit creation process that is blowing up.
A Brief History Of Jim Cramer's Opinions On "Pillar Of Strength" Best Buy
Thursday, January 16, 2014 9:52 PM EDT
When you're wrong, you're wrong.
In this article: BBY
Corporations Have Record Cash: They Also Have Record-er Debt, As Net Leverage Soars 15% Higher Than Its 2008 Peak
Thursday, January 16, 2014 4:47 PM EDT
US corporations invested a whopping half a trillion in buying back their stock; this has made a few rich hedge fund managers even richer.
Best Buy's Collapse Was Not A Surprise To This Man...
Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:43 AM EDT
The meteoric rise of BBY's shares was promoted to the general public as the renaissance of the near-bankrupt store. But there was at least one man who was not surprised by its 30% tumble this morning...
In this article: BBY
Amazon Threatened With Further Margin Contraction As AFL-CIO Seeks To Unionize Its Workers
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 4:46 PM EDT
Amazon faces pressure from 30 workers voting on unionization. Is this a minor inconvenience or the beginning of serious trouble?
In this article: AMZN
Producer Prices Jump Most Since June, Over Half Of Core Increase Due To Tobacco Prices
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 2:22 PM EDT
Bad inflationary news for smokers... and if your NY's resolution wasn't to quit, looks like a good time to do it.
The Sheer Idiocy Of The Markets In One Chart... Is Back
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 12:27 PM EDT
When Google paid $3 billion for Nest, little did it know it would be giving a massive boost to Nestor, an unrelated, small company from Rhode Island that makes traffic systems. Nestor's ticker symbol happens to be NEST.
In this article: GOOG
4-Week Bill Prices At 0.000%, Bid To Cover Soars To Highest Since 2011
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 12:52 PM EDT
Stocks may be masquerading as a big bounce today, driven by a VIX slam which has gotten the algos to ramp the S&P higher and of course a perfectly innocuous gold slam which as usual took out the entire bid stack, but the real money is furiously going elsewhere, such as today's 4 Week auction.
Greek Deflation Continues For 10th Straight Month; Stocks Up 19% In 9 Days
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 11:45 AM EDT
The Greek economy initially slipped into a deflationary trend in March 2013 and for the 10th month in a row in December, Bloomberg's Niraj Shah notes that EU-harmonized consumer prices dropped 1.8%.
JPMorgan Non-GAAP Revenues Beat, GAAP Miss; Earnings Boosted By $1.3 Billion Loan Reserve Release
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 10:38 AM EDT
JPM reported two sets of revenues: one which was the firm's GAAP revenue, and which was $23.156 billion, and another, far higher number, which was $24.112 billion which JPM described as revenue on a "managed basis" or also known as non-GAAP, and largely made up as they go along.
December Retail Sales Beat Due To November Revision Lower, Electronics Sales Tumble
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 10:03 AM EDT
Following ongoing promises from the Fed that the Taper will continue at a pace of $10 billion per month come rain or shine, suddenly good news are critical for stocks, as the stock market is desperate for a strong economy to which Yellen can pass the baton.
In this article: AAPL
