from Spiro:
All The Ear Marks Of A False Flag! At first, Dorothy Vong assumed it was a drill — just like all the others at her work.
All The Ear Marks Of A False Flag! At first, Dorothy Vong assumed it was a drill — just like all the others at her work.
[Ed. Note:
We don’t want to jump to any conclusions here, but c’mon… a freemason
hat wearing eye witness and drills happening nearby at the same time?
Seriously?!]
Hillary Clinton Tweeted today: “I refuse to accept this as normal. We must take action to stop gun violence now.”
from PressResetEarth:
Russia Presents Detailed Evidence Of ISIS-Turkey Oil Trade – http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12…
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Hillary Clinton Tweeted today: “I refuse to accept this as normal. We must take action to stop gun violence now.”
from PressResetEarth:
Russia Presents Detailed Evidence Of ISIS-Turkey Oil Trade – http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12…
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Meet Syed Farook And Tashfeen Malik, The Husband And Wife San Bernardino Shooters
“Was there a link to terror?” That’s the question Americans are asking themselves the morning after a husband and wife opened fire with assault rifles killing 14 and wounding 17 at a San Bernardino County employee holiday party. The shooters, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, left their young child with Farook’s mother in nearby Redlands on Wednesday morning before dressing in “assault clothing,” and crashing the party (literally).
And European Markets Break...
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 09:23 How do you stop a market from falling? Simple!!
What Happens Next?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 09:19 A sudden miraculous bid for USDs over JPY has managed to rescue stocks from the precipice of year-to-date redness for now... but bonds (dragged by Bund's collapse) ain't buying the bounce...
Draghi Holds Water Pistol Press Party - Live Feed
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 09:15 Update: PSPP extended to March 2017 "or beyond", regional debt added to QE-eligible asset poolHaving just let everyone down with a less-than-spectacular 10 bps depo rate cut, Mario Draghi will now try to appease a spoiled market by announcing an expansion and/or an extension of PSPP.
"How Does It All Play Out?" - Bill Gross Explains How The Central Casino Banks' Martingale Strategy Ends
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 09:11 "How does all this play out? Timing is the key because as gamblers know there isn’t an endless stream of Martingale chips – even for central bankers acting in unison. One day the negative feedback loop on the real economy will halt the ascent of stock and bond prices and investors will look around like Wile E. Coyote wondering how far is down. But when? When does Martingale meet its inevitable fate? I really don’t know; I’m just certain it will."
There Is A Bit Of A Hockeystick In The ECB's Inflation Expectations
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 08:59 Back in March 2014, the ECB predicted that inflation at the end of 2015 would be 1.3%. Moments ago, with less than a month left in the year, the ECB has trimmed its forecast to just 0.1%. Oops. But what about next year? Well, see for yourselves...
EURUSD Nears 1.09, Up 370 Pips - Biggest Surge Since 2009
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 08:54 Un-"Liquidity"...
US Dollar, Stocks, Bonds Plunge; EU Peripheral Bonds Crash As Draghi Bazooka Fizzles
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 08:40 And there goes hopes for a bigger bazooka...
Initial Claims Rise - What Happens Next?
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 08:35 Following the surprise plunge in job layoffs (to 14-month lows) according to Challenger, Grey, and a day after exuberant ADP jobs data, initial jobless claims spoiled the party a little and rose 9k to 269k (in line with expectations). However, for The Fed, this is awesome, as the trend remains near 42 year lows. The question is - as the chart below shows - what happens next?
Gold Jumps, Bunds Slump, EUR Pumps After Draghi Disappointment
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 08:07 Over-promise and under-deliver appeears to have been the Draghi meme as the ECB chief's loss of control of market front-running has left traders rapidly reversing their buy-the-rumor positions. EURUSD is spiking higher, Bund yields - most focused at the short-end - are surging, DAX is dumping, and US equity and bond markets are being sold. USD weakness has sparked gold and crude strength. We are gonna need a lot more jawboning in the press conference to save this...
Following Epic FT Snafu, ECB Cuts Deposit Rate By 10bps To -0.30% As Expected
If you just lost a ton of money, here's why.
With Expectations Sky High, Draghi Prepares To Whip Out Bazooka But Beware Water Pistols
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 07:08 Mario Draghi is on deck Thursday morning and market expectations could scarcely be higher. In fact, Draghi is widely expected to execute the Keynesian trifecta, i) a rate cut, ii) expansion of QE, and iii) extension of QE duration. The ECB has indeed gained a reputation for over-delivering, but as SocGen puts it, "with high expectations comes a high risk of disappointment."
European Stocks, US Futures Surge On Last Minute Hopes Of "Extraordinary Policy Easing" By Mario Draghi
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/03/2015 - 06:52 Yesterday's market swoon which unwound all of Tuesday's gains on concerns about a hawkish Fed and fears about terrorism in the US, are now completely forgotten, and have been replaced with the latest daily round of pre-ECB euphoria, driven by hopes that Mario Draghi will announce even more dovish details to Europe's Q€ 2 than just a 10 bps rate cut and a boost to QE more than €10 billion, both of which have been already priced in.
Economic activity is slowing down all over the planet, and a whole host of signs are indicating that we are essentially exactly where we were just prior to the great stock market crash of 2008. Yesterday, I explained that the economies of Japan, Brazil, Canada and Russia are all in recession. Today, I am mainly going to focus on the United States. We are seeing so many things happen right now that we have not seen since 2008 and 2009. In so many ways, it is almost as if we are watching an eerie replay of what happened the last time around, and yet most of the “experts” still appear to be oblivious to what is going on. If you were to make up a checklist of all of the things that you would expect to see just before a major stock market crash, virtually all of them are happening right now. The following are 11 critical indicators that are absolutely screaming that the global economic crisis is getting deeper…
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Although it is fundamentally biased in favor of the West, one good thing about Reuters is its attempt at neutrality regarding its use of the buzz-word “terror”. Reuters only uses the term and its variants in direct quotes. This is because, as the head of global news for Reuters said in an internal memo, “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter”.
Yet, almost all outlets, corporate, mainstream, and independent, fail to rise to the standard standard set by Reuters regarding the term. While claiming to strive for neutrality, most use it in their own, self-styled “objective” statements. But as Reuters notes, declaring a person or group to be terroristic is an opinion, an act of editorializing, not a fact. “Terrorist” is in reality almost exclusively an observer’s term used to demonize others, not to describe one’s self, group, or allies, regardless of how terroristic they may be.
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from Mother Jones:
There was a mass shooting on Wednesday afternoon in San Bernardino, California, at Inland Regional Services, a center for people with developmental disabilities. Details are still sparse hours after the attack, with at least one suspect still at large, according to the police. Fatalities have been confirmed, though no exact figure has been released by the police so far. Check here for the latest updates.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton responded quickly to the breaking news on Twitter, pushing the need for further gun control in light of the latest in a long string of mass shootings.
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There was a mass shooting on Wednesday afternoon in San Bernardino, California, at Inland Regional Services, a center for people with developmental disabilities. Details are still sparse hours after the attack, with at least one suspect still at large, according to the police. Fatalities have been confirmed, though no exact figure has been released by the police so far. Check here for the latest updates.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton responded quickly to the breaking news on Twitter, pushing the need for further gun control in light of the latest in a long string of mass shootings.
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from Wolf Street:
In August, the bonds of Mexico’s biggest construction company, ICA, had the dubious honor of being the worst performing corporate bonds across all emerging markets. At a time when emerging economies are slowing down and the total debt exposure of EM corporations has never been higher, this was no mean feat.
Then in October, ICA reported its biggest net loss in 14 years. And things have only deteriorated since.
The Real Pain Begins
Yesterday the company’s shares plummeted 22% on news that it would use a 30-day grace period to make a $31 million interest payment that was due this week. Today its shares, which have lost more than 75% of their value since January, fell a further 8% to 3.76 pesos, their lowest point in 21 years.
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In August, the bonds of Mexico’s biggest construction company, ICA, had the dubious honor of being the worst performing corporate bonds across all emerging markets. At a time when emerging economies are slowing down and the total debt exposure of EM corporations has never been higher, this was no mean feat.
Then in October, ICA reported its biggest net loss in 14 years. And things have only deteriorated since.
The Real Pain Begins
Yesterday the company’s shares plummeted 22% on news that it would use a 30-day grace period to make a $31 million interest payment that was due this week. Today its shares, which have lost more than 75% of their value since January, fell a further 8% to 3.76 pesos, their lowest point in 21 years.
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from Zen Gardner:
In conversations with various people, I have often brought up the
fact that the Media seems to have no memory of the past, is entirely
uniform when it comes to urging war,
and patently ignores a plethora of glaring issues. The issues it does
catch sight of, it seems incapable of penetrating, remaining at the
surface of things, and therefore keeping discourse at the most
superficial level. When questioned about these tendencies of Media, the
responses I’ve received range from “well, that’s just the way they
maintain ratings”, to “but my paper or network has the better ideology”.
Americans appear satisfied to accept what occurs to them as given, and
like Pangloss liked to reply, indeed, this is “the best of all possible
worlds”.
I beg to differ.
Here are a few troubling questions that I feel greatly undermine the idea that Mainstream Media is credible:
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Here are a few troubling questions that I feel greatly undermine the idea that Mainstream Media is credible:
by Brandon Smith, Alt-Market:
“The contemporary quest for world order will require a coherent strategy to establish a concept of order within the various regions and to relate these regional orders to one another.” — Henry Kissinger, “Henry Kissinger On The Assembly Of A New World Order”
“[P]art of people’s concern is just the sense that around the world the old order isn’t holding and we’re not quite yet to where we need to be in terms of a new order that’s based on a different set of principles, that’s based on a sense of common humanity, that’s based on economies that work for all people.” — Barack Obama
“We reiterate our strong commitment to the United Nations (UN) as the foremost multilateral forum entrusted with bringing about hope, peace, order and sustainable development to the world. The UN enjoys universal membership and is at the center of global governance and multilateralism.” — Fifth BRICS Summit Declaration
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“The contemporary quest for world order will require a coherent strategy to establish a concept of order within the various regions and to relate these regional orders to one another.” — Henry Kissinger, “Henry Kissinger On The Assembly Of A New World Order” “[P]art of people’s concern is just the sense that around the world the old order isn’t holding and we’re not quite yet to where we need to be in terms of a new order that’s based on a different set of principles, that’s based on a sense of common humanity, that’s based on economies that work for all people.” — Barack Obama
“We reiterate our strong commitment to the United Nations (UN) as the foremost multilateral forum entrusted with bringing about hope, peace, order and sustainable development to the world. The UN enjoys universal membership and is at the center of global governance and multilateralism.” — Fifth BRICS Summit Declaration
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by J. D. Heyes, Natural News:
At the time of this writing, news about the horrific mass shootings in San Bernardino,
Calif., is still unfolding. There are a great many details that have
not yet become clear, except that more than a dozen people have been
killed, many more wounded, and that the shooters targeted the Inland
Region Center, which provides assistance and care for disabled persons.
Also, at this writing, a terrorism link has not yet been established or ruled out – understandable given the recent attacks in Paris, where ISIS-sponsored gunmen killed 130 people and wounded scores more.
Authorities are also fairly certain there was more than one gunman, that they were heavily armed, sporting military-style gear, hoods and semi-automatic rifles.
What is less certain – in fact, what is a downright mystery, both to me and tens of millions of my countrymen – is why, oh why, there continue to be “gun-free zones” in a nation whose founders sought to ensure that none of their progeny would be without a means to protect themselves and their families unless they made the personal choice to be vulnerable.
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At the time of this writing, news about the horrific mass shootings in San Bernardino,
Calif., is still unfolding. There are a great many details that have
not yet become clear, except that more than a dozen people have been
killed, many more wounded, and that the shooters targeted the Inland
Region Center, which provides assistance and care for disabled persons.
Also, at this writing, a terrorism link has not yet been established or ruled out – understandable given the recent attacks in Paris, where ISIS-sponsored gunmen killed 130 people and wounded scores more.Authorities are also fairly certain there was more than one gunman, that they were heavily armed, sporting military-style gear, hoods and semi-automatic rifles.
What is less certain – in fact, what is a downright mystery, both to me and tens of millions of my countrymen – is why, oh why, there continue to be “gun-free zones” in a nation whose founders sought to ensure that none of their progeny would be without a means to protect themselves and their families unless they made the personal choice to be vulnerable.
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Ever since the Russians began dropping real bombs on real ISIS targets
in Syria, the United States and NATO have been forced to engage in a
two-sided propaganda campaign that swears opposition to ISIS while
simultaneously doing everything it can to facilitate and protect ISIS
forces on the ground. It has also found itself in the bizarre position
of trying to facilitate the death squad army while, at the same time,
attempting to play catch-up to the Russians in at least the appearance
of bombing ISIS.Thus, when Russian forces truly hit at one of the sources of ISIS funding – the captured oil being shipped from Syria and Iraq to Turkey where it is purchased by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s son, Bilal – the United States must then engage in its own faux bombing campaign against ISIS oil trucks.
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There are three major red flags waving in the wind over the U.S. junk
bond market. First, the market is now approximately $1.8 trillion, about
double the amount of junk bonds outstanding at the height of the
financial crisis in 2008. Also, yields have skyrocketed, showing a
growing aversion to risk by investors. As the above chart indicates, the
lowest rated junk bonds (also called “high yield”) which have a CCC or
lower rating, have seen their yields double from 8 percent to 16 percent
since July of last year. And, finally, downgrades to ratings are
swamping the number of upgrades, a telling sign of an overall
deteriorating market. According to the ratings agency, Moody’s, the
ratio of upgrades to downgrades is at the worst level since the
financial crash in 2008-2009.What have junk bond investors gotten in return for taking on all of this high risk this year? They’ve gotten a negative return of 2.20 percent – also the worst since the 2008 crisis.
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