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Charts of the Week
September 30, 2015
Charts of the Week Topics Covered This Week Include: When Will The Fed Raise Rates? …More On The Forward Curve And The Fed Who Wanted To Hold Rates At Zero, Yellen Or The Majority? A Look At Q3 GDP Energy Crude Oil Home Prices Rise In July Updating Credit Market Stress – 1 Updating Credit… Continue reading Charts of the Week
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Falling Commodity Prices
September 30, 2015
<Click on chart for larger image> The Financial Times – Credit and commodities run out of steam Reforms essential to achieve output gains needed to sustain growth The world has been firing on two cylinders over recent years: commodities and credit. These did not quite deliver soaring growth, but were enough to keep things sputtering… Continue reading Falling Commodity Prices
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Emerging Market Fund Withdrawals
September 30, 2015
The Financial Times – EM portfolio outflows worst since global financial crisis Foreign investors took $40bn from EM equities and bonds in third quarter, says IIF| Non-resident investors in EM securities will have sold an estimated net $40bn worth of assets during the quarter ending on September 30, divided roughly evenly between bonds ($21bn) and… Continue reading Emerging Market Fund Withdrawals
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World Stock Markets Lose Almost $11 Trillion In Q3
September 30, 2015
<Click on chart for larger image> Bloomberg Business – Stock Gains Trim Quarter’s $11 Trillion Loss as Bonds, Yen Drop From stocks to commodities to emerging-market currencies, traders breathed a sigh of relief at the end of the most volatile quarter for financial markets since 2011. Global equities advanced from a two-year low, with the… Continue reading World Stock Markets Lose Almost $11 Trillion In Q3
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Trump’s Good Week (so far)
September 30, 2015
Comment Carl Ichan was proclaimed to be the most important investor in America on TIME’s December 2013 cover. <Click on graphic for larger image> Yesterday he released a 15 minute video titled “Danger Ahead” in which he states the investment markets are a mess. He largely blames the Fed and thinks a terrible bear market… Continue reading Trump’s Good Week (so far)
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Home Prices Rise In July
September 30, 2015
<Click on chart for larger image> The Wall Street Journal – U.S. Home-Price Growth Remained Strong in July, Case-Shiller Says Home prices rose 4.7% in the 12 months ended in July, up from a 4.5% increase the month before Home prices grew steadily in July, according to a report released Tuesday, underscoring the housing market’s… Continue reading Home Prices Rise In July
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Unemployment And The Federal Reserve
September 30, 2015
<Click on chart for larger image> Bloomberg Business – A Key Tenet of Janet Yellen’s ‘Lowflation’ Call Might Be Off the Mark What if the U.S. labor influx never arrives? One of Janet Yellen’s big reasons for thinking inflation will stay subdued may be built on a shaky foundation. During her latest speech, the Fed… Continue reading Unemployment And The Federal Reserve
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The IMF Warns Of Problems If Rates Rise
September 30, 2015
<Click on graphic for larger image> The Guardian (UK) – IMF warns of new financial crisis if interest rates rise Fund says governments in emerging markets should prepare now for a new credit crunch because of a 10-year corporate borrowing binge Rising global interest rates could prompt a new credit crunch in emerging markets, as… Continue reading The IMF Warns Of Problems If Rates Rise
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U.S. Exports
September 30, 2015
<Click on graphic for larger image> The Wall Street Journal – U.S. Export Weakness Hampers Growth Hopes for an American export boom are wilting under the weight of a strong dollar and global economic strains. U.S. exports are on track to decline this year for the first time since the financial crisis, undermining a national… Continue reading U.S. Exports
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Historical Political Outcomes And The Markets
September 30, 2015
The Financial Times – Markets struggle to quantify risk of historic shocks Within the last half-decade the US has also endured a frightening showdown over its debt ceiling, a government shutdown, and large-scale government reforms of its healthcare and financial sectors. Europe, meanwhile, has confronted a long sequence of sovereign debt crises and the rise… Continue reading Historical Political Outcomes And The Markets
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Pimco: “Phantom Rate Hike” Has Caused Market Volatility
September 30, 2015
Bloomberg Business – Pimco Sees Fed ‘Phantom Rate Hike’ at Root of Market Volatility Financial-market volatility has climbed as investors wait for a Federal Reserve shift that policy makers have signaled yet failed to deliver, according to Tony Crescenzi at Pacific Investment Management Co. With Fed officials indicating they will probably raise the central bank’s… Continue reading Pimco: “Phantom Rate Hike” Has Caused Market Volatility