Is the Everything Bubble Ripe Yet?

Suddenly – I mean the signs had been everywhere for a long time and “suddenly” doesn’t really apply – the whole house of cards came tumbling down. This is the transcript from my podcast last Sunday, THE WOLF STREET REPORT: I …

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Another Chinese bank looks to have collapsed, the third since May – Unit of China’s sovereign wealth fund takes over Xiao Jianhua-linked Heng Feng Bank in third case of nationalisation since May

by NineteenEighty9 via scmp: If three US banks of this size all collapsed within a few months of one another like this it would be front page news. China looks to be at risk for a serious banking/financial crises… or already …

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Political violence is as American as apple pie

by Fabius Maximus Summary: Mass murders are sad but relatively small problem. Political violence is an endemic problem, as American as apple pie. Its dark force has often shaped American history, and will again in the future. Unless we stand together …

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Ranking the Top 100 Websites in the World

by visualcapitalist iew the full-resolution version of this visualization As a greater portion of the world begins to live more of their life online, the world’s top 100 websites continue to see explosive growth in their traffic numbers. To claim even the 100th …

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Bonds Are The New FANG!

by jessefelder It was nearly five years ago, in late-2014, that I wrote a piece titled, “Here’s Why The Long Bond Could Be About To Blast Off.” At the time, I argued that the combination of relative value and extreme …

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And That’s How it All Came Down

by David Haggith On June 12, I wrote, The market is moving into waiting mode as the Fed’s next FOMC meeting where they have the opportunity to live up to the rate-cutting hopes they’ve raised come next week. As it does, …

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