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By Tsvetana Paraskova Sam Zell, the real estate mogul, has acquired oil assets across the United States at ‘fire-sale’ prices, as U.S. drillers sell assets to raise cash which is … Read more
BY JOHN RUBINO In the energy market, there’s always a revolution going on somewhere. For most of human history, light and heat were provided by wood and candles. Then we discovered … Read more
Pretty crazy the bottom 50% of households owe 36% of all debt but only own 6% of assets. Their growth in liabilities have been outpacing income growth for several decades. … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Another piece in the Chinese capital-flow puzzle. Chinese conglomerates that had gone on a debt-fueled buying binge over the past decade but have come under heavy … Read more
by Crypto556 via usnews: LONDON (Reuters) – Germany’s 30-year government bond yield rose into positive territory on Tuesday for the first time in over a month, lifted by expectations for fiscal … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter QE Unwind continues via the sharp drop in MBS. In August, the Fed shed Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) at a rate that exceeded its self-imposed “cap” … Read more
by Jesse Here is the gold related assets box score for the past three months. Although there are many, many gold mining companies, I have asked Nick why he has … Read more
Cash and treasury would be the top performers in 2019. I am seeing weakness in emerging markets along with U.S. market, says Alastair Williamson to ET Now’s Aabha Bakaya and … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Suddenly, fears of a full-blown financial crisis in Argentina have once again come rushing to the fore. In the wake of President Mauricio Macri’s stunning rout in primary … Read more
via Josh Wolfe: First time since 08 buybacks exceeded CapEx —last time was 10yrs ago right before March 09 lows. As % of assets CapEx=low, Debt=high Fed says “OK” If … Read more
BREAKING: The Trump administration is moving to impose a total economic embargo against the government of Venezuela — Vivian Salama (@vmsalama) August 6, 2019
via Zerohedge: While the western world (and much of the eastern) has been preoccupied with predicting the consequences of Trump’s accelerating global trade/tech war and whether the Fed will launch … Read more
by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Bloomberg television last week let Swiss Asia Capital Managing Director Juerg Kiener mention market manipulation in the same … Read more
Borrowing against art is surging because art, like all other assets, can’t go down.t.co/zkd2cnuiUr pic.twitter.com/aY5BS7SeR4 — Jonathan Tepper (@jtepper2) July 6, 2019
by Troy It’s been a quiet week in the stock market as the 4th of July approaches. Today’s headlines: VIX fell more than expected Stocks and safe haven assets rally … Read more
