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by axolotl_peyotl ⚡️Meet @coppola_gregory: a current Google engineer who is blowing the whistle on political bias. FYI — Google testified before Congress and said there is no political bias at … Read more
$30 trillion of assets globally are held by similar open-ended funds. By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: The Bank of England warned on Thursday that “financial stability risks are increasing” from giant … Read more
via theinstitutionalriskanalyst: New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we ponder how the actions or inaction of policy makers can create systemic events. In the next issue, we’ll dive … Read more
If the banks have restructured such that debt risk has been placed in the hands of (debt) holders rather then the banks why are the banks involved at all? This … Read more
via trueeconomics: Since the start of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and through subsequent Euro area crises, the EU frameworks for reforming financial services have invariably been anchored to the need … Read more
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital Yesterday’s note caught a lot of attention. In it, we argued that investing in stocks today based on the Fed getting dovish is like buying … Read more
via Reuters: The Federal Reserve’s policy twist on Wednesday might seem just what the White House ordered, with a hold put on what President Donald Trump termed “loco” interest rate … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The post-Christmas stock rally extended through Wednesday as the small-cap and tech stocks led the way, with the Russell 2000 up 14.3% and the Nasdaq up … Read more
Do you believe that we will see banks on the brink of failure during the next financial crisis? Or are they safe now? In one of the most volatile years … Read more
by Amy S. Trends research analysis expert, futurist, keynote speaker, and Institute Director, Gerald Celente is trusted by many large corporations as the foremost authority on trend forecasting, research, and … Read more
What would happen if a major bank failed or essentially was faced with failure? Bailout? Bail-in? IMF bailout? Restructuring? What would happen if a major bank failed? What would the … Read more
via Bloomberg: A key regulator of Wall Street banks has joined the Federal Reserve in warning about risky corporate borrowing that has reached record levels as lender protections are eroded. The Office … Read more
Credit Suisse’s systemic risk score reaches the highest since 2006/2007. Credit Suisse's systemic risk score reaches the highest since 2006/2007. pic.twitter.com/NYjPB4w1pg — Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) December 2, 2018 In the … Read more
This was was essentially breaking down the unseen danger. While one particular issue might be “small”, the counter-party risk could be great. It could pull everything down with it. One … Read more
by HomoSemiHabilis Hear me out on this because I think it’s the most empirical treatment of how things could very quickly go horribly wrong. Fact 1 : banks handle … Read more
via @paranoidbull: People in 1987 bought insurance so they could bet permanently on unlimited upside…now in 2018 people SELL INSURANCE so tget can use the proceeds to bet on unlimited upside! … Read more