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It’s Not Really About Deutsche Bank

By |2016-09-26T12:41:42-04:00September 26th, 2016|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

It is never a good thing when official sources either named or unnamed are quoted in the media as denying bailout discussions. For any bank such rumors and denials are harmful because, obviously, they are a reflection of common perception. Furthermore, most people know all-too-well the true nature of any denials, thus reinforcing only that much more the troubling perceptions [...]

Greek Butterfly Flaps The ‘Dollar’ Run

By |2015-09-30T13:12:29-04:00September 30th, 2015|Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks|

Before embarking on the great unknown of Q4 2015, it makes sense to try to gain a little more clarity about Q3 2015. Specifically, the “dollar” run that blasted through China and opened the prospects for both an end to Fed/Yellen faithfulness and increasing uncertainty about the true nature of economy and finance globally began around July 6; a day [...]

New Bank Rules Will Accomplish The Same As The Old Bank Rules

By |2015-02-25T12:34:20-05:00February 25th, 2015|Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets|

There has been an exodus of sorts of mathematical expertise out of ratings agencies and into the biggest banks themselves. That may not sound like much of a change, after all it was Wall Street that hired the most Ivy League mathematicians during the last bubbles of the 1990’s and 2000’s, but the talent being sought recently is specific. Credit [...]

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