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Which States Get The Most Chinese Investment?
Article By:
Jeff Desjardins
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 4:29 PM EDT
Chinese companies have spent over $1 trillion on overseas investment over the last decade, and this has only accelerated in recent years as investors seek to acquire safe haven assets abroad.
An Inside Basis For Unfortunate Continuity
Article By:
Jeffrey P. Snider
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 4:16 PM EDT
Since dealers by and large are not speculating on the direction of interest rates, either way, their tendency toward a net positive position or a net negative one relates more to collateral and financing opportunities versus costs.
Key Features In The Long Term Gold Chart
Podcast By:
Cory Fleck
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 4:07 PM EDT
The long term (monthly) chart has some very encouraging signs for the future of the gold market.
In this podcast: GLD
United Airlines Flunks Economics 101
Article By:
Bill Conerly
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 4:01 PM EDT
The final exam for Economics 101 is not held in a university classroom. It is held in the real world years after the course is over. And United Continental executives flunked.
In this article: UAL
FX Turmoils After Trump Says "Dollar Is Getting Too Strong"
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 3:48 PM EDT
President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. dollar “is getting too strong” and he would prefer the Federal Reserve keep interest rates low.
In this article: UDN
World Out Of Whack: Does This Energy Deal Signal A Dollar Bear Market?
Article By:
Chris MacIntosh
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 3:42 PM EDT
We know that the biggest (and often the fastest) returns come from asymmetric market moves. But, in order to identify these moves, we must first identify where they live.
In this article: XOM
(Another View On) The Slowdown In Lending: A Rorschach Test
Article By:
Cullen Roche
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 3:34 PM EDT
A lot of ink has been spilled about the “decline” and even “collapse” in bank lending in recent months.
What Will Citi's Shares Do Post Earnings?
Article By:
WhisperNumber
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 3:28 PM EDT
Citigroup is expected to report earnings April 13th, before market open. The whisper number is $1.28, one cent ahead of the analysts' estimate and showing some confidence.
In this article: C
Industrial Metals Plunge As 'Trump Trade' Fades, China Worries
Article By:
The Fly
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 3:20 PM EDT
Shares of industrial metals, especially steel, are plunging after iron ore suffered its worst one-day loss in almost a year. The spot price for the benchmark 62% fines iron ore plunged almost 9% to $68.04 a ton, according to Metal Bulletin.
Will The Gender Pay Gap Get Smaller?
Article By:
Global Economic Intersection
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 3:11 PM EDT
In the early 1980s, the earnings gap for women was 63 percent. That is, real median annual earnings for a man working full-time were about $52,000, while median earnings for a woman were about $33,000, or about 63 percent of what a man earned.
CAD: BoC Still Leans Towards A Cup Half Empty View – CIBC
Article By:
Yohay Elam
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:55 PM EDT
The Bank of Canada left interest rates unchanged as widely expected. While they expressed some opinions on bubbly housing markets, the team led by Stephen Poloz was mostly balanced.
In this article: FXC
Mediocre, Tailing 30Y Auction Concludes This Week's Treasury Issuance
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:48 PM EDT
With the 30Y trading comfortably in repo today, with no tightness as indicated by the +0.7% repo rate, it seemed possible that the auction would join this week's previous 2 auctions of 3 and 10 Year paper by printing with a modest tail.
In this article: TYX
Dollar Jumps As Tillerson Emerges Alive After Putin Meeting
Article By:
The Heisenberg Report
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:39 PM EDT
The dollar erased morning losses to post a slight gain as measured by the Bloomberg dollar index BBDXY, as a press conference between Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov got underway.
Did Stock Guru Jim Cramer Learn Anything From 2000 And 2008?
Article By:
Gary Gordon
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:30 PM EDT
Valuation extremes are as ugly as 1929. It leads me to wonder, did media darlings like Jim Cramer learn anything from 2000 and 2008?
In this article: QQQ