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A World of Debt
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A month ago when we presented RealtyTrac's analysis of 25 markets where flipping homes is most profitable (yes, they really did that) some thought we were joking: after all can people really be that stupid and forget the crushing aftermath of a... 
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Submitted by Jonathan Stacke via The Genesis Block blog, Bitcoin has made significant progress towards becoming the world's first truly global currency over the past few years.
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There is a reason why US corporate balance sheets have rarely been in better shape: it is because the Fed has become the S&P500's bad bank.
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by Matina Stevis Wall Street Journal May 24, 2013 The International Monetary Fund launched a mea culpa operation a few months ago as it sought to clean up its reputation and record the “lessons learned” from its involvement in the euro-zone crisis.
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Japan’s bond market is officially losing control. We have definitely taken out the multi-year trendline here, making a new high higher after a higher low.
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Yes, yes, everyone knows hedge funds aren't benchmarked to the S&P - after all they "hedge" for the broader market downside.
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The grace period between February and mid-May, when the US spent like a drunken sailor without regard for even structural limitations, and raked up over $300 billion in debt, or said otherwise when it was without an official debt limit, is over as...
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While anecdotally we see again and again that equities rally on bad news (The Fed will save us) and good news (see The Fed saved us), none of that matters until it gets the Goldman Sachs stamp of approval.
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While many may not recall that the US has been without an official debt ceiling for the past three months, or even that it has a debt target ceiling, the bonus period agreed upon in January to let the nation rake up some $400 billion in addition...
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Submitted by Adam Taggart via Peak Prosperity blog, Everyone knows the odds of winning in a casino are worse than 50% (often much worse depending on the game played).
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China's demand for gold jumped 20% to 294 tonnes in the first quarter of 2013, while global gold demand overall slid 13% thanks to the dramatic rotation of demand from paper to physical.
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Submitted by Lance Roberts of Street Talk Live blog, Today's chart looks at the market from a technical perspective. While there are a plethora of Wall Street analysts calling for much higher levels for the S&P 500; most of these calls are based...
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The periodic Munk debate spectacle out of Canada is memorable for bringing together very flamboyant personalities, discussing very germane topics. The one that has just started has a topic of whether the rich should be taxed.
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When even the political elite are voicing concerns about the possible social implications of youth unemployment rates in Europe being so egregiously high, you know that there are problems.
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Things are getting rather interesting in the Netherlands as low interest rates have increased pension deficit liabilities.
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Greece was supposed to get it's debt to GDP ratio to 100% by 2012, then 100% by 2013, then 110% by 2014. Now Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup finance ministers, says Greece May Get Still More Time to meet fiscal targets.
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It is not just the massive short positioning in Gold futures that has BofAML's commodity strategists concerned; but the regime changes in the precious metal's volatility structures suggests risks are significantly mispriced relative to equities,...
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Originally posted http://www.tothetick.com/hyperinflation-10-worst-cases I have a neat little app on my smartphone that I like to look at when I’m feeling bored.
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Or maybe this is a trick question, and the answer for the "New Normal", when all central banks are coordinating on reflating the biggest asset bubble of all time, is "all of them"...
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Two years ago, Zero Hedge first made the observation that the bulk of Fed reserves (also known simply as "cash created out of thin air" because money is first and foremost fungible no matter what textbook theoreticians may claim, and the only cash...
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The last few years have been dominated by one theme and every trade has been a derivative bet on that theme.
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There has been a long string of crummy economic data which has largely been ignored (“bad news is good”) by bulls.
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Japan continues to be the world's biggest financial story. The consensus seems to be that the country's extraordinary economic measures are good for both itself and the world.
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Today’s AM fix was USD 1,377.00, EUR 1,070.01 and GBP 904.32 per ounce.
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