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[Bloomberg] Dollar Gains, Tech Lifts U.S. Stocks; Bonds Mixed: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Fed’s Harker sees two U.S. rate hikes this year [CNBC] Weekly mortgage applications tank even more, as rising rates make homes less affordable [Bloomberg] Euro Area Hits Speed Bump on Road to Faster Economic Growth [CNBC] Fed could ‘rock the boat’ with what […]
Yields on 10 year treasuries double from June 2016 Every 1 % Rise In Interest Costs Us $650 Billion Extra Stock Market: “Buy the dip” culture to change to “sell the rallies!” The McAlvany Weekly Commentary with David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick What people should care about here is the implicit signal of lower quality, […]
[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Decline With Treasuries, Dollar Gains: Markets Wrap [Bloomberg] Treasury $258 Billion Bond Auction Is Hogging All the Attention [Bloomberg] Fed Minutes May Give Clues to 2018 Interest Rate Word Puzzle [Bloomberg] A Diversified Portfolio May Not Help Investors Much This Year [Bloomberg] Morgan Stanley Says Stock Slide Was Appetizer for Real Deal […]
[Bloomberg] European Stocks Falter After Asia Rally; Oil Rises: Markets Wrap [Bloomberg] Goldman Sees U.S. Interest Cost Surge on Rising Yields, Deficit [CNBC] Goldman Sachs sees red ink everywhere, warns US spending could push up rates and debt levels [Bloomberg] Syrian Forces to Back Kurds Against Turkey [Bloomberg] Russia Warns U.S. Not to ‘Play With […]
[Bloomberg] ECB’s Rimsevics Detained by Latvian Anti-Graft Bureau [Bloomberg] U.S.-Russia Tension Flares Over Nuclear Arms Control Now at Risk [Reuters] Netanyahu says Israel could act against Iran’s ’empire’
[Reuters] Stock volatility: back with a bang and here to stay [Bloomberg] What Shaped the Stock Market’s $3 Trillion Trauma [Bloomberg] China Warns It May Retaliate If U.S. Imposes Metal Tariffs [Reuters] Exclusive: Indian banks may take more than $3 billion hit from PNB fraud – tax department [Spiegel] German Politics Enters Era of Instability […]
U.S. stocks posted the strongest week of gains since 2013 (would have been 2011 if not for late-day selling). The S&P500 surged 4.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite jumped 5.3%. The small cap Russell 2000 rallied 4.4%. After closing last Friday at 29.06, the VIX settled back down to a still elevated 19.46. Foreign markets recovered […]
[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Fluctuate as Treasuries, Dollar Gain: Markets Wrap [Bloomberg] U.S. Housing Starts Reach Highest Level in More Than a Year [CNBC] US import prices rise more than expected in January [Bloomberg] Cracks Appear in Credit Funds as Investors Head for the Exit [Reuters] Japan government reappoints Kuroda as BOJ chief, picks reflationist academic as […]
