Meet the secretive powers behind the trade negotiations that attempt to rewrite US and EU laws and regulations to their liking and beyond democratic controls.
Home prices hit a slick $1,000,000, while soaring office rents blow up enterprises with real business models. It’s crazy. It’s powered by hot money from around the world. Then comes the moment when the hot money evaporates.
European bankers have begun sweating, not because of the harsh heat, but fear – of what could happen as battalions of bank auditors take up temporary residence at the headquarters of the biggest banks.
Spreads between short-term and long-term Treasuries at lowest since Financial Crisis. Buyers will be punished. So the mystery: “Who the heck is still buying?”
The world’s largest wealth manager is “very worried” about “the lack of liquidity” that could wreak havoc during the sell-off. It reduces risk “over the full spectrum of assets.”
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Under the cover of telecom reform is a big stick that can be wielded against political and social activists, investigative journalists, political opponents, or anyone who threatens the status quo.
Despite surging stocks since 2012, consumer sentiment has not broken out in similar fashion: a warning sign of a big move down in the markets and economy.
In 2013, Morgan Stanley praised Spain’s export miracle, thanks to wage cuts. “Next Germany,” it called it, giving rise to a lot of hope. Now reality has returned.
