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Dollar
Flash Crashes: Currency Market Pulverized As Dollar Implodes After Close. Submitted
by Tyler Durden
on 03/18/2015. Complete Currency Carnage...
And Swissy the biggest move of all...
Charts: Bloomberg. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-18/currency-market-pulverized-dollar-implodes-after-close
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Obama
Administration Sets New Record For Censoring & Denying-Access-To Government
Documents. by
Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/18/2015
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Censorship is Transparency...
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Censorship is Transparency...
For related articles, see:
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Here
Is Why The Fed Can't Hike Rates By Even 0.25%. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/18/2015 See also: "Bulletproof"
Fortescue Pulls $2.5 Billion Offering Amid Slumping Iron Ore Prices. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2015
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Guest
Post: How Putin Can Win The Economic War Against The West. by pravda.ru. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/18/2015. Russia must get aggressive in the economic war. You
can win this economic contest in 24 months, if certain special zones in Russia
simply are allowed to copy Swiss banking rules and regulations, as wealth will
always flow to secure locations where taxes are low. You know what banking
privacy and security did for Switzerland, it made a poor country with few
natural resources the wealthiest nation in the world.
Pravda.Ru asked these and other questions in an interview
with Ron Holland, author of many best-selling books:
1- It has been a year since the
US economic war against Russia began by the West. Which objectives have
been set and have they been achieved?.
2- Because of anti-Russian
sanctions the EU lost €21 billion. Such data was given by
the Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation José Manuel
GarcÃa-Margallo y Marfil. When will
Europe go the length of lifting sanctions that were imposed under the pressure
of the US from your point of view? Or will they be strengthening sanctions?.
3- Some experts believe that the reason of economic crisis in
Russia are not the Western sanctions, but decrease in oil price.
What do you think?.
4- Is it an organized act by the US and Saudi Arabia?
If it is so, then Obama deliberately endangered the shale miracle in the US,
didn't he?.
5- What is needed for the oil price starting to rise at last? Tyler
Durden believes that it is Putin who should surrender Bashar al-Assad, who does
not give permission for gas pipeline installation from Qatar to Europe.
Do you agree?.
6- Will Putin go the length of it?.
Key answer: “Finally Russia must get aggressive in
the economic war. You can win this economic contest in 24 months, if certain
special zones in Russia simply are allowed to copy Swiss banking rules and
regulations, as wealth will always flow to secure locations where taxes are
low. You know what banking privacy and security did for Switzerland, it made a
poor country with few natural resources the wealthiest nation in the world. You
will have foreign banks and financial institutions lining up to open offices in
Russia if you can guarantee financial privacy to a degree and wealth protection
in total.”
7- Will there be set peace in Ukraine in the near future?
Which role will the US have in it?
Read the answers by Mr. Ron Holland (author of several books as well as numerous
special reports and hundreds of articles on finance, investments, history and
politics) HERE: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-18/guest-post-how-putin-can-win-economic-war-against-west
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Lenin Was
Right.... by Bill Boner via The Acting-Man
blog, Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2015. Recall Lenin’s
quote: “The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.”
Today, of course, the capitalists don’t even sell the rope; they give it away,
for nothing. But what’s not to like? Stock investors are getting rich.
Bondholders are making money. The government can spend as much as it likes. And
the voters are bamboozled by it; they think it helps make the economy work better.
This is going to be a hard habit to break. So, here’s the gist of my
conclusion: Governments won’t break the habit of getting something for
nothing. It will break them. But how?
HERE some subtitles in this
article:
-Bear Markets Do Happen
--Valuations are at extreme highs on Wall Street.
--Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank is warning that S&P 500
earnings per share will be flat this year when compared with 2014.
-Deeper into the Heart of
Darkness
--Here’s what’s in the cards for central banks:
- They will set interest rates at preposterously low levels for years and years
- They will finance 100% of government deficits – forever, if it comes to that – with printing-press money.
- They will also pump up the stock market with this same money-from-nowhere by directly buying equities ETFs (as the Bank of Japan is already doing)
-- We’re with Lenin …
--Nobody knows. But I’m going to take a guess …
-The Weakest Link
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Greek
Bank Deposit Outflows Spike As Capital Controls Concern Spreads. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2015. With Greek bank
bonds collapsing, stocks near record lows, Greek default risk at post-crisis
record highs, and Greek government bond yields spiking, it has been surprisng
that we have not seen the ATM lines and generalized 'panic' of a population in
fear of being "Cyprus'd." Well, now
as ekathimerini reports, that appears to escalating and rapidly as credit
sector officials estimated that the flight of deposits yesterday alone
amounted to 350-400 million euros, which was some five times higher than the
daily average in previous days.
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10
Investment Quotes To Live By. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/18/2015. The excesses being built up in the markets today will
eventually revert just as they have been at every other peak in market history.
The only question, of which no one has the answer to, is exactly when this
occurs. With this in mind, there are 10-basic investment rules that have
historically kept investors out of trouble over the long term. These are
not unique by any means but rather a list of investment rules that in some
shape, or form, has been uttered by every great investor in history.
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Washington
Retaliates: Shifts Anti-Missile Battery Into Poland, Begins Rapid-Response
Drills. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/18/2015. As the world continues its push towards
de-dollarization, Washington responds to Russian military preparedness by
conducting drills in Moscow's backyard.
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"A
Chaotic Balance Of Terror" - The Greek Government's Four Scenarios.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2015. Where is the
Greek government going with its approach? Four scenarios present
themselves and hold the possible answer...
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Just One Chart.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2015. Because it's called
a credit "cycle" for a reason...
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Of course, it's different this time.. except as Andy
Redleaf noted...
In 2007, "The driver... will
be a sudden, profound and pervasive loss of faith in the alchemy of structured
finance as currently practiced."
In 2015, will it be a "sudden, profound and
pervasive loss of faith in the alchemy of monetary policy as currently
practiced."
Charts: Bloomberg
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Fed
Growth Cut Unleashes Panic Buying Of Everything; Dollar Plunges Most Since 2009.
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2015
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It's
Happening - More US Allies Join The Anti-Dollar Alliance. by
Simon Black via Sovereign Man blog,
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2015. The United States
government just went from “Please, baby, don’t leave me,”
to frustrated threats and whining. After the UK announced it will join new China-led
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a founding member late last
week, Germany, France and Italy decided yesterday to follow Britain’s lead and
join as well. Welcome to the beginning of the end of the US dollar’s
domination. It’s happening.
Source : http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-18/its-happening-more-us-allies-join-anti-dollar-alliance
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Ben
Bernanke Was Right: "No Rate Normalization During My Lifetime".
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2015. "At least one
guest left a New York restaurant with the impression Bernanke, 60, does not
expect the federal funds rate, the Fed's main benchmark interest rate, to rise
back to its long-term average of around 4 percent in Bernanke's lifetime.
"Shocking when he said this," the guest scribbled in his notes.
"Is that really true?" he scribbled at another point,
according to the notes reviewed by Reuters."
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Was
This Morning's VIX Flash-Crash More "Signal" Than Noise?. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2015. Who knows?. Meanwhile: Janet
Yellen Explains That Losing "Patience" Does Not Mean She Lost
Patience - Live Webcast : Fed Chair Janet Yellen's press conference
confirmed that nothing's changed, USD strength is a 'net positive', there are
no bubbles (apart from in bonds, which you should sell...), and any economic
weakness/crash is merely transitory and weather-based... OPEN: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-18/janet-yellen-explains-losing-patience-does-not-mean-she-lost-patience-live-webcast
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ECB
Prepares For Grexit, Anticipates 95% Loss On Greek Debt Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/18/2015 Dear Greek readers: the writing is now on the wall,
and it is in very clear 48-point, double bold, and underlined
font: when the ECB "leaks" that it is modelling a Grexit, something Draghi
lied about over and over in 2012 and directly in our face too, take it
seriously, because it is time to start planning about what happens on "the
day after." And incidentally to all those curious what the fair value of
peripheral European bonds is excluding ECB backstops, the ECB has a
handy back of the envelope calculation: a 95% loss.
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How Far
Will The Euro Fall?. Submitted
by Tyler Durden on 03/18/2015. What can strike a
balance between the opposing forces operating on the euro-dollar exchange rate?
No one can say for sure, but one thing is certain: Whereas the profits from
playing transatlantic interest-rate differentials may run to 1% or 2% per year,
investors can easily lose that amount in a single day – or even an hour – by
buying the wrong currency when the trend turns.
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European
Bond Risk Spikes Most Since 2011 As "Graccident" Looms. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/18/2015. Despite the constant blather of how cheap European
stocks are (they are not) and how Draghi's QE will create something positive
(priced in?), the last 2 days have seen Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese bond
risk explode higher. The 20%-plus surge in bond spreads is the biggest since
the beginning of the EU crisis in 2011 as Grexit fears (and redenonimation
risks) continue to spread.
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Dollar
Demand = Global Economy Has Skidded Over The Cliff. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/18/2015. Borrowing in USD was risk-on; buying USD is risk-off.
As the real global economy slips into recession, risk-on trades in
USD-denominated debt are blowing up and those seeking risk-off liquidity and
safe yields are scrambling for USD-denominated assets. Add all this up and
we have to conclude that, in terms of demand for USD--you ain't seen nuthin'
yet.
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VIX Just
Flash-Crashed. Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/18/2015. We suspect any second now, one (or all) of the
exchanges will break as VIX just flash-crashed from 16 to 13.69...
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Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 03/18/2015 - 07:36
- Hilsenrath: Fed to Markets: No More Promises (WSJ)
- Fed set to ditch 'patient' rate vow as it eyes U.S., world growth (Reuters)
- Fannie, Freddie could need another bailout (Reuters)
- Alibaba Stock-Sale Lockup Is Ending (WSJ)
- Netanyahu Sweeps Aside Herzog’s Challenge to Win Israel Vote (BBG)
- Oil Bonds Lose Investors $7 Billion in 10 Days (BBG)
- There’s a mysterious $1.1 trillion in spending cuts in the House GOP’s budget (WaPo)
- ECB's Celebration of Its New $1.4 Billion Tower Is Spoiled by Protesters (BBG)
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FUTURE FAST FORWARD FFF
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PRESSTV
Anti-war
events being held in US . Wed
Mar 18, 2015 US activists have organized four days of anti-war events across
the country to protest Washington’s military intervention in other countries.
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OECD
warns of economic storm after lull. Wed Mar 18, 2015 The Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development warns about new global economic woes.
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'US
lost legitimacy, not Syrian leader’. Wed Mar 18, 2015 A former US
congressional staffer says Washington has lost its legitimacy to govern the
United States because it is murdering its own people, not the Syrian president.
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McCain
to US: Stop relying on Russia. Thu Mar 19, 2015 Senator John McCain has
said that the United States should stop relying on Russian rocket engines.
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‘AIIB
to shift financial hub to East’. Thu Mar 19, 2015 An analyst says the
Chinese-led AIIB is an attempt to shift the world’s financial hub from the West
to the East.
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ISIL
rise ‘directly tied to US wars’. Thu Mar 19, 2015 The American and
Western “illegal” wars of aggression against Iraq and Syria directly led to the
growth of ISIL.
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‘Bibi
demagoguery swayed votes for him’. Thu Mar 19, 2015 Obama's former
senior adviser says Netanyahu‘s demagoguery resulted in his victory.
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‘Cuban
American sellout in US Senate’ . Thu Mar 19, 2015 Cuban American
politician Marco Rubio is a sellout whose presence in the US Senate is an
embarrassment, an anti-war activist and radio host in New York says.
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UAE
recalls envoy to Sweden over spat . Wed Mar 18, 2015 The UAE recalls
its ambassador from Sweden over remarks by the Swedish foreign minister about
human rights in Saudi Arabia. Related article: Activist
on hunger strike in Bahrain
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Can
China AIIB bank replace World Bank?. Wed Mar 18, 2015 In this edition
of the Debate we focus on the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
and whether it can replace the World Bank.
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Latest
Iran nuclear talks end in Lausanne. Wed Mar 18, 2015 The latest round
of negotiations over Iran's nuclear program ends in Switzerland.
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'UN
Chapter VII cements Iran deal' Wed Mar 18, 2015 A final deal on Iran’s
nuclear program should be subject to a UN approval, an informed source says.
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Brazil
unveils anti-graft measures. Wed Mar 18, 2015 Brazilian President Dilma
Rousseff announces measures aimed at fighting corruption.
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‘Israel
vote result to widen gap with West’. Wed Mar 18, 2015 A commentator
says Israeli polls result will widen the gap with the West.
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Obama
snubs Netanyahu after win. Wed Mar 18, 2015 The White House says
Netanyahu’s election statement to block the creation of a Palestinian state
runs against US policy.
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Herzog
shuns Netanyahu after loss. Wed Mar 18, 2015 Archrival Herzog says he
will not join Netanyahu in the next Israeli coalition.
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Russia
signs treaty with South Ossetia. Wed Mar 18, 2015 Russia signs an
alliance and integration deal with Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia.
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Iran
condemns Tunisia terror attack. Wed Mar 18, 2015 Iran condemns the
deadly terrorist attack at Tunisia’s national museum.
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UN
condemns ‘deplorable’ Tunisia attack Thu Mar 19, 2015 The United
Nations condemns a deadly attack in Tunisia's national museum.
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German
police, anti-ECB protesters clash. Wed Mar 18, 2015 German police clash
with protesters ahead of the opening of the European Central Bank (ECB)’s new
headquarters in Frankfurt.
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Three
killed, four injured in US shooting. Wed Mar 18, 2015 At least three
people have been killed and four others have been injured in a shooting
incident in California.
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‘EU
unlikely to impose new Russia bans’. Wed Mar 18, 2015 The EU is
unlikely to impose new bans on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, the bloc’s
presidency says.
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‘Drone
hit proves Syria’s sovereignty’. Wed Mar 18, 2015 A political
commentator says the shooting down of a US drone by the Syrian army proves the
country's sovereignty over its air space
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‘Greece
told not to okay anti-poverty law’. Wed Mar 18, 2015 A report says a
European Commission official has told Greece not to pass a bill that would help
the country’s poorest.
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INFORMATION CLEARING
HOUSE
Spitting in
the Face of Israel's Arab Citizens
By Haggai Matar and Yael Marom
The success of the Joint List is the Arab public’s message — an outstretched hand — to its Jewish compatriots, which is the antithesis of the message it received in return.
By Haggai Matar and Yael Marom
The success of the Joint List is the Arab public’s message — an outstretched hand — to its Jewish compatriots, which is the antithesis of the message it received in return.
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Washington’s
War on Russia
By Mike Whitney
Divide and conquer, that’s the ticket. Keep them at each others throats at all times. Sunni vs Shia, one ethnic Ukrainian vs the other, Russians vs Europeans. That’s Washington’s plan, and it’s a plan that never fails.
By Mike Whitney
Divide and conquer, that’s the ticket. Keep them at each others throats at all times. Sunni vs Shia, one ethnic Ukrainian vs the other, Russians vs Europeans. That’s Washington’s plan, and it’s a plan that never fails.
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Why the
Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
By John J. Mearsheimer
Putin’s pushback should have come as no surprise.
By John J. Mearsheimer
Putin’s pushback should have come as no surprise.
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Kiev Shifts
Goalposts as Merkel Skews Wide
By Finian Cunningham
The prognosis is that if Merkel cannot see the glaring truth of the situation by now and how the Kiev regime is an incendiary time-bomb for EU-Russia relations.
By Finian Cunningham
The prognosis is that if Merkel cannot see the glaring truth of the situation by now and how the Kiev regime is an incendiary time-bomb for EU-Russia relations.
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Noam
Chomsky on the Roots of American Racism
By George Yancy and Noam Chomsky
The shocking record of the Anglosphere and its settler-colonial version of imperialism
By George Yancy and Noam Chomsky
The shocking record of the Anglosphere and its settler-colonial version of imperialism
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Cracks In
Washington’s Empire.
By Paul Craig Roberts
Washington’s EU vassals might be finding their backbone
By Paul Craig Roberts
Washington’s EU vassals might be finding their backbone
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The U.S.
Military Just Plunged Philippine Politics into Crisis
By Walden Bello
American fingerprints are all over a botched commando raid in the southern Philippines that left dozens dead and shocked the country.
By Walden Bello
American fingerprints are all over a botched commando raid in the southern Philippines that left dozens dead and shocked the country.
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
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