NOV 28 16 SIT EC
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ZERO HEDGE
ECONOMICS
According
to Morgan Stanley, 2017 will be a year in which odds of a boom and bust have
materially increased, consistent with a late-cycle US environment. So late, in
fact, that one look at the chart below shows the US cycle has not only
plateaued but is now stalling and is turning over.
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"... we believe that the equity market is still at a level that
can cope with moderately rising bond yields. We estimate that a rise in US bond yields above 2.75% or probably between
0.75-1% in Germany would create a more serious problem for equity markets: at that point we would expect that any further rises in
yields from there would be a negative for stock returns." - Goldman
Sachs
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Bonds rallied and stocks sold off as we suspect
some rebalancing flows hit markets ahead of month-end...
See more charts here: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-28/trumpsgiving-hangover-gold-gains-most-month-banks-small-caps-dollar-stumble
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The greatest
streak of stock market gains in almost 28 years may have some wondering if it
is sustainable, but, according to AAII, this objective spike in valuations
following Donald Trump's victory has sparked overwhelming bullishness among
investors.
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This
is what we're up against: a status quo that has institutionalized soaring
inequality and rising poverty as the only possible output of defending the
privileged few at the expense of the many.
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The
majority of JPMorgan's institutional clients have been either too slow or too
reluctant to jump into the Trump trade post November 8th. Their reluctance
stems from a general belief that markets are getting ahead of themselves and
from a general dismissal of the idea that Trump represents a game changer for
markets.
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Following
news over the weekend of cancelled meetings, Saudi dropping out, and
disagreement over who will bear the brunt of any cuts, oil prices had faded
notably (testing towards a $44 handle). But then, someone unleashed the
algo-friendly 'O' word and prices spiked... Iraq’s Oil Minister Jabbar
al-Luaibi is optimistic a deal will be reached - sending WTI
up close to $47 and into the green from Friday's close.
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"It might work for a while. But the falcon of asset prices becomes deaf to
the falconer of the real economy. Then, in a kind of financial
never-never land, he gets lost completely and flies into a tree. Asset prices
fall to the ground. Investors panic. Lenders call their loans. Art investors
rush to auction off their tableaux. Lines form at ATMs."
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"We are entering a very
dark phase in this battle to retain our liberty," warns Armstrong
Economics' Martin Armstrong, adding that "this is the most
dangerous period we are heading into for
governments will respond only to their own self-interest to survive."
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POLITICS
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What we’re witnessing at Standing Rock, where activists
have gathered to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline construction on Native
American land, is just the latest
incarnation of the government’s battle plan for stamping out any sparks of
resistance and keeping the populace under control: battlefield tactics,
military weaponry and a complete suspension of the Constitution.
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Wisconsin's
Election Commission Chairman, a Democrat, slams Stein's allegations of vote
tampering as "unfounded and misleading" while denying her request for
a hand recount in the state.
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The Defense Department has launched a leaks
investigation related to the sex scandal that led to the resignation of former
CIA Director David Petraeus, The AP confirmed Monday, the same day Petraeus was
meeting with President-elect Donald Trump in New York.
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Whatever precise form Mr Trump’s administration
takes, we know this: Mr Obama’s legacy
will be purged. In many cases all it will take is the stroke of Mr
Trump’s pen. The Obama erasure will go
far deeper than undoing domestic laws, or foreign deals.
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Former Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher recently
gave a speech identifying the Federal
Reserve’s easy money/low interest rate policies as a source of the public anger
that propelled Donald Trump into the White House. Mr. Fisher is
certainly correct that the Fed’s policies have “skewered” the middle class. However, the
problem is not specific Fed policies, but the very system of fiat currency managed by a secretive central bank.
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WORLD ISSUES and ME
With the
nation's currency in full-fledged hyperinflationary collapse, OilPrice.com's
Nick Cunningham notes that at times it seems that Venezuela’s economic
crisis cannot get any worse. Food shortages, electricity blackouts, and
scarce medical supplies have created a humanitarian disaster in Venezuela.
However, with each passing month the situation deteriorates, and the crisis
appears to be entering a dangerous new phase.
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Fifteen
European states have supported Germany’s initiative to launch discussions with
Russia on a new arms control agreement. Europe is facing a host of security
challenges. Launching a meaningful discussion with Russia is logical step to
take.
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The imminent loss of Aleppo by rebel forces has
sent shockwaves of demoralization across the war-torn country. Capturing
eastern Aleppo would be the biggest victory for President Bashar al-Assad since
the start of the uprising against him in 2011, restoring his control over the
whole city apart from a Kurdish-held area that has not fought against him.
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DEMOCRACY NOW
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
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De
Facto NATO “Invasion” of Syria? US, Turkey Military Operations in Syria Are
Intervention By Sputnik,
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Obama
Administration Opposes Election Recount Effort in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and
Michigan By Eric London
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The
‘Worker President’ and the Banker Regime: Brazil under Lula Da Silva 2003-2010 By Prof. James Petras
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INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE
US House Seeks Syria-War Escalation By Rick Sterling
House rushed resolution promoting a U.S.-imposed “no fly
zone” that could spark World War III.
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If US Can’t
or Won’t Fight Terrorists, They Should ‘Stop Getting in the Way’: Russian MoD By al Manar
Washington had impeded negotiations and now openly called on
other countries to hamper Moscow’s anti-terrorism fight.
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Proud To Say, ICH Made The List
Washington Post Disgracefully Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist By Ben Norton, Glenn Greenwald
Washington Post Disgracefully Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist By Ben Norton, Glenn Greenwald
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The oligarchs are organizing their liberal progressive front
groups to disrupt Trump’s inauguration
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If all 3 states miss
the deadline, Trump is at 260, Hillary at 232. No one hits 270.
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Rest in peace,
Fidel. You were one of a small handful of national leaders for which
I’ve ever had a shred of respect.
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COUNTER PUNCH
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Michael Hudson - Sharmini Peries Trump
and the One Percent: Making the Super-Rich Even Richer
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James McEnteer Vultures
Over Havana
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Rev. William Alberts WARNING!
Authoritarian Presidential Landmines Ahead
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Helena Norbert-Hodge – Rupert Read After
Brexit and Trump: Don’t Demonize; Localize!
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Lars Jørgensen Here
Come the Vets! Reinforcements at Standing Rock
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SPUTNIK and RT SHOWS
NYT Columnist: FBI Director, Putin Installed Trump President
of the US
https://sputniknews.com/us/201611281047941070-nyt-krugman-putin-fbi-trump/
https://sputniknews.com/us/201611281047941070-nyt-krugman-putin-fbi-trump/
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US, Allies ‘Unprepared’ to Face New Global Threats
https://sputniknews.com/us/201611291047947690-usa-allies-unprepared-global-threats/
https://sputniknews.com/us/201611291047947690-usa-allies-unprepared-global-threats/
…
Related. China 'Doesn't
Threaten US Interests' With Latin American Investment Boom
https://sputniknews.com/latam/201611191047619286-china-latin-america-investment/
https://sputniknews.com/latam/201611191047619286-china-latin-america-investment/
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'Identity Crisis': New Balance of Power Emerges in Middle
East https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611281047929726-middle-east-new-order/
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Related : Nowhere to Hide: Syrian Crisis Makes All of the Middle East
Bleed
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611261047878715-syrian-crisis-influence/
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611261047878715-syrian-crisis-influence/
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Related : 'There is Serious Contradiction Between Turkey and the West
in the Middle East'
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611051047093291-turkey-west-contradictions/
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https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611051047093291-turkey-west-contradictions/
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Iranian President Hopes for No Possible Obstacles in
Tehran-Moscow Relations
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201611291047947737-iran-rouhani-no-obstacles-moscow-relations/
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201611291047947737-iran-rouhani-no-obstacles-moscow-relations/
…
Related 1: Tehran 'Might Change Legislation' to Give Russia Permanent
Military Base in Iran
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201611291047947737-iran-rouhani-no-obstacles-moscow-relations/
https://sputniknews.com/politics/201611291047947737-iran-rouhani-no-obstacles-moscow-relations/
…
Related 2: Iran Could Allow Russia to Use Hamadan Base If Necessary for
Syrian Operation
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611271047887709-iran-russia-hamadan-base/
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201611271047887709-iran-russia-hamadan-base/
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RT SHOWS
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WASHINGTON BLOG
Posted on November 28, 2016 by Charles
Hugh Smith
We all know wealth/income
inequality is soaring. I’ve published many entries on this topic
(please see the three charts below as a refresher), and it’s clear there are
multiple sources of rising inequality: globalization and technology, which
concentrate gains in relatively few hands, and inflation, which reduces the
purchasing power of stagnating real wages.
But the dominant source of
inequality is privilege–specifically, privilege that is
institutionalized by the status quo.
This engine of
inequality–institutionalized privilege–is the topic of my new book, Inequality and the Collapse of Privilege($3.95
Kindle ebook, $8.95 print edition).
The word “privilege” is tossed
around rather loosely. What does it mean in economic and social
terms? I differentiate between privilege, which is unearned, and advantaged,
which is earned.
To reverse rising inequality, we
must dismantle the institutionalized power of privilege and create universally
accessible pathways to the advantages of building capital. A key part of my
analysis is causally linking rising inequality,
poverty and privilege.
Here is an excerpt of the book:
What Is Poverty?
That poverty is the lack of the
material necessities of life is self-evident. The problem with this definition
of poverty is that it naturally leads to the idea that the solution to poverty
is to give people either material necessities and/or money to buy them.
But this transfer is not a systemic solution to poverty, for it is based on a
faulty understanding of poverty.
⇒ Keep Reading
⇒ Keep Reading
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Posted on November 28, 2016 by Eric Zuesse.
Many news-reports indicate that President-Elect Donald
Trump’s Israel policy is in accord with that of his Orthodox Jewish son-in-law
Jared Kushner, who allegedly allies himself with Israel’s Jewish Home Party,
which favors Israel’s absorbing both the West Bank and the Gaza strip and
imposing upon Palestinians the full rule by Israel’s government, regardless
whether they accept it or not.
The Jewish Home Party
was co-founded by Ayelet Shaked, Netanyahu’s Press Secretary. On 14 May 2015,
Shaked started her service, appointed by Benjamin Netanyahu, as Israel’s
Minister of Justice, equivalent to America’s Attorney General, serving now in a
different and much higher capacity than before, her former boss, Netanyahu.
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NOTICIAS IN SPANISH
La deuda odiosa según Alexander Sack y el CADTM Éric Toussaint
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Related: “Doctrine of Odious
debt in International Law” by
Jeff King, and
Alexadre Sack http://cadtm.org/IMG/pdf/Alexander_Sack_DETTE_ODIEUSE.pdf,
in diff language
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Fidel, sinónimo de revolución Emir Sader
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Chile. -Volver a la acción, a la propuesta y al debate de
masas Planeta Tierra llamando a la
Izquierda chilena. Manuel Cabieses
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PRESS TV
Obama
‘must recognize Palestine,’ soon Jimmy Carter
Barking to the wrong
tree: No Guantanamo to Cuba, nor Palestine independence
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Trump
threatens to ‘terminate’ Cuba deal with OB Dec 17-14
Solo en la cabeza de dino de T no entra la idea
de que la soberania de Cuba es intocable
Quizá T busca invertir la Isla como casino de
prostitución y drogas. Sueños de opio!
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False statement under
oath? Wrong.. it was Hillary who did it
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If Clinton had won
all states’ 46 Electoral College votes, she would have enough to win White
House.
Jewish billionaire
Soros is behind the recount push, said Mark Dankof, a US Senate candidate.
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