miércoles, 7 de febrero de 2018

FEB 7 18 SIT EC y POL



FEB 7 18 SIT EC y POL
ND denounce Global-neoliberal debacle y propone State-Social + Capit-compet in Econ

  • Volatility Inc.: Inside Wall Street’s $8 Billion Bomb (BBG)
  • Wall Street set to fall again after Tuesday's recovery (Reuters)
  • Congress Seeking Bigger Budget Deal While Avoiding Shutdown (BBG)
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ZERO HEDGE  ECONOMICS
Neoliberal globalization is over. Financiers know it, they documented with graphics


Thanks to a short-squeezing XIV, The Dow is up 300 points and has broken back above its 50-day moving-average. At the same time  VIX is getting monkey-hammered lower, nearing 20 once again...
The Dow is up 300 points and has broken back above its 50-day moving-average.
See chart

Stocks remain lower on the week though..
See Chart

At the same VIX is getting monkey-hammered lower, nearing 20 once again...
See Chart
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"this wasn't that big of a bump in the stock market" and " is not a big story for central bankers yet..."
SEE chart:
Not blocked because of LIES convenience from Govt:  the truth create panic. SO: Reality has to be hide & controlled but if IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH we are at the end of current history.. Orwell’s thought
Source:
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See here the dynamic of the CRASH:

Total U.S. inventories grew the most since early September, but the big story is that U.S.crude output hit a record high of 10.25 million bpd, surpassing both the monthly high set in Nov 1970, and Saudi Arabia's latest production.
SEE Chart:

As Bloomberg's Julian Lee notes, that huge jump in crude production is not the result of a sudden burst of drilling. More likely it is the correction we expected after the earlier release of monthly data for November that showed production was already above 10 million barrels a day three months ago.
U.S. crude output hits a record high of 10.25 million bpd, surpassing both the monthly high set in Nov 1970, and Saudi Arabia's latest production.
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The reaction in WTI/RBOB was swift...
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Sending WTI/RBOB lower for the 4th day in a row to one-month lows...
See chart:
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"Does the volatility-decoupling indicate that the FX markets are lagging the equity markets so that investors should turn even more negative on risk-correlated and commodity currencies?"
See chart:
At the source of this article
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"To Buy, or not to buy the dip", that is the question traders ask this morning across the world.
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Understandably, attention is squarely focused on the VIX, which is elevated and remains glued to 30 where it was at the Tuesday close, not providing much clarity in terms of direction.
See Chart:

Asian stocks: The broad Asian weakness was especially evident in Korea, which saw the Kospi open at the highs, only to fade all day and close at session lows.
See Chart:

Over in FX, it has been another day of choppy price action for the major currencies, and yet the ranges remain tighter compared to other asset classes, as they remain buffered and - so far - immune to the stock turbulence. The dollar picked up as U.S. futures pointed to a lower open and Treasury yields fell, while VIX rebounded.
See Chart:

World Market Snapshot
  • S&P 500 futures down 0.6% to 2,673.00
  • STOXX Europe 600 up 0.8% to 375.85
  • MSCI Asia Pacific up 0.2% to 173.46
  • MSCI Asia Pacific ex Japan down 0.1% to 567.73
  • Nikkei up 0.2% to 21,645.37
  • Topix up 0.4% to 1,749.91
  • Hang Seng Index down 0.9% to 30,323.20
  • Shanghai Composite down 1.8% to 3,309.26
  • Sensex unchanged at 34,196.75
  • Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.8% to 5,876.81
  • Kospi down 2.3% to 2,396.56
  • German 10Y yield rose 0.2 bps to 0.694%
  • Euro down 0.2% to $1.2359
  • Italian 10Y yield fell 3.7 bps to 1.72%
  • Spanish 10Y yield fell 5.2 bps to 1.374%
  • Brent Futures up 0.07% to $66.91/bbl
  • Gold spot up 0.4% to $1,329.84
  • U.S. DOLLAR INDEX UP 0.2% TO 89.73
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It was Janet Yellen’s parting gift to Trump. As she walked out the door of the Fed for the last time, surrounded by the media, she politely posed the question: "Don’t you think stocks look overvalued?"
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Following reassuring words from US securities regulators yesterday, Bitcoin has extended its rebound back above $8500 (from below $6000), shrugging off Goldman Sachs' latest report questioning cryptocurrencies' long-term existence.

See Chart:
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"Trading volumes in these products have soaredThe tail didn’t just wag the dog, it became the dog..."
See Chart:

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"...the corporate sector’s animal spirits may soon give way to primal fear: the market rally is already running out of steam, and Trump’s honeymoon with investors might be coming to an end..."
See Chart: Honeymoon is over –blocked to print
See it in the source of this Art:

President Donald Trump’s inconsistent, erratic, and destructive policies will take a heavy toll on domestic and global economic growth in the long run.
Yet the corporate sector’s animal spirits may soon give way to primal fear: the market rally is already running out of steam, and Trump’s honeymoon with investors might be coming to an end.

THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THIS.
FIRST For starters, the anticipation of fiscal stimulus may have pushed stock prices up, but it also led to higher long-term interest rates, which hurts capital spending and interest-sensitive sectors such as real estate. Meanwhile, a strengthening dollar BUXX, -0.09%  would destroy more of the jobs typically held by Trump’s blue-collar base. The president may have “saved” 1,000 jobs in Indiana by bullying and cajoling the air-conditioner manufacturer Carrier; but the U.S. dollar’s appreciation could destroy almost 400,000 manufacturing jobs over time.

Moreover, Trump’s fiscal-stimulus package might end up being much larger than the market’s current pricing suggests. As Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush showed, Republicans can rarely resist the temptation to cut corporate, income, and other taxes, even when they have no way to make up for the lost revenue and no desire to cut spending. If this happens again under Trump, fiscal deficits will push up interest rates and the dollar even further, and hurt the economy in the long term.

A SECOND reason for investors to curb their enthusiasm is the specter of inflation. With the U.S. economy already close to full employment, Trump’s fiscal stimulus will fuel inflation more than it does growth. Inflation will then force the Federal Reserve to hike up interest rates sooner and faster than it otherwise would have done, which will drive up long-term interest rates and the value of the dollar still more.

THIRD, this undesirable policy mix of excessively loose fiscal policy and tight monetary policy will tighten financial conditions, hurting blue-collar workers’ incomes and employment prospects. An already protectionist Trump administration will then have to pursue additional protectionist measures to maintain these workers’ support, thereby further hampering economic growth and diminishing corporate profits.

If Trump takes his protectionism too far, he will undoubtedly spark trade wars. America’s trading partners will have little choice but to respond to U.S. import restrictions by imposing their own tariffs on U.S. exports. The ensuing tit-for-tat will hinder global economic growth, and damage economies and markets everywhere.

It is worth remembering how America’s 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act triggered global trade wars that exacerbated the Great Depression.

FOURTH, Trump’s actions suggest that his administration’s economic interventionism will go beyond traditional protectionism. Trump has already shown his willingness to target firms’ foreign operations with the threat of import levies, public accusations of price gouging, and immigration restrictions (which make it harder to attract talent).

The Nobel laureate economist Edmund S. Phelps has described Trump’s direct interference in the corporate sector as reminiscent of corporatist Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Indeed, if former President Barack Obama had treated the corporate sector in the way that Trump has, he would have been smeared as a communist; but for some reason when Trump does it, corporate America puts its tail between its legs.

FIFTH, Trump is questioning U.S. alliances, cozying up to American rivals such as Russia, and antagonizing important global powers such as China. His erratic foreign policies are spooking world leaders, multinational corporations, and global markets generally.

FINALLY, Trump may pursue damage-control methods that only make matters worse. For example, he and his advisers have already made verbal pronouncements intended to weaken the dollar. But talk is cheap, and open-mouth operations have only a temporary effect on the currency.
This means that Trump might take a more radical and heterodox approach. During the campaign, he bashed the Fed for being too dovish, and creating a “false economy.” And yet he may now be tempted to appoint new members to the Fed Board who are even more dovish, and less independent, in order to boost credit to the private sector.
If that fails, Trump could unilaterally intervene to weaken the dollar, or impose capital controls to limit dollar-strengthening capital inflows. Markets are already becoming wary; full-blown panic is likely if protectionism and reckless, politicized monetary policy precipitate trade, currency, and capital-control wars.

TO BE SURE, expectations of stimulus, lower taxes, and deregulation could still boost the economy and the market’s performance in the short term.

But, as the vacillation in financial markets indicates, the president’s inconsistent, erratic, and destructive policies will take their toll on domestic and global economic growth in the long run.
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THIS IS YOUR 'MARKET' AMERICA...

The rejuvenated Inverse VIX ETF, XIV, which will drip lower to its termination value of $4.22 on Feb 20th, continues to drive US equity markets...
See Chart: US Cash OPEN
(XIV upper pane, Dow lower pane)
Not the economy. Not earnings. Not taxes. Not The Fed. Not Trump. Not infrastructure.
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POLITICS
Seudo democ y sist  duopolico in US is obsolete; it’s  full of frauds & corruption. Urge cambiarlo


"...potus wants to know everything we’re doing.... figure I need to brush up on Watergate..."
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WORLD ISSUES and M-East
Global depression is on…China, RU, Iran search for State socialis+K- compet. D rest in limbo


"What surprises us very much...the U.S. Treasury purposely pushes down the dollar and wants to keep it low..."
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Pushing the Dollar Index back above Mnuchin Masscare highs...
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" The best thing the US could do under these circumstances would be to pull out of Syria, focus on diplomacy, and just give peace a chance."
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Merkel's conservatives make big concessions to SPD in coalition deal (Reuters)  vs :
"Tired but happy," SPD leaders said in a message to party members. “We have an agreement! Finally.”
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Los BANCOS caen pero Bloomberg insiste en que no vamos al CRASH global

Deutsche stock is tumbling, down 4.1% on Wednesday, sliding to the lowest level since November 2016, amid speculation that its largest shareholders, China's HNA Group conglomerate is in technical default on a peer-to-peer wealth management product..
See chart
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DEMOCRACY NOW
US politics crisis: Trump captured by Deep state to reproduce old cronyism without alter-plan


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GLOBAL RESEARCH
Geopolitics & Econ-Pol crisis that leads to more business-wars:  its profiteers US-NATO


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COUNTER PUNCH 

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SPUTNIK and RT SHOWS
Geopolitics & the nasty business of US-NATO-Global-wars uncovered ..


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VIDEO: Mahmoud Haj Ismail, the militant who claims to have shot down the Russian Su-25 close air support aircraft.
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Don’t play nasty with China.. they can hit US bombers by mistake too
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This will be contested by big NATION demonstrations in favor of PEACE across the US
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RT SHOWS
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NOTICIAS IN SPANISH
Latino America looking for alternatives to neoliberalism to break with Empire: 


Euro       Europa, ¿esperando la catástrofe?  Higinio Polo
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Econ      -¿Es un saqueo? No, es el mercado eléctrico, amigo  Juange iglesias
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Chile     -Estado monocultural y justicia indígena  Mia Dragnic
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                -Miles de voces piden reinicio de los diálogos  Camilo Trochez
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VEN       -Posibles implicaciones de embargo petrolero   Misión Verdad
                -fase final el proyecto invasor del imperio sobre Ven?  C Lippo
                --Oposición contra el reloj  Humberto Márquez
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Spain     --Cataluña: cambio de ciclo  Antonio Antón
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Ecua       Consulta popular:  El fin de una hegemonía  Decio Machado
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Cuba      -Elecciones y democracia verdadera  Manuel E. Yepe
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                -Atentado contra Natura   Ricardo Giesecke
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Fácil: salir al Pacifico y Atlántico con el tren que una BRA, BOL, PE y Chile
NO wars, NO flags. El Proy inicial 1980s fue la carretera Tras-Atlantica que
PE y BRA iniciaron y se puede reiniciar. China puede financiar ambos proy
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"Soy bella porque lo sé": El inspirador ejemplo de la modelo con vitíligo que derribó los cánones "Al principio, ni siquiera sabía qué era el vitíligo; mientras crecía descubrí que para mí no es un problema en absoluto. Me encanta, me hace única, me hace lo que soy" Es importante que los demás vean que no hay ningún problema con la belleza que es diferente".
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PRESS TV
Global situation described by Iranian observers..


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THE NATION WILL PREPARE A HUGH PARA FOR PEACE
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We behaving  BAD.. ASHAME of US!..
We’re inspiring fascist worldwide and now this.. Horrible!
It is sad and repulsive at the same time.
 LET’S THEM –both Koreas- BE UNITED.. then we will be real Americans
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