Italy Seizes Hotel of Putin Ally; Russia Threatens Law Allowing Seizure of Foreign Assets
What's Russia to do? Stand back and let the US and Europe escalate sanction after sanction, or respond in kind? Either way, Russia loses. I...
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Global Bellwether: Japan’s Social Depression
Beneath the surface wealth of bullet trains, cute robots and exuberant fashions, this is the Japan few outsiders understand: the one gripped by a deepening...
Housing Early Warning Stress Indicator On Rise
A chart in the latest Black Knight Mortgage Monitor Release caught my eye.For five months, the number of properties and the percentage of properties 30-days...
Notable Upgrades: Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Skechers USA (SKX)
Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX) had its rating upgraded to ‘Overweight’ from ‘Neutral’ by analysts at HSBC on Thursday. Barrick Gold Corporation shares are currently priced...
CoreLogic: “Nearly 950,000 homes returned to positive equity in the second quarter of 2014”
From CoreLogic: CoreLogic Reports 946,000 Residential Properties Regained $1 Trillion in Total Equity in Q2 2014 CoreLogic ... today released new analysis showing nearly 950,000...
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 293,000
The DOL reports:In the week ending September 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 293,000, an increase of 12,000 from the previous...
Currency Wars Deepen – Russia, Kazakhstan Buy Very Large 30 Tons Of Gold In August
Russia and ex Soviet States Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Azerbaijan continued to accumulate significant gold reserves in August in a trend that we highlighted last...
Housing Prices, “Real” Interest Rates, and the “Real” CPI
With housing prices still rising, albeit more slowly, inquiring minds might be wondering about "Real" interest rates and the "Real" CPI? CPI Distortions I believe...
Emerging Money Daily Audio Call September 24
Emerging Money Daily Audio Call September 24 – On the call today we get into Fed commentary and Fed changes for next year, why the...
Venezuela’s Gold Appears To Be Still In Venezuela But For How Long?
Venezuela’s gold reserves are back in focus after Francisco Rodríguez, a Bank of America economist, revealed in a client note yesterday that while on a...