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Market Talk — July 19, 2016

July 19, 2016

Some say the Nikkei is close to ending its bull run after seeing some impressive gains recently. However, after the long weekend we have seen yet another 1%+ gain, but that has yet to halt dealers still trying to call the top. A better performance than its peers as Shanghai and Hang Seng returned loses […]

Denmark First to Prosecute Refugee for Rape

July 19, 2016

The horror of refugees getting away with raping European girls because politicians do not want to admit what they have done is just insane. However, this self-serving police is starting to give way. A 24-year-old refugee asylum seeker from Iran, not Syria, made an initial court appearance on Monday to face charges of having raped a […]

European Bonds – The Hedge Against the Euro Collapse?

July 19, 2016

(Note: The blue labels mark the change in the issues we used to create this perpetual index for long bonds) Germany sold 10-year debt at a negative yield on Wednesday of last week, becoming the first Eurozone nation to do so and setting a further milestone in the relentless fall of government bond yields around […]

European Economic & Refugee Crisis

July 19, 2016

Angela Merkel has finally admitted that she essentially invited terrorists into Germany, and thus to Europe, in the obvious wake of the Nice attack. Besides security, this will have a major impact upon the economy of Europe as tourists are frightened away. Even prior to the Nice attack, the US State Department put out a travel alert for Americans […]

Pro-Establishment Anti-Trump Elite Lose the Battle to Stop Trump on Day One

July 19, 2016

The pro-establishment, anti-Trump effort failed on the floor of the Republican Convention on day one. They were trying desperately to stop Trump as if they have any viable alternative other than some career politician to help keep the status-quo. John Kasich is an example of a career politician who really needs to be driven from office […]