Browsing All Posts By Kurt Osterberg
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Two Measures Of Inflation And Fed Policy
The BEA’s Personal Consumption Expenditures Chain-type Price Index for May, released today, shows that core inflation remains below the Federal Reserve’s 2% long-term target at 1.39%. T... -
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“They’re Going To Have All Sorts Of Issues” – Citi Urges Regulators To Address Australia’s “Spectacular Housing Bubble”
Citigroup Chief Economist Willem Buiter says Australia is experiencing “a spectacular housing bubble” that needs to be addressed with tougher regulatory measures – something we’ve noted tim... -
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UK’s Weaker Brexit Hand With The EU
Prime Minister May pushed for a snap election in June 2017 to strengthen her hand in the impending Brexit talks. In practice, she has weakened UK’s bargaining power at the EU’s expense, while ... -
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Sensex Opens Flat; Titan Rallies Over 8%
Asian equity markets are trading mixed today following an attack in central London at the weekend. The Shanghai Composite is off 0.27%, while the Hang Seng is down 0.11%. The Nikkei 225 is tradin... -
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The Role Of The U.S. As A Global Risk
Regime Change in the Trump White House? No U.S. postwar president has managed to reset relations with Russia. Now the Trump administration must cope with a special counsel’s investigation. In the pa... -
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Bank Of Japan’s ETF Holdings Surge 80% To Cartoonish 16,000,000,000,000 Yen
A couple of weeks ago in “Revisiting The Tokyo Whale,” we took a few minutes to remind readers just how large the Bank of Japan’s footprint in the Japanese ETF market truly is. We thought it w... -
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Herbalife Expects Lower Guidance; Still No Word On Exec Departure
Just weeks after issuing its guidance and “beating” estimates that would have missed estimates issued a couple of short quarters ago, Scott Wapner at CNBC reports that Herbalife (HLF) is set to ... -
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Preferred Shares Of Dundee
Dundee (DDEJF) is a holding company involved in a lot of businesses in Canada: real-estate, energy, wealth management and other investments. The market cap of the company is currently $160 million wit... -
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Deutsche Bank Trader Admits To Rigging Precious Metals Markets
After months of “smoking guns” and conspiracy theory dismissals, a Singapore-based Deutsche Bank trader (at the center of fraud allegations) finally confirmed (by admitting guilt) what ma... -
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Fitbit Has Lost A Lot Of Weight
And while we’re on the subject of fitness, Vitamin Shoppe has – – in spite of its fancy-pants moniker – – also gotten destroyed, even in this totally fake bull market. When the real ma...
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