MishTalk

AUGUST 24, 2015

As the equity rout gathers steam across all markets, the volatility measure VIX Didn’t Update for 30 Minutes. options market. Because of market conditions, the quoting in S&P 500 and S&P 500 options was erratic,” said Suzanne Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for the CBOE. “As data sent to Bloomberg show. in New York. in New York.

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Marketing Benchmarking Resumes Development 28

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In addition to holding its benchmark rate at 0.25%, the ECB also left the rate it pays on bank deposits unchanged at zero. The eurozone is doing so by accident, letting market forces drain liquidity from the financial system for month after month. Just like 2007, very few people even recognize bubble exist. The answer is no."

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Balance Sheet Banking Retail Policies 66

MishTalk

AUGUST 20, 2014

The country’s benchmark restructured bonds due in 2033 fell 2.58 The article suggests Argentina will be shut out of the credit markets. Peso vs. US Dollar Since late 2007, the peso has fallen from 3.02 Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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Banking Government Benchmarking Resumes 68

MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

The BIS slam, coupled with a recent stock market selloff, brought up debate on a " controlled collapse ". Over the past few years, non-financial corporations in a number of EMEs have borrowed heavily through their foreign affiliates in the capital markets, with the debt denominated mainly in foreign currency.

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Balance Sheet Financial Banking Policies 71

MishTalk

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Creature of Financial Markets Stephen Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, blasts the Greenspan Fed, the Bernanke Fed, and the Yellen Fed in his latest post The Perils of Fed Gradualism. A majority of financial market participants applaud this strategy. In fact, it is a dangerous mistake.

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Financial Marketing Banking Government 28

MishTalk

DECEMBER 21, 2013

I have been writing on these issues since 2007 and have never found reason to criticise the Coalition, but this action is naive, irresponsible and indicates the government is captured by the big business-big union nexus. Looking for madness? Baggage handlers for QANTAS earn up to $85k per annum. Reflections on GM Australia and GM U.S.

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Enterprise Government Industry Automotive 57

MishTalk

AUGUST 24, 2015

Prop Up Failure After futile attempts to prop up its stock market bubble, China stood back and did what it should have done in the first place: Let gravity take over. The fall was the worst since February 2007. The Financial Times reports Beijing Capitulates After Spending $200bn to Prop Up Equities.

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Banking Policies Benchmarking Government 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 14, 2015

The bond market does not believe the recovery will strengthen and neither do I. The typical sign of recession, an inverted yield curve with 3-month treasuries yielding more than 30-year treasuries (we saw in 2000 and again in 2006-2007) is not going to happen in the absence of rate hikes. Neither is happening. Yield Curve Inversion?

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Retail Sales Benchmarking Banking 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 3, 2014

Had I suggested in 2007 that the Fed balance sheet expansion of $75 billion a month would have been considered "tightening" people would have thought I was nuts. A similar crash in public opinion awaits Bernanke for fueling one of the biggest, if not the biggest stock and bond market bubbles in history. Here we are. S&P UP 29.6%

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Conference Banking Government Balance Sheet 71