Assiduous Reader IR brought to my attention recently a fascinating article titled Six Strange Things That Have Been Happening in Financial Markets: Interesting things have certainly been happening in the underpinnings of global markets—things that …
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November 12, 2015
There were a few things I wanted to discuss in today’s post, notably Six Strange Things That Have Been Happening in Financial Markets and a new twist in the Sprott Silver Battle, but frankly – …
November 11, 2015
There is speculation that negative interest rates are nothing special: Now that Sweden and Switzerland have shown that negative benchmark interest rates don’t necessarily result in flights to cash, asset bubbles or banking strains, the …
November 10, 2015
SNC-Lavalin thinks it would be helpful if we had a no-fault justice system with no judiciary: SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is pressing Canada’s new Liberal government to adopt corporate corruption settlement deals like those in place …
Moody's: BNS On Review-Negative
Moody’s Investors Service has announced that it: has placed the long term ratings, Counterparty Risk Assessment and Baseline Credit Assessment of Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS, Aa2/Aa2 negative, a1) and its subsidiaries on review for …
November 9, 2015
While the Fed moves closer to an anti-inflationary rate hike – or so it is assumed! – China continues to be worried about deflation: China’s consumer inflation waned in October while factory-gate deflation extended a …
November 6, 2015
Jobs, jobs, jobs! Forget about ambiguity. The October jobs report left little doubt the U.S. labor market is back with a vengeance after a two-month lull. The 271,000 gain in payrolls was the biggest this …
November 5, 2015
Treasuries and swap spreads declined today: The 10-year swap spread ended little changed after falling to negative 17.6 basis points Thursday, the lowest in Bloomberg data beginning in 1988. A basis point is 0.01 percentage …
November 4, 2015
The Fed is making sure that nobody takes them for granted: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and New York Fed President William Dudley both said the central bank could boost interest rates as soon as …
November 3, 2015
There is a lot of confusion about Bombardier valuation: On Monday, Mr. Tyerman cut his rating on the beleaguered stock to “sell” from “hold” and slashed his one-year price target on the company’s subordinated voting …