Frontrunning: December 16
Ruble Sinks to 80 a Dollar Defying Surprise Russia Rate Increase (BBG)Oil slumps near $59 for first time since 2009 on oversupply (Reuters)Oil sinks, Russian moves fail to quell nerves (Reuters)Fed...
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Icahn, Paulson Suffer Large Losses as Energy-Related Bets Sour (WSJ)Oil Investors Keep Betting Wrong on When Market Will Bottom (BBG)U.S. to sell final $1.25 billion shares of Ally Financial from...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 29
European Stocks Drop as Greece’s ASE Tumbles After Vote Results (BBG)AirAsia Stock Drops Most Since 2011 After Flight Vanishes (BBG)Libya's NOC says firefighters had managed to extinguish the blaze at...
View ArticleFrontrunning: December 30
U.S. agency gives quiet nod to light oil exports (Reuters)China’s Stocks Fall to Pare Biggest Monthly Advance Since 2007 (BBG)The Cartel: How BP Used a Secret Chat Room for Insider Tips (BBG)BRICs...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 12
Earnings Pessimism Jumps as Oil Threatens S&P 500 Growth (BBG)It’s Amateur Hour in the Booming Chinese Stock Market (BBG)France mobilizes 10,000 troops at home after Paris shootings...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 20
Obama to focus on middle class in State of Union address (Reuters) - all 4 of them?European Stocks Buoyed by ECB Hopes (WSJ)China's 2014 economic growth misses target, hits 24-year low (Reuters)Federer...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 21
Obama Targets Income Gap in Address That Shapes 2016 Election (BBG)Republicans Reject Obama’s Main Economic Proposals (WSJ)Senate’s Shelby Says White House Bank Tax Is Dead on Arrival (BBG)Is Dollar...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 22
ECB to decide on bond-buying plan to revive euro zone (Reuters)Draghi Is Pushing Boundaries of Euro Region with QE Program (BBG)Investors Wonder Whether ECB Will Do Enough (WSJ)Treasuries Drop With...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 23
Saudi Arabia’s New King Probably Will Not Change Current Oil Policy (BBG)Saudi King’s Death Clouds Already Tense Relationship With U.S. (WSJ)Oil Pares Gains as New Saudi King Says Policies Stable...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 28
Fed seen remaining patient with rate guidance amid global turmoil (Reuters)National Weather Service apologizes for blizzard forecast miss (CBS)Greek PM Tsipras pushes on with radical change, markets...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 30
Falling Prices Spread Pain Far Across The Oil Patch (WSJ)ISIS Group Claims Responsibility for Attacks That Killed 27 in Egypt (NBC)Russia Unexpectedly Cuts Key Rate as Economy Eclipses Ruble...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 2
Germany Sees No Need to Scrap Troika in Overseeing Greek Turnaround (WSJ)European markets subdued as Chinese data weighs (Reuters)U.S. Oil Workers Strike Enters Second Day as Crude Prices Slide...
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Why Apple, With $178 Billion In Cash, Is Raising Debt
As noted earlier, one of the reasons Treasurys are selling off today is because bond investors, who are preparing to consumer yet another batch of $5 billion in Apple bonds to fund repurchases of AAPL...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 3
RBA cuts interest rates to record low of 2.25% (SMH)RBI keeps rates on hold (Reuters), India allows banks flexibility on big projects to reboot growth (Reuters)BP slashes capital spending by 20%...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 4
Arab World Unites to Condemn ‘Barbaric’ Death of Jordanian Pilot (BBG)Jordan hangs two Iraqi militants in response to pilot's death (Reuters)As Oil Prices Climb, Some Harbor Doubts (WSJ)Taiwan plane...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 9
Greek Risk Draws Global Concern on Lehman Echo Warnings (BBG)Merkel to urge caution in U.S. as pressure builds to arm Ukraine forces (Reuters)West Races to Defuse Ukraine Crisis (WSJ)German-French Push...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 12
'Glimmer of hope' for Ukraine after deal at Minsk peace summit (Reuters)Ruble Rebounds, Russian Stocks Surge on Ukraine Cease-Fire Deal (BBG)Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as clock ticks on EU bailout...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 19
Greece requests euro zone loan extension, offers big concessions (Reuters)Germany Rejects Loan Request Saying Greece Must Meet Conditions (BBG)Did the Fed Just Enter the Currency Wars (BBG)French...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 20
Greece Should Not Give In to Germany’s Bullying (FP)Greece Can Pay Its Debts in Full, but It Won’t (WSJ)Early Friday humor: Euro Region Economy Strengthens Amid Wrangling on Greece (BBG)Euro zone may...
View ArticleFrontrunning: February 23
Tsipras Tamed as Economists Declare Greece Loses Austerity Fight (BBG)Greece readies reform plans to first sign of leftist unrest (Reuters)Yellen Faces Congress Amid Direst Threat to Fed Since...
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