By EconMatters
We discuss the biggest short in the history of Financial Markets in this video. We lay out the entire trade for you as an investor. This is a rather long video, we discuss all aspects of this trading setup in a comprehensive narrative analysis. This is not a trivial matter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN0cNkUeD9E
In a moment of rare honesty, during a conference in England, Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer admitted that the Fed is clueless about what happens next, blaming the Fed's lack of clarity on Trump and saying there is significant uncertainty about U.S. fiscal policy under the Trump administration.
Following yesterday's surprise resignation announcement by Obama friend, and Fed "regulatory point man" Daniel Tarullo, which in turn followed last week's resignation announcement by the Fed's general counsel Scott Alvarez, and which means that there will be three open governor seats at the Fed (resulting in more Fed presidents, 5, than governors, 4, until the vacant slots are filled), Trump can now populate the Fed board with governors whose views echo his own - especially if strong pro-Clinton supporter and donor, Lael Brainard, is the next to go - even if it is still unc
In a 10-K filed on Friday afternoon, Amazon disclosed that certain transactions and business ties with Iran may have violated U.S. sanctions, warning that it may be penalized after a regulatory review of the activities.
Trump met with Shinzo Abe friday, the famous inflationist Prime Minister of Japan. The issue in question is if Trump will label Japan a 'currency manipulator' - whatever that means. It seems to be the equivalent of 'Currency Headwinds' in publicly traded companies. Because, every currency is manipulated! The only currency in use today that's not manipulated, is Bitcoin and the Bitcoin alternatives (Author's note: Bitcoin is actually really useful, try it here). From Bloomberg: