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Submitted by William Anderson via The Mises Institute,

Nearly four decades ago, political pundits were shocked as voters turned away President Jimmy Carter and voted in Ronald Reagan, who promised to bring fundamental change to Washington and the indwelling political establishment. At the time, unemployment was rising quickly and inflation raged in double-digits, and Reagan had promised to deal with the economic failures by cutting income tax rates, slashing government spending, and reducing the regulatory burden.

The CFTC on Monday fined Forex Capital Markets, parent FXCM Holdings LLC and founding partners Dror Niv and William Ahdout to pay $7 million to settle charges it defrauded retail foreign exchange customers and engaging in false and misleading solicitations. As part of the settlement, FXCM agreed to withdraw its registration and never seek to register with the CFTC again, effectively banning it from operating in the US.

By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at

So today I'm going to leap all over the place and show you some some interesting things that've come across my desk in the last week. Why no full fledged blog?

And, it will probably surprise no one, it has to do with president Donald Trump.

In a report by Credit Suisse analyst Lori Calvasina, to better understand the short term performance trends seen in the aftermath of the US Presidential election, and which trades may be most sensitive to shifting winds in Washington going forward, the Swiss bank analyzed how a handful of major macro indicators, stock market indices, styles, themes, sectors, and industry groups have been trading relative to trends in Trump’s favorability since the election, as tracked by Real Clear Politics.

OK - so, China tightens (worried about leverage), European sovereign risk spikes (Election uncertainty everywhere), Yen surges (BOJ tested again), gold spikes, Treasury yields tumble.. but US stocks are flat and VIX tumbles...