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"10-Year Treasury Yields Headed To Zero Percent" - Saxo Bank CIO

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

In his latest Email article, Steen Jakobsen, Saxo Bank Chief economist and CIO has a bold prediction about interest rates.

With nearly everyone, even Janet Yellen at the Fed, predicting wage-induced inflation, Jakobsen makes a bold call in the opposite direction.

This is a guest post by Steen Jakobsen

Steen’s Chronicle: All Great Things are Simple, Except Right Now

Rig Count Slumps To 3-Month Lows As US Crude Production Collapses

Rig Count Slumps To 3-Month Lows As US Crude Production Collapses

US crude production collapsed this week with most of Texas offline and we would expect rig counts to have continued to stabilize (if not fall) following the lagged track of WTI, and they did - oil rigs dropped 3 to 756, the lowest since June.

 

As a reminder, Crude production in the Lower 48 collapsed...

This is the biggest week-on-week fall since August 2012, when Hurricane Isaac shut in more than 1.3 million barrels a day of Gulf of Mexico production.

 

WTI prices tumbled today after China refinery cut headlines...

Could The 'China Puke' Signal The Lows In The Dollar?

Could The 'China Puke' Signal The Lows In The Dollar?

Authored by Kevin Muir via The Macro Tourist blog,

Trading is difficult. If anyone tells you differently, they are either new (and haven’t been hurt yet), or just plain stupid. You are competing in the greatest game out there, against some of the smartest people on the planet.

Even when you do your analysis and get the call right, it is no guarantee you will make money. The Market Gods have a way of making sure that being right is way easier than stuffing dough in your pocket.

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