Europe

Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,

In the spring of 1871 after a miserable defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, Paris plunged into a major crisis as local citizens revolted against the government.

Financial markets went berserk as a result, and the prices of French government bonds plummeted.

There’s an old story that an heir to a large fortune came calling to the offices of the Rothschild banking family looking for investment advice.

For today's stock market recap, see yesterday!

In a comedic case of deja vu, somebody flicked the "DUMP VIX, BUY NASDAQ" swicth at exactly the moment US equity markets opened...

It appears Bay Area TV anchor Frank Somerville's honest description of "the hate" he experienced from "violent, clad in black" protesters in Berkeley was the tipping point for the liberal media to turn against AntiFa en masse.

I experienced hate first hand today... It came from these people dressed in all black at a protest in Berkeley.

 

Ironically they were all chanting about NO hate.

 

Some had shields and gloves. Some had helmets. Some had gas masks.

 

Via The Daily Bell

As the world becomes more environmentally aware, all eyes are on finding sustainable, long-term solutions to replace the use of non-renewable materials such as fossil fuels. Great steps are being taken to reduce greenhouse gases, notably carbon emissions, with recruiters like NES constantly looking to place talented individuals into key positions within the energy industry – but what could Europe’s renewable energy revolution have in store for the industry?

International power grid

This remains a market in which traders are, for lack of a better word, "confused" (another good word is "paralyzed" as we observed one month ago).