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Turkish Government Warn ‘Holy War’ Coming To Europe

Turkish Government Warn ‘Holy War’ Coming To Europe

Turkey claims that a holy war “to end all holy wars” will soon begin in Europe following the defeat of far-right leader Geert Wilders in the Netherlands elections. Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said he did not welcome the victory for Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). “Now the election is over in the Netherlands…when you look at the many parties you see there is no difference between the social democrats and fascist Wilders,” he said. “All have the same mentality. Where will you go? Where are you taking Europe?

BBC Crew Injured After Sudden Volcanic Blast On Mount Etna

BBC Crew Injured After Sudden Volcanic Blast On Mount Etna

Ten people, including members of a BBC film crew, were injured following a huge and unexpected volcanic blast on Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna. The violent explosion caught the crew off guard as they were filming a report on the volcano. BBC correspondent Rebecca Morelle described the incident as “extremely scary” saying that it caused injuries and evacuation from scene. Bbc team all ok – some cuts/ bruises and burns. Very shaken though – it was extremely scary.

Gold Soars Most Since Brexit As Stocks, Bonds Stumble

Gold Soars Most Since Brexit As Stocks, Bonds Stumble

It seems Yellen's desperate attempt to tell the world that the US economy is doing fantastic BUT not well enough to raise rate more than 3 times appears to have let stocks hope down. Combine that with ECB comments and uncertainty over Trump's budget and the political 'put' rallied as stocks sank...

 

We're gonna need some more hawkish jawboning - as economic growth expectations collapse - to rescue this one...

Kolanovic: We Expect "Near-Term Market Weakness; Suggest Reducing US Equities"

First Goldman, then RBC, and now JPM's top quant.

One month after JPM's head quant Marko Kolanovic warned that volatility is about to return and could lead to "accidents", the market timer also called "Gandalf" elsewhere for his prognosticative skills is out with a fresh warning, predicting "market weakness in the near-term" adding that he is cautious and urging clients to hedge equities.

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