presidential election

Mark Cudmore, prolific Bloomberg markets commentator and former FX trader, asks a question that may validate all the work the ECB has put together in its "whatever it takes" effort of the past five years: is it time to stop worrying about the euro falling apart. For what it's worth, we believe the answer is a resounding no, for all the reasons anothr Bloomberg analyst, Richard Breslow, explained yesterday.

From Marc Cudmore's daily Macro View

A Macron Victory Should Seal Euro Narrative Shift: Macro View

 

Authored by Yves Manou via The Gatestone Institute,

One day after Hillary Clinton blamed Wikileaks (and James Comey) for her election loss, an angry Julian Assange responded to the former Secretary of State, telling her if she wants to blame someone for losing the 2016 presidential election, she should blame herself. In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Assange said "you can't blame WikiLeaks when what we leaked was your words and positions. Blame yourself."

Authored by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

The 2016 Presidential election was a gigantic wakeup call for the corporate press in the U.S. not so much because Hillary Clinton lost, but because it represented the end of mainstream media’s ability to seamlessly force feed narratives down the throats of a gullible and pliant American public. The marketplace of ideas had been flooded by the internet and the people made a decision. The media wars came and went, and the corporate press lost, badly.

After numerous media appearances, Macron and Le Pen are facing each other in a TV debate tonight, which Barclays' analyst Francois Cabau dubs "Crucial."

According to Barclays, this debate is key for two main reasons: 1) it will allow Le Pen to clarify her views on Europe (that she has tried to soften to a large extent recently in an apparent move to attract Fillon's voters) which are arguably a weak point on her side; and 2) it may be seen to, informally, mark the start of the campaign for the legislative elections.

Some further thoughts from Barclays: