These Moves By China Will Cause Even Further Dislocations!
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-05/china-said-to-intervene-in-stock-market-after-590-billion-rout
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-05/china-said-to-intervene-in-stock-market-after-590-billion-rout
We read somewhere the Atlanta Fed cut its GDP forecast for Q4 to 0.7%…which is a big drop from Q3. That means Yellen raised rates into a real slowdown. The Fed waited years to raise rates and they do it while commodities crash, China slumps, markets are in trouble and GDP is cut. Thrilling! Short…
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“OY VEY!” By Gary Kaltbaum January 4, 2016 @GaryKaltbaum garyk.com Fox News Business Contributor When you arrest people because they are negative on the market…when you tell people not to sell…when you tell people they can’t sell…when you do everything possible to set conditions so no one sells…they sell. THAT’S CHINA FOR YOU. We have…
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