MSM - mainstream media. UK's QE has remained at 375bn. Undoubtedly weaker countries in the EU are supported by the stronger, as New York State supports California and London indirectly supports northern regions. The uk govt will use a max of £12 bn ...

Obama Signs Legislation to End Shutdown, Lift U.S. Debt Cap

IMO no taper until after Feb 2013, monetary easing increased to 100bn as a temporary measure in Nov. to pick up the slack of the partial shutdown.

Obama Signs Legislation to End Shutdown, Lift U.S. Debt Cap

It's fascinating how posters hurl around these bizarre claims with zero facts to back up the sweeping generalisations. Only this morning we have evidence of a stable recovery by the euro area in terms of balance of payments data. Inflation is under ...

Obama Signs Legislation to End Shutdown, Lift U.S. Debt Cap

Valid point, I wonder if there's a debt limit, that means the USA finally breaches a rubicon, from where investors believe there's no recovery? 25 trn, 30 trn?

Senate Leaders Reach Agreement to End Fiscal Impasse

Seriously mate, I feel your pain, its fubar, Fed, ECB, BoE = joke (on us). You seen any figures on the actual raise? Despite the tub thumping it looks and smells like a fudge to me...it's not a can that's being kicked anymore, just a misshaped shard ...

Senate Leaders Reach Agreement to End Fiscal Impasse

Where's a link to the time line before we have to go through this charade again? Anyone got any figures on the actual raise amount and how long before Obama has to go back cap in hand?

Senate Leaders Reach Agreement to End Fiscal Impasse

For all you misguided technical traders. Pull up some charts, print them off, take the porn off your walls are replace it with charts, maybe 30 min TFs. Then write on the charts in large letters DOH!! Use it as a permanent reminder of what moves ...

Both sides confident US house will pass bipartisan senate bill

I agree, this will be resolved, however I suspect they'll force Obama to come back every six months as a form of victimisation and embarrassment until his term is over.

6 ways a default could hurt the world

You're displaying an obsessional fixation wrt this subject, I'm with you, the debt and money supply management is off the scale, 'they've' lost control, however, repeating the same message day after day adds nothing, the crazy FF award was taken ...

6 ways a default could hurt the world

Ooh I dunno, I can think of many who have, John Paulson bet on property crashing when all around him the bulls and shills were downing bottles of Cristal..most pessimistic bet ever? Or Soros selling the pound? That ranks high too on the pessimism ...

Hedge Fund Chart Guru Tom DeMark Sees Dark Days Ahead

And?

Boehner: calls Senate proposal a hand grenade

Agreed.

Rep. Ryan says budget provision in Senate plan not enough

He's not good for business, I'm reliably informed he's on his last warning, then he'll be gone. Is he back to his old ways, stinking the place out? He's the only troll on FF, quite an achievement given the hundreds of thousands of registered ...

German ZEW Indicator - Experts Remain Optimistic

Two things, what's a bat pattern, is that like a bat signal from a super hero? And can't you get Raybans that fit in Auckland?

USD continues to weaken across the board

I have the fool on ignore but let me take a stab at what he's said tonight in the loop of insanity he's trapped himself in; dead entrails of donkeys, chaos, fractals, non linear, fundamentalists...am I close, do I get a prize? You follow the guy and ...

Meet The 17-Year-Old Trader Who Knows Global Macro Markets Like A Veteran

If only the white Europeans had set a different course, North America would be such a different place. Gutted.

Columbus Day USA, US Stock Market Open, US Treasury Market Closed

There is no Nobel prize for economics, Sweden's central bank added the award in 1968 as a tribute to Alfred Nobel. Technically it's the Sveriges Rinsbank Prize in memory of Alfred Nobel.. So fukc you Shiller with your crappy USA house price index, ...

Nobel Prize for economics awarded for forecasting asset prices

Good point, if we move passed the 17th then this may become the next focus date for the MSM to concentrate on.

USD: What If US Defaults? - Nordea

You're into this Elliot wave 'lark' atm Jay, next thing we know you'll be moving to Nigeria and banging on about chaos and fractals post after post after post ;-)

Utilizing Elliott Wave In Today's Markets

Here's a tip, if someone attempts to make a point they back it up with facts; for example, 500,000 on handouts v 50,000,000 suggests one country has an epidemic of poverty, 20% of Americans rely on food handouts/ govt charity whereas the UK has ...

What To Do With GBP Next Week?