Money & Markets – Week of 01.04.15

World’s Best Forecaster Targets Euro-Dollar Parity: Currencies
Bloomberg | 08 January 2015
Few investors will want…

Greek Crisis Jolts QE Juggernaut as ECB Ponders Deflation
Bloomberg | 08 January 2015
Justice will publish an opinion on…

Crude Collapse Seen Boosting China’s South American Clout
Bloomberg | 08 January 2015
China supports Venezuela’s efforts to…

EU Offers 1.8 Billion Euros for Ukraine as Germany Seeks Reform
Reuters | 08 January 2015
George Soros urged…

Record Global Oil Demand: Even as the Price of Oil Declined
SRSrocco Report | 08 January 2015
High-cost U.S. Shale Oil Industry is about to receive…

The WSJ Looks At “Non-GAAP” Earnings, Is Horrified By What It Finds
Zero Hedge | 08 January 2015
According to Charlie Evans is “catastrophically”…

Good News: 3rd Year of President’s Term is Best for Stocks
CNN Money | 07 January 2015
Pullbacks are quite common during…

6 Reasons Why Stocks may Tank in 2015
Fortune | 06 January 2015
Slow start has some market analysts declaring…

Operation Helicopter: Could Free Money Help the Euro Zone?
Spiegel | 06 January 2015
“It would be the ultimate”…

Germany Wins Race to Negative Yields on 5-Year Bonds; Japan Leads Germany in 10-Year Yield Race
Global Economic Analysis | 06 January 2015
But the smart bet is on…

Ukraine Bonds at 60 Cents Seen Signaling Risk of Default
Bloomberg | 06 January 2015
Investors are…

Funding of S&P 1500 Plans Slipped 9% in 2014
Plan Sponsor | 06 January 2015
Wiped out in 2014 by…

Chinese Locomotives Reach Thailand, to Replace GE
The Brics Post | 05 January 2015
Thailand aims to…

Why 2014 Looked Nothing Like the Tech Bubble: Chart of the Day
Bloomberg | 05 January 2015
The Fed’s concern came…

Saudi Slashes Monthly Oil Prices to Europe; Trims U.S., Ups Asia
Yahoo Finance | 05 January 2015
Saudi Arabia shipped 54 percent…

JPMorgan Worth More In Pieces? Goldman Analysts Think Breakup Makes Sense
Forbes | 05 January 2015
“A breakup could”…

France Seeks End to Russia Sanctions over Ukraine
BBC | 05 January 2015
Sanctions have raised fresh…

US Oil Price Falls below $50 on Supply Glut Fears
BBC | 05 January 2015
Increase in production has come just…

Jeffrey Gundlach: A Bold Prediction on U.S. Interest Rates and Deflation
Wall Street On Parade | 05 January 2015
If the U.S. economy was actually…

Christine Lagarde | The right choice for 2015
Live Mint | 05 January 2015
Most important, the…

Quinn Signs Small-business Retirement Plan Bill into Law
Chicago Tribune| 04 January 2015
2.5 million private-sector employees do not…

Investors Bought into Nearly $250 Billion in Global I.P.O.s in 2014
NY Times: Dealbook| 04 January 2015
Technology and… sectors alone making up…

US Should Enjoy Afternoon Sunshine While it Lasts
Financial Times| 04 January 2015
The contrast with…

Barbarians at the Farm Gate
The Economist | 03 January 2015
Hardy investors are…

The Gloves Come Off: Germany Says Grexit “Manageable” As Tsipras Demands Greek Debt Writeoff
Zero Hedge | 03 January 2015
Things in the coming weeks…

Corporate Pension Funding Weakened in 2014
Plan Sponsor | 02 January 2015
The most significant pension event of the year…

AAA Sees U.S. Drivers Saving $75 Billion on Gasoline
Global Economic Analysis | 01 January 2015
“Gasoline prices are going…

Bluff of the Day: Germany Warns “Greece is No Longer of Systemic Importance For the Euro”
Global Economic Analysis | 31 December 2014
The idea that Greece is…

Pension Funds Playing Bigger Role in Reinsurance
NY Times: Dealbook| 31 December 2014
Increasingly, some states have…

Commodity Prices are Cliff-Diving Due to the Fracturing Monetary Supernova – The Case Of Iron Ore
Zero Hedge | 30 December 2014
Not merely the unique local supply and…

China Tackles First-World Quandary as $800 Billion is Freed Up for Lenders
Bloomberg | 29 December 2014
“The new rule is”…

Munis Dominate in Yearlong Advance Wall Street Analysts Missed
Bloomberg | 28 December 2014
“High-income individuals can”…

Alternate Inflation Charts
Shadowstats | 17 December 2014
Moving the concept of the CPI…

Christine Lagarde Warns US over IMF Reform Failings
Financial Times | 12 December 2014
The US risks losing…

TDFs Expected to Capture 90% of 401(k) Contributions
Plan Sponsor | 09 December 2014
Retirement market assets grew to $21 trillion in…

The Controversial Strategy of a Bargain-hunting Bond Trader
The Economist | 27 November 2014
Big asset manager, made a shrewd…

Trans-Asean Ambitions Dented by LNG
Interfax Energy | 27 October 2014
It is unrealistic to expect…