Money & Markets – Week of 02.28.16

Great Depression Redux: First Currency War, Now US Unleashes Trade War With China
Zero Hedge | 02 March 2016
Can tariffs really save…

Frontier Stocks Score Rare Big Win Over More-Developed Markets
Bloomberg | 02 March 2016
Can sustain…

Muni Finance Caucus Launched in House
Bond Buyer | 01 March 2016
Most important tool in…

Mario Draghi, European Central Bank President to Mr Jonas Fernández, Member European Parliament
ECB | 01 March 2016
Regarding your questions on possible further monetary policy measures…

Mario Draghi Hints at Further ECB Stimulus Moves
BBC | 21 January 2016
“No limits” to…

Another Very Strange Morning For Oil
Zero Hedge | 03 March 2016
Sent algos into…

Samsonite to Buy Tumi for About $1.8 Billion in Biggest Deal
Bloomberg | 03 March 2016
Region accounted for 17 percent…

Larry Fink and His BlackRock Team Poised to Take Over Hillary Clinton’s Treasury Department
The Intercept | 02 March 2016
BlackRock holds major share amounts in…

6% of Companies Make 50% of U.S. Profit
USA Today | 02 March 2016
Earnings of all S&P 500…

Energy CEO McClendon Dies in Oklahoma Car Crash, a Day After Indictment
Yahoo Finance | 02 March 2016
Allegedly colluding to rig…

Sorry, OPEC: U.S. Oil Production at 43-year High
CNN | 01 March 2016
Service costs due to…

Muni Finance Caucus Launched in House
Bond Buyer | 01 March 2016
Opposing a proposed cap to…

Billions in Capital Were Moved Out of China Right Under the Government’s Nose
Market Watch | 01 March 2016
Failing to stem…

Exclusive: China to Lay Off Five to Six Million Workers, Earmarks at Least $23 Billion
Reuters | 01 March 2016
Do not lead to un…

Financing Change: How to Mobilize Private Sector Financing for Sustainable Infrastructure
McKinsey | 01 January 2016
Governments that represent 80…

Japan’s Negative Interest Rates Are Even Crazier Than They Sound
Dollar Collapse | 01 March 2016
Catastrophic…

China Just Announced One of the Largest Single Layoffs in History
Quartz | 01 March 2016
Glut of…

The US Economy is Getting Better, but US Workers are Getting Worse
BI | 29 February 2016
Deteriorating since…

Eurozone Slides Back into Deflation
Telegraph | 29 February 2016
Seals the deal on…

Dollar Rises vs. Yen, But Erases Gains Against Euro, Pound
Market Watch | 25 February 2016
Sentiment driven by…

Berkshire Hathaway 2015 Annual Letter To Shareholders
Berkshire Hathaway | 27 February 2016
Performance vs. …

You Can’t Earn a Living on the Minimum Wage
Huffington Post | 16 February 2016
Until I did it myself…

Morgan Stanley to Pay $2.6 Billion to Settle Fraud Charges
Corporate Crimer Reporter | 11 February 2016
In order to…securitize everything…