Money & Markets – Week of 12.31.17

Bracing Yourself for a Possible Near-Term Melt-Up (A Very Personal View)
GMO | 03 January 2017
I find…

Fewer Listed Companies: Is That Good or Bad for Stock Markets?
WSJ | 04 January 2018
Publicly Traded Companies in Serious Decline…

My most popular stories of 2017 (What else? Equifax tops the list)
Bob Sullivan | 29 Decmeber 2017
Various…

Fed Chair Powell’s Admission: “The Fed Has A Short Volatility Position”
Zero Hedge | 06 January 2018
Fed Loosing it’s Magic???

11 Key Political and Economic Forecasts for 2018
Kiplinger | 05 January 2018
2018 Predictions…

US bars $1.2B Chinese acquisition of MoneyGram
ABC News | 03 January 2018
Financial Turf Wars Expand…

Merrill Lynch bans clients from investing in Silbert bitcoin fund
Reuters | 03 January 2018
Merril Questions on Crypto Offerings…

Australian Banks Reportedly Freeze Accounts Of Bitcoin Users
Zero Hedge | 31 December 2017
Terms and conditions…

The Hidden-in-Plain-Sight Mechanism of the Super-Wealthy: Money-Laundering 2.0
Of Two Minds | 29 December 2017
Money laundering and control fraud…

2017 Greatest Hits: The Most Popular Articles Of The Past Year And A Look Ahead
Zero Hedge | 31 December 2017
Take the power back…

Military Overhauls Retirement System in Biggest Shift Since World War II
Fox Business | 22 November 2017
What’s changing…