Oil Prices and Dollar Strength
Submitted by Taps Coogan on the 22nd of February 2016 to The Sounding Line. In ‘Energy Prices – The Crude Oil Divergence’ (link here) we discussed the divergence that developed […]
Negative Interest Rates – The ‘Wealth Effect’ Myth
Submitted by Taps Coogan on the 20th of February 2016 to The Sounding Line. Nearly eight years after the financial crisis and despite one of the longest, largest stock markets […]
Interview – Mohamed El-Erian
Allianz Chief Economic Adviser Mohamed El-Erian spoke with Fox News on the subject of central bank policy and the stability of global markets on the 11th of February 2016.
Interview – Jim Rogers – Global Markets
Jim Rogers spoke with CNN Money on the 15th of February 2016 about the health of global markets and the effects of central bank policy.
The Unemployment Rate – Pulling back the Curtain
Submitted by Taps Coogan on the 15th of February 2016 to The Sounding Line. Rick Santelli and Jim Bianco’s interview on CNBC last week was a fruitful one. In ‘The […]
Energy Prices – The Crude Oil Divergence
Submitted by Taps Coogan on the 13th of February, 2016 to The Sounding Line. Continuing its fall from the $107.23 weekly high in June 2014, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude […]
Negative Interest Rates – Two Interviews with Jim Grant
Jim Grant of the Grant’s Interest Rate Observer delivered two interesting interviews on Wednesday the 10th of February 2016 after Janet Yellen’s statements to the House Financial Services Committee. In […]
The Wealth Effect – A Primer – Rick Santelli and Jim Bianco
Submitted by Taps Coogan on the 6th of February 2016 to The Sounding Line. In an excellent interview posted below, CNBC’s Rick Santelli recently spoke with Bianco Research President Jim […]
Negative Interest Rates – The Excess Reserve Overhang
Submitted by Taps Coogan on the 4th of February 2016 to The Sounding Line. As discussed in ‘The Fed – Missing the Curve’ (link here), the decision by the Federal […]
Ukrainian President Poroshenko – Interview – IMF Funding
An interview with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko from the 21st of January 2016 on Bloomberg on the subjects of IMF funding for Ukraine, Europe, Russia and more.