Good for them. God bless them.

Zanganeh: We will act wholeheartedly to break U.S. sanctions

"Greatest economy in the history of the United States."

Fifth District Manufacturing Activity Moderated in April

Rule #1: If you do not have nuclear weapons, the US will invade your country.

China to be exposed to sanctions as US says it will end Iran oil import waivers on May 1

Nah.....it's all about liquidity injections aka "stimulus"....if it is being provided, markets go up....if it slows down or stops...markets go down.

Bipolar Markets in the "New Mediocre"

Huge beat....if there is a US recession coming, it certainly won't be found by looking at this data.

U.S. Retail Sales Increase Most Since 2017 on Autos, Gasoline

Strong print.

Retail sales, Great Britain: March 2019

This is why I don't have kids.

A crying baby just cost one trader a 6,000% return on his Qualcomm position

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EU mulls $20bn tariffs on US goods over Boeing subsidy row

Remember, friends.....1 year ago the German government said that they expected the economy to pick back in "2H 2019"....now they are saying growth will slow further than expected in 2H 2019, but no recession, and things will get better in ...

'Best times over' for Germany: government slashes growth forecast

If US exports to Europe had increased by 18% vs. this time last year, and EU imports had increased by 13%, we would be seeing massive spikes in industrial PMIs (we are not), tanker transport rates would increase (they are not), tanker shipping costs ...

Euro area international trade in goods surplus €17.9 bn

EU28 imports from the United States are up 18% in Feb 2019, vs Feb 2018? Exports to the US up 13%? Do people actually believe this data?

Euro area international trade in goods surplus €17.9 bn

"This is the lowest annual growth for the UK since September 2012." RECESSION COMETH.

UK House Price Index summary: February 2019

Good data? Sentiment data is up because stock markets have rebounded....stock markets have rebounded because of the promise of more free fiat liquidity injections...The EU is still very much in trouble, people just think things are better because ...

Several ECB Policymakers Doubt Projections For Growth Rebound In H2, Even Question Accuracy Of...

"When we look at profitability, particularly net interest margins, we think we're at peak margins right now, we think this is as good as it gets both in terms of net interest margins and profitability"- Citi CEO from earnings call yesterday.

Can positive sentiment continue as US earnings take hold?

Expand the debt pile....share the misery

Chinese bonds added to Bloomberg benchmark index to bring over 1 trillion USD to China,...

DAX futures responding strongly to this headline.

EU’s Tusk: Brexit ‘Extension’ Is Flexible

What does this have to do with the Lira/Yen spot rate?

Man sues parents for throwing away his $26K porn collection

It's amazing how Chinese economic data now moves the market. One could argue that their economic data is the most important of any country on the planet right now - which means they have become the strongest country on the planet?

China March Aggregate Financing 2,860Bln Yuan Est 1,850Bln Yuan, March New Yuan Loans 1,690Bln...

So many people criticize May, but this woman has an impossible job. Why anyone would want to be PM of the UK right now is beyond me.

UK PM May: Tomorrow I Will Make A Statement To Parliament

What a farce.... So are the big bank CEOs finally ready to take back the $4 trillion in toxic mortgage bonds that the Fed took off their hands for 100 cents on the dollar in 2008?

CEOs of big banks defend more resilient financial system since crash