Russia Bear 3X Direxion (RUSS) 25.68 $RUSS
Catch-22
Ben Hunt - Seeking Alpha - 2 hrs 1 min ago
Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the control tower summoned them down. The more it rained, the worse they suffered. The worse they suffered,...
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), DFE: 50.79 (-0.33), EFNL: 31.37 (-0.20), FKU: 38.24 (-0.23), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), DBEU: 26.00 (-0.01), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EUDG: 21.89 (unch), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), FIEU: 101.62 (-1.62), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), FEP: 28.76 (-0.11), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), PLND: 17.92 (-0.15), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), IEUR: 42.50 (-0.05), FSZ: 37.66 (-0.10), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), UPV: 40.71 (+0.13), FEU: 33.27 (+0.03), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), IEUS: 40.71 (-0.14), DXPS: 24.92 (-0.09), HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), DAX: 25.45 (-0.13), DBEZ: 24.87 (unch), GXF: 21.53 (-0.07), DBUK: 24.16 (+0.50), QGBR: 52.23 (unch), NORW: 11.51 (-0.21), ADRU: 21.68 (-0.04), RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), EU: 21.06 (-0.25), HEWG: 23.53 (+0.09), IEV: 41.36 (unch), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EWGS: 37.26 (-0.02), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), FDD: 12.64 (-0.02), ENOR: 22.51 (-0.30), SMEZ: 47.95 (-0.02), QESP: 47.23 (-0.37), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), DBGR: 23.72 (+0.16), FEUZ: 29.85 (-0.09), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EWUS: 36.23 (-0.16), EPV: 66.65 (+0.03), FGM: 35.40 (+0.02), ESTX: 43.10 (+0.32), EUMV: 22.89 (+0.06), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), HEZU: 24.29 (+0.07), EURL: 26.76 (+0.05), FEEU: 97.78 (-0.12), DXGE: 26.12 (+0.11), QDEU: 52.31 (+0.71), PGAL: 10.00 (-0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19)
Russian Equities Are Incredibly Cheap Right Now
Marquez Capital Management - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 12:37PM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Russia, Ukraine And Greece - Default Probabilities
Pater Tenebrarum - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 6:06AM CST
A Brief Update on Yields, CDS Spreads and Implied Default Probabilities Currently, there are a number of weak spots in the global financial edifice, in addition to the perennial problem children, Argentina and Venezuela (we will take a closer look...
RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
After Hour Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 4:35PM CST
NBIX: 29.51 (+1.22), ROC: 79.20 (+0.33), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EHIC: 10.18 (-0.06), BURL: 49.29 (+1.29), POZN: 6.94 (-0.85), EXK: 2.62 (+0.22), SEM: 14.01 (-0.34), MCO: 93.01 (-0.81)
Fitch downgrades Russia to one notch above junk
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 4:15PM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
The Stimulus Monkeys Are Screeching And The Central Banks Are Pushing On A String
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 11:51AM CST
Have you been at the zoo when the monkeys start rattling their cages and screeching in unison? That about sums up the last 24 hours since the euro zone’s December CPI printed at negative 0.2% versus prior year. Within minutes of the release,...
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EFNL: 31.37 (-0.20), DFE: 50.79 (-0.33), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), FKU: 38.24 (-0.23), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), DBEU: 26.00 (-0.01), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EUDG: 21.89 (unch), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), FIEU: 101.62 (-1.62), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), FEP: 28.76 (-0.11), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), PLND: 17.92 (-0.15), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), IEUR: 42.50 (-0.05), FSZ: 37.66 (-0.10), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), UPV: 40.71 (+0.13), FEU: 33.27 (+0.03), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), IEUS: 40.71 (-0.14), DXPS: 24.92 (-0.09), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), DAX: 25.45 (-0.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), DBEZ: 24.87 (unch), GXF: 21.53 (-0.07), DBUK: 24.16 (+0.50), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QGBR: 52.23 (unch), NORW: 11.51 (-0.21), ADRU: 21.68 (-0.04), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), HEWG: 23.53 (+0.09), IEV: 41.36 (unch), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EWGS: 37.26 (-0.02), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), FDD: 12.64 (-0.02), ENOR: 22.51 (-0.30), SMEZ: 47.95 (-0.02), QESP: 47.23 (-0.37), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), DBGR: 23.72 (+0.16), FEUZ: 29.85 (-0.09), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EWUS: 36.23 (-0.16), EPV: 66.65 (+0.03), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), FGM: 35.40 (+0.02), ESTX: 43.10 (+0.32), EUMV: 22.89 (+0.06), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), HEZU: 24.29 (+0.07), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), FEEU: 97.78 (-0.12), EURL: 26.76 (+0.05), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), DXGE: 26.12 (+0.11), QDEU: 52.31 (+0.71), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PGAL: 10.00 (-0.08), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19)
The Deflation Calamity Howlers Are Dead Wrong - In Europe And Everywhere Else
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 9:45AM CST
The calamity howlers of deflation are out in force this morning owing to an absolute economic non sequitur. Namely, that year-on-year consumer prices in the EU came in at negative 0.2% in December, implying that ECB printing presses need to go into...
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), DFE: 50.79 (-0.33), EFNL: 31.37 (-0.20), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), FKU: 38.24 (-0.23), DBEU: 26.00 (-0.01), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EUDG: 21.89 (unch), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), FIEU: 101.62 (-1.62), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), FEP: 28.76 (-0.11), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), PLND: 17.92 (-0.15), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), IEUR: 42.50 (-0.05), FSZ: 37.66 (-0.10), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), UPV: 40.71 (+0.13), FEU: 33.27 (+0.03), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), IEUS: 40.71 (-0.14), DXPS: 24.92 (-0.09), HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), DAX: 25.45 (-0.13), DBEZ: 24.87 (unch), GXF: 21.53 (-0.07), DBUK: 24.16 (+0.50), QGBR: 52.23 (unch), NORW: 11.51 (-0.21), ADRU: 21.68 (-0.04), RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), HEWG: 23.53 (+0.09), IEV: 41.36 (unch), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EWGS: 37.26 (-0.02), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), FDD: 12.64 (-0.02), ENOR: 22.51 (-0.30), SMEZ: 47.95 (-0.02), QESP: 47.23 (-0.37), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), DBGR: 23.72 (+0.16), FEUZ: 29.85 (-0.09), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EWUS: 36.23 (-0.16), EPV: 66.65 (+0.03), FGM: 35.40 (+0.02), ESTX: 43.10 (+0.32), EUMV: 22.89 (+0.06), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), HEZU: 24.29 (+0.07), EURL: 26.76 (+0.05), FEEU: 97.78 (-0.12), DXGE: 26.12 (+0.11), QDEU: 52.31 (+0.71), PGAL: 10.00 (-0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19)
What Keeps Me Up At Night
Paul Nathan - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 2:40PM CST
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), DFE: 50.79 (-0.33), EFNL: 31.37 (-0.20), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), FKU: 38.24 (-0.23), DBEU: 26.00 (-0.01), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EUDG: 21.89 (unch), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), FIEU: 101.62 (-1.62), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), FEP: 28.76 (-0.11), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), PLND: 17.92 (-0.15), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), IEUR: 42.50 (-0.05), FSZ: 37.66 (-0.10), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), UPV: 40.71 (+0.13), FEU: 33.27 (+0.03), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), IEUS: 40.71 (-0.14), DXPS: 24.92 (-0.09), HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), DAX: 25.45 (-0.13), DBEZ: 24.87 (unch), GXF: 21.53 (-0.07), DBUK: 24.16 (+0.50), QGBR: 52.23 (unch), NORW: 11.51 (-0.21), ADRU: 21.68 (-0.04), RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), HEWG: 23.53 (+0.09), IEV: 41.36 (unch), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EWGS: 37.26 (-0.02), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), FDD: 12.64 (-0.02), ENOR: 22.51 (-0.30), SMEZ: 47.95 (-0.02), QESP: 47.23 (-0.37), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), DBGR: 23.72 (+0.16), FEUZ: 29.85 (-0.09), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EWUS: 36.23 (-0.16), EPV: 66.65 (+0.03), FGM: 35.40 (+0.02), ESTX: 43.10 (+0.32), EUMV: 22.89 (+0.06), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), HEZU: 24.29 (+0.07), EURL: 26.76 (+0.05), FEEU: 97.78 (-0.12), DXGE: 26.12 (+0.11), QDEU: 52.31 (+0.71), PGAL: 10.00 (-0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19)
Tales Of Globalization: Russia And China
The Angry Bear - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 11:16AM CST
By Joseph Joyce The end of 2014 marked the 23rd anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Russian Federation. Like Chinese leaders in the previous decade, Russian policymakers faced the challenge of integrating...
XPP: 70.07 (-1.32), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), CHXF: 52.54 (-0.02), YINN: 36.43 (-0.98), MCHI: 50.85 (-0.47), YANG: 11.07 (+0.32), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), FXP: 41.56 (+0.74), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), PGJ: 28.25 (-0.48), FCA: 23.15 (-0.35), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), YAO: 27.97 (-0.35), YXI: 27.92 (+0.14), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), CN: 34.70 (-0.44), FXI: 41.90 (-0.38), GXC: 80.48 (-0.84)
France urges end to Russian sanctions
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 2:40AM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Wall Street Heathens: How Their Greed And Gambling Became The Axe Of Statist Policy
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 11:13AM CST
One of the most unfortunate acronyms ever invented was BRIC. It supposedly embodied an epoch-defining ignition of capitalist growth and prosperity in Brazil, Russia, India and China. And these leading paragons were held to be emblematic of a general...
EWH: 20.78 (+0.19), INDY: 30.68 (+0.18), KBA: 46.37 (-0.44), UBR: 26.75 (-1.24), CHXF: 52.54 (-0.02), INDL: 86.97 (+1.48), FXP: 41.56 (+0.74), PGJ: 28.25 (-0.48), EWHS: 26.79 (-0.25), YAO: 27.97 (-0.35), INDA: 30.69 (+0.19), ASHR: 36.39 (-0.57), FCHI: 52.10 (-0.22), FXI: 41.90 (-0.38), GXC: 80.48 (-0.84), ASHS: 35.21 (-0.33), XPP: 70.07 (-1.32), KWEB: 33.29 (-0.81), TAO: 21.41 (-0.03), ECNS: 45.21 (-0.44), QQQC: 21.42 (-0.44), HAO: 26.12 (-0.52), MCHI: 50.85 (-0.47), YANG: 11.07 (+0.32), INXX: 12.76 (-0.04), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EPI: 22.51 (+0.09), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), FHK: 38.54 (unch), EWZ: 35.32 (-0.85), YXI: 27.92 (+0.14), PEK: 45.39 (-0.44), BZQ: 86.84 (+3.97), CNXT: 30.59 (+0.49), CQQQ: 34.78 (-0.81), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), YINN: 36.43 (-0.98), INP: 71.50 (+0.17), FCA: 23.15 (-0.35), PIN: 21.61 (+0.08), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), FBZ: 14.50 (-0.46), BRZU: 7.84 (-0.59), CHNA: 37.44 (unch), DBBR: 12.46 (-0.05), CHIX: 15.75 (-0.10), KFYP: 65.45 (unch), CHIM: 15.73 (unch), CHIQ: 12.67 (-0.09), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), CHIE: 13.50 (-0.21), CHII: 13.92 (-0.30), CN: 34.70 (-0.44)
Russia Experiences A Double Whammy As It Heads For A Recession
Sarfaraz A. Khan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 7:32AM CST
RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), BP: 36.05 (-0.53), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Ruble weakens as Russian economy shrinks
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 8:30AM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
What Lies Behind The Plunge Of The Ruble?
Ed Dolan - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 11:54AM CST
Russia's economy is in trouble. Growth has come to a halt. A recession looms in 2015. Inflation, interest rates, and capital flight are up. The government's budget is under strain. More than any of these, what makes the headlines is the plunge of the...
RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Russia sees GDP falling 4% in 2015
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 6:08AM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures: The CBR Bails Out Russian Exporters And Borrowers
Craig Pirrong - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 4:55AM CST
As part of its efforts to address its looming financial crisis, the Central Bank of Russia announced a new program to assist Russian companies needing dollar and euro financing , and in particular, needing dollars and euros to repay maturing loans....
RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Ruble rebounds after Russia combats its decline
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 2:55AM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Russia raises forecast deficit for 2015
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 25, 8:16AM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Catch-22
Ben Hunt - Seeking Alpha - 2 hrs 1 min ago
Four times during the first six days they were assembled and briefed and then sent back. Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the control tower summoned them down. The more it rained, the worse they suffered. The worse they suffered,...
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), DFE: 50.79 (-0.33), EFNL: 31.37 (-0.20), FKU: 38.24 (-0.23), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), DBEU: 26.00 (-0.01), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EUDG: 21.89 (unch), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), FIEU: 101.62 (-1.62), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), FEP: 28.76 (-0.11), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), PLND: 17.92 (-0.15), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), IEUR: 42.50 (-0.05), FSZ: 37.66 (-0.10), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), UPV: 40.71 (+0.13), FEU: 33.27 (+0.03), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), IEUS: 40.71 (-0.14), DXPS: 24.92 (-0.09), HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), DAX: 25.45 (-0.13), DBEZ: 24.87 (unch), GXF: 21.53 (-0.07), DBUK: 24.16 (+0.50), QGBR: 52.23 (unch), NORW: 11.51 (-0.21), ADRU: 21.68 (-0.04), RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), EU: 21.06 (-0.25), HEWG: 23.53 (+0.09), IEV: 41.36 (unch), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EWGS: 37.26 (-0.02), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), FDD: 12.64 (-0.02), ENOR: 22.51 (-0.30), SMEZ: 47.95 (-0.02), QESP: 47.23 (-0.37), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), DBGR: 23.72 (+0.16), FEUZ: 29.85 (-0.09), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EWUS: 36.23 (-0.16), EPV: 66.65 (+0.03), FGM: 35.40 (+0.02), ESTX: 43.10 (+0.32), EUMV: 22.89 (+0.06), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), HEZU: 24.29 (+0.07), EURL: 26.76 (+0.05), FEEU: 97.78 (-0.12), DXGE: 26.12 (+0.11), QDEU: 52.31 (+0.71), PGAL: 10.00 (-0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19)
Russian Equities Are Incredibly Cheap Right Now
Marquez Capital Management - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 12:37PM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Russia, Ukraine And Greece - Default Probabilities
Pater Tenebrarum - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 6:06AM CST
A Brief Update on Yields, CDS Spreads and Implied Default Probabilities Currently, there are a number of weak spots in the global financial edifice, in addition to the perennial problem children, Argentina and Venezuela (we will take a closer look...
RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
After Hour Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 4:35PM CST
NBIX: 29.51 (+1.22), ROC: 79.20 (+0.33), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EHIC: 10.18 (-0.06), BURL: 49.29 (+1.29), POZN: 6.94 (-0.85), EXK: 2.62 (+0.22), SEM: 14.01 (-0.34), MCO: 93.01 (-0.81)
Fitch downgrades Russia to one notch above junk
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 4:15PM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
The Stimulus Monkeys Are Screeching And The Central Banks Are Pushing On A String
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 11:51AM CST
Have you been at the zoo when the monkeys start rattling their cages and screeching in unison? That about sums up the last 24 hours since the euro zone’s December CPI printed at negative 0.2% versus prior year. Within minutes of the release,...
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EFNL: 31.37 (-0.20), DFE: 50.79 (-0.33), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), FKU: 38.24 (-0.23), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), DBEU: 26.00 (-0.01), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EUDG: 21.89 (unch), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), FIEU: 101.62 (-1.62), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), FEP: 28.76 (-0.11), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), PLND: 17.92 (-0.15), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), IEUR: 42.50 (-0.05), FSZ: 37.66 (-0.10), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), UPV: 40.71 (+0.13), FEU: 33.27 (+0.03), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), IEUS: 40.71 (-0.14), DXPS: 24.92 (-0.09), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), DAX: 25.45 (-0.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), DBEZ: 24.87 (unch), GXF: 21.53 (-0.07), DBUK: 24.16 (+0.50), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QGBR: 52.23 (unch), NORW: 11.51 (-0.21), ADRU: 21.68 (-0.04), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), HEWG: 23.53 (+0.09), IEV: 41.36 (unch), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EWGS: 37.26 (-0.02), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), FDD: 12.64 (-0.02), ENOR: 22.51 (-0.30), SMEZ: 47.95 (-0.02), QESP: 47.23 (-0.37), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), DBGR: 23.72 (+0.16), FEUZ: 29.85 (-0.09), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EWUS: 36.23 (-0.16), EPV: 66.65 (+0.03), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), FGM: 35.40 (+0.02), ESTX: 43.10 (+0.32), EUMV: 22.89 (+0.06), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), HEZU: 24.29 (+0.07), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), FEEU: 97.78 (-0.12), EURL: 26.76 (+0.05), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), DXGE: 26.12 (+0.11), QDEU: 52.31 (+0.71), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PGAL: 10.00 (-0.08), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19)
The Deflation Calamity Howlers Are Dead Wrong - In Europe And Everywhere Else
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 9:45AM CST
The calamity howlers of deflation are out in force this morning owing to an absolute economic non sequitur. Namely, that year-on-year consumer prices in the EU came in at negative 0.2% in December, implying that ECB printing presses need to go into...
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), DFE: 50.79 (-0.33), EFNL: 31.37 (-0.20), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), FKU: 38.24 (-0.23), DBEU: 26.00 (-0.01), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EUDG: 21.89 (unch), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), FIEU: 101.62 (-1.62), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), FEP: 28.76 (-0.11), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), PLND: 17.92 (-0.15), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), IEUR: 42.50 (-0.05), FSZ: 37.66 (-0.10), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), UPV: 40.71 (+0.13), FEU: 33.27 (+0.03), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), IEUS: 40.71 (-0.14), DXPS: 24.92 (-0.09), HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), DAX: 25.45 (-0.13), DBEZ: 24.87 (unch), GXF: 21.53 (-0.07), DBUK: 24.16 (+0.50), QGBR: 52.23 (unch), NORW: 11.51 (-0.21), ADRU: 21.68 (-0.04), RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), HEWG: 23.53 (+0.09), IEV: 41.36 (unch), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EWGS: 37.26 (-0.02), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), FDD: 12.64 (-0.02), ENOR: 22.51 (-0.30), SMEZ: 47.95 (-0.02), QESP: 47.23 (-0.37), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), DBGR: 23.72 (+0.16), FEUZ: 29.85 (-0.09), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EWUS: 36.23 (-0.16), EPV: 66.65 (+0.03), FGM: 35.40 (+0.02), ESTX: 43.10 (+0.32), EUMV: 22.89 (+0.06), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), HEZU: 24.29 (+0.07), EURL: 26.76 (+0.05), FEEU: 97.78 (-0.12), DXGE: 26.12 (+0.11), QDEU: 52.31 (+0.71), PGAL: 10.00 (-0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19)
What Keeps Me Up At Night
Paul Nathan - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 2:40PM CST
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), DFE: 50.79 (-0.33), EFNL: 31.37 (-0.20), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), FKU: 38.24 (-0.23), DBEU: 26.00 (-0.01), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EUDG: 21.89 (unch), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), FIEU: 101.62 (-1.62), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), FEP: 28.76 (-0.11), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), PLND: 17.92 (-0.15), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), IEUR: 42.50 (-0.05), FSZ: 37.66 (-0.10), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), UPV: 40.71 (+0.13), FEU: 33.27 (+0.03), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), IEUS: 40.71 (-0.14), DXPS: 24.92 (-0.09), HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), DAX: 25.45 (-0.13), DBEZ: 24.87 (unch), GXF: 21.53 (-0.07), DBUK: 24.16 (+0.50), QGBR: 52.23 (unch), NORW: 11.51 (-0.21), ADRU: 21.68 (-0.04), RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), HEWG: 23.53 (+0.09), IEV: 41.36 (unch), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EWGS: 37.26 (-0.02), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), FDD: 12.64 (-0.02), ENOR: 22.51 (-0.30), SMEZ: 47.95 (-0.02), QESP: 47.23 (-0.37), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), DBGR: 23.72 (+0.16), FEUZ: 29.85 (-0.09), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EWUS: 36.23 (-0.16), EPV: 66.65 (+0.03), FGM: 35.40 (+0.02), ESTX: 43.10 (+0.32), EUMV: 22.89 (+0.06), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), HEZU: 24.29 (+0.07), EURL: 26.76 (+0.05), FEEU: 97.78 (-0.12), DXGE: 26.12 (+0.11), QDEU: 52.31 (+0.71), PGAL: 10.00 (-0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19)
Tales Of Globalization: Russia And China
The Angry Bear - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 11:16AM CST
By Joseph Joyce The end of 2014 marked the 23rd anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Russian Federation. Like Chinese leaders in the previous decade, Russian policymakers faced the challenge of integrating...
XPP: 70.07 (-1.32), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), CHXF: 52.54 (-0.02), YINN: 36.43 (-0.98), MCHI: 50.85 (-0.47), YANG: 11.07 (+0.32), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), FXP: 41.56 (+0.74), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), PGJ: 28.25 (-0.48), FCA: 23.15 (-0.35), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), YAO: 27.97 (-0.35), YXI: 27.92 (+0.14), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), CN: 34.70 (-0.44), FXI: 41.90 (-0.38), GXC: 80.48 (-0.84)
France urges end to Russian sanctions
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 2:40AM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Wall Street Heathens: How Their Greed And Gambling Became The Axe Of Statist Policy
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 11:13AM CST
One of the most unfortunate acronyms ever invented was BRIC. It supposedly embodied an epoch-defining ignition of capitalist growth and prosperity in Brazil, Russia, India and China. And these leading paragons were held to be emblematic of a general...
EWH: 20.78 (+0.19), INDY: 30.68 (+0.18), KBA: 46.37 (-0.44), UBR: 26.75 (-1.24), CHXF: 52.54 (-0.02), INDL: 86.97 (+1.48), FXP: 41.56 (+0.74), PGJ: 28.25 (-0.48), EWHS: 26.79 (-0.25), YAO: 27.97 (-0.35), INDA: 30.69 (+0.19), ASHR: 36.39 (-0.57), FCHI: 52.10 (-0.22), FXI: 41.90 (-0.38), GXC: 80.48 (-0.84), ASHS: 35.21 (-0.33), XPP: 70.07 (-1.32), KWEB: 33.29 (-0.81), TAO: 21.41 (-0.03), ECNS: 45.21 (-0.44), QQQC: 21.42 (-0.44), HAO: 26.12 (-0.52), MCHI: 50.85 (-0.47), YANG: 11.07 (+0.32), INXX: 12.76 (-0.04), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EPI: 22.51 (+0.09), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), FHK: 38.54 (unch), EWZ: 35.32 (-0.85), YXI: 27.92 (+0.14), PEK: 45.39 (-0.44), BZQ: 86.84 (+3.97), CNXT: 30.59 (+0.49), CQQQ: 34.78 (-0.81), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), YINN: 36.43 (-0.98), INP: 71.50 (+0.17), FCA: 23.15 (-0.35), PIN: 21.61 (+0.08), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), FBZ: 14.50 (-0.46), BRZU: 7.84 (-0.59), CHNA: 37.44 (unch), DBBR: 12.46 (-0.05), CHIX: 15.75 (-0.10), KFYP: 65.45 (unch), CHIM: 15.73 (unch), CHIQ: 12.67 (-0.09), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), CHIE: 13.50 (-0.21), CHII: 13.92 (-0.30), CN: 34.70 (-0.44)
Russia Experiences A Double Whammy As It Heads For A Recession
Sarfaraz A. Khan - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 7:32AM CST
RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), BP: 36.05 (-0.53), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Ruble weakens as Russian economy shrinks
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 29, 8:30AM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
What Lies Behind The Plunge Of The Ruble?
Ed Dolan - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 28, 11:54AM CST
Russia's economy is in trouble. Growth has come to a halt. A recession looms in 2015. Inflation, interest rates, and capital flight are up. The government's budget is under strain. More than any of these, what makes the headlines is the plunge of the...
RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Russia sees GDP falling 4% in 2015
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 6:08AM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures: The CBR Bails Out Russian Exporters And Borrowers
Craig Pirrong - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 4:55AM CST
As part of its efforts to address its looming financial crisis, the Central Bank of Russia announced a new program to assist Russian companies needing dollar and euro financing , and in particular, needing dollars and euros to repay maturing loans....
RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Ruble rebounds after Russia combats its decline
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 26, 2:55AM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
Russia raises forecast deficit for 2015
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 25, 8:16AM CST
RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37)
