Thursday was ‘one of the craziest days of my career’ in markets, says BlackRock’s Rick Rieder

Thursday was ‘one of the craziest days of my career’ in markets, says BlackRock’s Rick Rieder

https://youtu.be/nz0WC-sNfmE Investors have witnessed some “pretty crazy” times in financial markets these past few weeks, with Thursday’s wild fluctuations ranking among the “craziest days of my career,” said Rick Rieder, the chief investment officer for global fixed income at BlackRock Inc. BLK, +6.58%, during an interview with MarketWatch’s Christine Idzelis on Thursday to commemorate the …

Wall Street turns to gains, Dow surges 500 pts

Wall Street turns to gains, Dow surges 500 pts

https://youtu.be/aynJaSDGuDM Major stock exchanges on Wall Street reversed their course on Thursday after recording significant losses following the release of the country’s inflation report that revealed higher-than-expected reading. The market participants awaited Federal Reserve’s future steps, as the figure could seemingly push them to increase their interest rates in the upcoming meetings. United States President …

UK Pension Funds Selling Stokes Fear Across Global Bond Markets

UK Pension Funds Selling Stokes Fear Across Global Bond Markets

Pension funds are now selling US high-grade corporates Announced end of central bank support has investors nervous UK pension funds are dumping assets to meet margin calls as the BOE confirmed it will end emergency bond buying, and the reverberations are being felt everywhere from Sydney to Frankfurt and New York.  In the US, investment-grade …

Europe’s energy crisis & the Netherlands 1000 Billion buried treasure

Europe’s energy crisis & the Netherlands 1000 Billion buried treasure

Gronnigen’s multi-billion hidden treasure is the answer to all of  Europe’s looming energy crisis!! Extraction on gas fields has been put on hold by the government due to 2100 recorded earthquakes (tremors) which have severely damaged houses. They were tremors due to subsidence as the gas was taken out of the ground. Its a huge …

German Inflation Confirmed at Highest Level in More Than 70 Years

German Inflation Confirmed at Highest Level in More Than 70 Years

Germany’s annual rate of inflation accelerated again in September, posting the highest reading since December 1951 as temporary government interventions to ease prices expired, according to final data released by German statistics office Destatis on Thursday. The consumer price index–a measure of what consumers pay for goods and services–rose 10.0% in September compared with the …

UK Bailey’s Warning Sends Shivers Through Fragile Global Bond Markets……. Pound Rebounds on Report BOE Offers to Extend Bond Purchases

UK Bailey’s Warning Sends Shivers Through Fragile Global Bond Markets……. Pound Rebounds on Report BOE Offers to Extend Bond Purchases

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey’s blunt warning that fund managers have to cut vulnerable positions before the central bank ends debt purchases is sending a shiver around already fragile global bond markets.  The strict deadline puts investors worldwide on notice that some of the pension funds managing £1.8 trillion ($2 trillion) in defined-benefit schemes …

French Strikes Slash Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Supplies

French Strikes Slash Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Supplies

Close to two-thirds of France’s refining capacity remains paralyzed by industrial action. Earlier today, the French government threatened to break down the blockades workers have set up at refineries and oil depots to resume the flow of fuels to end consumers. Meanwhile, per a Bloomberg report, Asian refiners bought at least 12 million barrels of …

UK Bond Selloff Deepens as BOE Emergency Measures Fail to Support Market

Bank of England ‘not going to save the market’: BNY Mellon Strategists doubt plan to restart active gilt sales on Oct. 31 Structures debt instruments from HELL strike again….. will they ever learn? UK bonds slumped after the Bank of England’s moves to increase emergency backstop measures failed to reassure the market, suggesting there’s plenty …