Thursday, January 1, 2015

THURSDAY 1/1/15; Happy New Year; US Markets Closed

The global New Year’s celebrations go off without any major incidents except for China. 36 people are killed and 46 injured during a New Year’s celebration in Shanghai. People mistakenly believe that discount coupons dropping from a building rooftop are currency. The crowd turns into animals stampeding and trampling each other to death in an effort to grab worthless slips of paper. Human greed is a common trait in both communist and non-communist nations.

Protestors demonstrating against heavy-handed police tactics in St Louis, Missouri, USA, storm a police building. Officers use pepper spray to subdue the crowd and 















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WTIC crude oil 53.27. Brent oil 57.55. Natty gas 2.89. Gold 1184. Silver 15.60. Copper 2.83.

US Treasury yields are; 2-year 0.67%, 5-year 1.65%, 10-year 2.17%, 30-year 2.75%. The 2-10 spread is 150 bips and the 5-30 spread is 110 bips. German bund 0.54%. Japan JGB 10-year yield 0.33%.

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