Credit Bubble Bulletin

[WSJ] Janet Yellen Sees Rate Hike Coming Soon [Bloomberg] Currency Tranquility Is Calm Before Storm as Risks Taunt Traders [NYT/CNBC] A Worr...

For the week: The S&P500 jumped 2.3% (up 2.7% y-t-d), and the Dow gained 2.1% (up 2.6%). The Utilities increased 1.0% (up 11.7%). The Ba...

For the week: The S&P500 jumped 2.3% (up 2.7% y-t-d), and the Dow gained 2.1% (up 2.6%). The Utilities increased 1.0% (up 11.7%). The ...

[Bloomberg] Yellen Says Fed Hike Probably Appropriate in ‘Coming Months’ [Reuters] Putin vows Russian retaliation over U.S. missile shield

[Bloomberg] Stocks Reach Three-Week High in Yellen Countdown as Oil Falls [Bloomberg] California’s Recovery Loses Luster as Tax Increases Se...

[Bloomberg] Asian Stocks Rise Ahead of Yellen Speech as Japan Shares Advance [Bloomberg] Japan CPI Falls 0.3%, Raising Pressure on BOJ for M...

[Bloomberg] Oil Hits ‘Sweet Spot’ at $50, Boosting Stocks as Dollar Weakens [Bloomberg] Saudi Arabia Probes Bank Currency Trades as Peg to D...

[Bloomberg] Households in Fed Survey Felt Vulnerable Despite Economic Gains [Bloomberg] Hedge Funds May Lose 25% of Assets, Blackstone’s Jam...

[Bloomberg] Stocks Gain With Emerging Markets as Fed Seen Pulling Off Hike [Bloomberg] Oil Extends Gains Near $50 as U.S. Crude Stockpiles S...

[Reuters] Banks and tech drive Wall Street up over 1 percent [Economist] Insurance In China:  Safe or Sorry? [FT] Hedge funds: Overpriced, u...

[Bloomberg] Stocks Climb as Financial Shares Lead Gains; Dollar Strengthens [Bloomberg] China Stocks Fall for First Time in Three Days as Tr...

[Bloomberg] Asian Stocks Decline as Yen Weighs on Japan, Fed Hawks Speak [Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Retreat on Fed Rate Uncertainty as Crude, G...

[Bloomberg] Bonds Rise With Yen as Fed Hangs Over Markets; Commodities Drop [Bloomberg] Yen Buoyed by Japan Trade Surplus as U.S. Opposes In...

[Bloomberg] Asian Stocks Swing After Four Weeks of Losses as Fed Rates Loom [Bloomberg] Oil Extends Drop as Canada Seeks to Resume Productio...

[Bloomberg] Abu Dhabi Stocks in Worst Run Since October as Gulf Markets Drop [Bloomberg] G-7 Shows Gaps on Currency Tactics as Leaders’ Summ...

[Bloomberg] G-7 Warns on Weak Global Growth as Japan Bristles Over Yen [Reuters] U.S., Japan disagreement on yen moves overshadows G7 meetin...

May 20 – Bloomberg (Susanne Walker Barton): “Treasuries fell, heading for their biggest weekly drop since November, as Federal Reserve offic...