Tag Archive: AfD

Another Sexual Assault Gets Refugees Banned From Pools In Austria

2016-06-27

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2016-06-27

Authorities in the Austrian town of Mistelbach issued a temporary pool ban for refugees following a sexual assault by a “dark-skinned’ man on a 13-year-old girl. German and Swiss are issuing leaflets how to behave in pools.

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FX Daily, May 24: Dollar Regains Momentum, Sterling Resists

2016-05-24

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2016-05-24

The US dollar lost momentum yesterday but has regained it today.  The euro has been pushed through last week's lows near $1.1180.  The next immediate target is  $1.1145, which corresponds to the lower Bollinger Band today, though the intraday te...

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Austria’s Presidential Elections – Europe’s Social Mood Keeps Worsening

2016-05-23

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2016-05-23

Austria is a small European nation that has made the grievous mistake of needlessly joining the EU in 1995, together with Finland and Sweden. Austria’s neighbor Switzerland, which is of roughly similar size and likewise militarily neutral, proved to have far better instincts. The Swedes subsequently at least had the good sense to stay out of the euro zone. It seems if there is a mistake to be made, Austrian governments will eagerly make it.

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Do You Believe Six Impossible Things before Breakfast?

2016-04-29

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2016-04-29

The White Queen in Alice in Wonderland (Through the Looking Glass) confesses that when she was younger, she could believe six impossible things before breakfast.  She encourages Alice to do the same.    It appears many in the market are taking ...

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Schaeuble Channels Meghan Trainor: No

2016-04-26

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2016-04-26

Debt relief is noGerman stimulus is noECB  easing is noYou need to let it go 

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Affairs of State: Erdogan and Böhmermann

2016-04-25

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2016-04-25

  Insulting Mr. Erdoğan Can Be Dangerous Most of our readers are probably aware by now that the German government finds itself in a rather awkward situation over its relations with Turkey’s government again – with which the EU has just struck a widel...

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Germany’s AFD leader Frauke Petry wants ‘more Switzerland for Germany’

2016-04-24

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2016-04-24

Fauke Petry, leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), believes Germany “needs more Switzerland … more democracy” and that Switzerland is some way ahead of her country when it comes to a “culture of democracy”.

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FX Daily, April 21: ECB Takes Center Stage

2016-04-21

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2016-04-21

The ECB meeting is the session's highlight.  In recognition of the risk that ECB President Draghi expresses displeasure with the premature tightening of financial conditions through the exchange rate channel is encouraged a modest bout of euro s...

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Brexit, Cyprus and the EU Summit

2016-03-16

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2016-03-16

The EU leaders summit on refugees begins tomorrow.   A conclusive agreement will likely be elusive.   There are three main obstacles.  First, the effort to reinforce the external borders to allow free internal movement requires Turkey's cooperation, but it won't be represented.  Second, that is important because Cyprus is demanding more concessions by Turkey.  Third, others …

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FX Daily, 03/14: Dollar Firmer to Start the Week

2016-03-14

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2016-03-14

The US dollar is firmer but largely confined to the ranges seen before the weekend against most of the major currencies.  The yen is also firmer as dollar sellers reemerged near JPY114.00.    The dollar is gaining against most emerging market c...

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A Few Thoughts Ahead of the Weekend

2016-03-11

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2016-03-11

The market reaction to Draghi's indication, once again, that interest rate policy has run its course, will be debated for some time.    Draghi delivered the goods that many investors said was lacking last December.  The ECB policy more than an...

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Merkel’s Challenge

2016-03-09

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2016-03-09

German Chancellor Merkel was right. As the Greek crisis was winding down last summer, she noted that the refugee problem would be even more difficult.  And indeed, it is. The refugee issue is challenging Merkel’s leadership in Europe.  While her trademark has been her sensitivity to swings in sentiment, she has seemed rather tone-deaf in …

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A Few Things on Our Mind

2016-03-09

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2016-03-09

A few weeks ago investors were bemoaning a new bear market for equities, and there was much ink spilled drawing parallels between now and 2008-2009.   Falling commodities, weakening growth, and prospects of Fed tightening saw the MSCI Emerging Market equity index fall 21.5% from early-November through the third week in January.  Since then it has …

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Über den Niedergang der FAZ und des deutschen Journalismus

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Das deutsche Zeitungswesen ist gleichgeschaltet und schreibt und kopiert die gleiche Propaganda, egal ob FAZ, n-tv.de, Spiegel, Süddeutsche, Focus oder das Staatsfernsehen (ARD & ZDF). Seiten wie compact online, Cicero, Deutsche Wirtschaftsnachrichten des Kopp Verlag sind aber dann wieder zu polarisierend. Es fehlt eine Zeitung von Qualität, die wirklich neutral informatiert und Meinungen vergleicht. Es bleiben nur das Handelsblatt und die...

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Euro and EU sceptical Parties in EU 2014 Elections: The Economic Danger Is Left not Right

2014-05-30

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2014-05-30

The tendency of the European parliament elections seems to be that in the Northern countries rather right-wing parties obtain more votes, like British UKIP, German AFD, Danish People’s Party, Austrian FPÖ or Sweden Democrats. In the austerity countries the left-wing movements are getting stronger and stronger, led by SYRIZA in Greece and Sinn Fein in …

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History: The Lost 1980s Decade in Latin America

Peripheral Europe is going to follow step and step the Mexican and the resulting Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s.

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