“Fresh loans in China’s banking system evaporated to almost nothing from $160 bn in January.”

                                                                                                           – The Telegraph, March 10

“Commodities and equities slide amid broad risk aversion.”

                                                                                               – Financial Times, March 11

“Italy’s biggest bank posted a $21 bn fourth quarter loss as it set aside money for bad loans and wrote down goodwill from past acquisitions.”

                                                                                                     – Bloomberg, March 11

“China is studying the default risk to companies that use iron ore as collateral.”

                                                                                                     – Bloomberg, March 13

“A Whole New Inflationary Threat Is On The Horizon”

                                                                                             – Business Insider, March 10

“But if the Fed can pull it [QE] off, it will go down as one of the greatest discoveries of our time.”

                                                                                             – Business Insider, March 12

….read all Bob’s take on the Stock Market, Currencies & commodites HERE