Dear Reader (or at least the ones with Wi-Fi in their fallout shelters),

Analysts are trying to work out what happens to markets in the event of an all-out nuclear war https://t.co/hGEOi45G44

— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 11, 2017

Well, that was a great tweet to get the weekend started.

From the article in the Wall Street Journal, not The Onion: "Strategists at Nordea Markets estimate that in the unlikely event of 'a potentially uncontained military conflict' in which global superpowers like China and Russia get involved, the European Central Bank would have to implement 'highly dovish forward guidance' and the yield curve would likely flatten due to weaker risk appetite."

Oh, well, as long as the ECB will be issuing "highly dovish forward guidance" as the rest of us drink glowing ...

August 11 2017

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