Tuesday, January 09, 2018
US Interest Rates Walking on Narrow Ledge / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates
By: Michael_Pento
There is a huge shock in store for those who have been lulled to sleep by a stock market that has become accustomed to no volatility and only an upward direction. And that alarm bell can be found in the price action of Bitcoin, which recently tumbled over 40% is less than a week. For the implosion within the cryptocurrency world foreshadows what will happen with the major averages as the Federal Reserve futilely attempts to stop monetizing the exploding mountain of U.S. debt.
Tuesday, January 09, 2018
Share Market Is One Of The Most Encouraging Opportunity For Young And Old Alike To Make Profitable Investments / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Kavinesh_A
Taking a count on the number of people who have benefited from the amount of shares that have been purchased, there are many certain levels of ideal benefits in investing for shares. The profit is one thing but the thrill of waiting is another level altogether. The ups and downs are always there but when it comes to the very foundation of having a stern yet disciplined outlook on investment, things can get quite real and always will suffice the very ideology of fulfilling desires of monetary value. In realizing the importance of shares, one needs to be really on top of the game that will garner them enough support in making it easily possible for anyone to breathe easy on terms of realizing the very possibilities of profitable investments.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, January 08, 2018
Stock Market Close Call... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Good Morning!
SPX opened down…and in the nick of time, since the current Wave structure is invalidated above 2743.80. The alternate Wave structure goes much higher, thus my hesitation in writing until the open.
One measure that I missed is that Super Cycle Wave (b) is 2.618 time the size of Super Cycle Wave (a) at 2720.56. Again, using Elliott Wave, one must compare the Waves at the same degree. This is a flaw of Northman Trader that many will not pick up on.
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Monday, January 08, 2018
If You Hold VT Or Any Other Global ETF, You’ve Put All Your Eggs In One Basket / Companies / Emerging Markets
By: John_Mauldin
BY OLIVIER GARRET : The growth of ETFs since the Global Financial Crisis has been staggering.
Total ETF assets under management is now approaching US $5 trillion, a 400% increase from the $1 trillion held in 2009.
Investors now have access to over 7,000 ETF/ETP products. To put that number in perspective, there are only 2,400 stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Monday, January 08, 2018
Why Trump’s Tax Plan Might Be Counterproductive / Politics / Taxes
By: John_Mauldin
Whether you like Trump or not, the new administration is making some good things happen.
The combined impact of deregulation, tax cuts, and (possibly) infrastructure spending will push back against the Fed’s monetary tightening and keep the economy on roughly the same course as in 2017.
If the Republican tax bill isn’t what you wanted, join the club—I was a charter member as my Thoughts from the Frontline readers know.
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Monday, January 08, 2018
Blowup with China or North Korea Could Change Almost Everything Overnight / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: MoneyMetals
Mike Gleason: It is my privilege now to welcome in Gordon Chang, author, television pundit, and columnist at the Daily Beast. Gordon is a frequent guest on Fox News, CNBC, and CNN, among others, and is one of the foremost experts on Asian economics and geopolitics, having written books on the subject and it's great to have him back on with us.
Gordon, it's a real honor to have you on again, and thanks so much for your time today. I know it's been a busy week for you given all of your media appearances, and we're grateful that you could join us today. How are you?
Gordon Chang: I'm fine, thank you, and thank you so much, Mike. I really appreciate the opportunity.
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Monday, January 08, 2018
UK Base Interest Rate Rise Aftermath Sees Mortgage Competition Slow / Interest-Rates / UK Interest Rates
By: MoneyFacts
Moneyfacts UK Mortgage Trends Treasury Report data (not yet published) reveals a sharp slowdown in mortgage competition, just two short months after the Bank of England increased the base rate.
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Monday, January 08, 2018
The Real LORAX and Once-ler's of Sheffield's Street Tree Felling's / Local / Sheffield
By: N_Walayat
I am sure many will have watched the LORAX
movie with their children that acts as a warning of what can go wrong when corporate greed runs rampant resulting in the destruction of the environment. Unfortunately the people of Sheffield find themselves in a similar predicament as thousands of street trees are being felled by a corporate Once-ler giant named AMEY. In response to which many of Sheffield's ordinary citizens have turned into real life LORAX who speak for Sheffield's street trees. Against whom are martialed the forces of the establishment, a Labour controlled city council and it's £2.2 billion PFI contractor Amey. Where we have been increasingly witnessing the deployment of measures on the streets that go far beyond the realms of what one would expect from a British local city council, instead which resembles private militias roaming the streets along with their green vested evidence gatherers akin to something out of an eastern european dictatorship.
Monday, January 08, 2018
Share Trading is an Interesting for Everyone / Companies / Stock Markets 2018
By: Kavinesh_A
Share trading is an interesting job for everyone. The reason is the fluctuation is one time price is increasing for a share, because that company would have earned some millions of dollars, same time that company must have paid that amount for different purchase. Immediately the price of that company would go down. The reason is the company has not assets. That is the reason share price is going down to that company.
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Monday, January 08, 2018
The Way to the New Cold War / Politics / New Cold War
By: Dan_Steinbock
Despite continued nuclear threats, all US postwar presidents have failed to reset relations with Russia. Why?The “New Cold War” between the US and Russia began a decade ago. The elevated tensions in the Korean Peninsula are only a part of the collateral damage around the world.
But what led to the new friction? The simple response is the Wolfowitz Doctrine.
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Monday, January 08, 2018
Stock Market Melt-up, Up, and Away / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: The_Gold_Report
Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger likes what he sees for gold in 2018's first week of trading.
While the moniker for this missive is "Gold and Gold Miners," I just sit back in absolute AWE as the global equity investors (otherwise known as "Stock jockeys") have decided that "cash is TRASH!" and despite a massive "miss" in the employment numbers this morning, within seconds of the release, the spin doctors manning the equity trading desks deemed that number "bullish" because it is less inflationary and may cause the Fed to "pause." So dollar-yen rallies, the USD index has a minor pop, gold sells off, and stocks come out of the gate up another 0.25% with all of the bubblicious bravado of a high school quarterback getting his first win.
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Monday, January 08, 2018
Gold – What Are We Waiting For? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Kelsey_Williams
The other shoe to drop? The next big move? Up or down?
Gold’s reign as the “next big thing” ended seven years ago. Too many people don’t want to admit that, but its true. Those who are ‘bullish’ on gold cannot let go.
Their behavior is typical of those who have missed the boat. And they don’t want to admit it, or believe it. And their problem is compounded by the fact that they originally viewed gold as a quality investment. Now they continue to point out all of the fundamental reasons gold should go much higher. We are told it is undervalued, unappreciated, unloved. And, of course, the price is manipulated, too.
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Monday, January 08, 2018
A little Stock Market Euphoria? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Andre_Gratian
Current Position of the Market
SPX: Long-term trend – The bull market is continuing with a top expected in the low 3000s. Intermediate trend – A short-intermediate term top is re-forming at a higher level!.
Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily basis with the help of hourly charts. It is an important adjunct to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which discusses the course of longer market trends.
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Sunday, January 07, 2018
Cryptocurrencies Break Through $800 Billion, Led By Bankster Coin Ripple / Currencies / BlockChain
By: Jeff_Berwick
Once again, the cryptocurrency markets have surged to a new all-time high above $800 billion US, gaining over $200 billion in just four days time!
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Sunday, January 07, 2018
Student Debt Slavery II: Time to Level the Playing Field / Politics / Student Finances
By: Ellen_Brown
The lending business is heavily stacked against student borrowers. Bigger players can borrow for almost nothing, and if their investments don’t work out, they can put their corporate shells through bankruptcy and walk away. Not so with students. Their loan rates are high and if they cannot pay, their debts are not normally dischargeable in bankruptcy. Rather, the debts compound and can dog them for life, compromising not only their own futures but the economy itself.
Read full article... Read full article...“Students should not be asked to pay more on their debt than they can afford,” said Donald Trump on the presidential campaign trail in October 2016. “And the debt should not be an albatross around their necks for the rest of their lives.”
Sunday, January 07, 2018
Commodities the Return To Inflation? / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: WMA
The headline in this Thursday’s Financial Times reads: “Commodities prices hit highest point since 2014”.
The FT article begins: “The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index, which tracks price of 22 raw materials, has hit its highest level since 2014 when the oil market price crash started.”
A small problem might be that the Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index does not include Energy or Precious Metals, which are in other Bloomberg indexes. In fact, in the Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index is a grouping of Raw Industrials and Food Stuffs. The Raw Industrials includes burlap, copper scrap, cotton, hides, lead scrap, print cloth, rosin, rubber, steel scrap, tallow, tin, wool tops, and zinc. Foodstuffs include butter, cocoa beans, corn, cottonseed oil, hogs, lard, steers, sugar, and wheat.
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Sunday, January 07, 2018
Bitcoin Forecast 2018 - Preparing for the Cryptocurrency Black Swan Event / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Many people have speculated that Cryptocurrencies can go to $10k or higher. Recently, the Chinese government has stepped up policy to regulate and eliminate Crypto ICOs as a means of increased speculation and gray-market capital. Additionally, Jamie Dimon, of JP Morgan, stated that Bitcoin is a fraud and that it would “blow up” (http://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/bitcoin-is-a-fraud-that-will-blow-up-says-jp-morgan-boss/ar-AArR1lF). What is the truth and what should investors expect in the future? Well, here is my opinion on this topic.
Bitcoin is based on the BlockChain technology architecture. I believe this architecture will continue to be explored under the basis of an open, distributed ledger method of developing opportunities. This technology improvement will likely drive advancement in other sectors of the global market as security and accountability continue to increase. Yet, the growing pains of this technology will likely continue to drive some wild moves over the next few years.
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Sunday, January 07, 2018
Natural Gas Got Bomb Cyclone in the New Year / Commodities / Natural Gas
By: EconMatters
Natural gas is the dog that got its day in the New Year trading at $175/MMBtu spot in New York. Less than a month ago, Gas Exporting Countries Forum expected lower natural gas prices “over the next two decades” mostly due to a surge in supplies from unconventional sources.
With the sever winter storm hitting much of North America, temperatures have been tumbling since the start of the New Year. Meteorologists dubbed this arctic winter storm "bomb cyclone" because of the extreme drops in pressure over a short period of time. This unusual freezing cold weather has also had a major impact on U.S. commodity markets, natural gas, in particular.
Sunday, January 07, 2018
What It Takes To Identify A Good Forex Broker / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Kavinesh_A
The retail forex market is extremely competitive and therefore the task of identifying the right broker is not an easy job to say the least. If you use the keyword and do a search on Google, you will most certainly come across scores of forex brokers. Each one of them would look the same and therefore you will often be confused and also be in a state of indecision as to whom to choose over the other. Unless you do your research properly and go through the right due diligence processes, it is likely that you will end up making the wrong choice. Choosing a wrong forex broker could be a nightmare for you and you could end up losing big money especially if you are new entrant without the best of knowledge about forex trading. Hence, we have put together certain important points and tips which if followed in letter and spirit could help you to make the right choice and avoid falling into a trip. We are sure the next few lines will go a long way in making a correct choice and will help fulfill the objective for which you have entered into this market. Though it may not be foolproof and complete in all respects, it certainly will cover the most important points and attributes to be kept in mind while hiring these professionals. So, without wasting too much of time, let us get started in having a look at some important characteristics and things which a good forex broker should have.
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Sunday, January 07, 2018
SMIGGLE Pencil Cases and Water Bottles Craze Parents Nightmare! / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
SMIGGLE must be commended for being an A1 first class business, for their marketing and product line very strongly appeals to children. However, SMIGGLE's success comes at a price, and that price is paid for by parents. Our latest video illustrates how the SMIGGLE craze manifests itself that has gone far beyond pencil cases and stationary. Even the ordinary water bottle has turned into an must have accessory for parents to pay for, and not just one bottle but the crazy situation of the need for multiple bottles!