Monday, August 28, 2017
Trump’s Decision On North Korea Will Define His Administration / Politics / North Korea
By: John_Mauldin
BY GEORGE FRIEDMAN AND JACOB L. SHAPIRO : Most US presidencies are defined by their foreign policies, and most foreign policies are defined by wars—those that were fought and those that weren’t.
The biggest decision an American president faces is whether to send the nation’s soldiers into certain danger to protect and defend the national interest.
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Monday, August 28, 2017
The Big Long in World Stock Market Indices / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: ElliottWave-Forecast
Since the decline starting from year 2000, the world has been calling for a huge crash in world indices. The world indices did in fact corrected nicely in the year 2000 and 2009. The correction took the form of a FLAT Elliott wave structure and reached 50%-61.8% of the all-time rally in most of the world indices. This correction is even recorded in a movie titled “The Big Short” telling story about a group of traders shorting the market.
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Monday, August 28, 2017
Diversify Into Gold On U.S. “Political Instability” Advise Blackrock / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: GoldCore
– Gold set to shine as Washington stumbles
– “Bet on gold’s diversifying properties rather than political stability”
– World’s largest asset manager believes Trump and political drama in the U.S. means gold likely to rise
– Real rates flattening out and rising political instability – Blackrock’s Koesterich
Monday, August 28, 2017
The Death Of Cash – New Tech To Revolutionize The Payments Industry / Companies / War on Cash
By: OilPrice_Com
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Monday, August 28, 2017
Stocks Extend Their Fluctuations - Which Direction Is Next? / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Paul_Rejczak
Briefly:
Intraday trade: Our Friday's neutral intraday outlook has proved accurate. The S&P 500 index extended its short-term consolidation. The market may continue to fluctuate today. There have been no confirmed positive signals so far. On the other hand, the S&P 500 index remains above support level marked by last week's Tuesday's daily gap up of 2,430.58-2,433.67, and there is no clear short-term downtrend. Therefore, we prefer to be out of the market today, avoiding low risk/reward ratio trades.
Our intraday outlook remains neutral, and our short-term outlook is bearish, as we expect downward correction. Our medium-term outlook remains bearish:
Intraday outlook (next 24 hours): neutral
Short-term outlook (next 1-2 weeks): bearish
Medium-term outlook (next 1-3 months): bearish
Monday, August 28, 2017
EURGBP Is Facing 0.9305 Resistance / Currencies / Euro
By: Franco_Shao
EURGBP formed a double bottom pattern on its daily chart, with neckline at 0.8851 and measured move target at around 0.9400. After breaking above the neckline resistance, the pair extended its bullish movement to as high as 0.9270, facing the resistance at the October 2016 high of 0.9305.
Monday, August 28, 2017
Stock Market Counter-trend Rally / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Andre_Gratian
Current Position of the Market
SPX Long-term trend: The uptrend should continue after pausing for a correction.
SPX Intermediate trend: “An ending pattern appears to be in its last stages of completion. This should be followed by an intermediate term correction into October.” The correction has started.
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 discuss longer market trends.
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
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By: Submissions
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
USD Super Cycle Update / Currencies / US Dollar
By: SurfCity
My first chart is a 27 year Weekly showing a Fractal comparing the price action we are seeing today against the USD’s last Super Cycle top in 2001. The USD’s Super Cycles last 15 years Low to Low on average and my chart shows the critical role that the 200wma plays in the USD’s Bull and Bear phases.
Clearly, the USD is teetering at critical support right now as my chart shows what happened the last tine in 2002 when it lost this key, long term, moving average. My second weekly chart shows a close up of the current Fractal Blue box in my first chart.
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Jackson Hole and the Appalachians / Interest-Rates / Central Banks
By: Raul_I_Meijer
The Jackson Hole gathering of central bankers and other economics big shots is on again. They all still like themselves very much. Apart from a pesky inflation problem that none of them can get a grip on, they publicly maintain that they’re doing great, and they’re saving the planet (doing God’s work is already taken).
But the inflation problem lies in the fact that they don’t know what inflation is, and they’re just as knowledgeable when it comes to all other issues. They get sent tons of numbers and stats, and then compare these to their economic models. They don’t understand economics, and they’re not interested in trying to understand it. All they want is for the numbers to fit the models, and if they don’t, get different numbers.
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
The Fed Just Admitted It No Longer Has a Clue What’s Going On / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Graham_Summers
The Fed July FOMC minutes, that were released last week, were nothing short of extraordinary. However, to fully appreciate just what the Fed admitted, we first need a little background.
From November 2016 until June 2017, the Fed was pushing a hawkish agenda. The running mantra at this time was that the Fed would raise rates 3-4 times in 2017. As the year progressed, the Fed also began talking about shrinking its balance sheet.
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Buckle Up, Here Comes the REAL Stock Market Price Action We’ve Been Waiting For / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Graham_Summers
As we noted yesterday, every stock market correction follows a particular pattern. That pattern is:
1) The initial decline
2) The bounce
3) The REAL decline
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Why Can’t Wheeler-Dealer Trump Cut a Deal with North Korea? / Politics / North Korea
By: Mike_Whitney
The United States and South Korea are currently engaged in large-scale, joint-military war games that simulate an invasion of the North, the destruction of the DPRK’s nuclear weapons sites, and a “decapitation operation” to take out the supreme leader, Kim Jong-un. The objective of the operation is to intensify tensions between North and South thereby justifying the continued US occupation of the peninsula and the permanent division of the country.
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Gold Stocks Quietly Leading Gold Price / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2017
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Welcome to the dog days of summer. The low volatility in precious metals continues. Janet Yellen or some other Fed heads said something Friday. Precious Metals sold off but quickly recovered. It appears that not much has transpired in recent weeks as precious metals have grinded higher, albeit slowly. However, while it may be a fledgling development, the miners appear to be leading Gold now.
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Where to Find Value in an Overheated Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Charles_Sizemore
“Private equity” can conjure entertaining mental images. I’ve often asked friends to describe what comes to mind for them when I mention the phrase.Here’s a sampling of what they’ve said: An older man in a fancy suit enjoying a single-malt scotch in a private New England club… who takes perverse pleasure in looting a company of its assets before firing all the employees and selling whatever’s left for spare parts. (It’s the old “buy, strip, and flip” routine.)
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Sunday, August 27, 2017
Bridlington Summer Seaside Bank Holiday Fun Ends in Nightmare - Tourists Beware! / Politics / Holidays
By: N_Walayat
The long Bank Holiday weekend is well underway, and many day trippers can be expected to hit the coastal seaside towns such as Bridlington. Whilst it's a time of letting ones hair down and relaxing. However don't make the mistake of letting your guard down too much as seaside fun could easily turn into a nightmare day trip.
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Could the Total Eclipse Sign a Major Financial Markets Turning Point? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2017
By: Harry_Dent
Were you one of the lucky ones able to witness the total eclipse yesterday, as it moved on its west to east path across the middle of the U.S.? Whether you did or not, there’s probably something about this event that you HAVEN’T heard…My friend Andrew Pancholi, cycle whiz from London and creator of the Market Timing Report, recently told me that yesterday’s path of totality across the U.S. looked eerily similar to the one that occurred at the beginning of the Civil War… and that this could signal America as the starting point to broader civil wars and political restructurings around the globe.
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Saturday, August 26, 2017
Racism & Divisiveness: The Real-Life Economic Solutions / Politics / Social Issues
By: Harry_Dent
As a new generation emerges into the workforce, it brings with it revolution, be it technological, social, or political. They have fresh new ideas and their own, unique values, which grow to dominate as the older generation filters into retirement.That’s part of what’s going on today in America, where extreme divisiveness and racial stresses threaten to tear us apart. (Another part is that this is all part of a larger 250-Year Revolutionary Cycle, and an 84-Year Populist Movement Cycle, to name just two.)
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Saturday, August 26, 2017
China’s Strategy for the Global Economy / Economics / China Economy
By: Rodney_Johnson
In the fall of 1993, I was sitting in class in grad school. We were using case studies to explore business management decisions. My professor walked through the history of Otis Elevators, noting that the company had reached market saturation and had choices to make.I was sort of paying attention… sort of not.
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Saturday, August 26, 2017
Gold Junior Stocks Q2 2017 Fundamentals / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2017
By: Zeal_LLC
The junior gold miners’ stocks have spent months grinding sideways near lows, sapping confidence and breeding widespread bearishness. The entire precious-metals sector has been left for dead, eclipsed by the dazzling Trumphoria stock-market rally. But traders need to keep their eyes on the fundamental ball so herd sentiment doesn’t mislead them. The juniors recently reported Q2 earnings, and enjoyed strong results.
Four times a year publicly-traded companies release treasure troves of valuable information in the form of quarterly reports. Companies trading in the States are required to file 10-Qs with the US Securities and Exchange Commission by 45 calendar days after quarter-ends. Canadian companies have similar requirements. In other countries with half-year reporting, some companies still partially report quarterly.
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