Monday, December 31, 2018
Ultimate Guide for ISA Stocks & Shares / Personal_Finance / ISA's
By: Sumeet_Manhas
What are ISA Stocks & Shares?
Individual Savings Accounts (ISA) Stocks and Shares is an investment account that is tax efficient and allows you to invest your money into a wide range of investments including Open-ended investment companies, Investment trusts, unit trusts, corporate and government bonds. It also gives you an option to buy shares of individual companies and put them in your Individual Savings Account.
Monday, December 31, 2018
Crypto Fund / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Sumeet_Manhas
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Sunday, December 30, 2018
Cyclical Assets vs. Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Gary_Tanashian
Cyclical Assets vs. Gold
In January of 2018 we noted a cyclical leader (Semiconductor Fab Equipment) in trouble: Semi Canary Still Chirping, But He’s Gonna Croak in 2018.
We also ran a series of articles featuring the happy-go-lucky 3 Amigos (of the macro) in order to gauge a point when larger herds of investors would become aware of cyclical issues facing the global (including the US) economy. Each Amigo (SPX/Gold Ratio, Long-term Treasury yields and a flattening Yield Curve) would ride with the good times but signal an end to those good times when reaching destination (Amigos 1 & 2 got home but #3, the Yield Curve is still out there). Here is the latest Amigos status update from October: SPX/Gold, 30yr Yields & Yield Curve.
Today I would like to stick with a cyclical macro view, but do so through a lens filtered by the ultimate counter-cyclical asset, gold. As market participants, we are lost if we do not have road maps. That is why we (NFTRH) gauged Semi Equipment vs. Semi (and Tech), the unified messages of the macro Amigo indicators and many other breadth and cyclical indicators along the way to safely guide us to Q4 2018, which has been a challenge for many, but business as usual for those of us who were prepared.
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Sunday, December 30, 2018
Gold, Silver, Bitcoin - Looking Back, Looking Ahead / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: The_Gold_Report
This year has seen a lot of volatility in the financial markets, Bitcoin, precious metals and other commodities. Frank Holmes, CEO and CIO of U.S. Global Investors, takes a look back on the lessons he has learned, and also looks ahead to what 2019 may bring.
The Gold Report: Frank, thanks for joining us today. Let's start with what lessons you've learned from the markets in the past year.
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Sunday, December 30, 2018
Will Coins and Bars Save Gold 2019? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
There is a disconnection between paper and physical gold prices and the former has to catch up with the latter eventually. Myth or fact? We invite you to read our today’s article about demand for gold coins and bars and find out whether it will save the yellow metal.
The best stories are about the conflict between good and evil, or light and dark. In the precious metals market, we also have such a narrative, or actually several variations on the theme. But one of the most popular thread is the ‘disconnection’ between paper and physical gold. The characters are clearly identified: paper market is the powerful Empire while the physical gold is Rebellion, which heroically fights a stronger and more vicious opponent.
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Sunday, December 30, 2018
UK House Prices Bank of England 30% Crash Warning vs Momentum Forecast 2019 / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Nadeem_Walayat
This is the next analysis in this series to conclude in a new detailed multi-year trend forecast for UK house prices.
So is a NO DEAL 30% crash in UK house prices even possible let alone probable as the Bank of England forecasts? Lets see what momentum suggests is going to happen in 2019.
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Sunday, December 30, 2018
Buying a Land Rover Discovery Sport in 2019 - What You Need to Know / ConsumerWatch / Motoring
By: N_Walayat
Considering buying a Land Rover Discovery Sport in 2019. We'll here is my comprehensive mega review of what's good and bad about the car after having owned and driven a HSE Black trim for over 1 year! All of your questions answered that you would need to ask before buying a Discovery Sport, after having put the car through its paces for a whole year of driving, of what to expect under real world driving conditions, all that is good and bad which includes the following and more -
Sunday, December 30, 2018
How to Bake a Festive Happy New Year 2019 Chocolate Cake! / Personal_Finance / Educating Children
By: Anika_Walayat
Anika aged 10 demonstrates how to have fun in the countdown to the New Year by baking an amazing, delicious festive chocolate cake. It's easy so come on kids get your parents involved and lets all get baking fresh chocolate cakes in the countdown to the New Year.
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Sunday, December 30, 2018
Beware the Young Stocks Bear Market! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2019
By: Zeal_LLC
Stock markets are forever cyclical, an endless series of alternating bulls and bears. And after one of the greatest bulls in US history, odds are a young bear is now gathering steam. It is being fueled by record Fed tightening, bubble valuations, trade wars, and mounting political turmoil. Bears are dangerous events driving catastrophic losses for buy-and-hold investors. Different strategies are necessary to thrive in them.
This major inflection shift from exceptional secular bull to likely young bear is new. By late September, the flagship US S&P 500 broad-market stock index (SPX) had soared 333.2% higher over 9.54 years in a mighty bull. That ranked as the 2nd-largest and 1st-longest in US stock-market history! At those recent all-time record highs, investors were ecstatic. They euphorically assumed that bull run would persist for years.
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Saturday, December 29, 2018
How Trump’s Trade Policies Actually Damage the Economy / Economics / Protectionism
By: Patrick_Watson
We have a temporary truce in the trade war.No one is quite sure if it will last, especially financial markets. After a short-lived rally, they saw little to celebrate in the latest Trump-Xi meeting.
The US and China have serious disputes. And I think tariffs are the wrong tool to solve them. So I’m not optimistic this break will accomplish much either. We’ll see.
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Saturday, December 29, 2018
Universal Basic Income Is Easier Than It Looks / Politics / Benefits
By: Ellen_Brown
Calls for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) have been increasing, most recently as part of the “Green New Deal” introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and supported in the last month by at least 40 members of Congress. A UBI is a monthly payment to all adults with no strings attached, similar to Social Security. Critics say the Green New Deal asks too much of the rich and upper-middle-class taxpayers who will have to pay for it, but taxing the rich is not what the resolution proposes. It says funding would primarily come from the federal government, “using a combination of the Federal Reserve, a new public bank or system of regional and specialized public banks,” among other vehicles.
Saturday, December 29, 2018
2019: Zombie Markets Before The Fall / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2019
By: Raul_I_Meijer
I haven’t really written about finance since April of this year, and given recent fluctuations in what people persist in calling the markets, maybe it’s time. Then again, nothing has changed since that article in April entitled This Is Not A Market. I was right then, and I still am.
Read full article... Read full article...[..] markets need price discovery as much as price discovery needs markets. They are two sides of the same coin. Markets are the mechanism that makes price discovery possible, and vice versa. Functioning markets, that is. Given the interdependence between the two, we must conclude that when there is no price discovery, there are no functioning markets. And a market that doesn’t function is not a market at all.
[..] we must wonder why everyone in the financial world, and the media, is still talking about ‘the markets’ (stocks, bonds et al) as if they still existed. Is it because they think there still is price discovery? Or do they think that even without price discovery, you can still have functioning markets? Or is their idea that a market is still a market even if it doesn’t function?
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Will Japanese Yen Continue to Outperform in 2019? / Currencies / Japanese Yen
By: ElliottWaveForecast
Care to guess what is the best performing major currency in 2018? Chances are you will say that it’s the US Dollar. Although US Dollar is doing pretty well this year, the best performing currency is in fact the Japanese Yen. You can see in the table below that despite the Dollar Index rallying 4.9% as of Dec 27th, the Yen has outperformed the U.S Dollar by 1.43%. We can also see the U.S. Dollar has rallied against all the other major currencies, but the Japanese Yen has rallied even at a greater percentage against the same currency. For example, EURUSD has dropped 5.08%, meaning that U.S Dollar has rallied 5.08% against European Dollar this year. However, EURJPY dropped 6.5%, which means that Japanese Yen has rallied at a greater percentage against the European dollar.
Saturday, December 29, 2018
World Stock Market Indices: When to Start Buying Stocks Again? / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: ElliottWaveForecast
The World Indices have shown a sideways to lower year in 2018. The last Quarter alone World Indices lost their gains, for example, the SPX or the Dow Jones. Other World indices peaked earlier than others this year and some of them did not produce new highs again.
There is a lot of speculation going around the Market which results in many questions which need to be answered. We can hear a lot of experts calling different reasons and scenarios. It goes from a Political crisis to the Trade war with China, to the Feds raising interest rates and many more assumptions. However, the reality is that neither of the mentioned reasons can justify the latest moves in our opinion.
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Saturday, December 29, 2018
How Fractional Shares Benefit Investors / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Sumeet_Manhas
Have you ever wondered what you would do with the small balance on your gift balance because there is nothing you can afford and buy with it? A similar issue is experienced when buying investments like stocks and ETF in whole share quantities. Fractional shares give investors flexibility in two main areas; to put all the available cash for immediate work and buy fractions of stock in companies with a high price per share.There are sites where you can specify the number of fractional shares you intend to trade. Then, the online calculator helps you determine the number of shares you can actually trade. Shares are whole units which are offered by companies as stock. These stocks are then traded on the open market in full share quantities. Most brokers discourage investors from buying and selling stock in whole share quantities.
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Friday, December 28, 2018
Can Gold Swim in a Crosscurrent? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
Powell noticed some crosscurrents in the path of the US economy. Will it stay on the surface? And is gold a good swimmer?
Crosscurrents Cause Fewer Hikes
We hope that you enjoyed Christmas. As we promised last week, we will analyze the post-meeting Powell’s press conference today. The Fed Chair remained optimistic about the US economy, which “has continued to perform well.” However, “some crosscurrents have emerged.” Powell meant the moderation of global growth, increased financial market volatility, and tightened financial conditions. As a consequence, the Fed now sees only two instead of three hikes in 2019:
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Friday, December 28, 2018
From Stock Market Panic to Euphoria - Upward Reversal or Just Correction? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Paul_Rejczak
Stocks rallied on Wednesday, retracing their Monday's and some of their last Friday's decline, as investors' sentiment much improved after Tuesday's holiday pause. We saw a panic-selling climax on Monday, but did the downtrend reverse?
The U.S. stock market indexes gained 5.0-5.8% on Wednesday, as they retraced their Monday's sell-off and got above last Friday's closing prices. The S&P 500 index fell the lowest since the late April of 2017 and it traded 20.2% below September the 21st record high of 2,940.91 yesterday. The daily low was at 2,346.58. Then the market rallied and closed 16.1% below the mentioned record high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 5.0% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 5.8% on Wednesday.
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Friday, December 28, 2018
GBP/USD - Has the Hope of the Bulls Gone? / Currencies / British Pound
By: Nadia_Simmons
Monday's session brought a breakout above the upper border of the consolidation and hope for higher values of GBP/USD. Unfortunately, none of these things lasted too long as the next days showed that the bears are not going to let their rivals through to the north without a fight. What are the implications of the recent price action?
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Friday, December 28, 2018
Is It Time to Sell Your Business? Here’s How to Do It Right / Companies / SME
By: Dylan_Moran
Selling a business is never an easy decision. After all, you put a lot of money and hard work just to start and run your business. But there comes a time when selling your company is the right thing to do, and you need to take the necessary steps, no matter how hard, to make your sale successful.
A lot of entrepreneurs commit costly mistakes when selling their business, and it ruins their hopes of a sale and wasting months of time and effort. To keep yourself from going through the same route, here are some tips that you can follow:
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Friday, December 28, 2018
The Quintessential Guide to Starting a New Cryptocurrency / Currencies / BlockChain
By: Dylan_Moran
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