Friday, January 12, 2018
Semi Seconductor Stocks Canary Still Chirping, But He’s Gonna Croak in 2018 / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: Gary_Tanashian
Since January 2013 we have been using the worldwide Semiconductor Equipment industry as a leader within the Semiconductor sector, which is an economic cyclical leader itself. That month we noted a positive move in Equipment bookings, which became a (3 month) trend that spring. This trend was used to project positive economic signals to come.
Through some turbulence in 2014 and 2015 the sector has remained on ‘economic up’ along with our cross reference indicator, the Palladium/Gold ratio right up to the current time as the economic Canary in a Coal Mine has kept on chirping.
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Friday, January 12, 2018
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Friday, January 12, 2018
Land Rover Discovery Sport Panoramic Sunroof Questions Answered / Personal_Finance / Motoring
By: N_Walayat
Thinking of buying a Land Rover? New or used? Well in this series I cover the real customer experience of what to expect when buying an approved used Land Rover Discovery Sport. In today's video we take a look at the panoramic sunroof, of exactly what to expect and how it functions. Answering questions such as it is transparent when looking from the outside in, and whether the sun roof still has power after the ignition is off, and if so for how long, and apart from the obvious question of what the panoramic sun roof looks like i.e. whether it's worth getting as an option on some trims.
Friday, January 12, 2018
Information About Trading With Alpari And Its Advantages / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Kavinesh_A
Foreign exchange is a dynamic market and is ever changing. There are a number of applications and websites that allow a person to participate in the trade of foreign exchange. They are also known as forex brokers. Alpari is one of such brokers that is very reliable and is largest among some of the other brokers. Although it operates mainly in Russia, it is used in the other regions of the world too. They offer modern solutions to their clients in addition to internet trading services. These services are operated on the forex market. They have more than 1,000,000 customers. They are originated from all countries and continents around the world. The list also includes CIS countries. Alpari has been accepted as a reliable mode of trading in all these regions. Alpari dealing center is the department that offers the clients with all the tools that are necessary to work efficiently in the forex market regardless of the location where the client is. In order to understand the nature of this website, one should understand the nature of the market that it operates on.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Stock Market Investing 2018 - “I Hope I’m Making a Bad Buy” / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Chad_Champion
Yesterday was a lesson from Barton Biggs on how important it is to “listen to the market crowd.”
Today, we continue learning from his book, Wealth, War & Wisdom. As a reminder, it’s about what happened to stock markets and wealth during World War II.
Biggs calls WW2 “the most excruciating, destructive global disaster in all history.” No one knows if something similar will ever happen again.
The chances are that it will, whether that’s a decade or two hundred years from now.
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
Will Chinese Dragon Boost or Devour Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
China may slow down its U.S. debt buying. Will gold rally or plunge, then?
Dragons Love Hoarding Gold and Not Only
Dragons love gold. In Greek mythology, dragons were set by the gods to guard golden treasures. It makes perfect sense, since it would be rather difficult to find better guards. Everybody who watched The Hobbit series knows that this is true – the powerful Smaug hoarded a lot and was really obsessed with his shiny treasure.
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
S&P 500 Fluctuates As Stock Market May Be Topping, Or Not? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Paul_Rejczak
Briefly:
Intraday trade: Our Wednesday's intraday trading outlook was bearish. It proved partly accurate, because the S&P 500 lost 0.1% following slightly lower opening of the trading session (-0.2%). The broad stock market fluctuates after its record-setting rally. There have been no confirmed negative signals so far. However, we can see some clear short-term overbought conditions along with an overly bullish investors' sentiment. Therefore, intraday short position is favored again. Stop-loss is at the level of 2,765 and potential profit target is at 2,710 (S&P 500 index).
Our intraday outlook is bearish today. Our short-term outlook is neutral, and our medium-term outlook is neutral:
Intraday outlook (next 24 hours): bearish
Short-term outlook (next 1-2 weeks): neutral
Medium-term outlook (next 1-3 months): neutral
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Gold Prices Rise To $1,326/oz as China U.S. Treasury Buying Report Creates Volatility / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: GoldCore
– Gold prices rise to $1,326/oz on concerns China may slow U.S. Treasury buying
– Equities fell sharply on the report as did Treasurys and the U.S. dollar
– Chinese officials think U.S. debt is becoming less attractive compared to other assets
– Trade tensions could provide a reason to slow down or halt U.S. debt purchases
– U.S. dollar vulnerable as China remains biggest buyer of U.S. sovereign debt
– Currency wars to return as China rejects U.S. hegemony in Asia
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Why Oil Should Be Supported in Weekly Chart / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: ElliottWave-Forecast
Hello fellow traders, in this blog post, we will discuss oil in a more bigger picture.
In the chart below, you can see crude oil futures on the weekly chart.
From the 02/08/2016 low, we can clearly see that the market has a potential 5 swing incomplete bullish sequence. It seems like that it is still in the fifth swing. The weekly target for us is between 68.53-86.82. Please note a 5 swing sequence is different than 5 waves impulse. Overall, we can conclude that we need more upside in oil and we suggest members to buy the instrument in 3-7-11 swings to the upside.
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
SPECTRE Microprocessor Security Flaw - Big Brother = You / Politics / Intelligence Agencies
By: Raul_I_Meijer
Happy belated new year. Belatedly. Thought I’d sit out a few days, since there wasn’t much news to be expected. And it did pan out that way, other than Trump bogarting the limelight; but then, that isn’t really news either. Anything he says or does triggers the expansive anti-Donald echo chamber into a daily frenzy. And frankly, guys, it’s not just boring, but you’re also continuously providing him with free publicity. At least make him work for some of it.
Then, however, the big microprocessor (chip) security ‘flaw’ was exposed. And that’s sort of interesting, because it concerns the basic architecture of basically every microchip produced in the past 20 years, even well before smartphones. Now, the first thing you have to realize is that we’re not actually talking about a flaw here, but about a feature. We use that line a lot in a half-jokingly version, but in this case it’s very much true. As Bloomberg succinctly put it:
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
US Dollar Could See Further Declines in Forex Markets / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Submissions
The US Dollar has had a tumultuous period over the last year, as optimism and pessimism have vied for broader control in the foreign exchange markets. Rallies in the stock market have emerged as the major victor, however, as investors seem to be reading the pro-growth agenda put forward by the Trump administration as a better precursor for improvements in corporate earnings (rather than in the US Dollar itself).
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
7 Market Forecasts 2018 from the Brightest Financial Minds I Know / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2018
By: John_Mauldin
In my fairly upbeat 2018 forecast, I predicted that the US economy and markets will probably hold up well, thanks to tax cuts and deregulation. That’s, of course, assuming the Federal Reserve gets no more hawkish than it already has.
Continuing my series of forecasts, here I’ll look at predictions from some of my most trusted friends and colleagues (subscribe to Thoughts from the Frontline to receive all my forecasts). Some disagree with my own views—and that’s perfectly fine. I want you to see all sides so you can make good decisions for your own family and portfolio.
I’ll let these forecasters speak for themselves in longer quotes than I usually allow, then add my own comments.
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
It’s Not Enough to Be Contrarian / Stock-Markets / Investing 2018
By: Chad_Champion
Barton Biggs was a guru hedge fund manager and global investment strategist.
He was also a serious student of World War II. His book Wealth, War & Wisdom is about what happened to stock markets and wealth during WW2.
Today is part one of a two-part series on the takeaways from this book.
This is important because it was during a time he calls “the most excruciating, destructive global disaster in all history.”
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Thursday, January 11, 2018
Stocks That Take One for A Roller Coaster Ride Through the Thick And Thin Of Every Single Investment Made / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Kavinesh_A
Today stocks categorically are subject to a lot of affluence and positivity where everyone can look over it without any hesitation. The rapid growth of many companies has resulted in the stocks surging higher than ever in the markets with a lot of potential gains that are to be foretold coming to act. In the same dimension of situations, one can easily comprehend the many diverse ways of making money that are essentially a driving force to the activity that completely leads to a fresh new perspective with which one can always lead a hand to willfully ensure an act that is worth indicating the good indexes with. Where there is a strong line of defense that can very much entice the crowd with which there is completely new dimensions of finding out the best of symmetrical and systematic investments that can guarantee a very definite option worth trying for.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Police Arrest Tree Protester on Meersbrook Park Road, Sheffield / Local / Sheffield
By: N_Walayat
The Sheffield city council and it's contractor Amey remain determined to fell Sheffield's biggest trees apparently because the councilors signed a contract that contained a clause that x number of trees would be felled by y date, and so virtually every working day sees hundreds of Sheffielders out on the streets attempting to defend Sheffield's remaining big trees after near 6,000 have already been felled to date with tens of thousand of people supporting the campaign across several facebook groups.
Today saw witness to the Police arresting a tree protestor on Meersbrook Park Road for allegedly obstructing the highway.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Stock Market Early Super Cycle Indications / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
We now early evidence of the start of Super Cycle Wave (c). The first item is an unfilled gap, which may be a hallmark of The Wave (c) all the way to the bottom. The second is the bounce may have ended at 2747.36, beneath the 2-hour Cycle Top. There may be another attempt at filling the gap, but should also remain beneath the Cycle Top. As a result, that may temporarily be our stop loss level. The urge to buy the dip has not been extinguished, so be prepared for some whipsaw. However, a repeated decline may start to weaken the resolve of those willing to buy the dip.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Stock Market Aggressive Sell Signals / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
SPX opened beneath its Cycle Top support at 2748.11 and stayed beneath it. Thus far the bounces have been weak and new lows are being made. This may be a good place for an aggressive short position. A partial position is recommended until the decline develops further. Usually you want to take a short position on a bounce, but since the decline isn’t yet fully developed, be prepared for a pullback.
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
The 2018 Decline in Precious Metals / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: P_Radomski_CFA
The precious metals sector moved higher in the first days of this year, but based on yesterday’s decline and the current price levels, 2018 is already a down year for silver and mining stocks. Gold is almost flat. This is a subtle clue that the rally may have already ran its course. The confirmation comes from what happened yesterday. Miners continued their decline, invalidating the previous breakout, while gold finally joined the rest of the sector and started its own decline as well. Is the rally indeed over?
Most likely – yes. Let’s start today’s analysis with a look at gold’s performance (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Gold Hits All-Time Highs Priced In Emerging Market Currencies / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: GoldCore
– Gold at all time in eight major emerging market currencies
– A stronger performance than seen when priced in USD, EUR or GBP
– As world steps away from US dollar hegemony expect new gold highs in $, € and £
– Gold is a hedge against currency debasement and depreciation of fiat currencies
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Small Business Tax Reform / Politics / Taxes
By: BATR
One aspect of the Republican Tax Reform that everyone can agree upon is that it is not perfect. Fox business reports in What tax reform really means for small businesses.
"Instead of lowering the tax rate on all pass-through businesses, the final bill allows pass-throughs to deduct up to 20% of income. But who can deduct how much depends on what type of business you run and a corresponding formula".
Stop right there. It should be entirely clear that the political realities and influence of corporate lobbyists supersede that of ordinary businesses.
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