Wednesday, November 01, 2017
UK Retirement Incomes Still 27% Lower than 2008 Financial Crisis Levels / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: MoneyFacts
Key findings:
• Record personal pension membership and contributions mask significantly lower retirement incomes than at the height of the 2008 financial crisis
• Pension fund performance continued to weaken in Q3 2017
• Annuity uncertainty still impacting pricing with the income gap between the most competitive and least competitive open market annuities now at a record low
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Wednesday, November 01, 2017
AUD/USD – Currency Bears Meet Important Supports / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Nadia_Simmons
On Friday, the Australian dollar declined against the greenback, which resulted in a decline to important support levels. Will they withstand the selling pressure in the coming week?
Wednesday, November 01, 2017
Don’t Waste Your Payday Cash on Bank Overdraft Charges / Personal_Finance / Current Accounts
By: MoneyFacts
As the last day of the working month, today could well be the time when workers get paid their monthly salary. Some may be breathing a sigh of relief as their pay packet hits their bank account, but those customers who were in their overdraft may find that they are missing some of their hard-earned cash as it becomes wasted on excessive overdraft charges.
According to the latest research by moneyfacts.co.uk, the upcoming overdraft changes due this week from Lloyds Bank may be the perfect prompt for borrowers to check how they use their overdraft facility and whether the changes make them better or worse off.
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Wednesday, November 01, 2017
EURJPY Formed A Double Top Pattern On 4-hour Chart / Currencies / Euro
By: Franco_Shao
EURJPY moved below a major bullish trend line from 122.40 to 127.56 on its daily chart, suggesting that the upside movement from 114.85 had completed at 134.49 already. Further decline would likely be seen in the coming days.
Wednesday, November 01, 2017
Is a Year End Rally in Risk Markets Coming ? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2017
By: Submissions
The Bank of Japan left its massive monetary stimulus program unchanged even as it trimmed its inflation forecasts, signaling further divergence ahead from its global peers.
Wednesday, November 01, 2017
A guide to select the most trusted brokerage firm / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Kavinesh_A
Increased demand for online brokerage firms
More and more people are choosing to invest in the stock market and avail the benefits out of it. Not many years ago, it seemed to be a rather risky choice for the commoners to invest in stocks and options. If you are not a professional in the financial field and you do not know the basics of the stock market then it can make you lose your hard earned money upon investing. Moreover, the banks, financial institutes and a few brokerage firms backed by the former two establishments were the only options to choose from. There are a hell lot of rules and regulations to follow and it was not a very convenient option for the common people to track the market and trade easily. But, the scenario has changed drastically with the introduction of internet-based megbízható broker for trading stocks or foreign currencies. The online brokerage firms are very convenient and easier to trade with.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
When Will Rising Yields Benefit Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Over the past two years, Gold has been inversely correlated to bond yields. In a low inflation environment, falling bond yields drive real interest rates lower which benefits Gold. Conversely, rising yields are generally negative for Gold. When long-term yields exploded higher in the second half of 2016, Gold declined hard. Now with long-term yields threatening a potential major move higher, Gold and gold stocks have sold off and there is a risk of further losses. However, at somepoint rising yields can push Gold higher.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
500 Years of a Protestant Reformation / Politics / Religion
By: BATR
The evolution of the Christendom since the crucifixion of Jesus Christ has been marked with contention and disputes among different factions of believers. From the offset, the banning of the agnostic gospels from accepted church tenets to the East–West Schism of 1054 and the wars of religion that overwhelmed Europe following the Protestant Reformation, illustrates that a heated conflict has always existed among Christians. No doubt disputes over doctrine motivated many to break with their brothers and sisters in Christ. However, the underlying catalyst for a clash in congregations stems from an objection to the authority structure that surrounds the Vatican and the Holy Sea. Church jurisdiction and the demand that the dominion of the Church of Rome, which rests upon Pontiff Supremacy, has been at the core of many differences throughout history.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Almost All Countries In Europe Have Border Issues / Personal_Finance / European Union
By: John_Mauldin
BY GEORGE FRIEDMAN : For centuries, Europe has fought wars over borders. In the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, Europe’s borders shifted wildly. As empires fragmented, new nations arose and wars were waged.
After 1945 and the beginning of the Cold War, a new principle emerged on the Continent. The borders that existed at the end of World War II were deemed sacrosanct—not to be changed.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
The Bubble Economy Is Set To Burst / Stock-Markets / Liquidity Bubble
By: John_Mauldin
My friend Andy Xie, based in Shanghai, is a very independent-minded investment analyst and economist. With a PhD from MIT, he has been at the IMF and was a star economist for the Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific group.
His often bearish calls on various parts of the Chinese economy have elicited a lot of criticism from Chinese officials and retail investors. I have been on the stage with him several times, both on the same side of debates and on opposite sides—he is a formidable opponent!
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
All the Reasons Cryptocurrencies Will Never Replace Gold as Your Financial Hedge / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: HAA
Olivier Garret : The cryptocurrency craze continues.
Having seen the astounding rise in Bitcoin’s value, those who remained on the sidelines are now kicking themselves for not buying it when it was first released. Surely, they’d be millionaires by now.
But is the meteoric rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies really an indication of true value?
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
US Debt Revelation Numbers / Interest-Rates / US Debt
By: Michael_Pento
The federal budget deficit widened in the fiscal year 2017 to the sixth highest on record, creating a budget shortfall of $666 billion. That is up $80 billion, or 14%, from the fiscal year 2016. The overspend resulted primarily from an increase in spending for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, as well as higher interest payments on the debt due to rising rates that drove up outlays to $4 trillion, which was 3% higher than the previous fiscal year.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Is Trump’s Tax Reform Bullish for Stocks? / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: ElliottWave-Forecast
EWFHendra : The tax reform is perhaps the single most important agenda for Republicans. The consequence for falling short of the tax overhaul is dire. Should Republicans fail to deliver the tax reform, they could face rout in the mid-term elections next year. This means losing control of the Senate and possibly also the House of Representatives where they have a majority now. Recently, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has suggested that stock market could give back much of the gain if tax reform fails. Mnuchin said during a recent interview with Politico: “There is no question that the rally in the stock market has baked into it reasonably high expectations of us getting tax cuts and tax reform done”. Given the high stake, the market seems to believe that some version of tax reform is likely to come out of Washington.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Gold Price Moved In Price Channel On 4-hour Chart / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: Franco_Shao
XAUUSD moved within a bearish price channel on its 4-hour chart, indicating that the price remains in the downtrend from 1305.98. Near term resistance is at the top of the channel now at around 1278.50. As long as the channel resistance holds, the downside movement could be expected to continue and next target would be at 1260.55. A breakdown below this level could trigger further decline to 1250 area.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Should an Essay Paper Make Use of Common Language? Papers in Rough Draft / Personal_Finance / Education
By: Submissions
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
US Dollar Breaks Out / Currencies / US Dollar
By: The_Gold_Report
Technical analyst Clive Maund discusses the outlook for the dollar, euro and precious metals sector after the predicted major dollar breakout occurs. Yesterday saw one of our most important predictions become reality—the dollar broke decisively out of its Head-and-Shoulders bottom. We can clearly see this breakout on the latest 6-month chart for the U.S. dollar index shown below. Fundamental reasons for this are believed to include the current (weak) trend to higher rates in the U.S., and perhaps more importantly, the euro starting to unravel if Catalonia succeeds in its push for independence from Spain. Whatever, this chart says the dollar index is going to advance to our target in the 97 area.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Rocket To New All-Time Highs as Peter Thiel Warns Not To Underestimate Bitcoin / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Jeff_Berwick
Cryptocurrencies as a sector surpassed their all-time high hitting a high of $180.6 billion.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
British Pound Could See Declines / Currencies / British Pound
By: Richard_Cox
Market activity in the GBP/USD has shown some interesting trends over the last several quarters and now that the Bank of England has delivered on its expected rate increase it remains to be seen if these moves can still continue. In most cases, when a central bank decides to raise their lending rates markets will experience an upward surge in the trading value of that currency. But while we have seen some bullish activity in the British Pound, there is scope for further downside if broader financial volatility increases next week.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Fragmenting Countries, Part 1: Catalonia Is Just The Beginning / Politics / European Union
By: John_Rubino
Picture a life where you do most of your shopping through Amazon.com and the local farmers’ market, most of your communicating through Facebook and Instagram, much of your travel via Uber, and much of your saving and transacting with bitcoin, gold and silver.
Do you really need an immense, distant, and rapacious central government? Maybe not. Perhaps your region or ethnic group would be better off forming its own independent country.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
It’s Time To Challenge What You Think You “Know” About The Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Avi_Gilburt
I know I am not the traditional author you come across on most financial sites. Most others will provide you with traditional notions of the stock market based upon rationalities. So, many authors will suggest that we “cannot separate public policy and geopolitics from the markets,” they will focus on “market valuations,” they will claim that “fundamentals do not support this rally,” and will provide you with many, many other reasons as to why they have continually believed that this rally would never happen.