Wednesday, October 26, 2016
It’s Still the Media, Stupid! / ElectionOracle / Mainstream Media
By: Antonius_Aquinas
The US Presidential campaign has demonstrated once again that the mainstream mass media is still the dominant force and arbitrator of political events and if it is successful in pushing the Wicked Witch of Chappaqua past the finish line this November, it may have achieved its greatest triumph. During the campaign’s stretch run, the mainstream media has used every form and variety of spin, distortion, half truth, calumny, and lies in its diabolical effort to make Killary Rotten Clinton President of the USSA.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Stock Market Cycle Shift / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Ed_Carlson
Last week’s commentary stated that we expected to see a high in the Dow no later than Wednesday. That high didn’t come a day too soon as the index topped on Wednesday at 18,252 and fell to an intra-day low on Friday at 18,050.The Hybrid Lindsay model points to a low this week and it looks increasingly as if the low will come late as short-term cycles have shifted to be more in line with the Lindsay intervals pointing to a low this Friday.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Cycle of Low Crude Prices Nearing an End, Says Saudi Oil Minister / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: The_Energy_Report
Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih declared the cycle of low crude prices is nearing an end as the oil market strengthens in recent weeks.
"Market fundamentals, in terms of supply and demand, have begun to improve," Falih stated on Sunday at a press conference with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, adding: "We are optimistic that oil prices will continue to improve in the future."
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
The Current Message of Yield Curves: Inflation or Deflation? / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Gary_Tanashian
With the state of post-Op/Twist systemic dysfunction, there are no absolutes, but…
Generally, a rising yield curve (after years of Goldilocks and her favored declining curve) would signal changes in financial markets. But it is not as simple as stating ‘the curve is rising… it’s bearish!’ or ‘the curve is rising… it’s bullish!’. It is potentially both of those things and it will have different implications for different markets and asset classes.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Broken Central Banks: 4 Quick Pix / Interest-Rates / Central Banks
By: Jim_Willie_CB
The Western central bank franchise system is totally broken, totally insolvent, and totally corrupt. It invites the Gold Standard return. The entire financial system is built upon a debt-based monetary system. The debt saturation process has run its full course. The central bank heads have been covering the sovereign debt for the last five years, having rendered their balance sheets as ruined. Debt is at obscene levels, like $19.7 trillion for the USGovt. No debt limits are in place anymore, a signal that most likely it has already defaulted. A hidden game is underway, with control lost to the creditors, even as they attempt to salvage their debt holdings. The major central banks continue to manage badly the great game, where money is fake phony and a farce. A titanic battle is underway, where the Eastern nations are discarding their USTreasury Bonds, and doing so in tremendous volume while they set up the many platforms and pieces to the Gold Standard.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Government Stimulus is an Oxymoron, Debt to GDP / Economics / Global Debt Crisis 2016
By: Michael_Pento
The accumulation of Debt, at its very essence, is simply borrowing consumption from the future. And this is true on any level of debt, be it either public or private. Just as savings is deferred consumption, the exact opposite is true for debt. Therefore, it can only be beneficial in the long-term if it leads to an expansion of productivity in the present. If the funds borrowed do not improve output per unit of labor it is much more difficult to pay back that debt and any perceived benefit ends up being nothing more than an ephemeral illusion.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Today is a Stock Market Daily Turn Date / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
While SPX hasn’t broken out above 2154.79 in the Premarket, there is a threat of a final probe to the 50-day Moving Average at 2161.11 that may turn the double zigzag (w-x-y) into an a-b-c formation, which is more appropriate for a Wave 2. That appears to be the pattern in the futures, although the futures and cash markets don’t necessarily have to agree in pattern.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Points Reward Credit Cards that Become ‘Pointless’ / Personal_Finance / Credit Cards & Scoring
By: MoneyFacts
Shoppers that frequently pay by card might decide to open a reward credit card to use as an alternative to their debit card, so that they can earn points every time they spend. However, not all cards are as rewarding as they may seem.
A points scheme is useful for those who want to gain a little extra by turning the points into vouchers or other rewards, but sometimes these rewards can take a long time and a significant spend to add up to anything worthwhile. In addition, some cards will charge higher rates of interest on purchases than could be achieved elsewhere, so if shoppers are not careful, the interest could outweigh any benefits.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Diamonds in the Gold and Silver Mining Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2016
By: Rambus_Chartology
Back in September we looked at a possible morphing Diamond on the GDXJ in which the dashed trendlines were showing the original Diamond. When it started to morph into the bigger Diamond I added the two red circles that showed the false breakouts from the original dashed Diamond. As you can see the last two weeks produced a rally that so far has failed below the apex of the morphing Diamond. From a Chartology perspective the Diamond is a reversal pattern as it has five reversal points.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Trump’s Gettysburg Address against the New World / ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2016
By: BATR
If not now, WHEN? Only the most dedicated Totalitarian Collectivist would want to keep the NWO in power. Those who are so dim-witted to believe that the governance elites are legitimate rulers, exercising moral authority are so ignorant and illiterate that they deserve the fate of sheep taken to the slaughter. The Sheeple designation is apt for a society mired in a distorted reality of serfdom.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Another Stock Market Gap Goes Nowhere....Huge Earnings Week... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Jack_Steiman
Let's start with the world of earnings. There have been so many pre-warnings, meaning warnings that were announced before the actual earnings date, that we know the season got off to a bad start. Some giants warned ahead of time, but now we'll focus on those who are waiting for their actual day to announce. This morning we got Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB), an economically-sensitive stock, to report, and it wasn't pretty. It was down huge for the day. What's so amazing to me so far this particular-earnings season is how low the bar has been set for just about everyone, since we are dealing with eight straight quarters of lowered earnings expectations. It would be easy, one would think, for most to beat with no problem. The actual numbers may be weak, but they are better than expected. Right!? Not happening so far overall. Always good beats, but the number of bad reports is adding up, once again, more than anyone would like.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Where Will Crude Oil Price Head Next? / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: P_Radomski_CFA
Trading position (short-term; our opinion): Short positions (with a stop-loss order at $53.22 and initial price target at $46) are justified from the risk/reward perspective.
On Friday, crude oil gained 0.43% after Russia renewed its commitment to joining a producers' output freeze. Thanks to this news, light crude bounced off session’s lows and closed the week slightly below $51. But did this move change anything in the overall picture of the commodity?
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Monday, October 24, 2016
This Past Week in Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: The_Gold_Report
Technical analyst Jack Chan charts recent movements in the gold and silver markets. With COT data showing signs of a bottom, Chan is waiting for price action to confirm.
Monday, October 24, 2016
Can Gold Continue To Rise, Since The Usd Is Moving Higher Too? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: Robert_Alexander
That question and other ones similar to it keep coming up lately and understandably so. Gold usually drops when the USD rises, but lately we do see both rising at the same time. I called a low in Gold recently and have been trading in the Precious Metals sector, but some are having a hard time believing it when they see the USD rising too. Allow me to share my thoughts on this. The following 4 charts are from the weekend report, where I tried to help my readers see the answer that question.
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Monday, October 24, 2016
Is China About to Go “Scorched Earth” on the US Dollar? / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Graham_Summers
China’s currency, the Chinese Yuan, remains pegged to the US Dollar. So when the US Dollar strengthens, the Chinese Yuan strengthens to.
For an economy as rife with garbage debt as China (shadow banking debt is over 200% of GDP), this is a DISASTER.
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Monday, October 24, 2016
Did a Secret Central Banking Cabal Just Turn AGAINST the US? / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Graham_Summers
Quietly and with little if any notice, foreign Central Banks have begun DUMPING US Debt.
Take a look at this chart. Does this look like a bull market to you? Because to me it looks like it could be the beginning of a panic sale.
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Monday, October 24, 2016
Why are Americans Avoiding the Stock Markets; Fear or Lack of Money? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Sol_Palha
The financial crisis of 2008 scarred many individuals and scared away even more; add in the Great Recession, and one can see that the average can come up with many reasons to avoid the stock market. To make matters worse, the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, and wages in most instances are dropping instead of rising which means that many Americans have little to no disposable income left after expenses. Don't for one second believe the twisted statistics issued by the BLS (Bureau of labour department); those statistics are on par with toilet paper.
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Monday, October 24, 2016
Presidents Can’t Fix the US Economy / ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2016
By: John_Mauldin
BY PATRICK WATSON : Ever wish you could time-travel back to an earlier, simpler era? Many folks do. We differ only in how far back we want to go.
This year’s intense presidential campaign only adds to our nostalgia.
Hillary Clinton supporters long for the 1990s… when Bill was president and the economy was booming. Many Donald Trump voters have an earlier destination in mind… maybe the 1950s, when we had few foreign military entanglements and American industry led the world.
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Monday, October 24, 2016
The US Is NOT a Low-Tax Jurisdiction / Politics / Taxes
By: John_Mauldin
BY JARED DILLIAN : Trump has been running his mouth about how the US is one of the highest-taxed countries in the world. This really makes the journalists upset. They say that it’s false. Every time he says this, they have a conniption.
How can it be true? How can we have higher taxes than Sweden—where taxes are so high that everything is free, there are ponies everywhere, and everyone is happy?
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Monday, October 24, 2016
SPX may be completing a double zigzag pattern / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
The SPX Premarket appears to be challenging the Triangle formation and the two-hour mid-cycle resistance at 2146.56 in a double zigzag pattern. This may explain the overlapping, corrective structure of the retracement of the decline between October 10 – 13.
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