Friday, August 28, 2015

UK Immigration Crisis Hits New Record, Trending Towards Becoming a Catastrophe / Politics / Immigration

By: Nadeem_Walayat

Britain's Immigration crisis is fast trending towards becoming a catastrophe as the latest immigration statistics once more bring home the stark reality that the UK has no control over its borders as 5 years of Conservative government rhetoric of controlling immigration have yet again been revealed to be a case of "the emperor has no clothes", where rather than annual net immigration of in the tens of thousands as David Cameron promised at the start of his Premiership in 2010, instead net immigration has once more soared above the previous record high of 318,000 announced in May, to now 330,000.

The Conservative / Coalition governments failures to control immigration for the past 5 years have just marked a continuation of the Labour immigration catastrophe that set in motion a 15 year long immigration mega-trend for importation of over 8 million people (total immigration) where approx 90% of the adults were expected to vote Labour (90% on benefits such as tax credits).

Thursday, August 27, 2015

The Ultimate Cash-Management Guide / Personal_Finance / Savings Accounts

By: DailyWealth

Dr. David Eifrig writes: No one talks about how to manage your cash.

 

As regular readers know, we suggest holding cash in an emergency fund and in your portfolio. If you've followed our advice, you likely have tens, and maybe hundreds, of thousands of dollars in cash.

 

But you need to give some thought to where you put it...

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Why a Fed Rate Hike Could Be a Blessing for Gold Prices / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: The_Gold_Report

Like a true contrarian, Gold Newsletter publisher Brien Lundin looks beyond the headlines to understand what is really moving precious metals prices. He has concluded that the mainstream media may have it all wrong. Suspected anchors on the gold price such as an interest rate increase and devaluation of the yuan could actually be a rallying cry for commodities, he says in this interview with The Gold Report. And, he points to a baker's dozen of companies poised to take off when the arrows turn.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Why Devaluing the Yuan Won't Help China's Economy / Economics / China Economy

By: Frank_Shostak

Earlier this month, the Chinese government decided to depreciate its currency on three consecutive occasions. On August 13, the price of the US dollar was trading at 6.413 — an increase of 3.3 percent against July. The key factor behind the central bank’s lowering of the yuan is a sharp decline in the growth momentum of exports with the yearly rate of growth falling to minus 8.3 percent in July from 2.8 percent in June.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

The Difference Between What Traders and Investors Should Do Now / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Investment_U

Alexander Green writes:Over the last couple of weeks, the market has rallied, plunged and rallied again.

Should you buy into this craziness right now?  That depends on whether you consider yourself a trader or an investor.

There are a lot of opportunities out there right now for medium- to long-term investors. But it looks dicier for short-term traders.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

It’s Hard to Be Broke and Happy at the Same Time / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement

By: Investment_U

Alexander Green writes: Editorial Note: There's no ignoring what's happening in the markets today. Global fears have sent U.S. stocks into a free fall. Of course, we're not going to pretend it's the best of times. But, as Alex has advised in the past, now is not the time to try and time the markets. In his words, "Nobody rings a bell at the top of the market. So the amateur lurches about and suddenly gets out... then finds that stocks keep going up without him." As we write, the Dow is already up 338 points from this morning's low. So keep that in mind as your fellow investors run screaming into the streets.

A new report from Bankrate.com reveals that more Americans than ever are saving nothing for retirement.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Stock Market Trend & Trade Signal Of the Decade / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Chris_Vermeulen

U.S. stocks closed lower Tuesday after a failed attempt to rally from the Dow’s worst 3-day point decline. It’s something I have not seen since the 2008 GLOBAL financial crisis.

The market had its first rally of the downtrend yesterday but it would be a BIG mistake to get bullish for new long-term investments at this point. The major trend is down. The odds favor that this is to be only the first phase of the decline. Today’s rally could take us to 1965 – 2040 level on the SP500. I will be taking short positions in the US markets soon.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Keep Your Eye On the Gold and Silver Bear / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Rambus_Chartology

Tonight we’re going to look at the precious metals complex and get focused again as this is the area we need to concentrate our efforts right now IMHO. All the volatility in the stock markets has many taking their eyes off the ball of what may turn out to be the trade of a lifetime for some of you. I’m just as guilty as the next person trying to play the stock markets looking for that big trade that is so elusive right now. The stock markets are like a veg o matic chopping up both the bulls and the bears alike.

I have made a couple of small trades trying to catch one of the swings but the volatility is very hard to deal with. Back in 2000 after the markets topped I began to play the short side as bear markets can be very profitably if you can catch them just right. What I learned back then was you had to be dead on the money with your entry points because the volatility would knock you out before the move you were looking for actually took place. It looks easy in hindsight when you view the long term charts of bear markets but trading them in real time is a whole different ballgame.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Stock Market Retracement Rally May be Over / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

SPX appears to have completed its retracement just shy of the 50% retracement value at 1985.25. If so, it is due for the next decline. This may be point 7 of the Orthodox Broadening Top with point 8 being the crash bottom.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Why Stocks Could Fall 50% if the Fed Makes the Wrong Move / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Casey_Research

By Justin Spittler

One of the most brilliant investors in the world just made a stunning call…

Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund. Dalio manages nearly $170 billion in assets. He has one of the best investing track records in the business. When he speaks, we listen.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Refugees Expose Europe’s Lack Of Decency / Politics / Immigration

By: Raul_I_Meijer

This is a story I’ve been wanting to write for a while now, at least two full weeks, but haven’t gotten around to because I have my dying mother to attend to. Something I can to an extent approach from a rational point of view, because she has expressed her explicit will to die. But it will of course never be easy, if only because I’ve been close to her all my life even in the 20-odd years I lived thousands of miles away. It’s a thing of the heart. 

And so must be, at some moment or another, my dealing with what she goes through, and what I will go through when she finally gets her wish. A wish I would have thought would be reasonably easy to fulfill in a country as supposedly advanced as Holland, but that’s not true. People have to suffer more, long after they’ve signaled they’ve had enough, just to satisfy someone or another’s idea of ethics who has little to no involvement in the situation. Unless they’ve been through endless series of conversations with total strangers who will then decide when it’s time. 

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Why Gold Was the Best Buy in 2008-9 Crash and Will Be Again This Time Too / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: GoldCore

DAILY PRICES
Today’s Gold Prices: USD 1128.50, GBP 728.91 and EUR 999.38 per ounce
Yesterday’s Gold Prices:  USD 1134.40, GBP 724.63 and EUR 990.05 per ounce.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

How to Profit from China's Currency War / Currencies / Currency War

By: ...

MoneyMorning.com Peter Krauth writes: The People’s Bank of China uses its massive reserves to buy or sell the yuan to maintain a desired exchange rate. It’s been pegged to the U.S. dollar in some way for decades.

So, a strong dollar has often meant a strong yuan.

That hurts Chinese exports, and it’s been a sticking point in China’s ongoing negotiations to secure the yuan’s “reserve currency status” at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Thursday, August 27, 2015

How China's Currency Policies Will Change the World / Currencies / China Currency Yuan

By: STRATFOR

The recent fluctuations in China's currency typify the best and worst of a globalized world, where developments in one place can instantly change the political and financial calculations of governments in others. For most of human history, the communities, cultures and economies of the world existed independently of one another, separated as they were by vast distances and difficult terrain. It would, for instance, take months or even years for news of China to reach Europe across the great Silk Road trading route during the height of its use some 1,000 years ago. Even then, the communities along that route could hardly be considered entirely coherent.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Crude Oil Price One-day Rebound or Something More? / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: Nadia_Simmons

Trading position (short-term; our opinion): Short positions with a stop-loss order at $45.32 and profit-take order at $35.72 are justified from the risk/reward perspective.

On Tuesday, crude oil gained 4.15% after China's central bank cut interest rates. Thanks to this news, light crude reversed and invalidated Monday’s breakdown under the support line. Despite this move, the commodity still remains under the barrier of $40. Will it stop further improvement in the coming days?

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Chinese Medicine not Impressing Dr Copper / Commodities / Copper

By: Dan_Norcini

Dr. Copper apparently does not approve of the prescription ordered by the Chinese authorities to stem the slowdown in that nation, namely another 25 basis point interest rate reduction and a lowering of bank reserve requirements.

The red metal cannot sustain any upside action for long before sellers emerge to whack it again.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Stock Market Relief Rally... End Of Pullback Or More To Come? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Jack_Steiman

Today pretty much went as expected. Dramatically oversold conditions not seen in basically forever. A six-day down move that was historic in nature, and caused daily index-chart RSI's to get well below 20, which is extremely rare. The futures were up big yesterday into the same type of oversold conditions, but nearly five-hundred points worth of Dow gains ended the day with two-hundred points worth of losses.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Why Are "Bank Holidays" Always Announced on Sunday? / Personal_Finance / Credit Crisis 2015

By: MoneyMetals

David Smith writes: On Sunday, June 29, the Associated Press ran the following headline: "Greek Banks will not open Monday."

After a lengthy cabinet session, it was decided that Greek banks would remain closed for 6 working days, along with restrictions on cash withdrawals. In addition, financial sector officials confirmed the Athens Stock Exchange would not open the following week.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Novel Biotech Novel Technology Platforms with Dramatic Growth Potential / Companies / BioTech

By: TLSReport

In the past five years, development of new therapies has aimed for true disease modification and actual cures. Many novel ideas are now in the clinic, and have opened up fresh opportunities for dramatic industry growth, especially in the gene and cellular therapy realm. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, David Nierengarten of Wedbush Securities brings a handful of select names to investors' attention, including a couple of companies with technologies that could revolutionize medicine.

The Life Sciences Report: You are a molecular and cell biologist, but you've been in the world of finance now for about a dozen years. What attracted you to finance?

Thursday, August 27, 2015

China Stocks Bear Market Crash, Are We Near the Bottom Yet? / Stock-Markets / Chinese Stock Market

By: Nadeem_Walayat

China's stock market meltdown that began Mid June from a SSEC trading high of 5,200 had paused under the weight of heavy the Chinese government interventions that in total amount to over $400 billion thrown at the stock market in an attempt to bring the selling to a halt. However, all of that literally went up in smoke along with one of China's largest ports which literally exploded revealing behind the truth of what the Chinese economy is, a mere mirage of the picture of strength and stability that communist party propaganda has been successfully propagating.