Wednesday, December 09, 2020
Copper, the Most Critical Metal / Commodities / Copper
By: Richard_Mills
In 2018, before the trade war between the US and China put the boots to copper demand, and covid-19 mine closures/ abandoned expansion plans crimped supply, we made a bold prediction: that copper supply is NOT going to be able to keep up with demand in the long-term. Here’s what we wrote, in The coming copper crunch:
Even with expansions at existing mines and the ramp-up of the relatively few new copper mines like Cobre Panama, Radomiro Tomic and Toquepalain, it will not be enough to meet the onslaught of demand that is coming from China as it continues to modernize and urbanize, and electric vehicles, which use three times as much copper as regular ones. In 2016 Chinese automakers sold 28 million cars. If China follows through on its promise to go 100% electric, that would mean 2,380,000,000 kilograms of copper. At the current production rate of 20 million tonnes a year, that’s 119 years worth of copper! Just to produce enough copper for electric cars in China.
Do we expect 100% EV penetration? No. But the shift to electrification of our transportation system is real, it’s not going to go away or stop. Because it’s as real as the shift from wood to coal to fossil fuels and now to lithium. That means massive new copper supplies are needed just for Chinese EVs, whatever the EV penetration eventually turns out to be. And remember there’s the rest of the world to supply for EVs, charging infrastructure, and all of copper’s other uses.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2020
What Are the Most Trusted Online Trading Brokers / Personal_Finance / Learn to Trade
By: Steve_Barker
The emergence of high-speed internet connection paved the way for several day-to-day activities to be done completely online. For instance, more and more people now prefer shopping online and have the products that they ordered delivered right in front of their doorsteps because it is just more convenient to do so.
In the same manner, more and more investors are now leveraging online trading brokers because it provides them with the opportunity to invest and grow their money anywhere they are. This article lists down the most trusted online trading brokers for you to consider.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2020
Online Gaming in 2021 - Trends & Industry Changes / Personal_Finance / Gambling
By: Submissions
The global online gaming industry remains on a strong upward curve, and the trend looks set to continue for many more years.
Advancements in technology have helped to transform the sector, allowing gaming to become one of the most popular entertainment activities around.
From bingo to casinos, social games to video games and more, people now have a plethora of choices when it comes to finding ways to amuse themselves.
With the online gaming industry continuing to evolve at a rapid rate, we look at some of the trends and industry changes we expect to see in 2021.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2020
Gold Wave Forecast – Is Gold Going To $3750 Or Higher? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2020
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Watching Gold fall to recent lows over the past few weeks has been heartbreaking for Goldbugs. We know the real value of Precious Metals has continued to be under-appreciated over the past 24+ months – even though Gold has rallied from $1165 to over $2085 (an incredible 79%). The recent 15% decline in Gold has shaken some investors away from the longer-term opportunities, so we wanted to share our research and highlight some simple Elliot Wave structures with you.
My research team and I believe the recent downward price trend in Gold is an ideal setup for an Intermediate Wave 4 pullback of a broader Wave 3 advance. In other words, we believe Gold is in the midst of a broad advance cycle that may eventually push price levels to $5000 and above. But, we’ll focus on right now and what we believe is setting up from a Technical Analysis perspective.
The first thing to remember about Elliot Wave Analysis is that we must consider the broad market trends, the intermediate market trends, and the short term wave formations. With almost all types of Technical Analysis, we focus on different time perspectives of price trends and setups to help us better determine opportunities and outcomes.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2020
Warning NO Windows Licence Keys for OEM Systems! Burnt Onto Motherboards / ConsumerWatch / Computing
By: HGR
When buying a new system invariably you'll opt for an expensive copy of Windows 10, I say expensive because you can pick up licence keys for near 1/10th what the system builders will be charging. And it gets WORSE! Because unlike in years past, you don't get a licence key sticker that enables you to for whatever reason move your copy of windows to another machine. Instead the licence info is burnt onto the motherboard (coded into the bios). What this means is if your motherboard dies then so will likely your copy of windows unless you are able to retrieve it from the bios before hand which I will cover how to do in another video.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2020
Amazing Budgie Sings Christmas Carols / Personal_Finance / Animals & Pets
By: Anika_Walayat
Our Green and Blue budgies are getting into the festive spirit by carving out their perches on the Christmas tree. Whilst the Green one likes to start singing his own rendition of a number of christmas carols, songs and hymns as soon as he lands on the tree. Just as happened in this video.
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Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Stock Market New Short-term Target / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2020
By: Andre_Gratian
Current Position of the Market
SPX Long-term trend: There is some good evidence that we are still in the bull market which started in 2009 and which could continue into the first quarter of 2021 before coming to an end.
SPX Intermediate trend: New intermediate uptrend underway since 2234.
Analysis of the short-term trend is done daily with the help of hourly charts. They are important adjuncts to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which determine longer market trends.
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Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Stock Market Is Terribly Stretched / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2020
By: Avi_Gilburt
When the market rallies after bad news hits the wires regarding the vaccine, and when the market rallies after news of lower job growth, well, that is the hallmark of a bull market.
You see, during positive sentiment trends, the market rallies on good news, and the market rallies on bad news. In effect, the news is truly meaningless, as the general market sentiment is all that matters. And, if this has not become abundantly clear to you since the lows in March, then there is no hope for you. In fact, the market rallied 1400 S&P500 points and over 63% during the worst of the Covid news, and during a full country economic shut down. How much more evidence do you need to see that sentiment is the true driver of market price?
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Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Digital Marketing: Investment Trends for 2021 / Companies / Marketing
By: Submissions
The digital marketing industry continues to evolve at a rapid rate, and the upcoming year will undoubtedly be no different in that respect.
Whether you use the services of a digital marketing agency or an in-house team, it is imperative that they keep up-to-speed with the latest trends.
Standing still in business has historically proven to be a recipe for disaster, particularly for companies who are steadfast in their resistance to change.
With that in mind, we take a closer look at some of the critical areas where companies may look to invest in digital marketing in 2021.
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Monday, December 07, 2020
FREE Crypto Trading Learning Event NOW! / Currencies / BlockChain
By: EWI
Dear Reader,
"Breathtaking" is a fitting word to describe Bitcoin's surge from the March lows near $3,500 to the recent high near $20,000.
You probably want to know how much upside is left -- if any.
Our friends at Elliott Wave International can help -- free.
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Monday, December 07, 2020
What Do We Do with All This Debt? / Interest-Rates / US Debt
By: John_Mauldin
Before the coronavirus pandemic I expected the US would hit the debt wall in the late 2020s. Now, the debt is growing even faster and we will hit that wall a lot sooner.
What happens when we come to the place where we have to deal with all that debt?
Fortunately, my favorite central banker, Bill White -- who was the Bank for International Settlements' chief economist -- did a brilliant interview with my friend Mark Dittli in Switzerland in November that gives us some answers.
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Monday, December 07, 2020
What Does Biden Imply for Gold? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2020
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
America has elected a new President. It was a close race, but Joe Biden eventually won and he will be inaugurated and take office in the White House on January 20. The price of gold rose initially in the aftermath of the elections, only to plunge on the news regarding Pfizer’s vaccine breakthrough, as the chart below shows. This is what we know.But what’s next for the price of gold? What does a Biden presidency mean for the yellow metal? To answer these vital questions, we will analyze the agenda of the President-elect. On the official Biden-Harris Presidential Transition website , we found that the new administration has four priorities: COVID-19, economic recovery, racial equity, and climate change.
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Monday, December 07, 2020
Bitcoin Price Next Stop: $14,000 or $37,200 / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Chris_Vermeulen
After the incredible rally in Cryptos recently and my team’s recent research articles about how to spot a “Blow-Off Peak”, the recent downturn in Bitcoin prices has raised a valid question – is this the start of a new “Blow-Off Top” for Bitcoin? In our recent 2-part research article on Blow-Off Tops, we suggested there are five phases to a Blow-Off top setup. The first is an incredible rally attempt – usually somewhat similar to a parabolic price advance. We can certainly say that Bitcoin has seen a huge price advance from near $4000 in early March to over $19,000 recently (+$15,000). Is this it? Is this a major price peak or will it continue higher?
When taken in the context of what has transpired over the past 12+ months with COVID-19 and various global lock-downs, it does make sense that many more displaced workers across the globe may have become actively involved in Cryptos and alternate assets. It also makes sense that a rush into the recent upside trending in Bitcoin, starting near early October 2020, may have prompted a rush for Crypto traders/investors. Everyone loves it when their investments rally 80% or more in less than 60 days.
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Monday, December 07, 2020
Gold Returns Above $1,800. Has It Bottomed Out? / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2020
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
The price of gold returned to above $1,800. Is the correction over?As the chart below shows, the price of gold rebounded, jumping from $1,763 to $1,811 on Tuesday (December 1) and increased further on Wednesday. As a reminder, the price of gold corrected more than 6 percent in November and almost 15 percent from its peak in August. Now, the key question is whether the worst is behind the gold bulls.
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Monday, December 07, 2020
This High-Confident Trade Set-up Makes for High-Confident Traders / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
By: EWI
"Confident trader." Ten-fifteen years ago, the idea used to be an oxymoron -- and now, it's a multi-billion self-help industry with everyone from Wall Street gurus to armchair experts offering their brand of motivational wisdom: trust falls, vision boards, brain retraining, positive visualization, mentorship, and so on.
The common goal being: Help traders tap into their inner Rocky when they step into the "ring" of financial markets.
The problem is, not everybody can channel Rocky. Some of our inner "champions" have the muscle mass of a mozzarella stick no matter how many can-do mantras you throw at them.
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Saturday, December 05, 2020
Gold, Silver and Copper - The 3 Metallic Amigos and Their Messages / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2020
By: Gary_Tanashian
Metals Ratios Continue to Indicate Inflation
And that is welcome for monetary and fiscal policymakers of course, since inflation is the only trick they have up their sleeve to bail this mess out once again. And this is no comment on COVID-19. The economy was slowly decelerating last year well before this guy showed up (I like the picture, okay?)…
The yield curve bottomed and turned up in August of 2019 as manufacturing was slipping, long-term yields were tanking and other economic signals were fraying in the wake of the trade war. So please, no convenient COVID excuses.
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Saturday, December 05, 2020
TESCO Christmas Decorations Festive Shop 2020 - How to Beat the Coronavirus Economic Depression / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Eliza_Walayat
Like most western nations the UK economy fell off the edge of a cliff in March and looks set to take another economic hit following the second lockdown which looks set to see Britains 1.2 million pre wuhan chinese virus unemployment double to over 2.5 million as illustrated by thousands of job losses in the retail and hospitality sectors anounced each week.
However, with belts tight here we show how you can get your christmas decorations shop done for Under £20! All thanks to likes of TESCO which unlike most shops has remained open for the duration of the pandemic.
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Saturday, December 05, 2020
Premium Bonds Good, Bad or Ugly Investment? Here's What Return (Prize Wins) to Expect / Personal_Finance / Investing 2020
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Savers starved of rates due to the continuing bailout of the bankrupt banking sector as the Bank of England literally stuffs hundreds of billions onto their balance sheets by means of artificial profits. So it's no wonder that many millions of Brit's have plowed a large chunk of their savings into government backed Premium Bonds. Here give them a good 1 year test run to see what prices (returns) they generate on a sizeable £32,500 investment. Will I beat the premium bond interest rate of 1.4%, maybe I will be one of the lucky ones and win a big prize, find out in my latest personal finance video.
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Saturday, December 05, 2020
How to accomplish a technical analysis with the Forex / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Submissions
In the preceding chapter we explained that to trade correctly with the Forex it is necessary to complete a daily technical analysis of the financial movements in the short and medium term.
This analysis is essential as it will help you to understand and anticipate certain effects and, in this way, consequently to improve your investments whilst keeping a good overall view of the market.
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Saturday, December 05, 2020
What is life insurance and what are the benefits of having it? / Personal_Finance / Insurance
By: Sumeet_Manhas
Having life insurance is one of the most important things that you can do to protect your family and loved ones from additional stress after you pass away. Losing a partner or parent can be devastating but having the extra burden of financial problems on top of this grief can be unbearable. This is where life cover comes in.
What is life insurance?
Life insurance is a way of making sure there is financial aid for a named beneficiary or beneficiaries after you pass away. There are many varieties of life insurance and within those varieties there are different types of cover. It pays to shop around and discuss your needs with your family and professional insurance brokers.
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