Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Trade War! Win the Economic Hostilities Against the Chinese / Politics / Protectionism
By: BATR
The establishment culture indoctrinates the public with the mythical virtues of 'Free Trade', while omitting the destructive record of the globalist economy that has ruined American prosperity. Prosperity is not defined as cheap consumer items. Economic success that creates wealth and achieves affluence requires that a society can reach a lasting production capacity to fill ongoing demands, primarily from domestic output. Trade as long as it attains a positive balance of payment result is fine. However, when a country continues to bleed money to purchase goods that were previously produced domestically, the economic treasure of the importing country sinks into the quicksand of a quagmire.
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Technical Analyst Sees Silver as 'Oversold' / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: The_Gold_Report
Technical analyst Clive Maund takes a look at the latest movements in the silver market.
The picture for silver looks dull and weak, and it has dropped back over the past month or two, like gold, in response to dollar strength. On its latest 14-month chart we can see how, after breaking support in the $16.15 area, it has dropped back to support close to the low of last July, where it is oversold. The intermediate trend must be classed as neutral/down as it is below bearishly aligned moving averages. Having said all that there is a fair chance of it turning higher soon, as in addition to being oversold and at support, its COTs now look bullish, as we can see on the latest COT chart stacked below the 14-month silver chart for direct comparison, with gold's COTs being more so, and with gold's seasonal factors now approaching their strongest for the year, silver may come along for the ride if gold now advances, which looks likely also because there is a good chance that the dollar will react back over the near-term, as we have observed in the parallel Gold Market update.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Alex Jones Banned! Will Unapproved Opinions Be Censored Off the Internet? / Politics / Censorship
By: MoneyMetals
"False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing." - Joseph de Maistre
You wouldn’t be reading this if you didn’t value alternative points of view. After all, you could easily click your mouse right now to CNBC, CNN, or the New York Times for conventional news and opinion.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Gold and Silver Stocks On the Verge of the Next Major Decline / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2018
By: P_Radomski_CFA
On Thursday, the HUI index just broke below the December 2016 lows (in terms of daily closing prices), but it reversed on Friday and closed the week back above this important support. Invalidations are often more important than breakdowns, so did Friday’s action just tell us that we’re going to see a major reversal?
Both: yes and no. Yes, because it was – objectively speaking – a bullish signal. No, because we might have already seen what was likely to take place. There was an intraday rally that ran out of steam and was followed by a move back down before the end of the session. We saw a new sell signal as well. Let’s take a look at the very short-term developments (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).
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Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Best Instant Access Interest Rate UK Savings Accounts / Personal_Finance / Savings Accounts
By: MoneyFacts
Savers, is your bank still failing to match base rate?
It seems all a little too familiar for savers this month as many providers have yet to announce whether they will pass on the Bank of England’s rate rise. The latest research from Moneyfacts.co.uk shows that even if the biggest brands were to pass on the full 0.25% rise, their easy access accounts will still fail to match or beat 0.75%. Today, challengers, supermarket brands and mutuals dominate the easy access Best Buys as an alternative.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2018
First Time Buyers Need to ‘boost the affordability’ of Their Move Alone / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: Submissions
Recent reports by the Financial Times note that ‘more needs to be done to boost affordability for capital’s first-time buyers’. Well, duh.
Renting in London is prohibitively expensive and buying is perhaps even more so, in the short term at least. In fact, recent studies conducted by The Times found that a first-time buyer in London needs a salary of £100,000 to get on the property ladder. (Basically, you need to be a wealthy financial sector worker.)
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Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Long Term Care Homes as an Investment are Heating Up! / Companies / Sector Analysis
By: Dylan_Moran
People are living longer than ever these days thanks to the advancements in medical science. The social and economic implications of this are complex, but it does open the eyes for investment opportunities. There are lots of ways that one can invest in long-term care homes, especially with so many people putting their money in income-generating properties. Here’s how you can invest in long-term care homes to make money while also making things easier on the already burdened care industry.
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Tuesday, August 07, 2018
Tourists Getting Scammed on Westminster Bridge London - Three Cups Find the Ball Scam / Personal_Finance / Scams
By: N_Walayat
One of the must do's for all tourists visiting London is to go on a walk along Westminster Bridge, and tourists being tourists tend to drop their guard down to take in as much of the sights and sounds whilst on their holiday.
Unfortunately this leaves tourists open to getting scammed as this video illustrates it's really easy to fall victim to a scam as the unsuspecting tourists, such as Anika here are buttered up by with what seems like an easy to win game. Of course it's meant to look easy to win, that is until one puts their own money on the line.
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Monday, August 06, 2018
The Exponential Inflationary Stocks Bull Market - Video / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Nadeem_Walayat
This is part 2 of my stock market in-depth analysis that concludes in a detailed trend forecast. The whole of this analysis that includes my detailed trend forecasts was first made available to Patrons who support my work. To get immediate access First Access to ALL of my analysis and trend forecasts then do consider becoming a Patron by supporting my work for as little as just $3 per month. https://www.patreon.com/Nadeem_Walayat.
Monday, August 06, 2018
Land Rover Discovery Sport Oil Change Service Dash Warning Message / ConsumerWatch / Motoring
By: N_Walayat
Land Rover's sales pitch is that the Discovery Sport's first service is due at 21,000 miles or 2 years, thus saving owners on expensive annual services. That and their service packs only tend to cover for 1 service every 2 years which may be the reason for the 21,000 miles service sales pitch. Unfortunately on the one hand there's the sales pitch and then there's the reality of what to actually expect when owning and driving a Land Rover Discovery Sport as the two don't quite tend to match.
For instance, the internet is littered with comments about how warnings are popping up on owners dashboards requesting an oil service for a potential multitude of reasons such as diesel getting into the engines? which in some examples oil change services are being requested at less than 7,000 miles! So I decided to track the service indicator for my HSE Black for when the car would request a service and this is the resulting video that all DISCO Sport owners should take note of, that they should NOT rely on the 21k sales pitch but check their oil service mileage indicator on a regular basis, else risk being in for an unexpected dash shock message that an oil service is now due!
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Monday, August 06, 2018
Wilshire 5000 Already Made a New All-time High. Bullish for Stocks / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Troy_Bombardia
The S&P 500 is the most widely referenced index for the U.S. stock market. However, the Wilshire 5000 index is most representative of the U.S. stock market because it encompasses every single stock in the U.S. stock market.
While the S&P 500 has yet to make a new all-time high, the Wilshire 5000 index has already made a new all-time high vs its January 2018 all-time high.
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Monday, August 06, 2018
Technical Analysis and Interest Rates Unchanged – Here We Go / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates
By: Chris_Vermeulen
The US Federal Reserve is one of the only central banks to attempt to raise rates consistently over the past few years, has possibly learned a very valuable lesson – no good comes from raising rates to the point of causing another market collapse. The news that the US Fed will leave interest rates where they are, temporarily, is good news for a number of reasons.
First, this allows the markets to shake out weaker players and weaker components of the corporate world. Where corporate debt levels are concerned, interest rates are tied to debt repayment liabilities and refinancing costs. Firms that are unable to manage at current interest rates certainly would not be happy about rising rates. This allows these corporations to either struggle to resolve their debt issues or collapse under the weight of their own debt. This will also play out in the foreign markets as well.
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Monday, August 06, 2018
Restructuring of Western Economic Power / Economics / Global Economy
By: Dan_Steinbock
According to BRIC projections, the economic power of the BRICs is on the rise. But the other side of the coin is equally interesting. Among the G6 countries, US economic power is increasing at the expense of Europe and Japan.Recently, the 10th BRICS Summit took place in Johannesburg, South Asia. As the international focus has been on the BRIC prospects in the future, it is often forgotten that when the first BRIC reports were published in the early 2000s, they also featured projections about the likely growth of major advanced economies.
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Monday, August 06, 2018
Stock Market Trend and Volatility Analysis / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Nadeem_Walayat
This is part 4 of my stock market in-depth analysis that seeks to conclude in a detailed trend forecast for the whole of the remainder of 2018
- Part 1 - Trumponomics Stock Market 2018 - The Manchurian President
- Part 2 - The Inflationary Exponential Stocks Bull Market
- Part 3 - Dow Stock Market Elliott Wave Analysis
The whole of this analysis that includes my detailed trend forecast was first made available to Patrons who support my work. To get immediate First Access to ALL of my analysis and trend forecasts then do consider becoming a Patron by supporting my work for as little as just $3 per month. https://www.patreon.com/Nadeem_Walayat.
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Monday, August 06, 2018
Incidents and Accidents, Hints and Allegations / Politics / Social Issues
By: Raul_I_Meijer
Jeremy Corbyn is an anti-semite. Julian Assange is a rapist, a Russian agent and a terrorist. Donald Trump is an anti-semite, a rapist AND a Russian agent. Vladimir Putin wants to invade and enslave the entire western world and to that end employs Assange, Trump, maybe also Corbyn(?), as well as thousands upon thousands of hackers and murderers who make people vote for whoever Putin chooses, and poison former Russian agents on western soil.
These allegations, and there’s many more of them, have a number of things in common. Most importantly, they serve to change your mind. They serve to change your perception of reality. They seek to whip up your support for the very people and forces that launch them into the media.
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Monday, August 06, 2018
Stock Market and Economy False Narratives That are Just Wrong / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Troy_Bombardia
I love debunking false narratives, mostly because these narratives do nothing but hurt the investors and traders who read them. E.g. if you’re an investor who’s constantly reading permabear narratives in this environment, you’re going to miss out on the stock market’s gains.
Here are some false bearish narratives that I’ve noticed from fintwit over the past week.
*If you haven’t already, feel free to follow me on twitter ;@BullMarketsco
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Monday, August 06, 2018
VPN – Is It Worth It? / Personal_Finance / Internet
By: Submissions
Nowadays, confidentiality and anonymity on the Internet are a must for every person. It’s not surprising VPN services gain in popularity with each passing day; more and more people want to feel safer when going online, safeguard their business, sensitive data and private information. That’s exactly what makes VPN one of the most demanded services which make people feel safe at all times of the day and night.
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Monday, August 06, 2018
All You Need to Know About Umbrella Companies / Companies / SME
By: David_Milsont
While many people new to the contracting world choose starting their own Limited Company to be their own boss, many do this without knowing about the benefits of Umbrella companies. While having full control can be very tempting, it can often be overwhelming, especially when just starting out as a contractor. Many choose the best of both worlds, Umbrella Companies.
Brookson bring you all you need to know about Umbrella Companies compared to Limited Companies and why they might be a good choice for you!
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Sunday, August 05, 2018
Why China Lost the Trade War Before it Even Began - SSEC Stocks Index - Video / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Nadeem_Walayat
In this series of videos I will seek to conclude in a detailed trend forecast for stock stock market for the whole of the remainder of 2018. This analysis is based on my articles beign posted at the market oracle site. Furthermore the whole of this analysis was first made available Patrons who support my work. So to get immediate First Access to ALL of my analysis and trend forecasts then do consider becoming a Patron by supporting my work for as little as just $3 per month. https://www.patreon.com/Nadeem_Walayat.
Trumponomics in a nutshell can be summed up as a mish mash of policies built on tweets that has surprisingly so far delivered relative stock market strength for the broad US markets this year that has the Dow currently trading at 25,064 marginally up from at the start of the year opening level of 24,720 whilst standing up 7.5% a from its early April low of 23,300. So as the Dow chart illustrates the stock market has refused to FALL this year despite the chaos of the unfolding trade war that has been the focus of the mainstream press for 2018.
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Sunday, August 05, 2018
Dow Stock Market Elliott Wave Analysis / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Nadeem_Walayat
This is part 3 of my stock market in-depth analysis that concludes in a detailed trend forecast.
- Part 1 - Trumponomics Stock Market 2018 - The Manchurian President
- Part 2 - The Inflationary Exponential Stocks Bull Market
The whole of this analysis that includes my detailed trend forecast was first made available to Patrons who support my analysis. To get immediate First Access to ALL of my analysis and trend forecasts then do consider becoming a Patron by supporting my work for as little as just $3 per month. https://www.patreon.com/Nadeem_Walayat.
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