Thursday, September 01, 2022
Nothing Is Stopping the Gold GDXJ From Reaching 2020 Lows / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2022
By: P_Radomski_CFA
Both gold and silver’s results sagged, but gold stocks are the worst performers so far. What is this decline leading to?
Gold moved visibly lower yesterday, silver closed at the second-lowest level in over 2 years, and miners (both GDX and GDXJ) formed their lowest daily close in over 2 years! If someone has chosen to take short positions, profits have increased.
Thursday, September 01, 2022
Beware of This Deceptive Stocks Bear-Market Trait / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: EWI
There's only one rule which applies to a 2nd wave rally...
Big stock market trends don't progress up or down in a straight line. In a bear market, stocks typically rebound after the first leg down. In a bull market, the opposite happens: Stocks again take a big dive, making everyone think the bear market has returned.
But in a bear market, that "first leg down" is wave 1 and the partial "rebound" which follows is wave 2. I say "partial" because the only rule which applies to wave 2 is that it cannot retrace 100% of wave 1. Meaning, the bear market rally cannot go above the previous market top.
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Thursday, September 01, 2022
What Don’t They Tell You About Online Trading? / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Sumeet_Manhas
Traders come in all shapes and sizes, but we can narrow it down to two types. There are risk takers and those who play it safe. By definition, trading is a risky undertaking. It always has been. Despite our best efforts, it’s impossible to predict the direction and magnitude of price movements at any time. We use a variety of trading tools and resources to gauge the performance of the markets. These include technical and fundamental analysis.
By and large, trading platforms sell the hype with lofty promises of significant returns and comfortable retirements. Regardless, there are no guarantees. Stakeholders in the financial markets – particularly those with something to gain from unsuspecting traders and investors, are single-minded. They want to generate as much profit as possible in double-quick time. Hence the presence of fraudsters, shell companies, and less than honest financial reporting.
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Thursday, September 01, 2022
5 ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE MARKETING FOR YOUR JEWELRY BUSINESS / Companies / Marketing
By: Kavinesh_A
Online marketing is the smart and cost-effective way for new and growing businesses to reach their target audience. When you think about traditional marketing activities, advertisements on radio, TV, newspapers, and magazines are not exactly cheap. Moreover, these forms of media have a limited reach. Today’s digitally connected customers are online every minute of every day. They expect businesses to be online, where they can find them and see what they stand for.
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Thursday, September 01, 2022
How To Organize Remote Work For Greater Efficiency / Personal_Finance / Work from Home
By: Steve_Barker
Ever since this whole pandemic started, it appears to be like remote work experience has become more widespread with the goal to restrict contact between people and make the entire work environment safer for everybody.A lot of employees all around the world were practically forced to leave their offices and start working from home. Even when the situation got better, many people decided to continue working from the comfort of their homes.
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Saturday, August 20, 2022
Stock Market Trend Target, Why Peak Inflation is a Red Herring / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2022
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The stock market remains within a trading range of S&P 3935 to 3720 with the most recent price action being a rally following a brief break BELOW the range on Thursday to run the long stops before the market reversed sharply higher. The S&P looks set to target a break of 3935 the importance of which would be to go against the bear markets tendency for down swings to exceed the preceding up swings which thus acts to weaken the bear market until either a reversal from bear market to bull market is confirmed or the bear market once more puts in a dominant big downswing. Nevertheless a break above 3935 would indicate that the last swing down was just -5.7% and thus corrective against the previous upswing of +8.9% that at least suggests to expect a similar swing higher and thus in the first instance targets 4036 which is inline with my existing target to reach resistance between 4080 and 4120.
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Saturday, August 20, 2022
Mixed Messaging from the Fed Causing Confusion in Markets / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates
By: MoneyMetals
Precious metals markets are giving up ground this week as investors react to the latest musings from the Federal Reserve.
On Wednesday, the Fed released the minutes from its latest policy meeting. Officials acknowledged some of the warning signs of a weakening economy. That suggests they are likely to scale back future rate increases rather than implement additional 75 basis-point hikes.
But policymakers also admitted that inflation is still running uncomfortably high and seem poised to continue tightening to some extent.
Mixed messaging from the Fed caused confusion among investors. Some interpreted the Fed's comments as hawkish while others saw them as more dovish than expected. Perhaps central bankers themselves are confused and don't really know what they should be doing next.
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Saturday, August 20, 2022
Gold 2022 Doesn’t Have to Be Like 1980 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2022
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
A recession is coming – but will it really be positive for gold? After all, the yellow metal plunged in 1980, despite an economic downturn.Recession and Stagflation
Everyone says that the upcoming recession and stagflation will be good for gold. However, will they really? Some doubts also arose in my mind, so let’s investigate them. I, of course, don’t dispute that gold soared in the 1970s. This is a fact which is illustrated nicely by the chart below.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Electronic Payments Can Benefit Your Business - Here’s How / Companies / SME
By: Steve_Barker
If your business is still using paper checks to pay its bills, you're behind the times. Electronic payments are the future of commerce, and they offer a number of benefits that traditional methods can't match. Here are just a few reasons why electronic payments should be at the top of your list.
Better Security
It's essential to make your place of business as safe as it can be, and keeping finances secured should be a top priority. Get the best electronic money institution license UK has to offer and set up a system that cannot be hacked. This way, you can avoid costly breaches and better protect your business, its employees, and its customers.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Where’s my self-driving car? / Companies / Self Driving Cars
By: Stephen_McBride
Silicon Valley gurus told us we’d be commuting to work in robocars by now…
In 2016, the CEO of ridesharing firm Lyft predicted driverless cars would “all but end” car ownership...
Heck, even Tesla founder Elon Musk said robotaxis were just two years away…
That was in 2015.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Real Reason why Pakistan and India Gained Independence in 1947 at 75th Anniversary / Politics / Pakistan
By: N_Walayat
The British Empire through guile and cunning ruled over the asian sub continent for 200 years! Whilst it is well documented how Britain achieved rule over a much larger and more sophisticated population that literally experienced rape and pillage of the people and the lands resources, including use of a millions of slave labour. However each of the newly independant nations have carved out their own myths of how they achieved their independence from British rule which at the 75th anniversary this video explains the REAL reasons for why the sub continent gained it's independence in 1947 and not decades later which as was the fate for most colonies.
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Saturday, August 13, 2022
Qualcom Stock Market Harbinger / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2022
By: Nadeem_Walayat
QCOM illustrates how the bottoms will tend to play out for most of the AI tech stocks, for if you are not already invested then you will likely end up waiting for the second chance to buy near the bottom all the way towards new all time highs. For instance I would be surprised if we see anywhere near $118 on Qualcom again, I may be wrong but I am assuming there are a lot of investors now wishing they had bought near $120 and are thus eager for another bite at the cherry.
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Saturday, August 13, 2022
Apple Exec Gets World's 1st iPhone 14 for Daughters 14th Birthday Surprise Present Unboxing! / Personal_Finance / Apple
By: HGR
What could be sweeter than an iPhone 14 for daughters 14th Birthday! Straight off the assembly line unboxing as delivered.
Let's hope Tim cook does not find out else Daddy is going to be in deep doo dah!
Friday, August 12, 2022
Steps to remember while playing live roulette online / Personal_Finance / Gambling
By: Submissions
You must be very excited to start your gambling adventure by playing roulette. So let us help you ease your first moves with a few tips and tricks that are proven helpful for novice roulette players.
Before that, ensure you know the basics of roulette games. The live roulette game is real-time play, and you must be well aware of the ideas to get an excellent experience.
You may already know that a live casino functions to give you the same experience as a land-based casino. That means the roulette game offered should be of supreme quality.
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Thursday, August 11, 2022
China Bank Run Protests - Another Potential Tiananmen Square Massacre? / Politics / Financial Crisis 2022
By: Nadeem_Walayat
China's property market is collapsing that an inept CCP is attempting to prop up through DICTATS, as if a few words on a scrap of paper can fix the fundamentals. A crisis that has now spilled over into the banking system which has seen many ordinary chinese fall victim the chinese banking triad as their hard earnings savings supposedly in 'safe' regional banks have VANISHED over night after the CCP members had withdrawn their funds or had their funds ring fenced for protection whilst ordinary Chinese folks seeking to withdraw their funds are met by hired goons in the hundreds to beat them away from the bank doors. This is the reality of Ray Dalio's China! A brutal tyrannical state that he some how see's as forging the new world order!
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Thursday, August 11, 2022
Silver Coin Premiums – Another Collapse? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2022
By: Kelsey_Williams
SILVER COIN PREMIUMS
In 1972, a bag ($1000 face value) of “junk” US silver coins sold for approximately $1300-1350. The average closing price of silver that year was $1.68 oz; hence, the silver content (715 ounces) value was $1200 per bag. The remaining difference was a premium of about ten percent.
A lower silver price would generally result in higher percentage premiums because the face value of $1000 represented a ‘floor’ which limited the risk of holding the coins. In other words, the real investment risk was limited to the amount you paid over the $1000 face value.
For example, if the price of silver were to fall to $1.00 oz., the silver content value of the bag would be $715 ($1.00 oz. x 715 ounces) Since the coins were legal tender and still accepted at their face value, though, the full bag of coins retained its face value of $1000.
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Thursday, August 11, 2022
Gold-to-Silver Ratio Heading Lower – Setup Like 1989-03 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2022
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Fear is starting to become an issue. Traders are starting to realize inflation, CPI, PPI, and global currencies are reacting to the sudden policy shift by the US Fed and global central banks. This fear is showing up in the Gold-to-Silver ratio as well.
My research suggests the closest comparison to the current Gold/Silver setup may be found by looking at the early 2000~2003 US markets. Let’s investigate this setup a bit further.
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Thursday, August 11, 2022
Severe Stocks Bear Market: Will You Be Among the Prepared 1.5%? / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: EWI
"Oftentimes, rallies will end with an inter-index non-confirmation"A long-long time ago in a galaxy far away... errr, on the heels of the year 2000 dot-com crash, to be exact -- which is ancient history for many investors today -- the February 2003 Elliott Wave Theorist, a monthly publication which has covered financial markets and major cultural trends since 1979, published an interview with Elliott Wave International President Robert Prechter.
Prechter was asked if he was surprised by investors' lack of capitulation since the bear market started in 2000.
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Thursday, August 11, 2022
There's a Hole in My Bucket Dear Liza, UK Summer Heatwave Plants Watering Problem Song / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: Eliza_Walayat
UK Heatwave demands I water my plants, but there is a HOLE in my Bucket Dear Liza, Dear Liza, there's a whole on my bucket!
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Tuesday, August 09, 2022
Why PEAK INFLATION is a RED HERRING! Prepare for a Decade Long Cost of Living Crisis / Economics / Inflation
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The idiot in charge of the Bank of England Bailey now warns of 13% inflation, 5 quarter deep uk recession, and requests Britains workers not ask for high pay rises due to the risks of the wage price spiral, despite paying himself 575,000 for making a dogs dinner of the economy. So are his predictions going to come true, we'll a year ago he was barking about transitory inflation and a growing economy ahead! Completely clueless idiot!
The problem is this the Bank of England CAUSED the INFLATION by means of rampant money printing that they then used to monetize near half of UK government debt! That's what caused the inflation! And now the morons are trying to fight 10% inflation with 1.75% interest rate, Bailey and his fellow morons do not have clue, they are literally fumbling in the dark for the light switch and we pay the price for these clowns!
As for the wage price spiral, it does not exist, there is no wage price spiral instead it is a price wage spiral! i.e. Wages are trying to catch up to out of control inflation and failing to do so hence the cost of living crisis where wages cannot keep up with prices in the shop.
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