Thursday, November 30, 2017
Five Charts That Show We Are on the Brink of an Unthinkable Financial Crisis / Stock-Markets / Financial Crisis 2017
By: John_Mauldin
Bonfires are fun to watch, but they eventually burn out.
Human folly apparently doesn’t, so we just keep adding to the absurdities. The volume of daily economic lunacy that lights up my various devices is truly stunning, and it seems to be increasing (you can find a previous series of charts in my free newsletter Thoughts from the Frontline, which you can subscribe to here).
Let’s take a look at a series of charts I received from my “kitchen cabinet” of friends.
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Thursday, November 30, 2017
Low Cost Gold In The Age Of QE, AI, Trump and War / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: GoldCore
‘Fear and Loathing In the Age of QE … AI’ is a presentation given at Mining Investment London earlier this week.
Stephen Flood, CEO of GoldCore presentation (28 minutes) was well received at the conference which is a strategic mining and investment conference for leaders in the mining and investment sectors, bringing together attendees from 20 countries.
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Thursday, November 30, 2017
S&P 500 Fluctuates As Technology Stocks Sell Off / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Paul_Rejczak
Briefly:
Intraday trade: Our Wednesday's intraday trading outlook was neutral. It proved accurate because the S&P 500 index lost 0.03%, following slightly higher opening of the trading session. The market broke above its short-term consolidation on Tuesday. We still can see negative technical divergences along with medium-term overbought conditions. However, there have been no confirmed negative signals so far. Therefore, we prefer to be out of the market today, avoiding low risk/reward ratio trades.
Our intraday outlook is neutral today. Our short-term outlook is neutral, and our medium-term outlook is neutral:
Intraday outlook (next 24 hours): neutral
Short-term outlook (next 1-2 weeks): neutral
Medium-term outlook (next 1-3 months): neutral
Thursday, November 30, 2017
US Dollar Index Monthly Chart / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Austin_Galt
5 point broadening top in play with recent low at 91.01 likely the point 4 low. If correct, price now headed to point 5 high. Could even develop into very bearish 7 point broadening top in time.
Recent low around support from the 88.6% angle of the bullish Fibonacci Fan and the 76.4% angle from the bearish fan. Next resistance likely to be around the 88.6% angle from the bearish fan.
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Thursday, November 30, 2017
Three USD Markets Point One Way! / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Enda_Glynn
Hi everyone,
We got an indication today of how much the idea of Bitcoin has penetrated society.
FOMC member Dudley says that the Fed is starting to think about its own digital currency.
I found that ironic,
Seen as the lions share of FIAT currency itself is digitally generated
through credit emission in the banking system and monetized government debts!
Simply put;
The USD is the biggest digital currency, and it dwarfs bitcoin by several orders of magnitude.
It seems that the FED itself does not realize its own game.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Amey Deploys Private Security to Get Sheffield's Street Tree's Felled Before End of 2017 / Local / Sheffield
By: N_Walayat
The Labour controlled Sheffield City Council's 'streets ahead' PFI contractor Amey has deployed increased tree felling / security resources at the start of this week in an attempt to fell hundreds of trees before the end of this year by deploying what resembles an army of green capped hi vis jacketed security personnel to accompany felling crews that tend to far out number the protestors standing beside street trees in freezing temperatures across dozens of Sheffield's streets. The catalyst for this weeks escalation is the looming deadline contained within the PFI contract to fell 6,000 of Sheffield's big street trees by the end of 2017 (out of an estimated total of 36,000).
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Gold Being Odd and USD Being Tricky / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: P_Radomski_CFA
Every now and then we see some kind of anomaly on the precious metals market. Sometimes it’s particularly useful and sometimes it’s just something random. Yesterday was one of those days when something didn’t seem right. The USD Index rallied, silver declined, mining stocks declined and yet, gold closed the session higher. What can we infer from this uncommon event?
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Own Gold Bullion To “Support National Security” – Russian Central Bank / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: GoldCore
– We own gold bullion to “support national security” – Russian Central Bank
– Russia warns Washington: Confiscating fx reserves would be “declaration of financial war”
– Russia has quadrupled its gold bullion reserves in decade
– BRICs discussing ‘the possibility of establishing a single (system of) gold trade’
– Russia, China & maybe Saudi Arabia form alliances to unseat petrodollar
– Putin warns state-owned and private companies: be ready for rapid transition to war-time operations
– Russia, China gold-buying, Saudi strategic shift signal petrodollar era ending
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Stock Market Bull Channel Trend Line / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Gary_Savage
The S&P is rapidly approaching its first test of the bull market channel trend line.
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
GBPJPY Failed To Break Below 146.93 Support / Currencies / British Pound
By: Franco_Shao
GBPJPY failed in its attempt to break below 146.93 support, and stayed in a trading range between 146.93 and 152.85. As long as 146.93 support holds, the price action in the range could be treated as consolidation of the uptrend from 135.59 and another rise could be expected after the consolidation.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Gold Fundamentals Are Not Bullish Yet / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Too many technical analysts dismiss fundamentals. True, technicals usually lead fundamentals but understanding the fundamental drivers (when it comes to Gold) can give you an edge. Gold and gold stocks have remained below their 2016 peaks even in the face of a very weak US Dollar because the fundamentals are not there. Real rates have been stable in 2017 while the yield curve has been flattening. Until things change, Gold and gold stocks have little chance to breakout.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Quotes, Gloats, and Anecdotes from the Silver & Gold Summit / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: GoldSilver
Jeff Clark : I attended the Silver & Gold Summit in San Francisco November 20 and 21. It was great connecting with the many people I know in the industry, but I will tell you that a) attendance was low, and b) crypto promoters were out in force. It turned out to be more of a gold and crypto conference than anything else. Some of the more lively sessions were the gold vs. crypto debates, and one company offered “free bitcoin!” if you opened an account with them.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
SPX in Throw-over / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
SPX made a throw-over of its Ending Diagonal formation starting on February 12, 2016. A reversal back inside the Diagonal tells us the rally is over. All indices participated in this rally, which suggests this may be the final blow-off. The initial decline [Wave (1)] will usually go to the Daily Cycle Bottom at 2306.25. It is due during the week of 12-11. A very likely scenario may be an 8.6 day decline ending on mid-day December 11.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
How to Forecast the Stock Market… from a Desert Island / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: EWI
"Sometimes a [price] pattern will clear up on a particular day and you must act…"
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
The Oil Information Cartel Is (Finally) Broken / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: OilPrice_Com
By Keith Schaefer : The below article was written by Keith Schaefer of Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin
A determined James Stafford of OilPrice.com just busted wide open an oil industry information cartel that has existed for decades.
Most investors look at WTI and Brent prices at Bloomberg or CME Futures, and figure the oil price is in the public domain. You would be about 2 percent correct, because there are hundreds of different grades of oil, and hubs where it is bought and sold. And they all have different prices.
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Gold's Global Supply Artery: Heading for Cardiac Arrest / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: MoneyMetals
By David Smith: An oceanic-scale demand push from "all parts Far East" is building, as the desire to own gold and silver promises to place an increasingly solid foundation for years to come.
China, India, and Southeast Asia have historically accumulated precious metal as a savings vehicle, a hedge against political uncertainty (e.g. India's surprise call-in last year of 80% of the country's paper currency), and as an expression of affection. China's newly-emerging affluent middle class alone is set to become larger than the population of the U.S. Frank Holmes collectively refers to these elements as "love and fear trades".
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
There’s No Silver Deficit, and Hasn’t Been One For 10 Years / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: David_Morgan
The ongoing debate in the industry is whether or not there is a surplus or a deficit of silver supply. However, to silver expert David Morgan of The Morgan Report, there hasn’t been a deficit in at least a decade. “In the past, we were in a deficit, from 1990 to 2006. From 2006 until now, we’ve been in a surplus,” he told Kitco News at the Silver & Gold Summit in San Francisco. “We are not and have not been in a silver deficit for the last 10 years.” However, Morgan remains optimistic that silver prices can move higher. “We have a good base here, we’re at the launch point in next 3-6 months,” he said. “2018 is going to be a good year for silver.”
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Nabru Sofa Condition After 3 and 5 Years of Use Long Term Review / ConsumerWatch / Reviews
By: HGR
It's now 5 full years since we bought and assembled a large 7 seater corner Nabru sofa, so find out what to expect condition wise after relatively light use, i.e. what are the Nabru sofa's strength and weaknesses after a number of years as we compare the condition at the 3 and 5 year marks.
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Labour Sheffield City Council's War on Street Tree Protestors - Day 2 / Local / Sheffield
By: N_Walayat
Monday witnessed a ramping up of Sheffield City Council's 'streets ahead' PFI contractor Amey's attempts to fell Sheffield's largest street trees as it appears dozens of private security personnel were deployed along side felling crews to ensure that any attempts at the preventing felling of street trees were met with a security response. The catalyst for Monday's change of tack by the city council's contractor Amey appears to be the looming deadline contained within the PFI contract to fell 6,000 of Sheffield's big street trees by the end of 2017 (out of an estimated total of 36,000).