Monday, September 25, 2017
A Constitutional Anniversary to Forget / Politics / US Politics
By: Antonius_Aquinas
While not a jubilee year, last week marked the 230th anniversary of the US Constitution. Naturally, most of its devotees enthusiastically praised the document which by now is seen on a par with Holy Writ itself. An editorial from Investor’s Business Daily provides an example of such hagiography:
Read full article... Read full article...The Constitution’s beauty is that it not only delineates our rights
as Americans, but expressly limits and defines government’s ability
to interfere in our private lives. This equipoise between citizens’
duties, responsibilities and rights makes it the defining document
or our nation’s glorious freedom.
But America is wonderful largely because of the Constitution and
those who framed it . . . .
What we have is too precious to squander . . . .*
Monday, September 25, 2017
10 Reason You Should Use Ridesharing To Save Money / Personal_Finance / Money Saving
By: Boris_Dzhingarov
If you’re reading this sentence on a smartphone, then chances are you’ve used a rideshare app before. Over the past couple years, startups like Uber and Lyft have completely disrupted not just the taxi business but the transportation industry in general. Why? Because not only have they made getting a ride much easier, but cheaper as well. And if you’re looking to save, this can be the perfect opportunity. Here’s why:
Monday, September 25, 2017
Commodities King Gartman Says Gold Soon Reach $1,400 As Drums of War Grow Louder / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: GoldCore
– ‘Commodities King’ Gartman sees $1,400 gold surge in months
– “Gold is the one currency that will do the best of all…”
– Pullback below $1300 “is relatively inconsequential”
– Use gold price weakness to be a buyer “no question”
– Bullish on gold due to central banks and easy monetary policy and gold will be even higher in euro terms
– Gold will be the best of all, as a result of QE and expansionary policies
– Dalio reconfirms belief that ‘gold serves a purpose’ and portfolios should have exposure
– ‘Gold is a diversifying asset’ says Dalio
– Own allocated, segregated gold in Zurich or Singapore
Monday, September 25, 2017
Stock Market Mixed Expectations, Will Stocks Continue Higher? / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Paul_Rejczak
Briefly:
Intraday trade: Our Friday's neutral intraday outlook has proved accurate. The S&P 500 index continued to fluctuate along the level of 2,500, as it remained close to new record high. The market may extend its short-term consolidation again. The support level is relatively close, at the September 12 daily gap up of 2,488.95-2,490.37. Therefore, we still prefer to be out of the market, avoiding low risk/reward ratio trades.
Our intraday outlook remains neutral, and our short-term outlook is bearish, as we expect downward correction. Our medium-term outlook remains bearish:
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Monday, September 25, 2017
UK Mortgage 90% LTV Fixed Rate Deals Hit Record High / Housing-Market / Mortgages
By: MoneyFacts
While many of the record low mortgage rates launched on to the market are reserved for those with a sizeable deposit, the latest research from moneyfacts.co.uk shows that the higher loan-to-value (LTV) market is going from strength to strength, seeing not only a significant drop in rate but also the number of two-year fixed rate deals on offer hitting an all-time high.
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Monday, September 25, 2017
22 charts and 52 questions that will make you Buy Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: Michal_Matovcik
Since 2007 I am wondering how can the financial world continue in this insane artificial reality for such a long time. It is shocking how without any relevant systemic changes and resolution of issues from 2007 economic crisis the central banks were able to create the smokescreen of sustainability.
They were able to persuade the majority of the public that one does not need to be productive. We just need to print some more money and prop the markets here and there without consequences and so problems will magically go away. And why not to also double down on the most negative trends that got us into the 2007 economic crisis. How insane is that?
Unfortunately, I didn’t register the laws of nature changed so dramatically that suddenly we can live in a new paradigm of “Free lunch for everybody” for the foreseeable future.
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Monday, September 25, 2017
After The Apocalypse This Weekend, Buy The Stock Market Dip / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Avi_Gilburt
The S&P500 gapped up on Monday to the resistance region we noted last week between 2507-2510SPX. And, after testing it many, many times, it still has not been able to overcome that resistance the entire week.
Not much has stopped this market’s upward trajectory over the last year and a half. In fact, even the pullbacks have been much more shallow than standard pullbacks.
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Monday, September 25, 2017
Speculation Favors Overall Higher Silver Prices / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: The_Gold_Report
Technical analyst Jack Chan charts the latest moves in the gold and silver markets.
Our proprietary cycle indicator is up.
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Monday, September 25, 2017
The Advertising Breakthrough Revolutionizing Gaming / Companies / Gaming
By: OilPrice_Com
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Monday, September 25, 2017
Stock Market Forming a Reluctant Top / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Andre_Gratian
Current Position of the Market
SPX Long-term trend: The uptrend has pushed a little higher, near-term.
SPX Intermediate trend: We may be in a position to get “something” started on the downside.
Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily-basis with the help of hourly charts. It is an important adjunct to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which discuss longer market trends.
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Monday, September 25, 2017
Grid Forex Strategy - All You Need to Know / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Kavinesh_A
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Sunday, September 24, 2017
Catalonia, Kurdistan, Patriotism, Flags and Referendums / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: Raul_I_Meijer
‘Tis the jolly time of elections, referendums, flags and other democracy-related issues. They are all linked in some way or another, even if that’s not always obvious. Elections, in New Zealand and Germany this weekend, referendums in Catalonia and Kurdistan the coming week, a looming Party Congress in China, quarrels about a flag in the US and then there’s always Brexit.
About China: the Congress is only in October, Xi Jinping looks sure to broaden his powers even more, and it ain’t all that democratic, but we should still follow it, if only because party officials will be either demoted or promoted, and some of them govern more people than most kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers. They say everything’s bigger in Texas, but in China everything really is. Including debt.
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Sunday, September 24, 2017
Two Key Indicators Show the S&P 500 Becoming the New ‘Cash’ / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: F_F_Wiley
Pension plan administrators do it. Their actuaries and consultants do it. Professional endowment and foundation investors do it. Financial advisors do it. Private investors may or may not do it, but they probably should.
Do what?
All of these folks already are or should be asking themselves the following question: What’s a reasonable expectation for the long-term return on a broad-market equity investment?
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Sunday, September 24, 2017
Is the Fed About to Burst the Largest Debt Bubble in History? / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis 2017
By: Graham_Summers
Let the farce begin.
The Fed meets today to discuss whether or not to begin shrinking its balance sheet. The financial media informs us that this is the single most important Fed meeting in years and that its coming announcement is a game-changer.
Give me a break.
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Sunday, September 24, 2017
The Felling of Sheffield's Big Street Trees 2017 - Dobcroft Road / Local / Sheffield
By: N_Walayat
Sheffield is being systematically purged of its biggest and best street trees with the initial tranche of 6000 trees by the end of 2017 nearing completion, with likely many thousands of more big street trees to be felled during the remaining years of the Labour Sheffield City Council's 25 year Streets Ahead contract with Amey.
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Advantages of Forex Trading / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Kavinesh_A
Forex trading dealing which also is called by another name “Foreign Return Trading” which deals with currency dealing. Forex is the most important aspect in this world. Forex company exchange is liable and important for move and the import and export company. For example, If an individual is a citizen of the United States of America but wants to buy branded shoes or a dress by a famous designer who lives across in a another nation like France or Paris, that individual has to pay the currency equivalent to the currency rate in that particular nation. This transaction benefits the overall economy of the nation and for the people it’s a good financial commitment to generate extra cash by taking threat and trusting the uncertainty. Anyone can get associated with Forex trading dealing plan to generate a little cash because it doesn’t take a lot of capital to be eligible for that. Before deciding to go on this venture it is always suggested to understand the following ventajas del trading en forex Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Stocks, Gold, Dollar, Bitcoin Markets Analysis / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2017
By: SurfCity
As always, I will be adding to this over the weekend and should have all my updates done by 2pm PST on Sunday so please check back then.
Stocks (SPX):
Cycle Status/Outlook: Short term bullish after another new ATH on the SPX this week on day 21. We are slightly lower on day 23 but a 21 day high shifts the odds in favor of a right translated cycle that will make a higher low.
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Saturday, September 23, 2017
Calling the UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury Bonds Low ... Where Is Yield Heading Next? / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Calling the UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury Bonds Low ... Where Is Yield Heading Next?
On September 6, with the ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (TBT) reaching a new low (33.32) in its 7-month corrective process, we noted that "Dec-Sep correction could be at or nearing a downside exhaustion."
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Saturday, September 23, 2017
A Triangle Consolidation in the SPX / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
I5t appears that a Triangle has formed at the Micro level in the SPX. That explains the week-long sideways consolidation that we’ve seen…and the reason why we haven’t seen the trendline get broken, as well. We may see a pop on Monday morning, so see you there!
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Saturday, September 23, 2017
How Will We Be Affected by a Series of Rate Hikes? / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates
By: Boris_Dzhingarov
The current federal funds rate is 1.00% – 1.25%. The Fed started raising interest rates in December 2015, when they were at a historic low of 0.25%. Since then, 4 rate hikes have been implemented, each valued at 25-basis points. Today, the federal funds rate (FFR) is inching towards the 1.25% – 1.50% level. The average interest rate in the US between 1971 and 2017 was 5.77%. It peaked at 20% in 1980 and dropped to an all-time low of 0.25% after the global financial crisis of 2008. Interest rates are especially important when it comes to monetary policy.