Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Arizona Legislature Ends Income Taxation on Gold & Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: MoneyMetals

By Jp Cortez : Phoenix, Arizona (May 10th, 2017) – Sound money advocates scored a major victory today when the Arizona state senate voted 16-13 to remove all income taxation of precious metals at the state level. The measure heads to Governor Doug Ducey, who is expected to sign it into law.

Under House Bill 2014, introduced by Representative Mark Finchem (R-Tucson), Arizona taxpayers will simply back out all precious metals “gains” and “losses” reported on their federal tax returns from the calculation of their Arizona adjusted gross income (AGI).

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Comey and the End of Conversation / Politics / US Politics

By: Raul_I_Meijer

You might have thought, and hoped, that recent events, such as the election of Trump as president of the US, or Brexit, or the rise of Marine Le Pen and other non-establishment forces in Europe, would, as a matter of -natural- course, have led to increased conversation and discussion between parties, entities, whose divisions were material in sparking these events.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Czar Trump Fires Comey, Terminates Deep State FBI, CIA Director Next? / Politics / Deep State

By: Nadeem_Walayat

America is fast descending into an alternative reality as the delirium inducing President systemically presses the Reset Button on the United States of perhaps that which has gone before for the past 100 years. The latest step is to systimatically dismantle all opposing law enforcement and intelligence agencies that have been busy discovering and leaking the deep underlying truths that Trump IS Putin's 'Manchurian Candidate', a fellow delirium inducing dictator who has warped the minds of Russians to blame everyone for Russia's woes except the person responsible, Czar Putin, whom Trump is grateful towards for ensuring his election.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Gold False Reversal? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: Gary_Savage

Gold likes to print false reversals to sucker in longs too early. I'm not convinced the daily cycle has bottomed yet.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Precious Metals Bottoming In The Upcoming Week? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: Submissions

By Avi Gilburt : First published on Saturday May 6 for members of ElliottWaveTrader.net: Last week, I noted that we still likely have lower levels to strike in this complex, but that I expect the market to set up a bottom very soon. I still maintain that expectation as I write this.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

SPX Showing Weakness, but No Breakdown, Yet / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

The SPX futures have been testing yesterday’s low, but no breakdown, yet. I am still treating the peak at 2403.87 as wave [a] of 5. Since it is an (a)-(b)-(c) wave already, it may be complete, but we will not have confirmation until SPX declines beneath the Wave 4 low at 2379.75.

ZeroHedge reports, “Just as the reflation trade appeared to be finding its latest wind, after a modest rise in oil prices over the past 24 hours (now that Andurand has finished liquidating his book) and a halt to the commodity rout in China, Trump threw the markets for a loop again with his firing of James Comey, which has implications on everything from Trump's tax policy (most likely delayed due to more infighting between, and within, the two parties) to US geopolitics (will Trump launch another attack, this time against N. Korea to deflect from this scandal?)”

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Walkers Pay Packet - How Many Wins After Buying 300 Packs of Crisps? / Personal_Finance / Freebies and Comps

By: Anika_Walayat

Like many regular crisp chompers out there, we have been well and truly sucked into Walkers Crisps latest promotion that offers the chance to instantly win a Pay Packet! A cash prize anywhere from £5 to £28,000! Our preferred method of entry is via the multi-packs, that depending on the retailer cost anywhere from a £1 bargain to a £2 rip off! To date we have bought 50 multi-packs totaling 300 packets of crisps. So find out in our latest video whether ordinary shoppers have any real chance of winning a prize after buying 50 multi-packs (300 crisp packs) and if is it a big prize win?

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Nasdaq 100 Rockets to New All-Time Highs / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017

By: Harry_Boxer

The stock market indices had a very interesting session. The Nasdaq 100 had a big gap up, and a sharp run in the morning, taking it up to over 5690, and the S&P 500 popped to 2404, both reaching new all-time highs. In the afternoon, they had a slow, 5-wave constructive pullback, although news of North Korea doing additional missile test caused the market to take a big hit. In the last fifteen minutes, they snapped back just as sharply, and actually finished up on the day on the Nasdaq 100, while the Dow and S&P 500 finished slightly lower in the red.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Bitcoin Smashes Through $1,800, Price Doubles Since January! / Currencies / Bitcoin

By: Jeff_Berwick

Bitcoin seems to rise $100 and to new all-time highs every day lately. And today, it has broken through $1,800!

That means bitcoin has doubled since it was $900 in January! And it now boasts a total market capitalization of nearly $30 billion, which of course is about $15 billion more than it was in January.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Gold: A Tsunami of Selling, Gold Stocks Buying Opportunity of the Decade / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2017

By: The_Gold_Report

A chain reaction is forming the last great gold stock buying opportunity of the decade, says Lior Gantz, editor of Wealth Research Group.

want you to take a close, hard look at this chart:

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

5 Clean Energy Innovations That Could Transform Our World / Commodities / Renewable Energy

By: OilPrice_Com

By Zainab Calcuttawala - Innovations in energy storage, smart grid, and electricity generation technologies will affect every part of the source-to-consumer supply chain for powering the planet. Energy storage tech improves the viabilities of wind and solar power – two energy sources that remain cost prohibitive due to expenses related to batteries that would store generated energy. Smart grids will regulate the movement of energy throughout a city or state, insuring the areas from crippling blackouts. Developments in electricity generation make sure we make the most out of fossil fuels and other energy sources to improve efficiency.

Tuesday, May 09, 2017

America Preaching Politics from the Pulpit / Politics / Religion

By: BATR

When is a law unconstitutional and defaces the First Amendment?  Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; is as clear cut as any assertion in the basic law of the land. Yet Donald Trump correct — Lyndon Johnson passed legislation limiting political activity of churches and has lead to the systematic exclusion of religious political speech. Yet the Johnson amendment survived court challenges in 1983, 1990 and 2000, according to Pew. Such perversion of fundamental rights endowed by God and subverted by government illustrates that the nature of politics defies the only legitimate authority, which any society can derive and claim its moral authority upon.

Tuesday, May 09, 2017

How Much Is Gold Really Worth? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: Kelsey_Williams

How much is gold really worth?  The answer we get depends on who we ask and what their opinion is.

Everyone has an opinion as to what something is worth, whether the object of consideration is their home, a late grandfather’s pocket watch, or a specific stock.  In that respect, gold is no different. 

The price of a specific item or asset at any given time is a reflection of all those varying opinions. Some are based on fundamentals, some are based on technical factors. But the combination of all the opinions, and the resulting expectations (some expect the price to go up, others expect it to go down or remain the same), plus all of the other known factors at the time that might possibly impact the price, provide us with the clearest possible indication of current value for the item in question: its market price.

Tuesday, May 09, 2017

America Needs a Debt Cut Before a Tax Cut / Interest-Rates / US Debt

By: Michael_Pento

President Donald Trump has finally unveiled his broad blueprint for tax reform. Well, at least let’s call it a sketchy outline of one. It would take the top income tax rate for small businesses from 35% to 15%. Theoretically, a business that makes $500k in taxable income, which had been paying roughly $175k in Federal taxes, would then pay closer to $75k. This means our business in this example, which saved 100k in Federal taxes, would have to grow its taxable income to $1,166.666, or by 133% to provide the government with revenue neutrality.

Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Commodities Trading and Investing: Inside Look at 18+ Top Markets / Commodities / Commodities Trading

By: EWI

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Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Bull Run for Gold Sheer Fantasy or is it Forming the Base for the Next Up Leg? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: Sol_Paha

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works. John Gall

The Gold bugs and Gold experts must be going through hell; almost seven years later and the Gold Markets refuse to follow the path these individuals have laid out for it. Proclamation after proclamation has failed, and the detested dollar much to their angst and surprise has continued to trend higher. Inflation has not taken off as they expected; well at least based on the distorted figures the government issues. The masses believe this data is real and that is all that matters in the end. Truth or a lie is based on a perception and perceptions are driven by emotions, which means that everything is up for debate. What holds true today might not hold true tomorrow or what is deemed valid today might be deemed as rubbish tomorrow.

Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Gold Will Soar to $8000 as We Return to the 1970's Style Inflation / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: Submissions

By Peter Ginelli : In 1977 I started my first year in college. Our newly elected president Jimmy Carter, had been sworn into office just a short time earlier and things were pretty normal. America was still trying to put President Nixon and Ford's Watergate era behind and start fresh with a newly elected president who had no connection with that national scandal. Much like today with the election of president Donald Trump, the American people were filled with hope that Jimmy Carter will bring in the much needed change after a long period of uncertainty and national crisis.

Tuesday, May 09, 2017

USD’s Likely Bottom Implications for Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: P_Radomski_CFA

The medium-term trends in gold are reflected by the medium-term trends in the USD Index and that’s been the case for many years. Naturally, there are deviations from this rule, but generally, it has to be the case simply because gold is priced in the US dollar. Consequently, it is very important for precious metals investors and traders to monitor the USD Index as signs of bottoms likely indicate lower prices for PMs in the following weeks.

Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Stock Market Option's Timing Indicator / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017

By: Marty_Chenard

The Option's Timing Indicator showed trend lines that were neutral while in positive territory after more convergence. The thick red line showed a down tick that was below the red trend line and below the blue trend line. [The thick red line above the red and blue trend lines usually means that a bottoming process is trying to start and below them has the potential of being serious trouble.]

Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Stock Market May 8-11… High or Low? / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017

By: Ed_Carlson

In the 4/17/17 Market Update I wrote of a low-low-high interval pointing to a high on 5/11/17.

The lows of July 8, 1932 and December 9, 1974 were arguably the two most important lows of the 20th century. They lie 15,494 days apart. Adding an additional 15,494 days to the 1974 low points to a high on May 11, 2017.

In the 4/24/17 Market Update I wrote of a Hybrid Lindsay forecast pointing to a high in the period May 8-11.