Wednesday, January 11, 2017

How to Get a Bird of Paradise Plant to Flower - UK Growing Video / Personal_Finance / Gardening

By: Anika_Walayat

We may have just started the new year, but it's a good time to start planning garden flower beds, baskets, property frontages and lounge flower displays. And where flower displays are concerned then there isn't much out there that can beat the Bird of Paradise plant (Stelitzia reginae) in producing one of the most uniquely beautiful vibrantly coloured flowers of any plant that literally resemble flying birds.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Stock Market Short, Sharp Pull Back? / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017

By: Brad_Gudgeon

A short, sharp in the stock market may be in the offing over the next couple of days. I believe that last Friday’s top in the SPX signaled a Y wave top and now we should see Z of "sub-minuette wave 4". Our subs made 11.7% in 5 days buying the reverse volatility ETF SVXY. Most market gurus were gloomy going into the New Year, but we went the other way. A final wave 5 should take us just over 2310 by or around January 23.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Market Has Become One Giant Lopsided Trade / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2017

By: Graham_Summers

The market has become one giant trade.

That trade is:

• Long US stocks
• Long the $USD
• Short Treasuries
• Short Gold

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

President Donald Trump Seeks Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor as Mr BrExit / Politics / US Politics

By: Nadeem_Walayat

The Golden Globes sparked another twitter tirade from President Elect Donald Trump following criticisms from Meryl Streep for Trumps mocking of a disabled reporter during the election campaign -

"But there was one performance this year that stunned me. It, it sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it was good. It was -- there was nothing good about it. But it was effective, and it did its job. It made its intended audience laugh and show their teeth. It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power, and the capacity to fight back. It -- it kind of broke my heart when I saw it. And I still can't get it out of my head because it wasn't in a movie. It was real life."

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Gold Prices Are Being Hacked / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: MoneyMetals

By Clint Siegner : Major U.S. and international banks cheat their customers and rig markets. Revelations have been piling up since the 2008 financial crisis. Hundreds of billions have been paid in fines, penalties, and settlements. The fraud, price manipulation, lying, and theft – once considered conspiracy theories – are now incontrovertible conspiracy facts.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Gold Price In GBP Rises 4% On Brexit and UK Economy Risks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: GoldCore

– Pound fell 2% against gold yesterday after Theresa May created Brexit concerns 

– May’s ‘Hard Brexit’ denial does not calm markets growing fears

– Investors concerned about lack of government strategy and uncertainty

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

UK 10-year Fixed Interest Rate Mortgages Conundrum / Housing-Market / Mortgages

By: MoneyFacts

Given the negotiations on the UK’s future relationship with the EU, we are expected to have some uncertain times ahead. Borrowers are likely to be worried about how this will affect mortgage rates, with many looking for long-term mortgage repayment security to shield them from an unpredictable future. A 10-year fixed rate mortgage could be just the solution, particularly with research from Moneyfacts.co.uk showing that the 10-year fixed rate market is flourishing.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

The No.1 Energy Stock To Buy Right Now / Commodities / Energy Resources

By: OilPrice_Com

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

NDX Tek Stock Index Reaches Over Five Thousand / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks

By: Harry_Boxer

The stock market indices started the week off in a very strange session, the Nasdaq 100 working its way higher, while the S&P 500 got hammered at the opening, and barely hung on all morning. Midday the Nasdaq 100 extended its move, making new, all-time highs today at 5034.00, while the S&P 500 tried to rally, but rolled over and continued steadily lower. At the end of the day, the Nasdaq 100 pulled back ten points, while a much deeper retrace on the session lows of the S&P 500 and Dow finished at the lows for the day.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Frank Holmes: Gold Rally Extremely Likely in January and February / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: MoneyMetals

Mike Gleason (Money Metals Exchange): We are fortunate today to be joined by Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer at U.S. Global Investors. Just recently Mr. Holmes received another award from the Mining Journal and was named America's Best Fund Manager for 2016, one of many awards he's received now in the mining industry for his fantastic track record. He is also the co-author of the book The Gold Watcher: Demystifying Gold Investing and is a regular guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business, as well as right here on the Money Metals Podcast.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Test Your Markets Trading Knowledge: Find the Clear Wave Pattern on this Chart / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory

By: EWI

Take this quiz, then check your answer against one of our top analysts

Do you see a pattern you recognize in this chart of Reynolds American (RAI)?

The Wave Principle separates price action into two categories: motive and corrective, and this price chart has a clear example of one category.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Gold Stocks - How Bull Markets Work / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2017

By: Gary_Savage

Gold and Silver Index

Folks, prepare to get schooled on how bull markets work.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Pope Francis Now a International Monetary Guru / Politics / Religion

By: Antonius_Aquinas

Neo-Marxist Pope Francis

As the new year dawns, it seems the current occupant of St. Peter’s Chair will take on a new function which is outside the purview of the office that the Divine Founder of his institution had clearly mandated.  Besides being a self proclaimed expert on global warming and a vociferous advocate of societal-wrecking mass immigration, it looks as if “Pope” Francis has entered the realm of global economics specifically, international monetary policy.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Markets 2016 Past is 2017 Prologue / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2017

By: GoldCore

With us being just over a week into the New Year, we feel it worthwhile to look back just one last time at 2016. We believe that many of the themes and risks of 2016 continue in 2017 and that they are likely to impact markets in the coming months – especially the precious metal markets.

We always enjoy new perspectives and every year we enjoy the witty, comprehensive and insightful analysis review of the year past by David Collum. His‘2016 Year In Review’ is in the same vein and was missed by many when it was released over the Christmas period.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Four Major Trends to Expect from the U.S. Housing Market in 2017 / Housing-Market / US Housing

By: Nicholas_Kitonyi

2017 is already off to an interesting start in the global real estate market and the forces of demand and supply are building up momentum that will determine the pace of the markets this year. In the UK, home prices ended up 7.2% in 2016 in contrast to the prevailing fears that the UK housing market will suffer a post-Brexit crash after London recorded weakness in house prices. Now, many housing market analysts think that the UK housing market has survived the worst ; hence, they believe that 2017 could be a bullish year in the real estate markets.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Stock Market Major Indexes Reached New Record Highs - But Will They Continue Higher? / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017

By: Paul_Rejczak

Briefly: In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,330, and profit target at 2,150, S&P 500 index).

Our intraday outlook remains bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&P 500 index breakout above last year's all-time high:

Intraday outlook (next 24 hours): bearish
Short-term outlook (next 1-2 weeks): bearish
Medium-term outlook (next 1-3 months): neutral
Long-term outlook (next year): neutral

Monday, January 09, 2017

UK Mortgage Trends Treasury Report – Largest fall in BTL products since 2009 / Housing-Market / Buy to Let

By: MoneyFacts

Moneyfacts UK Mortgage Trends Treasury Report data, not yet published, highlights a significant drop in the number of buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage products, with 74 deals having been withdrawn from the market in just one month.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Agri-Stocks and Agri-Food Prices: Both Strong / Commodities / Agricultural Commodities

By: Ned_W_Schmidt

When has food been more valuable than technology? Aside from all of history, that was especially true in 2016. Chart below is our Investment Scoreboard for 2016. In it are portrayed the returns for a variety of important market measures. Gold stocks, Silver, oil, and Agri-Equities clearly owned the year. Agri-Equities, number four in chart, substantially outperformed most of the equity markets. In 2016 food was clearly more valuable than those tired, old, over owned technology and internet stocks as indicated by the NASDAQ 100 being far down in the list.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Will Obama's 'Good War' in Afghanistan Continue? / Politics / Afghanistan

By: Dr_Ron_Paul

Last week, as the mainstream media continued to obsess over the CIA's evidence-free claim that the Russians hacked the presidential election, President Obama quietly sent 300 US Marines back into Afghanistan's Helmand Province. This is the first time in three years that the US military has been sent into that conflict zone, and it represents a final failure of Obama's Afghanistan policy. The outgoing president promised that by the end of his second term, the US military would only be present in small numbers and only on embassy duty. But more than 8,000 US troops will remain in Afghanistan as he leaves office.

Monday, January 09, 2017

Gold Stocks Leading but Approaching Trump Resistance Levels / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2017

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

Although we expected a rally in the gold mining sector, we have been surprised by its strength and recent buying pressure. From the lowest ticks, Gold has rallied less than 6% but GDX has gained 25% and GDXJ has soared 36%. This rebound adds to the evidence that the gold stocks are leading the metal. That being said, the gold stocks are approaching some strong resistance levels which coincide with Trump's election victory.