Monday, August 24, 2015

Gold and Silver: Heading for a “Blue Screen of Death” Event? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: David_Morgan

David H. Smith writes: For personal computer users who by choice or circumstance, find themselves using a version of the Microsoft Windows operating software family, a dreaded condition known as the “Blue Screen of Death” (BSoD) is a seldom occurring, yet ever-present possibility. Wikipedia defines it as being caused by poorly written device drivers or malfunctioning hardware, such as faulty memory, power supply issues, overheating of components or hardware running beyond its specification limits.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Japan Economy Clear Conclusions Concerning QE / Economics / Japan Economy

By: Michael_Pento

Japan was recently slammed with more bad economic news; growth contracted yet again in the second quarter. Gross Domestic Product for the world’s third largest economy fell by an annualized 1.6% in the three months ended in June.

The economic plan known as Abenomics, which promised massive money printing coupled with government spending would put the world's third largest economy on a path to sustainable growth, seems to have hit another roadblock. This latest contraction marks the third such set back since the optimistic launch of Abenomics at the end of 2012. Japan appears to be headed towards a triple dip recession.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Chinese Stocks Crash, Lose 60% of Gains This Year / Stock-Markets / Chinese Stock Market

By: Mike_Shedlock

Chinese stock plunged another 296.55 points today (8.45%) to 3211.20. The market was once up over 60% on the year in June, but is now negative.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Stock Market Blockbuster Right From the Open... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

Good Morning!

The Dow futures fell to a low of 15762.00 shortly after 8:00 am, more than 4%. Since I cannot imagine any smart buyers out there trying to catch falling knives, I would have to imagine the Fed may be buying at this point, with small success. The Premarket is showing a 60-80 point bounce off the lows. That’s hardly enough to inspire confidence in the markets when they open.

Monday, August 24, 2015

How Many Hedge Funds Will Die Next Year? / Stock-Markets / Hedge Funds

By: John_Rubino

For those who keep hearing about hedge funds but aren’t quite sure what they are: Think mutual fund with no rules. A hedge fund is an investment company that can do pretty much anything, from shorting currencies to betting on biotech takeovers to writing credit default swaps.

This kind of freedom, as you can imagine, requires a fair degree of creativity, if not genius, on the part of fund managers. And therein lies the problem. As the concept has gotten popular the number of hedge funds and the money they manage have soared. There are now 11,000 of them running about $3 trillion.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Silver And The Petrodollar / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Hubert_Moolman

Many have mistakenly dismissed silver as just another commodity like oil, for example. If one looks at how silver has traded since 2001, in comparison with oil, one might agree with that mistaken believe. Below is a comparison of silver and oil since 2001 (charts from stockcharts.com):

Monday, August 24, 2015

Stock Market Crash Or Short-Lived Panic? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Paul_Rejczak

Briefly: In our opinion, no speculative positions are justified

Our intraday outlook is now neutral, and our short-term outlook is neutral. However, our medium-term outlook is now bearish:

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

Monday, August 24, 2015

Why the Stock Market Sell-Off Happened – and How to Make Money on It / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: ...

MoneyMorning.com Shah Gilani writes: It shouldn't come as any surprise that U.S. stocks went into free-fall mode last week.

The signs were everywhere. I'll prove it to you in a moment.

What's likely to happen next is no less frightening, so investors better look for cover.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Gold and Silver Risk On / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Alasdair_Macleod

This week market relationships underwent a sea-change, with a sudden realisation that the global economy is in a deepening crisis. Equity valuations in the developed nations are falling sharply and corporate bond spreads are widening, triggering a flight to the relative safety of government bonds. Gold and silver prices have recovered somewhat this week, with gold now 9% up from its lows of six weeks ago, and silver 8%.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Stock Market Black Monday Crash, The BIG ONE? It Doesn’t Matter / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Raul_I_Meijer

After losing 11% last week, Shanghai this morning was down almost -9% at one point, after lunch went back up to -6.5%, and ended its day at -8.49%. A Black Monday for sure, but is this the BIG ONE? It really doesn’t matter one bit. Unless perhaps you persist in calling your self an investor, in which case we pity you, but not for losing your shirt. Because God knows we’ve said enough times now that there are no functioning markets anymore, and therefore no-one who can rightfully lay claim to the title ‘investor’.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Stocks Correct, Panic Ensues. The End Of The World? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: SecularInvestor

The four major U.S. stock market indices finally corrected after a 9-month sideways trend. The ‘big’ news this week for stocks was undoubtedly that the four indices all closed below their 200-day moving average, which IS an important breakdown.

At Secular Investor, we believe the TED-spread is one of the most reliable indicators of stress in the financial system. It should be considered a ‘seismograph’ signaling that something is brewing, as explained some time ago here.

Monday, August 24, 2015

S&P 500 correction Compared to 2010 and 2011 / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Donald_W_Dony

Following the August 7, 2015 Market Minute titled "Volatility", the current market pullback of the benchmark S&P 500 may seem severe, but it is still far less than the 2010 and 2011 corrections.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Stock Market - The Sky IS Falling / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2015

By: Rambus_Chartology

Before we look at some charts I just want to second Sir Fullgoldcrown’s Friday night post at the forum. We created Rambus Chartology so we could have a community of like minded investors who want to learn as well as share what they have experienced in their own investment world. We are all equals when it comes to the investment world which can humble even the most experienced traders on the planet. That’s the nature of the game we’re playing. Sharing ideas in which everyone can benefit from is the corner stone of Rambus Chartology. I know we have a lot of lurkers at the forum and if you have any good ideas you would like to share with the rest of the members please feel free to post what you have without fear of ridicule or embarrassment. As Sir Fully likes to say, “It’s all for one and one for all.”

Monday, August 24, 2015

SP500, DAX, FTSE - When Stock Markets Talk, Pay Attention / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Michael_Noonan

Unlike government supplied statistics, which are always favorably skewed to misrepresent the lies being told, markets do not lie, not even manipulated ones like the stock market, actually pick almost any market. We gave up on the S&P as our primary market coverage a few years ago, unable to abide by the then Permanent Open Market Operations that were the impetus behind keeping stocks propped up. Faux government support kept on building, but we could not abet and support being long to help out. Our absence never mattered, except in the loss of followers, but the reasons mattered to us.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Ron Paul - For Immigration Answers, Look to Liberty / Politics / Immigration

By: Dr_Ron_Paul

What should be done with the estimated 15 million people living in the United States without the legal right to be here? It seems most politicians and many Americans come down on one or the other extreme. Many Republicans, including Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, have the idea that they can round up 15 million people and ship them back to wherever they came from. Many Democrats, on the other hand, would grant them blanket amnesty, give them citizenship, and make sure as many as possible are fully signed up to the welfare ranks.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Stock Market Black Monday - Full Crash Alert! / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Clive_Maund

We are now in the “full on” market crash phase predicted and earlier prepared for on clivemaund.com many weeks in advance – it comes as no surprise to us whatsoever. The purpose of this update is to consider what is likely to happen over the next few days and especially tomorrow, Monday.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Stock Markets Implode as China Literally Explodes / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Nadeem_Walayat

The smouldering stock market correction that started with the Greek debt crisis a couple of months ago has literally exploded with China as one of its major ports is destroyed leaving behind what resembles a nuclear mushroom cloud that shatters the illusion of what China is, namely a rival for the West, when the reality is one of a mere mirage of the West of which all are slowly waking up to the reality of China.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

An Easy Way to Eliminate Financial Uncertainty / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: ...

MoneyMorning.com Andrew Snyder writes: Your personal definition of wealth is what will truly liberate you. It’s a complex idea... so let me explain.

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about my “broken bowl” theory. The idea is simple: Ensure your outgo is always much less than your income.

Do it right, and the following quote could come from your mouth...

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Stock Market Bloodbath - The Feds Gonna Need A Bigger Balance Sheet / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: James_Quinn

Driving home from work on Friday night I found it terribly amusing listening to the “business journalists” on the local news station trying to explain the 531 point plunge in the Dow and the 1,105 point plummet from the Tuesday high. The job of these faux journalist mouthpieces for the status quo is not to report the facts, analyze the true factors underlying the market, or seek the truth. Their job is to calm the masses, keep them sedated, and paint the rosiest picture possible.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Stock Markets Plunge - The Economic "Red Wedding" Begins / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: ...

MoneyMorning.com Michael E. Lewitt writes: I love being right…Does that make me a bad person?

I have been warning for months that the market is overvalued, that the global economy is sick, and that stocks are headed for a fall. While CNBC and the rest of the clueless bulls break out the arm-bands, readers at Money Morning – who have been paying attention – should not have been surprised by what happened last week.