Thursday, August 06, 2015

Apple Stocks Five Down Days in a Row: Here’s What to Do Now / Companies / Apple

By: ...

MoneyMorning.com Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Apple Inc. (NasdaqGS:AAPL) lost another 3.2% yesterday on more than double the usual volume, making many investors wonder if it’s time to throw in the proverbial towel. It finished the day down 14% from the $133 a share high it set in February, and paper losses now tally $133.4 billion.

To put that in perspective, Apple’s just lost more than McDonald’s, which carries a $95 billion market cap, is worth.

I can’t help but think this is great.

Thursday, August 06, 2015

Crude Oil Price Time for Reversal? / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: Nadia_Simmons

Trading position (short-term; our opinion): Short positions with a stop-loss order at $65.23 are justified from the risk/reward perspective.

On Tuesday, crude oil moved higher after the market's open supported by hopes for another decline in U.S. stockpiles. Thanks to these circumstances, light crude bounced off the multi-month low and gained 1.48%. Did this increase change anything in the short-term picture of the commodity?

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Services ISM Soar, ADP Disappoints / Economics / US Economy

By: Ashraf_Laidi

USD recovered from a disappointing ADP reading to rally across the board when the headline July services ISM hit a 10-year high of 60.3 from June's 56.0. The employment component soared to a 10-year high of 59.6, posting the biggest monthly increase in the history of ISM/NAPM report.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Is Japan’s Inflation Failing? / Economics / Inflation

By: Gary_Tanashian

We begin with NFTRH.com’s post from July 16 noting the message I got from a former associate (from my previous life as a manufacturer)…

“Just an update for you, some disturbing news has leaked out this week.  Machine tool builders have put out blow out [lists] to all sales persons in the USA, not sure if world wide.  Mori Seiki list has 600 to 700 machines on it WOW!!! never have i heard of such a huge list by any one Builder.  Not sure what they see coming but it can’t be good.”

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Executive Order for Your Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Chris_Vermeulen

Co-Authored: Chris Vermeulen and Kal Kotecha: In 1933, with America five-years deep into The Depression, the stage was set for an act of unprecedented proportions. History shows a wicked warlock at work.

On March 6, 1933, Executive Order (EO) 6073 was passed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), the 32nd President of the United States in an attempt to solve the dire banking crisis. Executive orders have been around since 1789, allowing Presidents to issue legally binding orders unilaterally, without the consent of Congress. During his Presidential tenure, from 1933 to 1945, Roosevelt would issue 3,728 Executive Orders.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

There’s a Good Chance Your Bank Is Committing a Major Crime Right Now / Politics / Banksters

By: Casey_Research

By Dan Steinhart

On April 10, 2006, Mexican authorities searched through a DC-9 jet at the airport in Ciudad del Carmen. They found more than five tons of cocaine… valued at more than $100 million.

If you’re like many Americans, you’re not surprised by a story like this. Not a year goes by without a few big media stories about Mexican drug cartels.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

GDX Gold Miners Set Up for a Rally / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2015

By: Gary_Savage

The setup for an intermediate degree rally doesn't get much better than this. If you can't take a contrarian trade qwith this setup then you are never goign to.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

The “Getting Rich” Lesson I Learned on the Trading Floor in Chicago / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade

By: ...

MoneyMorning.com Shah Gilani writes: Back in early 1982, I was a clerk for a big market maker on the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE). A year later, I had a seat on the exchange, was a market maker and was running a hedge fund.

My first day of trading – for my account – was a disaster.

There was a “fast market” in FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), which means the pit was crowded with traders yelling and screaming, buying and selling options based on an unexpectedly positive earnings report that had just come out. I rushed into the crowd and amassed a position.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Gold Price Two Steps Forward … One Step Back / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: GoldCore

• ‘Death of gold’ greatly exaggerated
• Vital context: gold rose sharply in years preceding crisis and during crisis
• Important to consider gold in local currency terms
• In euro, gold is up 2% in 2015, after 13% gain in 2014
• Gold at €300 in 2001, rose to €1,400 during crisis and at €1,000 today
• History, academic and independent research shows gold is a safe haven
• Sharp fall in value of commodities means global economy is weakening

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

These Charts Prove Gold Is Poised for a Rebound / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: Investment_U

Sean Brodrick writes: I’m about to show you five commodity charts, four of which should blow your mind.

First of all...

You probably know that gold is cheap. The yellow metal is way, way off the highs it hit in 2011. This is due, at least in part, to the rocketlike rise of the U.S. dollar.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Stock Market Margin Debt - Don't Let This Nonsense Number Fool You / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: DailyWealth

Dr. David Eifrig writes: Some people just want to see the worst in a stock market...

They like to take every fact or statistic they can find and twist it into an omen of doom.

We don't work that way. In my Retirement Trader newsletter, we look at the facts, talk about them, and draw simple conclusions about what's possible.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

In Greece, Reliance on Public Funds Is the Central Problem / Economics / Government Spending

By: MISES

Justin Murray writes: Greece is a hot topic at the moment, mostly with the continued negotiations over bailouts from the European Union and, through institutions like the IMF, the world at large. Much of the discussion paints the image that Greece is only a debt-restructuring away from a stable economic situation. However, without understanding how Greece got into this problem in the first place and identifying the root cause of an over-indebted society, any plan or solution has a high probability of failure. To crack into this root cause, I had to develop an entirely new metric called “implied public reliance.”

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Crisis Meets Opportunity: See the Evidence, make up your Own Mind / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: EWI

Dear Investor,

Over the next few days, we're inviting you to watch a recent live talk given by Elliott Wave International chief market analyst and former Merrill analyst Steve Hochberg to a packed audience of some of San Francisco's top independent investors.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Another Stock Market Extreme: IPOs' Lack of Accounting Standards - Video / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: EWI

by Steve Hochberg, Elliott Wave International's Chief Market Analyst

Last month at the San Francisco Money Show event for investors and traders, Steve Hochberg, Elliott Wave International's Chief Market Analyst, addressed the audience with a series of eye-opening insights.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Locks On to Unusual Stock Bargains at Today's Oil Prices / Commodities / Oil Companies

By: The_Energy_Report

To profit in the current oil and gas space, investors have to move down the food chain to find "unusual bargains," says Randall Abramson, CEO and portfolio manager with Toronto-based Trapeze Asset Management. Abramson expects global demand to return oil to $75–85/barrel inside 12 months, which means you won't have to wait long to see those bargains rise with the tide. In this interview with The Energy Report, Abramson discusses several bargains in the junior oil and gas space, as well as a handful of serviceable service names.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Fed Lunacy is to Blame for the Coming Stock Market Crash / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: James_Quinn

This week John Hussman's pondering about the state of our markets is as clear and concise as it's ever been. He starts off by describing the difference between an economy operating at a low level versus a high level. He's essentially describing a 2% GDP economy versus a 4% GDP economy. We have been stuck in a low level economy since 2008. And there is one primary culprit for the suffering of millions - The Federal Reserve and their Wall Street Bank owners. They are the reason incomes are stagnant, the labor participation rate is at 40 year lows, savers can only earn .25% on their savings, and consumers have been forced further into debt to make ends meet. Meanwhile, corporate America and the Wall Street banks are siphoning off record profits, paying obscene pay packages to their executives, buying off the politicians in Washington to pass legislation (TPP) designed to enrich them further, and arrogantly telling the peasants to work harder.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

The Four Real Reasons Crude Oil Prices Are Slipping / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: ...

MoneyMorning.com Dr. Kent Moors writes: As I write, I am flying from Kansas to Baltimore. I’ll be visiting Money Map Press headquarters to discuss some exciting developments we’ll tell you about shortly.

But today’s Oil & Energy Investor is all about where I have just been…

Years ago, a legendary wildcatter told me you have to smell the crude and get it under your fingernails before anybody should call you a genuine oilman.

Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Submerging Stock Markets / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Ed_Carlson

This week's commentary takes a look at emerging markets but first a review of the most recent Hybrid Lindsay forecast for the Dow Industrials index.

The July 14 commentary mentioned the official forecast for a low in the period July 24-31 but also explained why "a tradable low is very close". Indeed, last week's low was seen that day. The next forecast-high generated by the Hybrid Lindsay model is expected late in the week of August 10 or early during the week of August 17.

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Why This Stocks Bubble Is Actually WORSE Than the Internet Tech Bubble / Stock-Markets / Liquidity Bubble

By: Harry_Dent

I’ve been invited to speak on many media outlets lately, hammering on and on about how this is another bubble. Worse, an artificial one!

A bubble occurs naturally when market forces converge. Trends come together and make the markets so hot that everyone starts piling in.

But it’s one thing when investors speculate on the fundamentals like demographics, rising technology, and falling interest rates. For example, like in 1925 to 1929, and 1995 to 1999.

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Gold Investing: Use the Cockroach Strategy / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015

By: DeviantInvestor

Gold:  the monetary metal that central bankers, politicians, and Too-Big-To-Fail bankers publicly hate.

The Cockroach Strategy:  A cynical but depressingly accurate view of politics that can assist your investment decisions.  It assumes the following: