Monday, November 05, 2018
Gold Stocks Winter Rally / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2018
By: Zeal_LLC
The gold miners’ stocks suffered a rough late summer this year. A rare forced capitulation walloped them to deep new lows, short-circuiting their usual autumn rally. That’s left this sector anomalously low as the subsequent winter rally gets underway, gold stocks’ strongest seasonal surge of the year. Starting from beaten-down levels after skipping the prior seasonal rally gives gold stocks exceptionally-bullish upside potential.
Seasonality is the tendency for prices to exhibit recurring patterns at certain times during the calendar year. While seasonality doesn’t drive price action, it quantifies annually-repeating behavior driven by sentiment, technicals, and fundamentals. We humans are creatures of habit and herd, which naturally colors our trading decisions. The calendar year’s passage affects the timing and intensity of buying and selling.
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Monday, November 05, 2018
Is President Trump Right About the Fed? / Politics / US Federal Reserve Bank
By: Harry_Dent
While Larry Kudlow (Treasury Secretary and Chief Economic Cheerleader) assures us that Trump is NOT interfering with the Fed, our dear president has proclaimed that our Central Bank is “crazy” for raising rates.From his, ahem, unique world view, he believes they’re trying to wreck his new gravy train economy… the one he created with major tax cuts ($1.5 trillion), major repatriations from overseas ($2 trillion), deregulation, and a lot of positive talk about 4% to 5% growth again…
But, with no fear of sounding like a broken record: sustaining growth rates at that level are demographically IMPOSSIBLE!
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Monday, November 05, 2018
A Year of Inflated Market Bubbles / Stock-Markets / Liquidity Bubble
By: Harry_Dent
So far, the 21st Century has seen one B.S. bubble after another.Even worse, these bubbles have inflated beyond any recognizable or manageable form. They’ve morphed into monsters, seemingly with minds and wills of their own.
There are, at the least, two forces at play here: central banks (the crack dealers)… and cycles. Let’s continue our discussion of the most important cycle that will impact us next year, particularly in the last half…
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Monday, November 05, 2018
Are These the New Leaders of the Pot Market? / Companies / Cannabis
By: Rodney_Johnson
The SEC, the government watchdog, and TDAmeritrade, the self-service brokerage firm, recently issued warnings about buying into the pot industry hype.Watch out!, they tell us. The pot industry is filled with high-flying stocks, overbought companies, and outright scams. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
I think we’ll find our way out of the forest, thank you very much.
I wonder how such companies would compare to Pets.com from the 1990s, or Enron, or even WorldCom, for that matter.
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Monday, November 05, 2018
Will the US Mid-Term Elections Boost Gold? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
Democrats take control of the Congress and move Trump out of the White House. Sounds unbelievable? So what is probable and what is not? We invite you to read our today’s article about the upcoming US Mid-Term Elections and find out what are the likely consequences for the gold market.
Elections are approaching the US again. Two years after Donald Trump was elected as POTUS, American voters go to the polls again on November 6th for the mid-term elections. They will elect all 435 members of the House of Representatives and 35 of 100 Senators (as well as 36 state governors and many other local officers).
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Monday, November 05, 2018
The Cycle Saving Home Buyers $3,000 Per Year Just Ran Out Of Fuel / Housing-Market / US Housing
By: Dan_Amerman
Home buyers in every city and state have been benefiting from a powerful financial cycle for almost five years. Most people are not aware of this cycle, but it has lowered the average monthly mortgage payment for home buyers on a national basis by about $250 per month since the end of 2013.
The interest rate cycle in question is one of "yield curve spread" expansion and compression, with yield curve spreads being the difference between long term and short term interest rates. This interest rate spread has been going through a compression phase in its ongoing cycle, meaning that the gap between long term interest rates and short term interest rates has been falling sharply in recent years.
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Monday, November 05, 2018
Gold Stocks are Not Close to Bottom / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2018
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
It has been a rough year for gold stock investors.
Since Gold failed to break to the upside and the US Dollar bottomed, gold stocks have been in a strong downtrend. In September they hit two and a half year lows.
The oversold condition since then has been corrected but that rebound has been quite weak.
Evidence of that can be seen in the GDX advance decline (A/D) line (an important breadth indicator) which is showing a negative divergence and hit a new low on Wednesday.
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Monday, November 05, 2018
Stock Market Sharp Corrections and Bounces are Usually Followed by Retests / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Troy_Bombardia
After a rapid drop last month, the U.S. stock market has bounced over the past 3 days. The S&P’s most likely target for this bounce is its 200 day moving average.
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Monday, November 05, 2018
London Dungeon Merlin Attraction Tourist Review / Personal_Finance / Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
One of London's most popular tourist attractions by virtue of its prime location situated right next to the London Eye, Westminster Bridge and more is the London Dungeon, a purported 90 minute scary story ride through London's dark history, even if some of it is fiction i.e. Sweeney Todd. Nevertheless it is one of the must do London tourist attractions, so find out what to expect and whether it is value for money or not in our latest video of real london tourist attraction reviews.
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Monday, November 05, 2018
Everything You Need to Know About Medicare in the United States / Personal_Finance / Health and Fitness
By: Dylan_Moran
Started in 1965 under the Social Security Administration, Medicare is a single-payer national health insurance program aimed at providing health insurance to people who are 65 and older, younger individuals with disabilities and those suffering from End-Stage Renal Disease.
It covers hospital care, outpatient services and prescription drugs. In 2015, Medicare covered 16.3 percent of the United States’ population and in that year alone, 56 million people were enrolled in the program. 47 million of those individuals were the elderly and approximately nine million had disabilities.
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Sunday, November 04, 2018
The USMCA Quest for ‘America First' World Trade / Politics / Protectionism
By: Dan_Steinbock
The era of post-1945 multilateralism is fading. After the revised NAFTA, Trump's dream is U.S.-dominated world trade and the ‘America First’ Asian Century, says Dan Steinbock. President Trump seeks to redefine all major free trade agreements on the basis of U.S. economic and geopolitical leverage.
In these efforts, the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) is likely to serve as a blueprint.
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Sunday, November 04, 2018
Gold Price Sets Up For A November 2018 Rally To Near $1300 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Today’s upside price move in gold, already up over $18 (+1.5%), sets up a real potential for a move to near $1300 before the end of November. We have been advising our followers that a strong potential for an upside move in the precious metals markets was likely and that a potential move to above $1300 was in the works prior to the end of 2018.
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Sunday, November 04, 2018
Banking Stocks Index Signals Bank Failures / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Jim_Willie_CB
A very significant, very loud, very nasty warning signal has been given. It is extremely important for those who choose to live in the world of reality, and not the fantasy world from the US financial markets. The Reich theme of sluggish economic recovery is a total lie, since the recession which began in 2006 has repeated each and every year since then. The deception is derived from the wrong (under-stated) price inflation used in supposedly real adjustments to the Gross Domestic Product. The significant negative signal is of the sharp decline in the BKX bank sector stock index. But first, consider that in 2007 and early 2008 the significant negative signals were
- the sharp decline in the Fannie Mae stock price
- the sharp rise in the Lehman Brothers credit default swap contract rate.
Sunday, November 04, 2018
IKEALand - New Theme Park Opens in Sheffield! / Local / Sheffield
By: Anika_Walayat
Sheffield, Britians' fifth largest city now has its very own theme park in the form if IKEA Land - A new magical super store that is good for both adults and children as the wonder from ride to ride, traipsing through whole houses of ideas. Lots of fun! And what's best it's free! and a lot of the items are decently priced, as long as they will fit in your cars boot!
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Sunday, November 04, 2018
London Eye Giant Ferris Wheel Ride Review - Top UK Tourist Attractions 2018 / Personal_Finance / Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
Thinking of going on the London Eye, europe's biggest ferris wheel? We'll here's what to expect from queuing to get on and the view from the top. If the weathers good you get a good view of the whole of London, and not just the usual House of Commons Westminister Bridge view. Is it worth the wait and expense? We'll yes, for a one off, so you don't want to do it more than once in a decade.
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Sunday, November 04, 2018
5 Major Factors Affecting the Direction of EUR/USD / Currencies / Euro
By: Andrew_Cioffi
The EUR/USD pair is a major trading pair at the markets. According to https://www.Forexobchodnik.sk the volume of trade recorded each day for this pair is the highest of any other pair at the exchange market. In order to get a proper insight into what factors affect the direction of this par, a little background is important for each of the units on the pair. To start with, the Euro is the largest currency in Europe and it is the second largest in the world – only behind the US dollar/
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Saturday, November 03, 2018
Should You Sell Your Stocks Before Tuesday’s Big Elections? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Stephen_McBride
Are you prepared for Tuesday?
It’s going to be a crucial day for the stock market.
As you likely know from the lawn signs dotting American neighborhoods, midterm elections take place this Tuesday.
If the polls are correct, President Trump and Republicans are in big trouble…
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Saturday, November 03, 2018
CareDx, FireEye, Tandem Diabetes Care, Xilinx - 4 Stocks to Watch on Earnings & Other News / Companies / Corporate Earnings
By: Harry_Boxer
Here are four stocks with strong technicals lifted by earnings and other news.
CareDx, Inc (CDNA) jumped $1.56 to $26.11 on over $1 million shares traded Wednesday, more than 1 1/2 times its average volume. The transplant diagnostics company is scheduled to report third quarter results on November 8. The move popped the stock out of a month-long coiling pattern. A move through the October 1 high near $19.50 could accelerate the stock towards the channel top in the high-$30's.
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Saturday, November 03, 2018
Silver Bottoming Almost Complete / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Hubert_Moolman
The current silver bottoming process is very similar to that of 2001 to 2003. It took a while for silver to establish a base which set up the bull rally in the following years to 2011.
The current bottoming has been longer, but it fits the profile of the early 2000 bottom in many respects. Below, is a chart which show the similarity:
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Saturday, November 03, 2018
Saudis Might Embrace A 'Take-The-Money-And-Run' Strategy Post Khashoggi / Politics / Saudi Arabia
By: Steve_H_Hanke
Since the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, oil prices have plunged by 11.92%. Just today, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) shed 4.56%. At present, WTI is trading at $66.05/bbl. That’s well below the high for the past year of $76.90. It’s also well below my forecast for the year’s end price of $75/bbl.
To shed some light on what might be driving the crude oil market, let’s use the flickering candle of the economics of production. The economic production rate for oil is determined by the following equation: P - V = MC, where P is the current market price of a barrel of oil, V is the present value of a barrel of reserves, and MC is the marginal recovery cost of a barrel of oil.
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