Thursday, November 16, 2017
Trump’s Asia Tour: From Old Conflicts to New Prospects / Politics / GeoPolitics
By: Dan_Steinbock
Trump’s grueling 12-day Asia tour was a quest for mega deals. US policies in Asia are shifting. The stress on competitive strategic visions is being redefined by historic bilateral economic opportunities with China, Vietnam, South Korea, the Philippines and other ASEAN and APEC nations..
Diplomatic history has its ironies. In the Obama era, US President initiated a pivot to Asia that he had little time to visit. In the Trump era, US President has been so busy fortressing America against the world that he has had to spend more time in Asia to tame rumors about US disengagement.
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
Bonds And Stocks Will Crash Together In The Next Crisis (Meanwhile, Bond Yields Are Going Up) / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: John_Mauldin
BY JARED DILLIAN : I have been a bond bear for a while.
Back in the summer of 2016, I spoke at a small conference out in San Diego. My topic: How interest rates were going to go up.
It didn’t go over very well with people. I haven’t been invited back to speak, which is too bad—because I was right. (You may also want to learn what I predicted about today’s bubble in my exclusive free report, Investing in the Age of the Everything Bubble.)
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
A Generational Reset That Will Redistribute Wealth to the Bottom 60% Is Near / Economics / Demographics
By: John_Mauldin
Billionaire founder of top hedge fund Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio got where he is by having keen insight into both human nature and economic trends.
Occasionally, he shares some of his wisdom publicly.
In one of his recent articles, Dalio argues that it is a serious mistake to think you can analyze or understand “the” economy because we now have two of them.
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
Ethereum (ETH/USD) – bullish breakout of large symmetrical triangle looks to be getting closer / Currencies / Ethereum
By: MarketsToday
- Long-term bullish setup
- Short-term bullish setup
- Bull trend continuation entry setting up for short-term
Low volatility leads to higher volatility
Since June, volatility in Ethereum (ETH/USD) has been declining with a potentially bullish multi-month symmetrical triangle consolidation pattern forming over that time. Keep in mind that low volatility leads to higher volatility.
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Thursday, November 16, 2017
Gold’s Long-term Analogies / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: P_Radomski_CFA
A daily rally in gold, daily decline, daily turnaround and other daily price developments are both interesting and dangerous. Interesting, because nothing is as exciting as a big intraday move. Dangerous, because they can make one too emotional about a given trading position and lose the focus on the big picture (forgetting about the forest by focusing on individual trees). In today’s analysis, we feature two analogies to the previous situations in gold which should make it clearer what’s likely to be seen in the coming months, even if a lot of daily price swings in both directions are about to be seen shortly.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Store Precious Metals Yourself (Hint: It’s More Than The Risk Of Theft) / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: HAA
Olivier Garret : There’s nothing like holding a gold coin in the palm of your hand. So it’s not surprising that many investors prefer to store precious metals at home or somewhere nearby.
But is it worth the trouble?
While I agree that having some precious metals stored safely at home may benefit you in the event of a major crisis paralyzing the financial system, that should amount only to a small portion of your holdings.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
PetroYuan Can Accelerate the De-Dollarization / Currencies / China Currency Yuan
By: Submissions
The move away from Petrodollar
In 1974, US President Richard Nixon and King Faisal from Saudi Arabia struck a deal. This deal gave birth to the petrodollar system which still lasts until this day. The deal involves Saudi Arabia selling oil to its largest buyer back then, the U.S. In turn, the U.S. provides Saudi Arabia with money, military aid, and political support. The Saudis then reinvest billions of their petrodollar revenue back in U.S. Treasury bonds.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Bitcoin Rebounded Strongly From 5427 / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Franco_Shao
BTCUSD rebounded strongly from the bottom support trend line of the price channel on the daily chart after a sharp drop from 7887, suggesting that the bitcoin price remains in the uptrend from 1812. As long as the channel support holds, the fall from 7887 could be treated as consolidation of the uptrend and further rise could be expected after the consolidation.
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
FTSE 100 Stocks Index Holds Support at 7140 / Stock-Markets / UK Stock Market
By: Submissions
Dividend Investments : Stock markets are broadly higher and the UK economy looks to be supportive of these trends. Growth in gross domestic product (GDP) figures and in Industrial Production has prompted the Bank of England to drastically revise its interest rate schedule as there is now an indication that consumer inflation levels could begin to become problematic if further action is not taken. This has sent valuations in the GBP higher, but this has also led to some stalling in the FTSE 100 stock index.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
The Battle And Future Of Bitcoin In Jeopardy / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Jeff_Berwick
I went on We Are Change recently to talk about the future of bitcoin with Luke Rudkowski.
There is so much going on in the cryptocurrency space. One of the biggest things being talked about is the highjacking of Blockstream and Bitcoin Core by globalist influence.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Did The Fed’s Alan Greenspan Admit Gold Is Being Manipulated? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: Avi_Gilburt
Every now and then I see another analyst publicly claim that the gold market is being manipulated. And, the reason they come to that conclusion is because the market moved in way “they did not expect.”
Now, for those of us who are thinking people, we clearly see the issue with such a perspective. Why is it “manipulation” when an analyst is not able to recognize their own limitations?
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Does Stripping Streets of ALL of their Trees Impact House Prices (Sheffield Example)? / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: N_Walayat
Sheffield City Council's Streets Ahead PFI Contract with the Spanish Ferrovial family owned multinational Amey apparently also means that many of the Sheffield's tree lined suburbs are being stripped of virtually all of their big trees that have taken over 100 years to grow to their current house prices boosting splendour.
The big question is does felling of these community assets valued at approx £50k each (CAVAT method) also mean that the properties on these streets are also being felled?
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
The Trump Administration’s IP Battle Against China / Politics / China US Conflict
By: Dan_Steinbock
In recent weeks, friction between the White House and China has escalated in intellectual property. The question is, will it result in a global trade war.In mid-August, President Trump asked U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to open an investigation into China's intellectual property (IP) practices. “This is just the beginning,” Trump told reporters.
In turn, Lighthizer, a veteran Reagan administration trade hawk, seized the notorious Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which in the 1980s was used against the rise of Japan.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
5 Ways Bitcoin can Improve its Odds of Becoming the Future of Money / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Boris_Dzhingarov
In 2013, Forbes' Kashmir Hill tried to live on Bitcoin for a full week and it was a rough experience. She couldn't pay her rent, she was practically living on BTC-bought Sushi, and she had to walk or bike to most places. Now, living on Bitcoin for a week will be a significantly improved experience because many merchants both online and offline now display the "Bitcoin Accepted Here' sign. In fact, CNBC has a video documentary showing an entertaining attempt to live on Bitcoin on 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
What "Too Confident to Save" Means for Stocks / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: EWI
What "Too Confident to Save" Means for Stocks
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
These Headlines Say Gold is Building a Base for Something Big / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: GoldSilver
It may be frustrating to watch the gold price remain dormant as stock markets continue to push higher. But while cryptos and Trump grab a lot of the headlines, you might be surprised to know there are significant forces behind the scenes that signal the gold market is not only strong but suggest something big is coming.
Check out these reports from the last 30 days and see what conclusion you’d draw…
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
NZDUSD Broke Below Trend Line Support On 4-Hour Chart / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Franco_Shao
NZDUSD recently broke below a bullish support trend line on the 4-hour chart, indicating that the bounce from 0.6818 had completed at 0.6979 already.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
The Dangers of Zero / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2017
By: MoneyMetals
Zero is an important number in the psychology driving demand for bullion. There are periods when investors find the argument that gold or silver prices “will never go to zero” compelling.
The 2008 financial crisis and the years immediately following it are the most recent example. The fear of conventional securities and even the fiat dollar becoming worthless was palpable for many in the metals markets. Bullion demand hit record levels.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Is Peak Permian Only 3 Years Away? / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: OilPrice_Com
The world’s hottest shale basin, the Permian, is leading the second U.S. wave of tight oil production growth and will continue to do so for years to come, all analysts say.
However, signs have started to emerge that the relentless intensification of drilling leads to diminishing returns, Simon Flowers, Chairman and Chief Analyst at Wood Mackenzie, said in an article this week. Pumping twice as much sand as usual into Permian wells and drilling longer laterals doesn’t deliver commensurate volumes of oil, Flowers notes.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Protect Your Savings With Gold: ECB Propose End To Deposit Protection / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: GoldCore
– Protect Your Savings With Gold: ECB Propose End To Deposit Protection
– New ECB paper proposes ‘covered deposits’ should be replaced to allow for more flexibility
– Fear covered deposits may lead to a run on the banks
– Savers should be reminded that a bank’s word is never its bond and to reduce counterparty exposure
– Physical gold enable savers to stay out of banking system and reduce exposure to bail-ins