Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Prince Owned Land and Gold Bars Worth $800,000 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017

By: GoldCore

Gold Bars Worth $800,000 Owned By Prince

Prince, RIP, owned gold bars worth just over $800,000 according to the statement filed in a Minnesota court last Friday.

At the time of his death, Prince had taken delivery of and had in his possession 67 gold bars, 10 ounce gold bars, valued at $836,166.70. That’s according to an asset inventory compiled by Bremer Trust released by the Carver County District Court, as first reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

What Obama’s Farewell Address Won’t Say / Politics / US Politics

By: Stephen_Lendman

On Tuesday evening, Obama will deliver his farewell address from Chicago, his adopted home city. He’ll lie, deceive and misinform like he always does.

He’ll say nothing about arguably the most disgraceful eight years in US history. He betrayed the public trust from day one.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

US Intelligence Agencies Try to Strong-Arm Trump into War With Russia / Politics / Intelligence Agencies

By: Mike_Whitney

Powerful elites are using the credibility of the US Intelligence agencies to demonize Russia and prepare the country for war. This is the real meaning of the “Russia hacking” story which, as yet, has not produced any hard evidence of Russian complicity.

Last week’s 25-page report, that was released by the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, illustrates to what extent intelligence is being “fixed around the policy”.  Just as the CIA generated false information related to Weapons of Mass Destruction to soften public resistance to war with Iraq, so too, the spurious allegations in the DNI’s politically-motivated report are designed to depict Russia as a growing threat to US national security.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Stock Market Quiet, Mixed Consolidation Day / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Harry_Boxer

The stock market indices had a very mixed, sloppy session, and finished the day on a sour note, with the S&P 500 unchanged today. The day started out with a move down, a very strong rally in the morning ensured, reaching a new all-time high on the 5050 Nasdaq 100. The S&P 500 couldn’t get back to Friday’s double-top high at 22.82, reaching 2279 today, and then rolled over to 2269. The Dow closed down, the S&P 500 closed flat, while the Nasdaq 100 closed slightly in the plus column.

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