Monday, March 07, 2016

China: A 5-Year Economic Plan And 50 Million Jobs Lost! / Economics / China Economy

By: Raul_I_Meijer

China never had an actual economic model or growth model. It simply printed an obscene amount of money, especially after 2008, and used it to build factories, 30-story see-through apartment blocks and highways into nowhere cities, without giving much if any thought to where this would lead when their formerly rich western customers had less to spend on its ever increasing amount of ever more useless products, or when its workers would stop spending ever more on apartments as investments, or when no more roads and bridges were needed because nowhere was already in plain sight. Or all of the above. It was ‘to infinity and beyond’ from the start, but that’s a line from a kids’ fantasy story, not a 5-year plan or an economic model.

Monday, March 07, 2016

Do We Need To 'Rebuild The US Military'? / ElectionOracle / US Military

By: Dr_Ron_Paul

The Republican presidential debates have become so heated and filled with insults, it almost seems we are watching a pro wrestling match. There is no civility, and I wonder whether the candidates are about to come to blows. But despite what appears to be total disagreement among them, there is one area where they all agree. They all promise that if elected they will "rebuild the military."

Monday, March 07, 2016

Gold and Silver Not a Flag / Pennant, But a Top - New Longs About to be Fleeced... / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Clive_Maund

Many analysts and writers have described the pattern forming in the past couple of weeks in gold as a "bull Flag or Pennant" with some appearing to be "playing to the gallery" - i.e. telling their audience what they want to hear, which is that gold will continue to go up. I, on the other hand, decided that the triangle that had formed was not a continuation pattern, but a top, and said so about a week ago. So, as you will readily understand, I was not looking good when gold seemingly broke out upside on Thursday, and came in for considerable flak. However, on Friday there were some dramatic developments across the sector which look set to vindicate my stance.

Monday, March 07, 2016

Gold Has Topped, Higher Highs Expected in the Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Brad_Gudgeon

The SPX 8 TD top was due Thursday and we are in the mid band of the Sun translation to Neptune, Saturn and Jupiter on Friday (TD 9). This reversal band has a 10 TD reversal time frame from March 4th, which points to March 18 (OPEX) as the latest we could see a top in the stock market. My chart and indicators corroborates a March 18th top and an early April first low. The 16 TD low is due Monday, so a pullback Monday would not surprise me and we could go as low as 1959 to as high as the 1971/82 area.  A 76 point rally from Monday into Wednesday looks likely. June looks likely to be a nesting of lows for the next move down and then late October after that.

Monday, March 07, 2016

Walkers Crisps UEFA Game Ready Promo Over? Now Near Impossible to Win Prizes / ConsumerWatch / Freebies and Comps

By: Anika_Walayat

It's increasingly looking like the Walkers Crisps Game Ready UEFA Promo is over for what was a good chance of winning t-shirts, sharing bowls and footballs, well before the 25th April end date for final entries. So it may now prove a waste of time and money buying the multi-packs and trying to win by entering the promo codes, find out why in our latest video in the Walkers Crisps UEFA Champions League series.

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Stock Market Max Projection Complete - Distribution Should Start / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Andre_Gratian

Current Position of the Market

SPX: Long-term trend:  Severe correction underway.

SPX: Intermediate trend – .618 retracement reached.  End of rally likely.

 Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily basis with the help of hourly charts. It is an important adjunct to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which discuss longer market trends.

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Stocks About To Collapse Or Rally To All-Time Highs? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: InvestingHaven

It really is as black-and-white for stock markets: stocks will either collapse in a 2008-alike fashion or shine soon at all-time highs, at least that is what our data points are telling us. Let’s review our key indicators in order to forecast which scenario is playing out right now.

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Currencies, They Are All Still Sinking! Video / Currencies / Fiat Currency

By: Mario_Innecco

Transcript Excerpt: hi it's Sunday March 6 2016 today I'm gonna be talking about perspective and
looking at the bigger picture
think you know everyone needs to do that once in awhile as you can see the title
of my videos currencies they're all still sinking you might ask why still
thinking you know forever while not forever but the last fifteen years I'm
gonna go back to an article I wrote in 2007 and April 2007 and it was entirely
currencies they're all sinking and was part two
article I wrote like December of 2006 so as you can see I've been looking at for
a long time actually I started in 2002 my first goal so at the time just to
give you some sense of perspective about pricing various currencies the dollar
price adobe 684 so you know it is today

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Gold and Silver - They Just Could Not Resist / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Jesse

Gold and silver were higher most of the day, with gold selling off a little after the markets closed in Europe and Asia. The wiseguys just could not resist taking it back down into the close. lol.

The handle on the potential cup and handle formation is not firmly set yet as gold failed to close over 1270, coupled with the initial weak retest of lower support in the early handle stages. Normally we would like to see a little arc, an interplay of buying and selling. This time it went straight down and then rallied steadily higher. It risks turning into more of an ascending wedge.

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Gold Traders Caution / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Gary_Savage

"I'm going to caution traders against shorting gold right here. I doubt we've printed a final intermediate top just yet"

Sunday, March 06, 2016

The Reflex to Flee Donald Trump's America Might be "no drill"! / ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2016

By: Michael_T_Bucci

If you are concerned about a Donald Trump presidency and have been suddenly struck with an impulse to leave America, you are not alone.

A website titled "Cape Breton if Donald Trump Wins" launched Feb. 16. Its front page splash read: "Hi Americans! Donald Trump may become the President of your country! If that happens, and you decide to get the hell out of there, might I suggest moving to Cape Breton Island!"

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Canadian Gold Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2016

By: Richard_Mills

Probably the number one concern for investors is resource nationalism.

Where gov'ts of the countries you, me, we invest in decide to take a huge piece of your business; one for me, one for you, one for me one for you, two for me, one for you…etc etc etc.

Canada is, compared to too many other places we invest in, politically stable. There's also disease, rebellion and a dozen other concerns that are not present in Canada.

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Gold and Silver Note Of Caution (And Ambiguity) / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: John_Rubino

Suddenly, gold and silver are good again. In two short months, they've morphed from targets of derision to shiny new toys on the financial playground.

Not surprisingly, questions have been pouring in from people who kind-of sort-of know the precious metals story and are wondering if they should jump in with both feet. A reasonable response: "If your time frame is the coming decade, sure, go for it. But if you're thinking in terms of months rather than years, you should be considering entry points and accumulation strategy."

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Republican Showdown Coming / ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2016

By: Stephen_Lendman

Since entering the presidential race last June, Trump shook things up like no other US aspirant in memory - turning an otherwise dull political season into a memorable one, for better or worse.

Republican party bosses want anyone but him. So do media scoundrels, becoming anti-Trump cheerleaders, going all-out to undermine his campaign, another reason to avoid them altogether.

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Gold And Silver Charts Reviewed / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Michael_Noonan

In last week’s commentary, February Heralding End Of Down Trend?, we stated: The significance of February is its decided change in market behavior on the monthly and weekly charts.”  We are seeing even more evidence to support that premise, and all that is required is to observe the next corrective reaction to see where, at what level, price tests prior to resuming the start of an uptrend that began last December.

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Donald Trump: A Problem Even for Conservatives / ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2016

By: Walter_Brasch

The bully of the playground continued to be in the media spotlight and charging ahead to the Republican nomination for president.

In the 11th Republican debate, Donald Trump, bold and arrogant as always, kept up the attack against his three remaining opponents. To the man who once delighted in being called The Donald, Sen. Ted Cruz was “Lyin’ Ted,” a reference he made more than just a few times. However, several political fact checkers over the past three months have dismissed Trump’s claims as little more than half-truths, exaggerations, and lies. Politifacts, which checks candidate statements, revealed that about three-fifths of what Trump said during the campaign are incorrect. Among some of the errors Trump has made are that some of the families of the 9/11 suicide crews were in the U.S. prior to taking the lives of almost 3,000; that five detainees at Guantanamo Base, Cuba, whom Obama released were back on the battle field attacking Americans; that Mexico sent its citizens, especially criminals, into the U.S.; that the U.S., under the nuclear ban treaty with Iran, would be required to defend that nation if there was an attack by Israel; and that several polls show him ahead of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Several times over the past two decades, Trump has flip-flopped on issues, and then later claimed he hadn’t.

Sunday, March 06, 2016

Top Tips for Winning Walkers Crisps UEFA Champions League Promotion Prizes / Personal_Finance / Freebies and Comps

By: Adnaan_Walayat

So far I have entered 350 codes off of walker’s crisp packets and won about 50 t-shirts, 20 footballs and 10 sharing balls. So here are my top tips for maximising the number of prizes won in the Walkers crisps UEFA champions’ league promotion.

Saturday, March 05, 2016

Super Tuesday Exit Polls Showed Voters Want Revolutionary Change / ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2016

By: Stephen_Lendman

America’s dysfunctional political system is too corrupted to fix. Ordinary Americans understand.

Half the electorate usually ops out, refusing to vote when no choices exist, no one for high office representing them.

Governance at all levels is unresponsive to their rights and needs. People want revolutionary change, yet remain unwilling to get actively involved.

Saturday, March 05, 2016

Stocks Have Rallied Based on Hope (Nothing’s Changed) / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Graham_Summers

What a different four weeks makes.

Four weeks ago, the S&P 500 had just taken out critical support. Everyone was panicking that the market was about to implode.

Saturday, March 05, 2016

More and More Fed Officials Calling For NIRP / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates

By: Graham_Summers

The Fed Vice-Chair has begun laying the groundwork for NIRP.

The US Federal Reserve is obsessed with market reactions to its policies. Because of this, anytime the Fed plans to announce a major change in policy, it preps the markets via numerous leaks and hints… oftentimes for months in advance.

An excellent example of this concerns the Fed’s decision to taper QE back in 2013.