Thursday, August 06, 2015
Doug Casey on the Real FIFA Scandal / Politics / Social Issues
By: Casey_Research
Recently, high-ranking officials at FIFA, the world’s governing soccer (aka “football”) body, were charged with corruption and fraud. The US’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is deeply involved in the case. Doug Casey weighs in on the real scandal… the one you’re not reading in mass media.
The truth be known, I really don’t give a damn about soccer. Nor do most Americans.
Indeed, until recently, all that most Americans knew about “football” was that Brandi Chastain ripped off her jersey, to display a great physique, after she scored the winning goal for the US in the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup playoff against China.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
Gold and Silver - Living With Rigged Markets / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
It’s enough that the mainstream financial media seems hell-bent of bashing gold. (Of course, silver gets hardly a mention). But GATA’s Chris Powell has been on a tirade of late, picking apart the lower hanging fruit of these theories and misplaced assumptions, if not outright desperate attempts to rationalize technically driven market prices.
The following is answer to a gold insider is a must read.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
China’s Secret Gold Hoarding Strategy / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
By: MoneyMetals
Stefan Gleason writes: China’s recent stock market gyrations have some analysts now calling China the biggest bubble in history. But those who write off China because of market volatility are missing a more important long-term trend of Chinese geopolitical and monetary ascendancy. That trend shows no signs of abating.
China’s leaders have a clever strategy, and Western financial powers may someday wake up in shock when they realize what has occurred.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
Bringing Turkey's Border Strategy Into Focus / Politics / Turkey
By: STRATFOR
Summary
Satellite images taken at the Turkey-Syria border corroborate what Stratfor predicted weeks ago: that Turkey, now partnered with the United States, will strike at Islamic State-controlled territory adjacent to the Turkish border. The Turks reportedly began to reinforce their southern border with troops and equipment as early as July 3. But according to these images, which were taken July 26, we now know that that equipment includes Turkish-made main battle tanks and support units poised in a defensive position on the Turkish side of the border.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
I'll Be Buying Gold and Gold Miners Soon / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: Nobody is expecting a crisis (similar to the one Greece just had) in the U.S., so the prices of classic "hard assets" – like gold and gold miners – are attractively priced today.
The price of gold – astonishingly – is at a five-year low. Compare that with stocks, which have run up for six consecutive years.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
Gold Leasing Rates Suggest Tightness in the New York Physical Markets / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
By: Jesse
Gold rarely sees a pronounced backwardation in the futures markets, as we see in some other commodities. Even a slight backwardation over a period of time is unusual.
This might be related to the lack of heavy physical delivery coming out (being withdrawn) from the Comex complex, especially in recent times where the number of potential claims are much greater than the ounces of physical bullion actually available for delivery.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
The Best Way to Buy Gold Today / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
By: ...
MoneyMorning.com Peter Krauth writes: At $1,084 per ounce, gold is scraping multiyear lows, down 42% in four years.
And it seems the gold bears dominate the headlines – everywhere you look, each news item seems more negative than the last.
There have been calls for gold to hit $800… and even lower.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
Deflation, Debt and Gravity / Economics / Deflation
By: Raul_I_Meijer
Far too many people have already used lines like “We Are All Greeks Now” for the words to hold on to much if any meaning by now. But it’s still a very accurate description of what awaits us all. Just not for the same reasons most who used it, did.
No, I don’t really want to talk about Greece again. I want to talk about where you live. And about how similar the two will be not too long from now. How Greece is holding up a lesson and a big red flashing warning sign for all of us.
Greece is the mold upon which all of our futures will be based. Quite literally. Greece is a test tube baby rat.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
Could WTI Crude Oil Price Trade At A Premium To Brent By Next Year? / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: OilPrice_Com
A flood of bearish news has pushed down oil prices to their lowest levels in months, with WTI nearing $45 per barrel and Brent flirting with sub-$50 territory. With a bear market back, there is pessimism throughout the oil markets. Goldman Sachs is even predicting oil stays at $50 through 2020, a profoundly grim view of the state of oil supplies.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
How Investors Can Cash in on the "Convergence Economy" / Companies / Investing 2015
By: ...
MoneyMorning.com
Michael A. Robinson writes: There’s still a month left of summer vacation, and that means lots of folks are traveling to some of the usual “hot spots.”
Vacation hot spots are fun – but they can also be daunting.
However, an expert “guide” can make all the difference in the world.
And that’s exactly what I try to be here at Strategic Tech Investor. I show you the “hot spots,” where you’ll maximize your gains, and I help you dodge the “dogs,” which do nothing but eat your hard-earned cash.
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Thursday, August 06, 2015
Stock Market Swinging Wildly.....No Change....Sentiment Still Unwinding / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Jack_Steiman
It's a fact we've all gotten used to. At least I hope you have by now. Today is yet another day that makes no sense, thus it does. We had three days of poor action, and then after hours last night the futures were falling hard, mostly due to a very poor earnings report from Dow leader The Walt Disney Company (DIS). An unexpected miss with a bad outlook for the rest of this year in to 2016. The stock crushed, and I mean crushed, after hours. Futures were falling hard. It looked like another huge down day was dead ahead. We wake up this morning to a large gap up, even though DIS actually worsened. Go figure! As we've surely gotten used to, we saw the highs of the day erode over time, but with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq holding on to some gains.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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