Saturday, January 16, 2021
Why Nvidia Is My “Slam Dunk” Stock Investment for the Decade / Companies / AI
By: Stephen_McBride
What was the most important financial event of 2020? Most folks would tell you it was the coronavirus pandemic and the economic devastation caused by government lockdowns.
But that’s wrong. For investors, the most life-changing thing that happened last year has to do with computer chips. In 2020, for the first time ever, the value of the computer chip industry surpassed that of the oil industry. The 30 largest semiconductor companies are now worth $2.5 trillion combined. Compare that to $1.7 trillion for the 30 largest oil firms.
This sent an important signal to investors. Oil is no longer the most important resource is the world. Computer chips are. Longtime RiskHedge readers know computer chips, also called semiconductors, are the “brains” of electronics.
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Saturday, January 16, 2021
Three Financial Markets Price Drivers in a Globalized World / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2021
By: P_Radomski_CFA
Do you want to know how gold will be doing soon? Or the USDX? You have to look at the German and French economies. You may ask “What? How can they be tied together?” Well, the globalization of markets is one of the core foundations of the modern world. With everything interrelated, nothing in economics can be examined in a vacuum state. That includes the three precious metals price drivers: stocks, yields and currencies.
The EUR/USD currency pair is a perfect example of this interconnectivity. Being the most popular and most traded currency pair in the world, the EUR/USD is influenced by many factors, including the price action in the USD Index as well as the strength of the European and American economies at any given time. The same level of interconnectedness can be applied to the other price drivers.
Let’s take a fundamental look at stocks, yields and currencies.
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Saturday, January 16, 2021
Sheffield Turns Coronavirus Tide, Covid-19 Infections Half Rest of England, implies Fast Pandemic Recovery / Local / Sheffield
By: N_Walayat
Hope you had a great start to 2021, 2020 the year of the Pandemic has finally coming to an end. However the chinese virus is not done with reeking havoc on the worlds population, at least in western nations with their ageing populations that for the likes of Italy stand at an average age of 45 against developing nations such as Pakistan with an average age of just 22 years which at least goes some way to explain why the covid crisis is just not as bad as it is in the West. Though India with an average age of 26 seems to be suffering that bit more than Pakistan is so this anomaly could be down to -
a. A weaker strain of the virus.
b. Less testing so most patients with covid are unrecorded much as was the case in the West during the March / April first wave of the chinese virus.
What about Britians fifth largest city Sheffield, where do we stand in this final pandemic wave catastrophe at the start of 2021?
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Friday, January 15, 2021
Covid and Democrat Blue Wave Beats Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2021
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
What a week! First gold soared to almost $1,960, but then its price (London P.M. Fix) plunged to $1,863 on January 8, as the chart below shows.This is quite strange (and bearish) behavior, given what happened last week. First, there were violent pro-Trump protests in Washington D.C. The rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol. During these riots, five people died. Given the chaos in the capital, gold, which is a safe-haven asset , should shine.
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Friday, January 15, 2021
On Regime Change, Reputations, the Markets, and Gold and Silver / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2021
By: The_Gold_Report
Sector expert Michael Ballanger ruminates on how the storming of the U.S. Capitol has affected both America's reputation and the precious metals markets, as well as on the value of "value."
The events of this week are dominating the news cycle, with a sitting president days away from being replaced while Congressional and Senatorial leaders debate whether he should be impeached immediately.
If I were having a chat with Mr. Trump, I would advise him to refrain from reading his own press clippings because they will only offer you glimpses of past glory and never reveal the reality of the moment. It's like that great story where Gordie Howe asks a hungover rookie to pick up his game, to which the rookie replies, "I had four goals last night; I can afford a night off." Gordie placed his size fifteen hand around the kid's neck, slowly squeezing, and said "Son, you are only as good as your last shift." Trump should have been on the bench to hear that.
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Friday, January 15, 2021
US Coronavirus Pandemic Final Catastrophe 2021 / Politics / Pandemic
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Hope you had a great start to 2021, 2020 the year of the Pandemic has finally coming to an end. However the chinese virus is not done with reeking havoc on the worlds population, at least in western nations with their ageing populations that for the likes of Italy stand at an average age of 45 against developing nations such as Pakistan with an average age of just 22 years which at least goes some way to explain why the covid crisis is just not as bad as it is in the West. Though India with an average age of 26 seems to be suffering that bit more than Pakistan is so this anomaly could be down to -
a. A weaker strain of the virus.
b. Less testing so most patients with covid are unrecorded much as was the case in the West during the March / April first wave of the chinese virus.
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Friday, January 15, 2021
The World’s Next Great Onshore Oil Discovery Could Be Here / Companies / Oil Companies
By: OilPrice_Com
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
UK Coronavirus Final Pandemic Catastrophe 2021 / Politics / Pandemic
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Hope you had a great start to 2021, 2020 the year of the Pandemic has finally coming to an end. However the chinese virus is not done with reeking havoc on the worlds population, at least in western nations with their ageing populations that for the likes of Italy stand at an average age of 45 against developing nations such as Pakistan with an average age of just 22 years which at least goes some way to explain why the covid crisis is just not as bad as it is in the West. Though India with an average age of 26 seems to be suffering that bit more than Pakistan is so this anomaly could be down to -
a. A weaker strain of the virus.
b. Less testing so most patients with covid are unrecorded much as was the case in the West during the March / April first wave of the chinese virus.
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Here's Why Blind Contrarianism Investing Failed in 2020 / Stock-Markets / Investing 2020
By: EWI
There is only one instance when the investing crowd is right
Yes, there are many times when the market's Elliott wave structure suggests that an investor should take a position "against the crowd," or put another way, be a contrarian.
Prime examples are at market bottoms and tops.
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
US Yield Curve Relentlessly Steepens, Whilst Gold Price Builds a Handle / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2021
By: Gary_Tanashian
Another week, another yield curve steepener and continuation of the trend that began in August, 2019.
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
NEW UK MOT Extensions or has my Car Plate Been Cloned? / Personal_Finance / Motoring
By: N_Walayat
My car is due for an MOT in a fortnight so I logged in to confim the date to find it had been extended by 10 MONTHS! All the way to November 2021! Wow! Is this a new covid-19 MOT extention or have I uncovered some criminal activity involving my car and it's number plate, find out in this video as I dig deeper.
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
How to Save Money While Decorating Your First House / Housing-Market / Home Improvements
By: Submissions
Decorating a house can be very expensive and challenging due to the initial inversion made. Because of this, the house often remains empty and gloomy for months, which sometimes turns into years, without its owners being able to give it a touch of their personality and bring it to life.
From the colors of the furniture to the design of the curtains or the types of pictures we decide to hang on the walls, decoration says a lot about the family who lives in the house. Decorating can turn a house into a real home and make it part of who we are. This is why we want to make it easier for you and give you some tips on saving money while decorating your first home.
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Car Number Plate Cloned Detective Work - PY16 JXV / Personal_Finance / Motoring
By: HGR
Woooow! Looks like my car number plate has been cloned because I went to get it MOT'd and someone had already MOT'd it a couple of months earlier!
Here's the detective work I did to track down exactly what happened when my car was cloned.
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Big Oil Missed This, Now It Could Be Worth Billions / Companies / Oil Companies
By: OilPrice_Com
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Are you a Forex trader who needs a bank account? We have the solution! / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Boris_Dzhingarov
International banking is becoming increasingly difficult as time goes on.
High-net-worth individuals who have earned their money through hard work, and investors seeking to secure assets and do business freely, are having a difficult time.
The options are even more limited for midsize investors. And this is especially true if you are a Forex trader.
Also, if you have made your money trading Forex, it is particularly difficult to open a Forex compatible bank account that is multi-currency and allows you to handle your core trades with ease.
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Finetero Review – Accurate and Efficient Stock Trading Services? / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
By: Submissions
Stocks are among the most attractive trading instruments when fiat currencies lose their purchasing power. That is exactly what’s happening right now and the surge in retail interest for stocks shouldn’t be a surprise. Also, when volatility in the market is elevated, long-term uncertainty follows, which makes short-term trading more suitable. Finetero is one of the brands that cover stock instruments, and it would be worthwhile to mention their main benefits.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Gold Price Big Picture Trend Forecast 2021 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2021
By: Ken_Ticehurst
Below is our long term gold forecast, it continues to be bullish on a monthly basis, despite the turbulence of 2020 gold has performed well and a pause for a few months is entirely reasonable given the speed of its initial acceleration.
As you can see from our monthly chart, gold is clearly at significant levels - hovering around the 2011 highs, the underlying structure of the market is still very positive (big blue line) and the bull signal (small blue line) which turned positive in March 2018, still remains bullish. We think a monthly close above $2000 in the next few months would be a significant moment.
From the lows of late 2018 gold has quietly performed well relative to the S&P 500, we have included below our weekly and monthly GOLD/SPX ratio forecasts, you can see on a monthly basis that gold is cheap relative to the SPX and on a weekly basis we are approaching the long term floor. We will be looking for this ratio to begin to turn during 2021.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Are Covid Lockdowns Bullish or Bearish for Stocks? FTSE 100 in Focus / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2021
By: EWI
"The market has a law of its own. It is not propelled by the external causality..."
Elliott Wave International has long held -- and proven -- that events outside of the market do not determine the long-term trend of prices. In the short term, news and events can, and often do, contribute to market volatility -- although, not always, and not always "logically." But then the long-term trend resumes.
We've shown countless examples of that on these pages -- and here's one of the latest: the lockdowns related to covid. One might conclude that investors would view the business interruptions resulting from a lockdown as a sign that stock prices would decline. Hence, a selloff would occur with each lockdown announcement.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
CONgress "Insurrection" Is Just the Latest False Flag Event from the Globalists / Politics / US Politics
By: Jeff_Berwick
On 6 January 2021, a horny small-time actor with a crazy hairdo tried to take control of the USSA Capitol. Along with the rest of the band of merry misfits who are now on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Reflation Trade Heating Up / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2021
By: MoneyMetals
In this first trading week of 2021, a new investment theme appears to be emerging. That theme can be summed up in a single word – reflation.
A resurgence of inflation is being priced into asset classes across the board. Stocks are rallying to new records. Shares of Tesla and alternative energy companies are going to the moon. Marijuana stocks are suddenly back in vogue. Bitcoin is going bonkers.
Crude oil, copper, and other commodities also started to break out this week. But precious metals markets pulled back sharply this morning on the heels of a bad jobs report., meaning these markets require more time to work their way back up to last year’s highs.
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