Saturday, December 28, 2019
Precious Metals Meandering Continues – So Please Maintain Patience / Companies / Gold & Silver 2019
By: Avi_Gilburt
When the metals are in a bear market, metals enthusiasts are frustrated. And, even when the metals are in a bull market, metals enthusiast become frustrated. This is what I have been seeing of late, as the metals are consolidating for their next bullish run.
But, if you trade metals, you know that they actually spend much of their time consolidating. The reason is that their moves are so strong and powerful, they complete quite quickly, while spending the great majority of their time within a consolidation. And, that is what I think we are seeing now.
Yet, I don’t think we will see the bigger fireworks until 2020, and it may not even be until the 2nd quarter of 2020.
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Saturday, December 28, 2019
Hacking The Economy To Determine An Election: Is It Happening? / Economics / Economic Theory
By: Dan_Amerman
On August 27th, 2019, in an editorial published in Bloomberg, William Dudley, the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank Of New York, did what had previously been considered unthinkable. The foundation premise of the Federal Reserve is that it is supposed to be completely nonpartisan, insulated from all political considerations. However, Dudley wrote that Donald Trump was a threat to the Federal Reserve and the nation, and urged Fed officials to make decisions that would take into account the need to keep Trump from being reelected.
The freezing up of the repurchase agreement (repo) market had nearly collapsed the U.S. financial system as one part of the financial crisis of 2008, however, the market had enjoyed 11 years of relative calm since then. Three weeks after Dudley's editorial, during the week of September 16th, 2019, the repo market returned to crisis mode and was likely saved only by emergency interventions on the part of the Federal Reserve. A contributing factor was some major mistakes that were made by career officials at the New York Fed - Dudley's former staff.
If the current related crises in the repurchase agreement market and with the funding of the national debt continue and get worse (which is far from certain at this time), crossing over into the wider markets, interest rates and the economy, it could become one of the defining political events of our lifetimes.
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Saturday, December 28, 2019
The Key to Solving the Climate Crisis Is Beneath Our Feet / Politics / Climate Change
By: Ellen_Brown
The Green New Deal resolution that was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives in February hit a wall in the Senate, where it was called unrealistic and unaffordable. In a Washington Post article titled “The Green New Deal Sets Us Up for Failure. We Need a Better Approach,” former Colorado governor and Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper framed the problem like this:
Read full article... Read full article...The resolution sets unachievable goals. We do not yet have the technology needed to reach “net-zero greenhouse gas emissions” in 10 years. That’s why many wind and solar companies don’t support it. There is no clean substitute for jet fuel. Electric vehicles are growing quickly, yet are still in their infancy. Manufacturing industries such as steel and chemicals, which account for almost as much carbon emissions as transportation, are even harder to decarbonize.
Friday, December 27, 2019
How to Use Your Smartphone to Find REAL Sales Shopping 50% Discount Bargains / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: HGR
The post christmas sales frenzy is in full swing. So here's an example of who to use your smartphone to find REAL bargains whilst out shopping, rather than end up paying more than what the prices were BEFORE the sales season!
It's quick, it's easy and could potentially save you more than 50% off it's regular selling price! Find out how in our latest monet saving video.
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Friday, December 27, 2019
Don’t fall for online casino scams: How to protect yourself from fraud / Personal_Finance / Gambling
By: Submissions
If you’re like most casino lovers today, chances are you’ve already started playing casino online, or trying your luck at online slots, or getting free spins online. While online gambling obviously comes with its plethora of benefits and perks, there is no hiding from the fact that it also exposes players to several unscrupulous individuals, websites, and games. Indeed, to win in a casino by simply lying in your sofa, and clicking a few buttons on your smartphone is a tempting offer for anyone, but you only need check out the number of people who have been fallen for the same bait and have been scammed over the last few years to fully understand the depth of online casino frauds. But how exactly do people get scammed? Read on to discover some of the approaches of these scammers.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, December 27, 2019
Stock Market Festivus / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2019
By: Gary_Tanashian
They say that Festivus is the “anti-Christmas”, but in this case we are going to call it the anti-Christmas Eve as the markets close out 2019’s Christmas Eve massacre.
“Many Christmases ago I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him I realized there had to be another way!”
This year markets are going another way.
We have been managing a potential Christmas Eve close-out sale in the stock market since SPX hopped the Bull Turnstile, negating topping potential and confirming bullish ascending triangles (not shown below as they appeared on daily charts) and its own major trends by breaking upward. Here is the most recent chart (from NFTRH 582) used to illustrate the situation.
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Friday, December 27, 2019
Hi-yo Silver Away! / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2019
By: Richard_Mills
Silver is expected to begin the next decade newly burnished, through a combination of higher industrial and investment demand, and tightened supply owing to mine production issues and output cuts.
As December winds down and precious metals trade volumes dwindle, market analysts including us at Ahead of the Herd are crunching the numbers from 2019 and looking ahead to what the New Year might bring.
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Friday, December 27, 2019
Will Negative Interest Rates Be the Last Straw? / Interest-Rates / Negative Interest Rates
By: MoneyMetals
Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) was considered “extraordinary” when central bankers rolled that out roughly ten years ago. At that time, people would still have laughed at the idea of negative interest rates. Lenders didn’t pay borrowers and nobody paid their bank to hold their deposits.
So much has changed in the past 10 years. Now negative interest rate policies (NIRP) look set to go viral.
Friday, December 27, 2019
Growth Hacking: Building a Sales Operation from the Ground Up / Companies / SME
By: Submissions
Building a sales operation from scratch is a challenging and sensitive process, that can determine the future growth of the company. Yet this process has high dependency in early stage decision making. Keeping a few simple guidelines along the way might save a lot of trouble in the future.Building a sales operation for a B2B startup may seem like a challenge for many corporate sales managers and depending on each company’s condition that might be the case, but in reality, there are some sustainable growth generating methods. By setting an organizational architecture with a functional sales team and a predictable sales process, managers had proven to build a sustainable sales unit.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Amazon Boxing Day Sales - How to Spot REAL vs FAKE Sales Bargains / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: HGR
Amazon's boxing day sales frenzy is about to begin in just over 24 hours time, when the nations arm chair shoppers literally go mad on buying supposed bargains. However, Amazon like most retailers to prone to pumping up most of its prices just before the sales begin and then cutting them on Boxing day resulting in a FAKE sale price that may be higher than were the item was selling just a few weeks earlier. In this video we show you have to spot the real vs fake Amazon sales so that you really do pick up a sales bargain and not end up paying for something that will sell for cheaper AFTER the sales frenzy is over.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
BEST Christmas EVE, BOXING Day SALES 2019 - TOP Money Saving Tips! / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: N_Walayat
Britain's Christmas high street sales frenzy is about to reach maximum intensity on Boxing day whilst most major retailers such as NEXT and PC World / Curry's will start their sales online on Christmas Eve so as to maximise profits from the the army of point and click armchair shoppers. Here is a comprehensive list of sales starting today, Christmas Eve and continuing into the high streets on Boxing day as well as those already well underway.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Fintech and its Impact on Investments / Companies / Banking Stocks
By: Submissions
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Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Gold Upswing and Lessons from Gold Tops / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2019
By: P_Radomski_CFA
What a classic day Friday was! Gold moved a bit lower, miners moved significantly lower, and silver rallied. Truly classic and outstanding performance if one enjoys seeing topping patterns that are playing out according to their usual and likely characteristics. And Monday’s early session seems to be an encore.
Let’s start with the examination of the most recent price action in gold.
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Monday, December 23, 2019
Stock Market Trend Review / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2019
By: Andre_Gratian
Current Position of the Market
SPX: Long-term trend – There are no signs that the bull market is over.
Intermediate trend – Most likely near an intermediate top.
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 discusses the course of longer market trends.
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Monday, December 23, 2019
Crude Oil Bulls Keep Trying But the Technical Headwinds Are Stiff / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: Nadia_Simmons
Crude oil futures moved higher once again during yesterday’s session, overcoming the upper border of the rising green trend channel for the third time in a row. While the futures finished the day above this resistance, the bulls didn’t manage to hold gained ground in full.
Earlier today, the futures opened with the red gap. This bearish development means invalidation of yesterday’s breakout, which doesn’t bode well for the bulls.
The daily indicators are still very extended, also supporting the likelihood of upcoming reversal to the downside.
Should the futures extend losses from here, the initial downside target for the sellers will be the Friday’s green gap.
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Monday, December 23, 2019
The Fed Celebrates While Americans Drown in Financial Despair / Economics / Inflation
By: John_Mauldin
The Federal Reserve System is supposed to be independent. But it’s not. And as much as Donald Trump doesn’t like it, the Fed shouldn’t follow the president’s orders.
The Fed operates under a legal mandate from Congress. Its monetary policy role is “to promote maximum employment, stable prices and moderate long-term interest rates.”
So how is it doing?
Long-term rates are certainly moderate. Employment is historically high, though wages and job quality aren’t always great.
As for that “stable prices” part… it depends on what you are buying.
Monday, December 23, 2019
Tesco Caught Selling Slave Labour Christmas Cards, China Concentration Camps 2019 / Companies / Corporate News
By: N_Walayat
A 6 year old girl sending christmas cards to her school friends, was surprised to find one card already had a hand written message
"Forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organisation, contact Mr Peter Humphrey"
Tesco pretending not to know they had slave labour working for them, pulled the cards from the shelves, though virtually everyone who was going to buy christmas cards would have done so by then and given that they were being sold in the reduced to clear shelves just prior to the news story breaking.
This story just illustrates that China is a rising totalitarian power. Where whilst today several millions of Ugers and other minorities find themselves in Chinese slave labour concentration camps.
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Monday, December 23, 2019
Windows 7 Last Chance to Update Before Microsoft End of Life Support 14th Jan 2020 / Personal_Finance / Microsoft
By: HGR
Microsoft will cease making updates available as of 14th January 2020 as part of it's Windows 7 end of life programme. Here we find out what to expect when one updates a Windows 7 PC that has NOT been updated for over 5 years!
So like us, if you have been putting off updating your Windows 7 system in case it introduces instabilities then it's a case of update now or never!
Find out if updating a Windows 7 system for the first time in many years survives 108 recommended updates or not, and how long the process is likely to take as we countdown to Windows 7 End of Life.
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Monday, December 23, 2019
Gold vs Cash in a Financial Crisis / Commodities / Gold & Silver 2019
By: Richard_Mills
Mattress stuffers or bullion holders? Who fares better in a crisis? North American investors are divided between those who believe the decade-long stock market bull is going to keep running into the 2020s, and investors who, wary of something terrible happening, are hoarding cash and gold.
The hopeful and the fearful
The beacon hopeful investors are following is best symbolized by analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, who describe current market conditions as “primed for Q1 2020 net asset melt-up”, based on continued monetary easing (central bank asset purchases, low interest rates) and a pending resolution to the trade war. A first-round trade agreement between the US and China was reached last Friday.
While roughly two in three investors polled in October said they see the global economy getting worse in 2020, in November a little more than half think the economy will improve next year.
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Saturday, December 21, 2019
Farewell Paul Volcker Hello Monetary Madness / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Michael_Pento
God bless Paul Volcker. He was truly a one of a kind central banker and we probably won't see another one like him ever again. It took his extreme bravery to crush the inflation caused by the monetary recklessness of Arthur Burns and the fiscal profligacy of Presidents Johnson & Nixon. Raising interest rates to 20% by March 1980 was wildly unpopular at the time. But in the end, it was what the nation needed and paved the way for a long period of economic stability and prosperity.Back in 1971 the world fully had developed a new monetary "technology". Governments learned that money need no longer be representative of prior efforts, or energy expended, or previous production, or have any real value whatsoever. It can be just created by a monetary magic wand; and done so without any baneful economic consequences.
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