Saturday, March 12, 2016

Stocks Bear Market Rally Edges Higher / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Tony_Caldaro

The market started the week at SPX 2000. After reaching SPX 2006 on Monday the market traded down to 1977 on Tuesday. Then after two gap up openings the market traded up to SPX 2005 on Thursday before selling off to 1969. By Thursday afternoon the market reversed and was making new uptrend highs, at SPX 2022, on Friday. For the week the SPX/DOW were +1.15%, the NDX/NAZ were +0.75%, and the DJ World index was +1.0%. Economic reports for the week again were slightly negative. On the uptick: wholesale inventories, the WLEI, plus weekly jobless claims improved. On the downtick: consumer credit, export/import prices, plus the budget deficit widened. Next week’s reports will be highlighted by the FOMC meeting, Industrial production and the CPI.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

US Dollar Strength is a Manifestation of US Dollar Shortage / Currencies / US Dollar

By: Gordon_T_Long

FRA Co-Founder Gordon T.Long and Jeffrey Snider, Head of Global Investment Research at Alhambra Investment Partners discuss a broad array of Global Macro subjects in this 48 minute video discussion with supporting slides.

As Head of Global Investment Research for Alhambra Investment Partners, Jeff spearheads the investment research efforts while providing close contact to Alhambra’s client base. Jeff joined Atlantic Capital Management, Inc., in Buffalo, NY, as an intern while completing studies at Canisius College. After graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Jeff took over the operations of that firm while adding to the portfolio management and stock research process.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Gold And Silver – Precious Metals Amid A World Of Lies And Deception / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Michael_Noonan

Political and financial turmoil reign around the world, by design. It is the classic example of the elites at work working their never-fail formula of Problem-Reaction-Solution. They create havoc of some kind, any kind, wherever they choose, the Problem. It is usually political upheaval fomenting unrest, and the broader the unrest the better. It often takes the form of financial turmoil, disrupting a country’s GDP, currency, whatever, as long as there is disruption. It can be war, a function no other country creates more of than the US. It can be massive immigrant migration, currently underway. Why does the name Soros come to mind?

Saturday, March 12, 2016

$67 Crude Oil Price Has All The Majors Converging Here / Commodities / Crude Oil

By: OilPrice_Com

Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices.
Argentina regulates oil prices, a policy originally intended to insulate the public from the whims of the market, protecting people from triple-digit crude prices. But with the crash in prices since mid-2014, the effect of the regulation has reversed: motorists are now effectively subsidizing the oil industry.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Trading with Elliott Waves Doesn't Have to Be Complicated - Video / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory

By: EWI

Start simple, with the basic 5 "core" Elliot wave chart patterns

Jeffrey Kennedy, a recognized expert in Elliott wave analysis and forecasting, explains why the Wave Principle is such a reliable and powerful way to forecast the financial markets.

Jeffrey stresses that if you understand -- and practice -- the basics of the Wave Principle, you'll be surprised how much it can impact your analysis and trading results.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Gold Commitments of Traders is Worrisome / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Dan_Norcini

To sum up my view of this week’s COT report in one word…. WORRISOME.

I use that word because of what we saw happen to the safe haven trades today on account of that monster rally in the US equity markets.

Gold was under pressure for the entirety of the session today but seemed to especially weaken into the late afternoon hours as the US equity markets kept pushing higher and went out near the highs of the day. That more than likely will translate into additional downside followthrough in Asian trade Sunday evening. Where it goes after that will depend on whether or not dip buyers show up.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Can Gold Price Climb to $1400/oz? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne

At the start of 2016, renowned fund manager and bond king Jeff Gundlach predicted Gold would surge to $1400/oz. That was quite the call considering Gold was still in a bear market. He reiterated his target a few days ago in a webcast. Gold closed the week below $1260/oz after reaching as high as $1287/oz following the ECB decision. Corrections in both Gold and gold stocks have been limited to swift declines lasting no more than two days. While we cannot predict the future, we think there is some chance that Gold could reach Gundlach's target before a sustained correction.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

UEFA Champions League Football Wins Prizes Delivery2 - Walkers Crisps Game Ready / ConsumerWatch / Freebies and Comps

By: Adnaan_Walayat

Find out what the second batch of prizes delivered look like, a week on from the first delivery of the easy to win UEFA champions league walkers crisp packets promo. Also we take a look at how well the footballs perform out on a football pitch.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Stock Market Rally is Abating / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

SPX has stopped rallying after a little more than 19.5 days from its February 11 low. Not much more can be said until it breaks the uptrend line at 1975.00. Most rallies of this nature usually take less time than this, so we can say that it is unusually long.

Friday, March 11, 2016

GDXJ ETF - Gold Junior Stocks Strong in Dark / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2016

By: Zeal_LLC

With gold miners’ stock prices surging dramatically this year, investors’ attention is starting to return to the gold juniors.  These smaller miners and explorers suffered terribly in recent years, all but abandoned as gold slumped to major secular lows.  But even during gold’s darkest quarter, the fundamentals of the juniors actually mining gold remained quite strong.  This portends explosive profits growth as gold recovers.

Most investors think of junior gold stocks as the Wild West of commodities stocks, with good reason.  The legendary American humorist Mark Twain allegedly described a gold mine as a hole in the ground with a liar at the top!  There are literally hundreds of gold juniors, a number that swells whenever gold grows more popular.  And the great majority of these tiny companies truly are junk, they are indeed doomed to fail.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Gold, Stocks and the Miners Analysis / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Gary_Tanashian

One is the star of the year so far, grinding higher in what could be the launch phase of a new bull market as confidence wanes in the face of NIRP and other desperate global policy actions, and the realization that this disgraceful policy designed to spur speculation and asset price appreciation is all policy makers have got left in their bags of tricks.  The endgame is a bag with a hole in it; a monetary black hole.

The other grinds on in what could be the last significant hope replenishing bounce before new downside is explored.  Various US and global indexes are already in bear markets but casino patrons are trained to look at the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow as “the stock market” and these have not yet gone ‘bear’.  If the current bear-trend bounce fails however, that confirmation would be coming promptly.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Stocks, It's all about Oil... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

It’s all about oil as the IEA and banks do their best to elevate the price of oil, topping at 38.95 this morning while encouraging oil companies to raise cash with equity offerings at their newly inflated price so that their (bank’s) loans may be paid off. The obvious conflicts of interest (and possible jail time) are being ignored, indicating the sense of desperation about this maneuver.

Friday, March 11, 2016

The Day the Dollar Bait-and-Switch Died… Gold May Boom / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Jeff_Berwick

Did you know that Thursday was one of the most critical market days in recent memory, one that should be internalized by gold bulls, currency traders and equity investors alike.

It was the day the latest central banking “bait and switch” died.

What did we learn? The dollar is done tightening in any meaningful way. And the euro is done loosening.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Gold Rises To 13 Month High as ECB ‘Bazooka’ Shoots Blanks / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: GoldCore

Gold prices climbed to a 13-month high in dollar terms overnight ($1,282.51) after the increasingly adventurous, dare one say reckless, European Central Bank unleashed its latest ‘bazooka’ and initiated more interest-rate cuts, a significant extension in currency printing and bond purchases and also a potential subsidy to banks lending.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Crumbling U.S Empire Drives Russia and China to Move into Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Sol_Palha

Central bankers have been on a massive Gold Buying Spree led by Russia and China. One must remember that not only is Putin ex-KGB, but he is also an economist and holds a black belt in judo. Judo teaches you to use your opponent's momentum to defeat him or her, and that appears to what Putin is doing. He has this administration running circles, by the time they figure out what he is up to, it is too late to do anything. Putin and China can see that the writing is on the wall that the days of U.S holding the top spot are numbered. Our economy is in shambles and only appears to look strong because of the hot money that is holding it up. Regarding illusions, it is a perfect illusion and for now, the masses have bought it, but Russia and China have not.

Friday, March 11, 2016

London Gold Price Fix Rigging - Fact or Myth? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016

By: Arkadiusz_Sieron

The London Gold Market is a part of the London Bullion Market, which is a wholesale over-the-counter market for the trading gold and silver, coordinated by the London Bullion Market Association. It is the wholesale market - the usual minimum size of transaction is 2,000 ounces of gold (while the standard size is 5,000 ounces) - individual investors are practically excluded from the market. The London Gold Market was the most important gold market until the 1970s, when the American Commodity Exchange Inc. (Comex) started to trade gold futures and soon gained prominence. Currently, the gold market is dominated by these two centers of gold trading. The Comex dominates the market in gold futures, while the London Gold Market is by far the largest global center for over-the-counter (OTC) transactions. It is also the biggest marketplace for gold in the world by the volume of trade (the London OTC spot market is about ten times higher that of the U.S. futures market), which clears the annual mining production of gold every few days.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Negative Rates and Money Heaven Financial Wonderland Q&A / Interest-Rates / Negative Interest Rates

By: Mike_Shedlock

Questions on negative rates keep coming in: Where does the money go? Who benefits? Will the Fed do the same? What's Draghi up to?

A quick refresher course on paying interest on excess reserves vs. charging interest on excess reserves is in order.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Mario Draghi Got Lost In A Rabbit Hole / Interest-Rates / ECB Interest Rates

By: Raul_I_Meijer

I’ll try and keep this gracefully short: Mario Draghi ‘unleashed’ a bazooka full of desperate tools on the financial markets yesterday and they blew up in his face faster than you could say blowback or backdraft (and that’s just the start of the alphabet). This must and will mean that Draghi’s stint as ECB head is for all intents and purposes done. But…

Friday, March 11, 2016

Blockbuster Uranium Call and Best Metal and Oil Plays / Commodities / Resources Investing

By: The_Gold_Report

The event-driven hedge fund Rosseau LP has beat its benchmark by over 50% since inception in 1998, and its founder and CIO Warren Irwin says it does so by going deep, looking at very specific events or situations that are special within industry sectors. Irwin made his name by shorting Bre-X some 20 years ago and hasn't looked back. In this interview with The Gold Report, Irwin gives us a peek into Rosseau's portfolio, discussing opportunities that he is excited about in metals, uranium and oil.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Forex Markets Uncertainty Around ECB Decisions / Currencies / Forex Trading

By: Nadia_Simmons

Earlier today, the euro declined against the U.S. dollar once again as uncertainty around today's ECB decisions continues to weight on the European currency. Thanks to these circumstances, EUR/USD dropped under the barrier of 1.1000. Will we see a test of the recent lows in the coming days?

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