Sunday, March 06, 2016
Currencies, They Are All Still Sinking! Video / Currencies / Fiat Currency
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
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.
Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 06, 2016
Gold Traders Caution / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
"I'm going to caution traders against shorting gold right here. I doubt we've printed a final intermediate top just yet"
Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 06, 2016
The Reflex to Flee Donald Trump's America Might be "no drill"! / ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2016
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!"
Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 06, 2016
Canadian Gold Stocks / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2016
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.
Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 06, 2016
Gold and Silver Note Of Caution (And Ambiguity) / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
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."
Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 06, 2016
Republican Showdown Coming / ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2016
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.
Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 06, 2016
Gold And Silver Charts Reviewed / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
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.
Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 06, 2016
Donald Trump: A Problem Even for Conservatives / ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2016
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
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.
Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Super Tuesday Exit Polls Showed Voters Want Revolutionary Change / ElectionOracle / US Presidential Election 2016
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.
Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Stocks Have Rallied Based on Hope (Nothing’s Changed) / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
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.
Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 05, 2016
More and More Fed Officials Calling For NIRP / Interest-Rates / US Interest Rates
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.
Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Stocks Bear Market Rally Nearly Over / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
The week started at SPX 1948. On Monday the market rallied to SPX 1958, then sold off to 1932 by the close. Tuesday, however, kicked off a rally with a gap up opening that carried the market to SPX 2009 by Friday afternoon. Then after a pullback to SPX 1993 the market closed 2000. For the week the SPX/DOW gained 2.45%, the NDX/NAZ gained 2.50%, and the DJ World index gained 4.0%. On the economic front reports again came in negatively biased again. On the uptick: construction spending, ISM manufacturing, the ADP, factory orders, monthly payrolls and the GDPn. On the downtick: the Chicago PMI, pending home sales, auto sales, ISM services, the WLEI, plus the trade deficit and weekly jobless claims increased. Next week two FED speeches on tap Monday, then the ECB meets on Thursday.
Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Stock Market VIX Short-Term Bottoming Candle?....Bullish Big Picture / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
So many questions. Not sure I have all the answers you're looking for, but we can do our best to try and understand what's taking place. The VIX has been in a stealth down trend off the top. Other than the occasional up day, it had not had the classic gap-down day that turned hollow at the end of the day.
Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Gold Stocks Reverse at Resistance Targets / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2016
Two weeks ago, regarding the miners we wrote:
If it (GDXJ) surpasses its 80-week moving average then its next target is $27-$28. Meanwhile, GDX is holding above previous resistance at $18. Its next strong resistance targets are $21 and $22.
Earlier today GDX and GDXJ came within pennies of $21 and $29 respectively while Gold touched $1280 before reversing. While Gold and gold stocks could continue a bit higher, their rebound may have ended Friday morning.
Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Financial Repression - Margin Rules Changes Force New Private Funding of Public Debt / Interest-Rates / US Debt
FRA Co-Founder Gordon T. Long and Dan Amerman have an in-depth conversation covering various topics such as Financial Repression, Quantitative Easing, devious actions of the Fed and much more.
Read full article... Read full article...Daniel R. Amerman is a Chartered Financial Analyst, author, and speaker, with BSBA and MBA degrees in Finance, and over 30 years of professional financial experience. As an investment banking vice president in the 1980s he did groundbreaking work in the security originations and asset/liability management areas, including CMO/REMIC originations as part of portfolio restructurings for financial institutions, as well as the creation of synthetic securities for institutional clients. As an independent quantitative analyst in the 1990s and 2000s, he structured mortgage-backed bond financing and provided analytical services for real estate acquisitions by multifamily and commercial real estate owners, investment banks, and tax-exempt issuers.
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Gold Price and Gold Stocks Launch! / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2016
While at near-term risk, the gold sector is launching, not blowing off
Okay, the title of the post is a bit of a joke at this late stage of the rally because it sounds like hype and we have actually been calling the move in the gold sector a potential launch for weeks now, since gold and HUI each busted through their bear market limiters, the EMA 75 and EMA 55, respectively.
Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Walkers Crisps UEFA Champions League Wins Prizes Delivery - Footballs and Sharing Bowls Unboxing / Personal_Finance / Freebies and Comps
It's now just over 3 weeks since I first started entering the codes off of walkers crisps packets in their UEFA Champions League Game-Ready promotion and today I received my first delivery of prizes won, 6 footballs and 3 sharing bowls. Find out what they actually look like and what quality of the items is like in this video:
Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, March 04, 2016
US Jobs Report 242,000 Jobs: 304,000 Were Part-Time; Average Weekly Earnings Sank / Economics / Employment
Jobs came in well above expectations at 242,000 despite tax data collections that support a Job Growth estimate of 55,000 to 85,000 .
A quick dive into the details shows the report is a lot weaker than the headline number indicates. Of the 242,000 jobs added, 304,000 of them were part time. That means the economy actually shed 62,000 full-time jobs.
Average hours worked declined as did average weekly earnings despite minimum wage hikes in numerous states at the beginning of the year.
Read full article... Read full article...