Friday, January 08, 2021
Will the Fed Support Gold Prices in 2021? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2021
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
Gold ended 2020 at $1,891, partially thanks to monetary policy easing. In 2021, the Fed may not trigger a comparable rally in gold, but it should offer gold prices some support.Welcome to 2021! I hope that it will be a wonderful year for all of you; a much healthier, calmer and normal year than 2020 was. And even more profitable of course! Indeed, at least gold bulls could be satisfied with the last year, in which the price of gold jumped from $1,523 to $1,891 ( London A.M. Fix )! It means that the yellow metal gained more than 24 percent, as the chart below shows.
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Friday, January 08, 2021
Stocks trading strategies for beginners / InvestorEducation / Learn to Trade
By: Sumeet_Manhas
In the financial markets, when you have a good trading strategy, you always get by. If you're looking for the best stock trading strategies for beginners, you are in the right place. Below we give a thorough overview of trading strategies that will help you maximize your profits.
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Friday, January 08, 2021
Who is Buying and Selling Stocks in 2021 / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2021
By: Troy_Bombardia
I wish you a happy and prosperous New Year. May 2021 bring you and your family good health and success.
Looking back, 2020 was a year that few will forget. From a markets point of view, it was a year in which “dumb money” (traders who chase trends) was the smart money. Global central bank intervention caused a “wall of money” to flow from one asset to another, resulting in a year when “everything went up”.
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Friday, January 08, 2021
Clap for NHS Heroes 2021 as Incompetent Government Loses Control of Virus Again! / Politics / Pandemic
By: Eliza_Walayat
It's time to clap for NHS Heroes again, which ran for 10 weeks from March to May 2020, the first wave of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately our incompetent, negligent government that is clearly being advised by mad scientists has once more lost control of the virus to such an extent that we are all once more being ordered to stay at home! For if the government had been competent than each successive wave should have been smaller than the one before instead the opposite has been the case with the UK passing 75,000 deaths in 28 days of a covid test, that looks set to double once more during 2021.
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Thursday, January 07, 2021
Ultimate Gaming and Home Working PC System Build 2021 - 5950X, RTX 3080, Asus MB - Scan Computers UK / Personal_Finance / Computing
By: HGR
New Year, New PC! Here are the specs and process of buying of top of the line PC system that I bought from Scan Computers UK, how much will it cost find out as I use their online configuration tool to spec out an 5950x RTX 3080, X570 build right to checking out and actually buying the system all of which you can use as a template for your own configs whether self or fromn a number of system builders across the UK, US and world. Of course now I have the long wait for the PC to actually land on my doorstep as the world continues to face the consequences of huge pandemic induced work from home demand for tech made worse by scalpers, still hopefully a month from now it 'should' be delivered and then we can continue this series.
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Thursday, January 07, 2021
Inflation the bug-bear looking forward through 2021 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2021
By: Christopher_Quigley
Since the Covid 19 crisis began in March 2020 just over 10 trillion dollars have been pumped into the World's economies. This is the reason why the stock markets are breaking into new highs despite the fact that most countries are in recession.
"Given the broad global impact of the COVID-19 crisis, few populations, businesses, sectors, or regions have been able to avoid the knock-on economic effects. That means government measures have had to support large parts of the economy in a very short time to maintain financial stability, maintain household economic welfare, and help companies survive the crisis. In addition, countries have tended to escalate their interventions as the crisis increases in severity and lockdowns persist. Nine of ten countries in our data set have already announced at least one additional financial-relief or -stimulus package. Two-thirds of countries have announced three or more packages, while a few countries have announced as many as six or seven packages".
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Thursday, January 07, 2021
ESG ETF Investing Flows Drive Clean Energy to Fresh Highs / Companies / Investing 2021
By: Chris_Vermeulen
The ESG theme has taken the capital markets by storm in 2020. Fund flows into this space have been relentless, helping to drive the clean energy sector to fresh highs. In the first half of 2020, 23-new exchange-traded funds were launched under the ESG umbrella. By the end of the Q3, ESG index funds hit $250 billion in value. The ESG umbrella focuses on many different areas and has flourished during the pandemic. With a vaccine on the horizon, the question for investors is whether this sector will remain sustainable.
What is ESG and ESG Investing
The term ESG stands for:
- Environmental
- Social
- Governance
The term brings to mind concepts like climate change, diversity and inclusion, and resource scarcity. While these are forms of ESG, it also covers social practices, including labor and talent management and data security and product safety. It includes employee experience, executive pay, and ethics. There is a wide divide amongst stakeholders on what the term means and how to communicate and manage the concept.
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Thursday, January 07, 2021
5 Financial Market Surprises in 2021 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2021
By: Jared_Dillian
Plenty of people made predictions for 2020, with hilarious results.
So for 2021, I am going to give you my list of surprises instead.
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Thursday, January 07, 2021
Time to ‘Reset’ Your Investment Portfolio in 2021? / Commodities / Investing 2021
By: MoneyMetals
If global elites have their way, 2021 will be the year of the “Great Reset.”
They believe now, after the coronavirus and lockdown policies have inflicted a heavy toll on the public, is the perfect opportunity to implement their technocratic vision.
Their longstanding plans to transform economies in the name of various “sustainability” and “equity” goals are being aggressively implemented.
World Economic Forum chairman Klaus Schwab vows, "a renewed focus on public health and resilience, net-zero pledges and the arrival of Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics—all but ensure that 2021 will be a new 'Year Zero.'"
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Thursday, January 07, 2021
Bitcoin Price Collapses almost 20% at the start 2021 / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Chris_Vermeulen
After an incredible upside price rally that took place throughout the end of 2020, the recent 20% decline in Bitcoin prices, seemingly overnight on January 4th, may have come as a shock to many Bitcoin traders. The deep low price was reached in early trading overnight on very heavy volume – reaching levels near $27,734. Compared to the high price level reached just 27 hours earlier, near $34,800, this strong price decline represents a 20% sell off (over -$7040).
Bitcoin Daily Chart
If this is the start of a broader downtrend for Bitcoin, we’ll have to watch the MAGENTA trend level on this Daily Bitcoin chart below for an indication the upward support channel is breached. This may be a deep pullback in a stronger uptrend still. But the heavy volume and very deep decline suggest the upside parabolic price trend may have “popped” and Bitcoin may be setting up for a bigger change in trend in early 2021.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2021
Fed Taper Nervous Breakdown / Interest-Rates / Quantitative Easing
By: Michael_Pento
The next time the Fed reduces its bond purchase program the market reaction should be more like a nervous breakdown rather than just a tantrum.
First let’s review a bit of the historical histrionics surrounding the initial Taper Tantrum. Back in September 2012, the Fed’s Quantitative Easing program was running at the level of $85 billion per month. The asset purchase program consisted of both Mortgage-Backed Securities and Treasuries. Then, in December 2012, Fed Chair Ben Bernanke expanded his massive QE 3 scheme by making its duration unlimited. But by May 2013, the time had finally arrived to start discussing the tapering of its asset purchases. And in December of that year Tapering officially began; with QE ending by October 2014. Of course, the Fed would be back in the QE game six years later. But at the time, the overwhelming consensus thinking was that the 100-year economic storm had passed and we would never witness such extraordinary actions by our central bank ever again.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2021
What Will the U.S. Dollar Ring in for 2021? / Currencies / US Dollar
By: P_Radomski_CFA
The fate of the U.S. Dollar will weigh heavily on the future of the precious metals in 2021. At first glance, the USDX’s prospects look rather bleak in the first months of the year, but as the pages of the book turn, the dollar’s likely later ascension could prove rather bearish for gold and the PMs.
Breaking hearts as the USD Index falls in and out of love, the greenback continues to leave bulls at the altar, which is likely to have important implications for the gold market in the following weeks . Dressed to impress, investors lined the cathedral aisles as the USDX looked ready to commit to the 90-level.
But as cold feet turned into a dash for the exit, 2020 ended without a celebration.
However, as we enter 2021 and net-short futures positions (non-commercial traders) remain at their highest level since 2006, the slightest shift in sentiment could have wedding bells ringing again.
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Wednesday, January 06, 2021
Stock market frenzy- Ride the bandwagon but be sure to take along some gold coins / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2021
By: Michael_J_Kosares
What is it with billionaires and gold?
When billionaire Sam Zell warned at the end of December that the dollar’s status as the world’s principal reserve currency was in jeopardy, it nudged something in the back of the mind about the number of billionaires over the past year who issued similar warnings. The wealthiest among us, it seems, are also the most vocal and proactive about the dangers they see dead ahead. Meanwhile, the unschooled masses utilize online investment portals from Robinhood to Schwab to dash headlong into the most wildly overvalued stock market in history.
In a recent MarketWatch interview, Charlie Munger, another billionaire and Warren Buffett’s business partner called the current stock market frenzy “the most dramatic thing that’s almost ever happened in the entire world history of finance.” He believes that “we’re in very uncharted waters. Nobody has gotten by with the kind of money printing now for a very extended period without some kind of trouble. We’re very near the edge of playing with fire.” Ray Dalio, who heads up the world’s largest hedge fund (Bridgewater Securities) and another billionaire, believes that the world is likely to change in “shocking ways” over the next five years, including a loss of faith in the U.S. dollar: “Within the next five years you could see a situation in which foreigners who have been lending money to the United States won’t want to.”
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Wednesday, January 06, 2021
Overclockers UK Custom Build Gaming System Review Heat Test and Final Conclusion / Personal_Finance / Computing
By: HGR
Our final test on a custom built PC from Overclockers UK was to see how hot the CPU runs under load, as it should be every buyers first test! So how did the overclockers system that cost £1000 fair? Noting that the case was not our preferred choice. Anyway find out how we rate Overclockers custom built PC's if you are thinking of buying a mid-range custom built PC.
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Tuesday, January 05, 2021
Precious Metals Resuming Bull Market, Gold, Silver, GDX Trend Forecasts 2021 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2021
By: Ken_Ticehurst
Gold and silver continue to be bullish, the gold miners are mixed and bitcoin continues to outperform. Despite the unprecedented events of 2020 the precious metals have had a positive year, the pandemic brought volatility to the market with a sharp drop followed by a continuation of the upward trend that had begun before Covid disrupted our lives.
Unprecendented global liquidity since the pandemic has been the catalyst for much of the recent reflation in markets, Central Bank willingness to maintain ultra low rates, Government deficits, stimulus packages and infrastructure projetcs are all adding to rising markets.
Whilst Coronavirus is still with us it seems as though we are over the worst of it, with better testing and vaccines available to us, barring an unprecedented mutation it is unlikely to provide no more than a mild headwind to investors as we head to the peak of the Northern Hemisphere flu season.
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Tuesday, January 05, 2021
Trump’s Iran-COVID-Gate Anniversary / Politics / Iran
By: Dan_Steinbock
A year ago, the Trump administration escalated regime change efforts against Iran, while shunning the war against COVID-19. Due to misplaced priorities, more Americans have perished in the pandemic than US combatants in World War II.
In the past month, US B-52 bombers flew over the Gulf three times in a show of force the Trump administration called a deterrence measure. Presumably, to keep Iran from retaliating on January 3; the first anniversary of the assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in a US drone strike.
The international concern is that President Trump could resort to military action against Iran, even in his remaining days in office.
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Tuesday, January 05, 2021
2021 May Be A Good Year For The Cannabis / Marijuana Sector / Companies / Cannabis
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Great progress in terms of legalization was made for the Cannabis/Marijuana sector in 2020 that will. The 2020 elections resulted in a number of US states engaging in new Cannabis friendly policies and laws being approved by voters. This suggests a new rally in the Cannabis sector may be setting up in 2021 and beyond for traders. Our BAN – Best Asset Now – trading strategy is always looking out for the next sector to make a trade, and the Cannabis sector is certainly one we are keeping our eyes on! Make sure you sign up for my FREE webinar to find and trade the Best Assets Now just like me.
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Tuesday, January 05, 2021
Stock Market Approaching an Important Target / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2021
By: Andre_Gratian
Current Position of the Market
SPX Long-term trend: There is some good evidence that we are still in the bull market which started in 2009 and which could continue into the first quarter of 2021 before coming to an end.
SPX Intermediate trend: New intermediate uptrend ending?
Analysis of the short-term trend is done daily with the help of hourly charts. They are important adjuncts to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which determine longer market trends.
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Tuesday, January 05, 2021
Consumer Prices Are Not Reflecting Higher Inflation; Neither Is The CRB / Economics / Inflation
By: Kelsey_Williams
As of November 30th, the annual inflation rate for the year 2020 is 1.17% (CPI). And it is not likely to get a whole lot worse anytime soon.
When the Federal Reserve responded to the financial crisis of 2007-08 with hugely unprecedented monetary expansion efforts, many thought that it would lead to runaway inflation and collapse of the U.S. dollar. It didn’t; and the expected higher inflation rates did not occur.
What did happen is that consumer prices remained reasonably stable and we even saw lower prices in 2009 and 2015.
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Monday, January 04, 2021
NEW UK Coronavirus PANIC FULL Lockdown Imminent, All Schools to Close! GCSE Exams Cancelled! / Politics / Pandemic
By: N_Walayat
Today was Eliza's first day back and school, unfortunately it could the first and last for some time as a NEW UK Coronavirus total lockdown is imminent, that looks set to include the closure of all UK schools due to the new strain of the virus that is 50% more virulent spreading like wildfire sending the number of daily cases soaring with NHS hospitals full to the brim with covid-19 patients without any spare capacity for the daily onslaught of over 1000 patients arriving per day.
Whilst the Nightingale hospitals proved to be disastrous waste of resources, for without doctors and nurses a hospital bed is just the same as any bed. Therefore this time round there is no mad rush to activate Nightingale hospitals which during the chinese viruses first wave pulled desperate resources away from NHS hospitals that likely made the April death toll worse than it would have been, a painful lesson learned.
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