Friday, July 27, 2018
Gold Stocks Testing Last Ditch Support / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2018
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Although precious metals have not rebounded too strongly yet, the long awaited summer rally could be underway (at least in Gold). Gold is oversold and its sentiment is overly bearish. But it is holding important support in the low $1200s. Silver has begun to rally after breaking down from a triangle consolidation. The gold stocks held up well during recent carnage in the metals but are struggling around very important support levels. The nature of their potential rebound is important as they try and maintain current support.
Friday, July 27, 2018
Silver Threads among the Gold: What the Tea Leaves Seem to Be Telling Us / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: MoneyMetals
The ongoing July silver (and gold) slam has a 2008 feel about it. Important data point elements are different, but there's an air of panic on the part of physical precious metals' owners.
"Major trend lines" being broken to the downside; physical metals' buying (in the U.S. off significantly so far on the year; (some) long-term silver holders giving up the ghost and selling their metal below spot.
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Friday, July 27, 2018
Tariffs, Barriers and Subsidies / Stock-Markets / Protectionism
By: Raul_I_Meijer
There’s not a shade of a doubt that I’m not an expert on tariffs, trade barriers and subsidies, and I’d be the last to suggest any such thing. But I can read. Still, do correct me if I’m wrong anywhere. The whole field is so complicated -no doubt often on purpose- that there’s always the possibility that there are side issues involved for which one would need to actually be an expert.
But still. Now that EU chief Jean-Claude -‘When it becomes serious, you have to lie’- Juncker is due to arrive at the White House soon, I looked at some of the items involved. Last night Trump said that all tariffs, barriers and subsidies should be dropped between the EU and US. Why the TTiP doesn’t come anywhere close to that is anyone’s guess. Too complicated for the boys and girls?
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Friday, July 27, 2018
The Stock Market is Near New All-time Highs. Forward Returns are VERY Bullish / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Troy_Bombardia
So far in 2018 we have been consistently on the right side of the market via:
- Focusing on the fundamental economic data.
- Using quantitative market studies to determine whether the market is more likely to go up or down.
The S&P 500 is now within 1% of its all-time highs, while the S&P 500’s Total Return Index (which includes dividends) has already made a new all-time high vs. its January 2018 high.
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Friday, July 27, 2018
Supposedly Bullish Gold’s CoT Signal / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: P_Radomski_CFA
At first sight, yesterday’s session was quite boring – gold ended the session practically unchanged while silver and mining stocks were only a little higher. The USD Index was practically unchanged. But just because nothing happened in the market in terms of the daily closing prices, it doesn’t mean that we don’t have anything interesting to discuss. We do. There is a boomerang topic that just came back once again – the Commitment of Traders report for gold seems to be favoring higher gold prices as the current readings were seen at previous local bottoms. Are we going to see a CoT-driven rally shortly?
Friday, July 27, 2018
Trump Put to Lower US Dollar / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Axel_Merk
Has President Trump introduced a Trump Put by lashing out about rising interest rates and calling for a weaker dollar? The market reacted swiftly - and rationally - albeit not the way Trump had intended. Let me explain.
Trump suggests the U.S. is put at a “disadvantage” given that the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan continue their more expansionary monetary policies. Markets reacted by selling off the dollar versus major currencies. If that were all, you might shrug this off as disruptor-in-chief rattling the currency markets a bit. Maybe there isn’t much more to it. After all, speculators had been bidding up the greenback of late and, possibly, this was as good a catalyst as any to take some profits.1 But that’s not the end of it. First, Mr. Trump appears to favor a weaker dollar and may well provide more verbal intervention should the dollar resume its climb. In that sense, Mr. Trump has introduced Trump put. But why is it that a comment by the President moves currency markets? Partially, this may be because he has shown a willingness to use executive power to interfere with trade.
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Friday, July 27, 2018
British Pound Likely to Extend Declines – The Big Picture / Currencies / British Pound
By: Submissions
FXOpen writes: The weekly chart of GBP/USD indicates that pair broke key support levels. On the other hand, EUR/GBP may perhaps move higher in the medium term.
Key Points
- The British Pound started a major downward move from the 1.4375 swing high against the US Dollar.
- GBP/USD broke a key bullish trend line with support at 1.3720 on the weekly chart.
- EUR/GBP formed a short-term top near the 0.9300 level and declined.
- The pair is following a declining channel with resistance near 0.8930 on the weekly chart.
Friday, July 27, 2018
How to Up Your Digital Marketing Strategy Game / Companies / SME
By: Submissions
Elsie writes: Running a successful business in the digital age is a strategic process that businesses of the pen and paper past simply cannot understand. With digital marketing, the trends and fads are ever-changing, and the pressure to keep up with the times and with the ways of the marketing world are weighing down on businesses heavier than every before. So, how do you ensure that you’re in-the-know when it comes to digital marketing?
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Robust Crypto Exchanges Needed In The Wake Of Hacking Incidences / Currencies / BlockChain
By: Andrew_Cioffi
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
NASDAQ Tech Stocks Index is like 1999 / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: Troy_Bombardia
Based on the Medium-Long Term Model, this bull market probably has 1 year left. We can confirm this theory through the stock market’s recent price action.
The final rally of a bull market is often marked by “downwards reversal days”. In other words, the market gaps up on the open (exuberant buying) and then falls throughout the rest of the day. We just saw a “downwards reversal day” yesterday in the NASDAQ.
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Will China End U.S. Trade War With Nuclear Financial Option / Politics / Protectionism
By: Chris_Marcus
One of the reasons why it has seemed so bizarre that the United States would engage in a trade war with its largest creditor in China, is that China has a move that the United States simply can't defend against.
In terms of any sort of engagement between the United States and China, for at least the last decade or so, it's always seemed to me that China has an incredibly large amount of leverage over the United States. To the degree that if push comes to shove, China has available actions that the U.S. simply has no answer to.
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Will The Impending US Economic Collapse Usher In Socialism? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2018
By: Avi_Gilburt
Benjamin Franklin was purported to have said “that which hurts, also instructs.” Yet, society, as a whole, has a very short memory. Thus, lessons learned through the pain of generations gone by often are quickly forgotten.
We have very few people left worldwide who actually lived through the Great Depression. While I have been told many stories by my grandparents of what it was like to live through the 1930’s and 1940’s, I clearly do not have first-hand experience. Yet, I would assume that I still have a better understanding of that time period than most of the people reading my words today.
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum Commodities Set Up for a Rally / Commodities / Commodities Trading
By: The_Gold_Report
Technical analyst Clive Maund provides copper, gold, platinum, silver and US dollar updates at what he calls a "key juncture."Commodities, including gold and silver, have plunged to become so deeply oversold that a snapback rally looks likely soon. This could be sharp and could trigger a wave of short covering. Such a rally is likely to be sparked by a dollar reaction, as we will see, but it is likely to be followed by further heavy losses across the sector if a general market crash ensues as expected.
We will start by looking at the latest dollar index chart, as a dollar reaction will be what ignites a commodity rally. The 2-year chart for the dollar index shows that the dollar is rounding over beneath a zone of resistance that dates back to a reversal that occurred at this level last October and November. The pattern that has formed from last July looks like a large head-and-shoulders bottom, with the right shoulder of the pattern about to form.
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Russian Ruble and Euro Show Massive Volatility / Rotation Setup / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Our research team has been watching the foreign currency markets with great interest. Recently, the strength of the US Dollar has put extended pressures on many foreign currencies. The recent crash of the Chinese Yuan has alerted many traders to the concerns that China could be edging over the precipice in terms of debt and credit market collapse.
As traders/investors, we need to understand how these currencies move, and future moves may drive the global equity markets to new highs or lows. Let’s take a brief look at how some of our proprietary indicators are set up on these Weekly charts.
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Keeping Cool in Summer Heat with a BRIGENIUS Mini Necklace Fan - Review / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
We are having one of the hottest summers in decades, so the hunt was on, on how best to keep cool. Whilst portable hand fans are great we thought we would take it to the next level by going hands free with a portable necklace fan made by BRIGENIUS (bought from amazon), so take a look at our review and if useful click the like button.
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Hoseasons Cayton Bay Holiday Caravan Park Entertainment Centre / Personal_Finance / Travel & Holidays
By: Anika_Walayat
Thinking of booking a caravan park holiday for summer 2018? Then look no further than our series of videos of what it's like to holiday at a UK caravan park. This is at the Hoseasons Caravan Park at Cayton Bay, North East England, not 10 miles from Scarborough.
In our sixth video in this series we show what the onsite entertainment centre is like, arcade machines and the ticket dispensing chance game machines.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Chinese Yuan’s Depreciation is Not Bearish for the U.S. Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Troy_Bombardia
The Chinese Yuan has tanked recently on Trump’s trade war.
Here’s USDCNY (a spike in USDCNY = Chinese Yuan tanking).
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Student Bank Account Best Freebies / Personal_Finance / Student Finances
By: MoneyFacts
School’s out for summer, so it’s time for students to do some research on student current accounts to find the best deal. Moneyfacts.co.uk has created a handy selection of the best accounts available (see below) so that students can easily compare the different overdraft offerings and extra benefits.
Rachel Springall, Finance Expert at Moneyfacts.co.uk, said:
“Students preparing to branch out on their own and study at university may already be celebrating the summer break, but this is the perfect time for them to sort out a student bank account and not leave it until the last minute. As soon as students get their university offer letter, they should be ready to apply for a student bank account that will meet their day-to-day needs.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
10 Top Tips to Help Students Save Money / Personal_Finance / Student Finances
By: MoneyFacts
In just a few weeks’ time, many students will be preparing themselves for university, and for some, this could be the first time they have lived away from home. The thought alone may be daunting, so Moneyfacts.co.uk has put together 10 top tips to help students save money.
Rachel Springall, Finance Expert at Moneyfacts.co.uk, said:
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
IS THE BRIC FUTURE ON TRACK - 10TH BRICS Summit at Critical Crossroads / Stock-Markets / Emerging Markets
By: Dan_Steinbock
Even amid trade wars and eroding global growth prospects, the large emerging BRIC economies remain positioned to surpass the largest advanced economies in about 15 years. The 10th BRICS Summit will take place in Johannesburg, South Asia. Led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the international conference highlights the rising power of large emerging economies in the world economy.
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