Saturday, March 10, 2018
Blue Chip Companies on Track for $800 billion Buyback Record in 2018 / Companies / Investing 2018
By: Richard_Mills
Donald Trump's tax cuts are already paying dividends... well, actually the companies that are benefiting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed by the Trump Administration in December are not only returning cash to shareholders in the form of dividends, but are presiding over what could be the largest share buyback program in history.
The legislation slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and the top individual tax rate shrunk to 37%. It also cut income tax rates, doubled the standard deduction and eliminated personal exemptions. All told, the Trump tax cuts are the eighth largest since 1918, and represent just over 1% of GDP – in other words, how much federal revenue the government will forego as a percentage of the economy.
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
Cheap Gold Stocks Basing / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2018
By: Zeal_LLC
The small contrarian gold-mining sector remains deeply out of favor, universally ignored. Thus the gold stocks are largely drifting listlessly, totally devoid of excitement. But that’s the best time to buy low, when few others care. The gold stocks continue to form strong technical bases, paving the way for massive mean-reversion uplegs. And they remain exceedingly cheap relative to gold prices, which drive their profits.
Being a gold-stock investor feels pretty miserable and hopeless these days. The gold stocks have been consolidating low for 14.2 months now, stuck in a seemingly-endless sideways grind. There are still gains to be won, but they are mostly within that low-trading-range context. We haven’t seen one of the huge uplegs gold stocks are famous for since the first half of 2016. So most traders have given up and moved on.
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
J.P. Morgan’s Executive Director Shares Her Secret for Investing in Emerging Markets / Currencies / Emerging Markets
By: John_Mauldin
By Patrick Watson: At the Strategic Investment Conference 2018, Gabriela Santos, Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, compared the potential of the US and international markets in terms of equity returns.
J.P. Morgan projects 5.5% annualized for US equities over the next 10 years. Meanwhile, Japan is projected to return 6% and emerging markets (EM) around 8%. But that’s assuming today as a starting point.
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Saturday, March 10, 2018
An Introduction to Online Forex Trading / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: Kavinesh_A
Forex stands for foreign exchange, the currencies. Forex trading is the process of buying and selling of foreign exchange or currencies. Statistics indicate that the online forex trading is increasingly getting more popular and that the forex market has grown at least 20% in the last five years. Grab more information about trading from the Admiral Markets.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
Sheffield Police State as Tree Protesting Citizens Are Snatched off the Streets! / Local / Police State
By: N_Walayat
Following the thawing of the 'Beast from the East' snow Sheffield's streets have seen a huge expansion in the level of force deployed against street tree felling protestors, with now at least 35 police officers attending felling sites, accompanying 20 or so SIA security and a dozen or so Arb's, as has been the case on many of Sheffield streets this week such as Thornsett Road, Kenwood Park Road and Abbeydale Park Rise.
Sheffield increasingly resembles an eastern european totalitarian police state with police snatch squads in operation literally grabbing people off the streets, then barring them from returning to the street tree protests under threat of prosecution / breach of police bail. The way it appears to work is that SIA security or Arbs snap a picture of an innocent protestor and then later forward an allegation to the police who then grab the invidual off the street at the next street protest, probably identified to the police by the SIA / Arbs. However, so far not one Sheffield tree protestor has been prosecuted for any crime, therefore the objective is to prevent peaceful protests from taking place in Sheffield.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
Riding the Bitcoin Wave / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Mike_McAra
In a move surprising to some, the SEC has announced that a number of cryptocurrency exchanges must register with the agency. Without naming names, the race has begun to determine if a specific platform meets the definitions put forward by the SEC. As our readers are aware, this is actually not surprising at all. In fact, it is only one small step in a broader trend recognizable in the Bitcoin market. How this specific event translates into the current trading conditions is what’s most interesting from a trader’s perspective. And we have indeed seen one specific change which may influence your profits.
Friday, March 09, 2018
Are We in Late Cycle? Implications for Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
In the previous edition of the Market Overview, we explored the fascinating history of bull and bear cycles in both the U.S. dollar and gold. Since then, the idea of cyclicity doesn’t lead me to drop off, disrupting my sleep cycles. Let’s then dig into the topic. We start with the business cycles, as in the recent Gold News Monitor we wrote that “we are in the late stages of the economic cycle – as the cycle matures, volatility increases and investors start to buy more gold as a hedge.” Why do we believe so? And what are the implications for gold’s future?
As a short reminder, cycles exist throughout our lives. From the weather’s seasons to circadian rhythm. Business activity is no different here. The economy does not grow evenly, but experiences ups and downs. There are many theories of business cycles – our favorite is that formulated by the Austrian school. But now, let’s focus not on reasons, but on stages of business cycles. Knowledge is where we can improve investors’ returns.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
US Bond Market 3 Amigos Bottom Line / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: Gary_Tanashian
You thought I was done with the Amigos shtick, did you? Not by a long shot ma’am. They are the happy-go-lucky riders in play as the stock bull market churns on. They are the rising SPX/Gold ratio and stocks in general vs. gold (Amigo #1), rising US 10yr & 30yr yields (Amigo #2) and the flattening 10-2 yield curve (Amigo #3). On their current trends these goofy riders have signaled “a-okay!” to casino patrons playing the stock market and other risk ‘on’ items.
Taking our macro indicators out of order, let’s start with Amigo #2, who we have been noting to be bracing for something…
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Friday, March 09, 2018
Here’s What The Trade Tariffs Really Mean / Economics / Protectionism
By: Rodney_Johnson
Every day, you plunk out cash to support your neighbors. And they support you. That’s how economies work.I buy from my local store, which employs people, and I use local services. Even when I buy from Amazon, the stuff has to get here somehow.
We also pay taxes, much of which goes to services that employ and support people in the community. In this instance, you can think of the entire nation as your community.
So, how much of your cash are you willing to give to your neighbors?
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Friday, March 09, 2018
Best 7 Worst U.S. Population Change / Politics / Demographics
By: Harry_Dent
The Dems shut down government because of the ongoing immigration impasse.Only for a couple of days, sure.
But it’s THAT big of an issue across the political spectrum right now.
Trump wants a wall.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
The Stock Market Bubble Conversation / Stock-Markets / Liquidity Bubble
By: Harry_Dent
If there’s anything super-important in life, it’s reproduction. Without it, there’s no life… that’s why sex was designed to be so pleasurable.But pleasure is an addiction (to all creatures). Everyone has their guilty little pleasure. It might be chocolate or coffee, alcohol or opioids, a foot fetish or talking a lot. Some birds get drunk off of fermented berries. African elephants, monkeys, meerkats and giraffe get drunk eating fermented marula fruit.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
Is this the Beginning of a Trade War? / Stock-Markets / Protectionism
By: Harry_Dent
I’ve been back stateside for three days now and already I want to turn around and head back down under.Jet lag feels about as bad as I imagine detoxing from crack is (thank you, Naomi, for your recommendations to help with this!).
Markets are in no-man’s land, trading in the middle of the rising bearish wedge channel. They’re either not interested or capable of pushing above the top trend line, and they seem equally disinterested in breaking below the bottom trend line.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
The Last Great Myth of Every Financial Market Euphoria / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2018
By: EWI
See how financial markets are governed by waves of optimism and pessimism -- not cold reason
Beware of the "New Normal" in the Stock Market!
The January 2018 Elliott Wave Financial Forecast put it this way:
After two decades of Mania Era asset bubbles and sentiment extremes, what now seems normal to many investors is actually highly abnormal.
That's right -- many investors no longer fear asset bubbles. That is why too many will be caught off-guard when the Mania Era inevitably ends.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
Make Gold, Not (Trade) War! / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Arkadiusz_Sieron
“So it begins.” This is what King Theoden said right before the Battle of Helm’s Deep in the Lord of the Rings. Fortunately, the army of Uruk-hai doesn’t threaten the kingdom of men. But something else – also dreadful – endangers us. Trade wars.
Are Trade Wars Good?
President Trump shook the world last week, saying: “(…) trade wars are good, and easy to win.” Wrong! Each economist will say that. It’s true that economists often argue with each other. People even said “two economists, three opinions”. But economists do agree on many fundamental issues. One of them is the proposition that free trade is better than protection.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
Alison Teal, Green Party Councillor at Sheffield Street Trees Fellings Protests 2018 / Local / Sheffield
By: N_Walayat
Green Party Councillor Alison Teal at Sheffield's street trees protest on Thornsett Road (Nether Edge) discusses the possibilities of the Green party in Sheffield gaining the balance of power following the outcome of the May 2018 Local Elections. Thornsett Road as well as several Sheffield streets such as Abbeydale Park Rise and Kenwood Road have been subjected to heavy police presence in support of SIA security and Arb's since street tree fellings resumed this month.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
The Middle Class Might Nearly Disappear in the Next Decade / Politics / Demographics
By: John_Mauldin
Patrick Watson: At the Strategic Investment Conference 2018, Karen Harris from Bain & Company gave a thought-provoking keynote titled, “Labor 2030: The Collision of Demographics, Automation, and Inequality.”
She sees a big economic shift that began in the 1980s. Driven by demographics and automation, the world is gradually moving from a supply-constrained to a demand-constrained economy.
Harris said the combination of a demographically shrinking workforce and increasingly cost-effective automation will aggravate inequality, curb demand, and put a cap on economic growth.
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Friday, March 09, 2018
Z-Edge S3 Dual Car Dash Cam Review - Full Specifications / / Motoring
By: HGR
The Z-Edge S3 Dual Dash Cam sold by amazon for £140 could possibly be one of the best Dash Cam's currently on the market. A package that includes two 1080p front and rear cameras, a very compact stick on mount, and most important of all can take upto a 128gb micro sd cards! So whilst the cost of £140 is not cheap, but appears to tick all of the boxes. Our second video in this series cover the exact specs of the Z-Edge dash cam is capable of.
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Thursday, March 08, 2018
London Property Market Sees Brave Bet By Norway As Foxtons Profits Plunge / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: GoldCore
– Sales in London property market at ‘historic lows’
– 65% fall in pre-tax profits in 2017 to £6.5m reported by London estate agents Foxtons
– Foxtons warns 2018 will ‘remain challenging’ for London property
– Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is backing London’s property market
– RICS: UK property stock hits record low as buyer demand falls
– Own physical gold to hedge falls in physical property
Thursday, March 08, 2018
Casino and Bingo - A Brief Statistics / Personal_Finance / Gaming
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Thursday, March 08, 2018
Is the Bitcoin Bull Market Dead or Just Taking a Breather? / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: Sol_Palha
For at least another hundred years we must pretend to ourselves and to every one that fair is foul and foul is fair; for foul is useful and fair is not. Avarice and usury and precaution must be our gods for a little longer still.John Maynard Keynes
Despite the heavy beating Bitcoin has taken, the sentiment has not turned bearish, and Bitcoin experts are still enthusiastically issuing wild targets of $100K and beyond.
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