Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Savers Expected to Rejoice as Funding for Lending Scheme Finally Closes / Personal_Finance / Savings Accounts
By: MoneyFacts
Savers may be getting ready to celebrate the end of the Government’s Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) tomorrow, as its effects on the market have been felt for over five years. When it arrived, savings rates plummeted to alarming levels as many banks and building societies took advantage of the scheme, and stopped working hard to entice savers’ deposits.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Has Gold Bottomed? / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: The_Gold_Report
Technical analyst Jack Chan charts the latest movements in the gold and silver markets.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
How to Surpass the Middle-Income Trap / Politics / Social Issues
By: Dan_Steinbock
China will surpass the middle-income trap by continuing to implement structural reforms and focusing on economic development. The lesson to other emerging economies is to distinguish good growth policies from self-serving agendas in the advanced West. According to the World Bank, high-income economies ($12,236 or more) include the US, Western Europe and Japan, while upper middle-income economies ($3,956 -$12,235) feature Turkey, Russia, Brazil and China, among others.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Adblue and Engine Oil Change Indicator Reliability - Land Rover Discovery Sport / ConsumerWatch / Motoring
By: N_Walayat
Every owner of newer diesel cars such as the Land Rover Discovery Sport should be aware that they have a separate Adblue tank that needs topping up every x thousand miles, and that the car needs an oil change every x thousand miles, 21,000 in the Discovery Sports case, where to aid drivers there are countdowns for both of these displayed on the dashboard. However, just how reliable are these indicators when compared against the manufactures sales pitch. For instance adblue is supposed to be consumed at the rate of 1 litre per 1000 miles driven. Whilst the oil service indicator should be counting down to 21,000 for the LR Discovery Sport.
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Monday, January 29, 2018
Are Bond Yields About to Slap Stocks Out of Their Euphoria? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Graham_Summers
Rates continue to rise, though stocks remain oblivious.
The yield on the 10-Year US Treasury continues to soar, with a confirmed breakout from its 10-year downtrend.
Now, cynics would ask, “why does this matter? The yield is at the same level as it was in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014.”
It matters because throughout this time period, corporates and governments were adding debt.
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Monday, January 29, 2018
Gold - You Must Own a Monster Box; North Korea Close to Being Able to Destroy U.S. / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: MoneyMetals
Mike Gleason: Jim, you're a very well-traveled individual who has his finger on the pulse of what's going on, not just here in the states, but around the world. I know you were just in Europe. Is complacency an issue all over the globe or is it just a Western World thing or an American thing? What are people thinking and doing in other parts of the world? I know that's a pretty broad question, but just speak to complacency and what others are doing here to protect themselves for what may be coming.
Monday, January 29, 2018
Don’t Fight the Fed! Or the Rest of the World’s Central Banks / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2018
By: Michael_Pento
On March 9, 2009, The Wall Street Journal’s Money and Investing section posed this ominous question: "How low can stocks go?" The stench of economic malaise was suffocating as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rounded off its fourth straight week of losses, and the S&P 500 touched below 700 for the first time in 13 years. Goldman Sachs cautioned the S&P could fall to 400, while CNBC’s Jim Cramer was busily calculating the stock valuations of the DJIA components based on balance sheet cash levels.
Monday, January 29, 2018
Stocks are Down, VIX is Higher, But No Signal This Morning / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Good Morning!
TNX futures are higher this morning as to blows out prior resistance levels into a clear Wave (5) rally that is still in its early stages. It is approaching its Weekly Cycle Top resistance at 27.80, but is likely to blow through it. The Head I Shoulders pattern usually indicates the terminus of Wave 3. The Monthly Cycle Top is near 35.00 and may be the ultimate target of this final Primary Wave [1] off its all-time low.
ZeroHedge reports, “The recent frantic moves in Treasurys and the dollar continued on Monday as we enter what is set to be a juggernaut of a "rollercoaster week", and while the dollar collapse seems to have slowed for now, this is as a result of an acceleration in the Treasury selloff, with 10Y yields blowing out to 2.72% for the first time since early 2014, and now deep into what Jeff Gundlach called the "danger zone" for equities.”
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Monday, January 29, 2018
THE Week. THE Record. THE Extreme Sign for Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: P_Radomski_CFA
To say that gold’s weekly volume was big is like to say that snails are not the fastest animal. You can't say that it’s a lie, but it doesn't really convey the entire truth, either. Gold’s weekly volume was highest EVER. Yes, ever. There was not a single week – not ever during the 2011 top or when gold declined in 2008 – when gold moved on volume that was higher than what we saw last week.
Is this significant? You bet! The chart below provides details (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).
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Monday, January 29, 2018
More New Record Highs, But Stocks Bull Market May Die On That Euphoria / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Paul_Rejczak
The U.S. stock market indexes gained between 0.9% and 1.3% on Friday, extending their uptrend despite worse-than-expected advance GDP number release, as investors' sentiment remained very bullish.
The S&P 500 index has reached new record high at the level of 2,872.87. It broke above its Wednesday's high of 2,852.97. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has also reached new record high at the level of 26,616.71. It was relatively weaker than the broad stock market, as it gained 0.9%. The technology Nasdaq Composite reached new record high of 7,505.77, as it gained 1.3% on Friday.
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Monday, January 29, 2018
Analysis and Market Setups - Stocks Rising, GDP Rising but things Not Straightforward / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2018
By: Abalgorithm
US GDP rose at a 2.6% annual rate in the fourth quarter. Output grew 2.5% in 2017 as a whole, the most in three years, and the Federal Reserve predicts 2.5% growth again in 2018. Business executives have reported solid quarterly earnings in recent weeks and pointed optimistically to investment and hiring plans for 2018, supported in part by federal tax cuts. Stock prices keep churning higher. And on Friday the Commerce Department reported that U.S. economic output remained on an above-trend path in the final three months of last year.
Monday, January 29, 2018
Stock Market Still Strong! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Andre_Gratian
Current Position of the Market
SPX: Long-term trend – The bull market is continuing with a top expected in the low 3000s.
Intermediate trend – A new surge of buying has moved ahead the forecast for an intermediate term top.
Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily basis with the help of hourly charts. It is an important adjunct to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which discusses the course of longer market trends.
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Monday, January 29, 2018
One Market concept and The Elliott Wave Theory / InvestorEducation / Elliott Wave Theory
By: ElliottWave-Forecast
The Elliott wave Theory is a form of Technical analysis that traders use to analyse the market and forecast the trend and we will explain how we use it for One Market Concept. The Theory was developed by Ralph Nelson Elliott, around 1930. The Theory is based on the idea that the Market advances in 5 waves and pullbacks in 3 waves. As we mentioned earlier, the Theory was developed in 1930;s and most of the study was based in Indices and with only observation, Mr. Elliott did not have many tools or Instruments to use or to compare. Right now, we are in 2018 and the world has changed, also technology has come a long way. We at www.Elliottwave-forecast.com have noticed from years that the old Theory is not enough and can be used but needs to be combined with other tools and ideas. We have worked constantly for many years to improve the Theory and make it better. We are working to adapt to a more reliable and practical system.
Monday, January 29, 2018
Gold & Gold Stocks Approaching Resistance / Commodities / Gold and Silver Stocks 2018
By: Jordan_Roy_Byrne
Gold and gold stocks have enjoyed an excellent rebound since their December lows. Over the past six weeks Gold rebounded from a low of $1238 all the way to $1365 in recent days. The miners meanwhile rebounded nearly 18% (GDX) and 21% (GDXJ). However, these markets are approaching important resistance levels and at a time when sentiment is becoming stretched and the US Dollar has become very oversold.
Take a look at the charts of Gold, GDX and GDXJ. Gold has reached the September 2017 highs while GDX came within 2%-3%. GDXJ is lagging but came within less than 5%. Another round of buying over a few days should be enough to push the miners to resistance.
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Monday, January 29, 2018
Shocking Video of Female Sheffield Tree Protestor Screaming for Police Help to Stop Alleged Assault / Local / Sheffield
By: N_Walayat
Shocking video reveals what is happening on Sheffield's streets 2018, as tree campaigners perfectly legally clinging on to railings are being pulled away by force by the Labour controlled councils contractor Amey's HiViz security, all whilst the police watch in silence, ignoring the desperate screams for help from the lady protestor as the alleged assault takes place resulting in her being dragged away by the contractors security. Also briefly in presence on this day was the local MP Louise Haigh who briefly commented about what was happening.
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Sunday, January 28, 2018
Precious Metals and US Dollar Set To Rollover / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2018
By: Chris_Vermeulen
We’ve been warning our members that this move was going to happen and it looks like it is just starting to initiate. The US Dollar and Metals markets are about to rotate in dramatic form over the next few weeks – possibly months. Right now, what we can tell you is that our cycle analysis and adaptive learning models are showing we are in for a very dramatic move in these markets.
This first chart is a GOLD Weekly chart showing our adaptive learning price modeling system and the predicted price activity going forward. One can easily see this weekly double top formation is predicting prices to drop by nearly 5~8% over the next few weeks before basing near the $1250 to $1275 levels. This should be a very clear warning to metals investors that Gold and Silver are setting up for a lower price rotation before the next big move higher.
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Sunday, January 28, 2018
Stock Market Once in a Lifetime Rally / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: Rambus_Chartology
“With the rally continuing to power higher in the stock markets I’m going to update the portfolio combo charts so you can see how this once is a lifetime rally in unfolding. When this impulse move finally burns itself out we will get a decent sized correction that may take a year or two build out. Until then the hardest thing for most investors riding this bull is to hang on for dear life.
For over six months or longer we’ve heard the never ending story about how overbought this market is, but the stock market doesn’t care what we think. The investors that have missed this rally are crying the loudest that the stock market has to crash because they’re not in it, if they were they would be enjoying the ride of a lifetime. At any rate the correction is going to come at some point and I can guarantee you that we won’t hit the absolute top tick. We have some price objectives that hopefully will get us out in time to enjoy our profits.
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Sunday, January 28, 2018
Stocks and Commodities Reached Significant Resistance Levels, May Signal End of the Rally / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2018
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
VIX performed an inside consolidation, closing above Long-term support at 10.83 and on a buy signal. The calm may be broken. A breakout above the Ending Diagonal trendline suggests a complete retracement of the decline from January 2016, and possibly to August 2015.
(Bloomberg) Just as the rapper Curtis Jackson III captures attention for realizing he’s made millions on Bitcoin, the buyer of volatility options that shares his moniker is a window shopper in VIX options no longer.
Trading patterns associated with the trader dubbed “50 Cent” resurfaced on Friday as 50,000 March VIX calls with a strike price of 24 were purchased for 49 cents a pop.
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Sunday, January 28, 2018
What is Compliance in the UK Gambling Industry and Why is it Important / Companies / Gambling
By: Steve_Marks
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Sunday, January 28, 2018
US Stock Markets Living In A Bubble / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2018
By: WMA
Signs that U.S. equities are in a bubble continue to proliferate. Although a bubble can only be confirmed in retrospect, prudent investors need to adjust their investment approach for this eventuality.
It is said that the earlier you buy in a bubble, the better off you’ll be when the bubble bursts. Or, an investor could simply just avoid buying the assets in a bubble all together. The latter option makes more sense to us today. This implies not doing buy & hold investments in the popular indexes (Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq-100) heavily weighted in assets that are among the most crowded trades on the planet: Boeing, Caterpillar, 3M, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc. As investors, all of our strategy portfolios are oriented towards relatively attractive foreign companies and resources stocks. For traders (or investors who can’t stand watching the equity markets advance without them), beware of sharp pull-backs. A bubble market does not back-up to give outsiders a nice opportunity to get onboard. Getting a -3% dip on the S&P 500 at this stage probably has more chance of being the beginning of a downdraft rather than a buy-the-dip opportunity.