Wednesday, July 05, 2017
Will Trump Fire Yellen or Vice Versa / Interest-Rates / US Federal Reserve Bank
By: Michael_Pento
Citigroup’s Economic Surprise Index just hit its lowest level since August 2011. But this level of disappointment has ironically emboldened the Fed to step up its hawkish monetary rhetoric. The truth is that the hard economic data is grossly missing analyst estimates to the downside as the economy inexorably grinds towards recession. This anemic growth and inflation data should have been sufficient to stay the Fed's hand for the rest of this year and cause it to forgo the unwinding of its balance sheet.
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Wednesday, July 05, 2017
Stock Market Post-holiday Hangover? / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Good Morning!
The bank-heavy Dow made a new all-time high on July 3 in light trading. It was aided and abetted by its largest holding, Goldman Sachs, up 2.42%.
This high may be called an “echo Cycle” since June 29 is exactly 8.6 years from the bottom of Wave 3 of (C) on November 21, 2008. I have seen this before in gold and crude, where we have witnessed “double tops.”
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Wednesday, July 05, 2017
USDCAD Broke below 1.2968 Key Support / Currencies / Canadian $
By: Franco_Shao
USDCAD’s bearish movement from the May 5 high of 1.3793 extended to as low as 1.2912, breaking below the January 31 low of 1.2968 key support, indicating that the long term bearish movement from the January 2016 high of 1.4689 has resumed.
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Wednesday, July 05, 2017
US Dollar Outlook / Currencies / US Dollar
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
I just listened to an interview with Martin Armstrong on YouTube about what to expect from the world financial arena. As much as I respect him, I cannot agree with what he says concerning (1) the direction of the US Dollar and (2) its impact on equities. Of course, his research is far deeper than mine, so I defer on that count. However, The best analysis that I have is that the USD may continue to decline (should I say collapse?) in the near term. That does not bode well for either domestic stocks or bonds.
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Robo Advisors Shape the Future of Portfolio Management / Stock-Markets / Investing 2017
By: Boris_Dzhingarov
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Tuesday, July 04, 2017
UK House Prices ‘On Brink’ Of Massive 40% Collapse / Housing-Market / UK Housing
By: GoldCore
– UK house prices on brink of massive 40% collapse
– UK at ‘edge of worst house price collapse since 1990s’
– Two leading economists warn of property crash
– “We are due a significant correction in house prices”
– Brexit and wages failing to keep up with inflation to trigger collapse
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
UK Bank Rewards Current Accounts / Personal_Finance / Current Accounts
By: MoneyFacts
Consumers looking to earn a little back when they switch and spend may have noticed that some current account providers are shrinking the rewards they have on offer. The reason behind this appears to be down to low interest rates, but other factors could also be dampening activity in this area of the market.
The banks are expected to retain more capital, which could result in them spending less on perks for customers - meaning decreasing and disappearing rewards, as we’ve seen since the start of 2017.
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Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Gold Price Broke Below Major Support Trend Line / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: Franco_Shao
XAUUSD’s downside movement from the June 6 high of 1295.94 extended to as low as 1218.45, breaking below the major support trend line from the January 27 low of 1180.51 to the May 9 low of 1214.17 at 1232 on its daily chart. Gold price is now facing another key support at 1214.17.
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Stocks Bear Market Is One Step Closer / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Enda_Glynn
My Bias: market topping process ongoing
Wave Structure: Impulsive 5 wave structure, possibly topping in an all time high.
Long term wave count: Topping in wave (5)
Important risk events: USD: N/A.
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Dow 50,000, Then a Colossal Stock Market Crash / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: The_Gold_Report
The markets are heading higher, says Tom Beck, founder of Portfolio Wealth Global, who explains why and discusses the actions that he is taking.
Portfolio Wealth Global wants to show you today why stocks are in the final innings of a "blow-off top" set-up and why the "blow-off top" has begun for all major indices—it is global.
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Gold GLD ETF Recognition Day / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: Rambus_Chartology
Today is called a recognition day when it finally becomes apparent that the trading range is ending and you have a massive breakout move. We can still get a backtest to the breakout point which would represent the 2nd area to take a position. Today GLD gapped below the H&S backtest to the bottom rail of the black bearish rising wedge and that very important S&R line which last week I said came into play around the 117 area.
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Shadow Government Hates America's Independence Day / Politics / US Politics
By: BATR
The only conclusion any honest American citizen can come to is that the Republic is dead. Once again the flags wave and the songs play as the parades march to celebrate another 4th of July. Picnic meals are eaten while children frolic in the warn sunshine of summer. Few people reflect on the true meaning that established the solemn commemoration of the nation's birth. The reality of this post federation of independent state sovereignty is that a centralized federal behemoth has superseded the original intent of Thomas Jefferson's vision: "That government is best which governs least". Today the society that exists demands compliance or compels obedience by way of punishment.
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Next Elliott Wave Target for Bitcoin BTCUSD / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: ElliottWave-Forecast
Bitcoin is still considered as the currency of the Dark Web, despite the fact that it was the world’s best performing currency in 2015 & 2016 and currently 1 Bitcoin (BTCUSD) is worth 2 Ounces Of Gold which is significantly important in the financial world. The digital currency continued it’s outstanding performance during this year with and it’s up +260% but Ethereum has taking over the show with +3200% rise since January.
We implemented our Elliott Wave technique in our previous articles to predict the rise of Bitcoin and how it was looking to make new all time highs. Then we explained that despite BTCUSD was reaching a Warning Stage, it would remain bullish looking for more gains to come.
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Monday, July 03, 2017
This Chart Explains Why Germany’s Economic Stability Depends On The US / Economics / Germany
By: John_Mauldin
In our 2017 forecast, we predicted that German exports will fall in 2017, which will weaken Berlin's trade position and slow down economic growth.
However, the latest reports from the German central bank and two other influential institutions have challenged our forecast on two fronts.
First, the German reports say that exports will continue to rise. Second, the German reports insisted that it is the domestic drivers that have made German growth stable.
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Monday, July 03, 2017
4 Obvious Signs the US Economy Is Stalling—Here’s What to Do / Economics / US Economy
By: John_Mauldin
BY STEPHEN MCBRIDE : Despite a surge in optimism after the election, nominal GDP growth in 2016 was just 2.95%. This makes 2016 the second-worst year on record since 1959.
And with key economic indicators flashing warnings signs, it looks like the US economy is heading toward big trouble rather than revival.
Here are four signs that paint the picture best.
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Monday, July 03, 2017
Wall Street Is Now Ruled By Physics PhDs, Not Traders / Stock-Markets / HFT
By: John_Mauldin
BY JARED DILLIAN : One of the reasons I am where I am today is because I did not study hard in school.
I was barely in the top 10 percent of my high school class. I probably could have been number one, but I was too busy screwing around.
I intentionally failed physics my senior year because I didn’t like the teacher.
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Monday, July 03, 2017
NY Fed President Just Admitted Ignoring The Bond Market… I Have A Theory / Interest-Rates / US Bonds
By: John_Mauldin
Speaking at a Business Roundtable event, New York Fed President William Dudley reportedly expressed great confidence in both the economy and the Fed’s policy moves.
Dudley is not even slightly concerned about the Fed’s overshooting with its rate hikes. In fact, he is supremely confident that inflation will overshoot if the Fed doesn’t tighten policy.
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Monday, July 03, 2017
Nikki Haley: Warmonger Extraordinaire! / Politics / US Politics
By: Antonius_Aquinas
It must now be a prerequisite of those who become an American ambassador to the UN to possess certain characteristics and traits, the most important of which are rabid warmonger, child killer, and outright liar.
Remember it was Madeleine Albright when asked about the US blockading Iraq which prevented medicine and medical equipment from entering the country that resulted in the estimated death of a half a million children who coldly responded: “I think that is a very hard choice, but the price, we think, the price is worth it.” Then there is Colin “Weapons of Mass Destruction” Powell who told a bald-face lie about Iraq’s nuclear capabilities which paved the way for the US destruction of the country.
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Monday, July 03, 2017
Gold Up 8% In First Half 2017; Builds On 8.5% Gain In 2016 / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2017
By: GoldCore
– Gold up 8% in first half 2017; builds on 8.5% gain in 2016
– U.S. dollar down 6.5% – worst quarter in seven years
– Gold higher in all currencies except Draghi’s euro
– Gold outperforms bonds; similar gains as stock indices
– S&P 500 and Dax outperform gold marginally
Monday, July 03, 2017
Wall Street Stock Market Correction Looms on the Horizon / Stock-Markets / Stock Market 2017
By: I_M_Vronsky
The following S&P500 Index - 90 Year Historical Chart shows the yearly gain or loss from 1929 through 2016. The following conclusions may be drawn from this very illustrative bar chart of Wall Street’s yearly stock performance during this prolonged period.Read full article... Read full article...