Thursday, November 05, 2015
Earnings - Pulling Out All the Stops / Personal_Finance / Wages
By: John_Mauldin
By Jared Dillian
When I was a teenager, I had a different sort of part-time job. I was a church organist.
Actually, it was the best job ever because I was something of a piano prodigy as a child. Around age 12, my parents and I had to make a conscious decision about whether I was going to pursue a career in music. I decided not to, which has greatly reduced the amount of Ramen noodles I have eaten over the years.
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Thursday, November 05, 2015
5 Killer Methods for Financing Your Online Business / Personal_Finance / SME
By: Boris_Dzhingarov
You’ve reached the tipping point. A product idea has transformed from prototype to sellable item, and you’ve sat down with a business partner to discuss your strategy for marketing, selling and producing the products in order to start making money.
The big question is: How are you going to get the startup capital to purchase that first batch? How about paying for the eCommerce website or at least founding your payment gateway?
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Thursday, November 05, 2015
The Bank of England Keeps Interest Rates at 321-Year Lows / Interest-Rates / UK Interest Rates
By: Mario_Innecco
We hear constantly from the U.K. government and mainstream publications like the Financial Times that the economy of Great Britain is recovering strongly and that the labour market is robust so it is probably surprising for many people that in spite of the strong growth in the U.K. economy that the Bank of England has kept its base rate at 0.5%. This almost zero interest rate has been kept since March 5th, 2009 when the MPC or Monetary Policy Committee cut the base rate from 1% to 0.5% and at the time it was understandable as the U.K. financial system was on the brink of a total meltdown and the U.K. government had to write a cheque and issue loan guarantees for £500 billion to bail out the big banks.
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Thursday, November 05, 2015
Bitcoin Price Surges 55% In Month – Chinese Moving Capital Into Bitcoin and Gold / Currencies / Bitcoin
By: GoldCore
Bitcoin has been surging in value since mid October and gained more than 20% yesterday alone. At one point, it hit a yearly high of more than $491 (see chart).
Thursday, November 05, 2015
Gold Showing Signs of Final Degree Bloodbath Phase / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
By: Gary_Savage
While everyone is getting more and more bearish gold is showing all the signs of being in a final intermediate degree bloodbath phase. Notice the similar 5-7 day capitulation to the last 4 ICL's. Notice the extreme oversold oscillators indicative of a major intermediate degree bottom approaching.
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Thursday, November 05, 2015
The Stocks Bear Indicator Never Lies / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Clif_Droke
In the September 10 column entitled, "The bear makes a welcome return", we discussed the return of the infamous bear image on the front cover of several news magazines and newspapers. The most conspicuous example of the bear could be seen on the front cover of Businessweek magazine, shown below.
Thursday, November 05, 2015
Government - The Most Devious Liars In The Room / Politics / US Politics
By: James_Quinn
There were a few different stories coming out over the last few days that reveal the true nature of government and the apparatchiks who use disinformation, devious machinations, fraudulent accounting, and taxpayer money to cover up their criminality, lies, and the true state of the American economy. The use of government accounting tricks to obscure the truth about our dire financial straits is designed to keep the masses sedated and confused.
A few weeks ago, to great fanfare from the fawning faux journalists who never question any Washington D.C. propaganda, they announced the lowest annual deficit of Obama's reign of error.
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Thursday, November 05, 2015
Day Follows Night : Gold Follows US Bonds / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
By: Dan_Norcini
For the same reason as the Euro was sharply lower today, so was gold, namely, a hawkish Yellen testimony in which see used the words, "living possibility" when referring to a potential December rate hike.
With interest rates moving higher on the Ten Year Treasury once more today, ( at 2.23% as I type this), gold simply cannot compete with better returns on interest bearing assets such as notes and bonds as it casts off no yield whatsoever and depends completely on capital gains to produce any sort of increase for its owners.
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Thursday, November 05, 2015
Regenerating Biotech Portfolios with Cell Therapies, Antibodies and Small Molecules / Companies / BioTech
By: TLSReport
Reni Benjamin of Raymond James has watched biotechnology move into a new era in which cells and genes can be manipulated to produce true disease-modifying results. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Benjamin outlines the groundbreaking work being done by a number of companies with the potential to return multiples on investment over the next two to three years.
Biotech Index One Year. Courtesy Google Finance
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Thursday, November 05, 2015
Stock Market Overbought Daily Charts...Monthly's Awful...Short Term Still Ok.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Jack_Steiman
There's a nasty combination out there that says things won't be all that easy for a while, but still nothing in the moment that says the bad-news bear is about to get rocking. I still think that's a bit out there, although not too far out there. The daily index charts hit 70 RSI for a few days. Fortunately, they didn't get too overbought, thus, some selling makes sense at some point soon.
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Thursday, November 05, 2015
Stocks Bull Market Trending Towards New All Time High Before End 2015 - Video / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Barely a couple of months ago the overwhelming consensus view that FOLLOWED the August plunge were expectations that the 6 years stocks bull market was finally over, killed off by the China crash, and prospects for Fed tightening. Nevertheless the 'End Times' Apocalypse was Now, and such bearishness was not just being voiced by the usual suspects i.e. the crash is always coming Perma crowd, but even included those who may have been mostly bullish from time to time with statements such as there was now a 99.7% probability that stocks were in a bear market.
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
3 Reasons to Get Excited about Japanese Stocks / Stock-Markets / Japanese Stock Market
By: EWI
Dear Investor,
Is this sleeping giant ready to offer opportunities for investors?
Anyone investing since the 1980s knows the boom and bust story of Japan and its Nikkei stock index. The Nikkei peaked just below 39,000 in 1989. Once known as a leading economic power, Japan's "bubble economy" burst, and for the last 25 years it has been in and out of recession and suffered a gut-wrenching deflationary environment. The Nikkei spent several years below 10,000, dashing any hope for investors.
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Wednesday, November 04, 2015
The Fed Desperately Tries to Maintain the Status Quo / Economics / US Federal Reserve Bank
By: MISES
Ronald-Peter Stöferle writes: During the press conferences of recent FOMC meetings, millions of well-educated investment professionals have been sitting in front of their screens, chewing their fingernails, listening as if spellbound to what Janet Yellen has to tell them. Will she finally raise the federal funds rate that has been zero bound for over six years?
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Don’t Trust Gold Here / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
By: Bob_Loukas
Just when the short-term prospects for Gold were looking good, precious metals reversed lower this past week. It could be that Gold was surprised by last week’s FOMC minutes, which signaled a potential December rate hike. When the minutes were released, Gold dropped immediately, and it’s been straight downhill for the metals since.
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Doug Casey on the Nanny State / Politics / Social Issues
By: Casey_Research
Editor’s Note: As you may have heard, the World Health Organization (an arm of the United Nations) issued a major report this week. The report claims that eating processed meat, like bacon, causes cancer. The report also says eating any kind of red meat may cause cancer.
In today’s Weekend Edition, Casey Research founder Doug Casey explains why you should always be skeptical of government “science”…
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Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Gold Price Cycle Low Friday Morning With U.S. Employment Report / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
By: Gary_Savage
The most likely timing band for the daily cycle to bottom is on the employment report Friday morning. There should be a short term tradable rally even if its's only for 4-8 days as gold should try to break the cycle down trend line. Stay patient for a few more days. Wait for gold to form a swing low before trying to buy.
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Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Marc Faber “Great Optimist” Says “I Added To My Gold Position” / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2015
By: GoldCore
Marc Faber, Swiss economist, forecaster, renowned investor and the original Dr. Doom, may need a new nickname.
In an interview on CNBC’s “Trading Nation,” the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report editor revealed he may not be as bearish as some may think and that he is actually a “great optimist.”
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Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Elon Musk's Hyperloop Takes A Step Forward / Companies / Technology
By: OilPrice_Com
For the first time in close to a century, mankind may be about to give serious attention to a technology that has the potential to be a true game-changer in transportation.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
When Will America Jail their Banksters? / Politics / Banksters
By: BATR
The most dramatic contrast in the rule of law against the architects of financial theft can be seen in the way America protects their banksters and the accountability that Iceland imposed on their financial crooks. The fact that the orthodox financial press refuses to cover the incarceration of Iceland’s Bankers Face 74 Years in Prison While US Banks Profit After Your Bailout, is clear proof who really controls the political and economic institutions in the United States. As for the courts, America has long ago shredded the rule of law in this country.
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Stocks Bear Market Resolving Towards New All Time High Before End of 2015 / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Back track barely a month ago and the overwhelming consensus view FOLLOWING the August plunge into September was firmly become fixated on the expectations that after 6 years of a raging stocks bull market (that most had missed hence why I coined the phrase from the start of a stocks STEALTH bull market). Nevertheless the 'End Time' was apparently (again) NOW as apocalyptic doom and gloom once more prevailed following, and this not just voiced by the usual suspects i.e. the crash is always coming perma bear crowd, but even included those who may have been mostly bullish with statements such as there was now a 99.7% probability that stocks were in a bear market.