Overbought and Oversold Markets – March 22
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a momentum oscillator that measures the speed and change of price moves. The RSI moves between zero and 100 and is considered overbought with a reading above 70 and...
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Only One Major World Stock Market Ended The Week Positively
Of eight indexes on my world watch, China's Shanghai Composite was the only one finishing the week with a gain, up a handsome 2.19%. All the others lost ground. The US's S&P 500 slipped slightly,...
View ArticleETF Pop Quiz: Poland, Preferred Stocks, and Platinum
After another week in the global market, the ETFdb pop quiz returns with another round of questions about Poland, Preferred Stocks, and Platinum.As always, all answers can be found using the suite of...
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Time Is Running Out In Cyprus
Cyprus is preparing to seize up to a fifth of the value of wealthy savers’ bank accounts in a desperate attempt to stave off financial meltdown.The planned raid will be put to Europe’s finance chiefs...
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A Raid On Cypriot Depositors Won't Save The Banking System
Cyprus is zeroing in on a solution to avoid getting ejected from the EMU. It's simple. Since taxing everyone's account by a few percent didn't work, it's time to raid all the larger accounts.NY Times:...
View ArticleCool Video: Boston Tea Party--a Tipping Point
Here is a Cool Video on the political and economic context of the Boston Tea Party in 1773 that ultimately led to the American Revolution. It is important to think about what makes for such a tipping...
View ArticleGreat Graphic: Private Debt to GDP Ratios
This Great Graphic comes from Gavyn Davies at the Financial Times, who used World Bank data. When the European debt crisis began, the conventional narrative was that key problem was that many...
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A New German Political Party Is The First To Openly Call For Scrapping The Euro
AS FOUNDER of a new Eurosceptic party, Bernd Lucke, an economics professor, is among the most controversial figures in Germany. The website of his Alternative for Germany party went online this month....
View ArticleNonlinear Thinking: iMonitoring Heart Attacks
Freakin’ amazing!EPFL scientists have developed a tiny, portable personal blood testing laboratory: a minuscule device implanted just under the skin provides an immediate analysis of substances in the...
View ArticleCyprus Deal Unleashes Bidzilla
The BIDzilla for U.S. equities is relentless. Though Europe is far from out of the woods (see last week’s PMIs) and it’s still unclear when the banks in Cyprus will reopen tonight’s bailout removes...
View Article3 ETFs To Watch This Week: XRT, XHB, EWC
Equity markets got off to a rough start this week as profit-taking pressures emerged following news from the eurozone. Investors kept a close eye on Cyprus this week as the small island nation...
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THE FUTURE OF HOUSING: Why Your House Won't Get Back To Its Peak Value Until...
I was reading this report from Zillow on the future of home prices and it got me thinking about some of the macro trends in real estate. I’ve turned much more constructive on housing in the last year...
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Warren Buffett's Favorite Chinese Car Company Saw Profits Plummet
Chinese electric car producer BYD, which is partly backed by US investment titan Warren Buffett, said its net profit plunged more than 94 percent year-on-year in 2012, hit by slowing growth in the...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead
The focus remains squarely on Cyprus. It seems to be overshadowing everything else. However, the price action shows a disconnect--the euro itself has been fairly resilient, though lagging behind the...
View Article3 ETFs Flying Under The Radar So Far In 2013
Bullish momentum has certainly been a dominant force on Wall Street thus far in 2013, with major U.S. equity indexes rallying into uncharted territory, hitting fresh 5-year highs. Bolstering equities...
View ArticleMoney Worries
Of course, everybody should have been worried a lot sooner than last week because the basic operating system of global banking is accounting fraud, and has become that stealthily, insidiously, for...
View ArticleTHE COMING WEEK: 11 THINGS YOU MUST WATCH
Here’s a quick review of the likely market movers for this week. Given the light calendar and end of week Good Friday many expect a quiet range bound week. However there are a number of very potent...
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American Natural Gas Will Be Heating 2 Million British Homes Within Five Years
Nearly 2m homes in the UK will be heated by shale gas from the US within five years, under a deal agreed on Monday that is likely to be the first time major exports of the controversial energy source...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide To Resource-Specific “Third Generation” Commodity ETPs
For retail investors, ETFs have leveled the playing field and opened all sorts of alternative asset classes and strategies to the mainstream. One asset class that has surged in popularity has been...
View ArticleGreat Graphic: The Coming Depression in Cyprus
This Great Graphic was posted on Bruegle by Zsolt Darvas. It shows the growth and employment developments in a few selected countries that have been forced to restructure their banks. Darvas found...
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