A Deluge Of Chinese Economic Data Is Coming In The Next Two Days
(from my colleague Dr. Win Thin) There are several central banks from the emerging markets that meet this week, but none are expected to change policy. In addition, the market will be watching...
View ArticleWhat Did Draghi Say?
The euro's calm and largely flat session was interrupted by comments by the ECB's Draghi. His comments triggered a quick half cent mark down of the single currency to almost $1.3050, but remained...
View ArticleHomeostasis
“You resolve to make a change for the better in your life. It could be any significant change, but let’s say it involves getting on the path of mastery, developing a regular practice. You tell your...
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Everything You Think You Know About The Fed's Exit Strategy May Be Wrong
Everyone knows that the Federal Reserve's overnight interest rate targets will not rise before quantitative easing ends.The exit strategy will be: QE first, rates later.Edward Fitzpatrick, who heads up...
View ArticleGold and Silver Outlook for May 6 -10
Gold and silver slightly rose during last week. Their rally coincided with the recovery of other commodities such as oil and leading “risk related currencies” such as Euro and Aussie dollar against the...
View ArticleIt’s becoming harder to buy and sell gold in Hong Kong
[Editor’s note: Tim Staermose, Sovereign Man’s Chief Investment Strategist, is filling in for Simon today from Hong Kong.]It took me two attempts. But, today I opened an account at the Bank of China....
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Don't Sell in May: Here are Reasons to Extend Your Stay
During the first week of May every year, the maxim, “Sell in May and Go Away,” gets taken out, dusted off and powered up as a reason to sell stocks. The rhyme is more than just a catchy urban legend:...
View ArticleShell’s $17 Billion Natural Gas Project could be Turning Point for Iraq
The Financial Times has proclaimed that the opening of a new $17 billion natural gas project run by Royal Dutch Shell could prove to be a ‘milestone’ in the country’s post-war recovery.Despite this...
View ArticleReaching Limits in a Finite World
We don’t usually think about it, but we live in a finite world. In other words, in theory we can count precisely how many atoms make up the earth. We can also theoretically count how many humans live...
View ArticleNew Mexican County Fracking Ban Sets Stage for National Challenge
Hydraulic fracturing, more familiarly now referred to as “fracking,” is a mining process to release previously unobtainable volumes of natural gas that has drawn deep divisions between the oil/gas...
View ArticleDaily ETF Roundup: XLF Rises After Berkshire Earnings, EWM Soars On Malaysian...
It was a quiet day on Wall Street today with no major economic or earnings news reported. Stocks traded in a tight range during the session, as investors seemingly took a breather from Friday’s rally...
View ArticleSOROS VS SINN: Two Economic Adversaries Debate Over Germany's Role In The Euro
FRANKFURT – The euro crisis has already transformed the European Union from a voluntary association of equal states into a creditor-debtor relationship from which there is no easy escape. The creditors...
View ArticleDaily Interest Rate Monitor – May 6
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More Signs Of Global Slowdown: Taiwanese Exports Unexpectedly Sputter Out
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's exports shrank unexpectedly in April as sales to China and Europe sputtered, underscoring increasing fragility in global demand, especially for the island's high-tech...
View ArticleFull Liquidty Returns, Dollar Yawns
The end of Golden Week, May Day, and bank holiday has not meant fresh movement for the dollar, which has been confined to narrow ranges against most of the major currencies. The main exception has been...
View ArticleIndia ETFs Battle For Inflows: EPI vs. INDY
Emerging markets have taken center stage in recent years as investors have become increasingly attracted to the lucrative opportunities presented in this corner of the market. India has long been a...
View ArticleGreat Graphic: US Jobs Market in One Picture
This Great Graphic was posted by Ritchie King on Quartz. It succinctly provides the various components of the US labor market. There is no "real" unemployment rate. The Bureau of Labor Statistics...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Favors Equities Over Bonds
Warren Buffett has been a hot topic in the media in recent days after the legendary investor jumped on the social media bandwagon and joined Twitter last week. Appropriately so, Buffett’s first tweet...
View ArticlePortugal's Step Forward
This is an important day for Portugal. It is selling 10-year bonds for the first time in more than two years. Demand is reportedly strong. Today's 10-year sale follows the 5-year bond sale in January...
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Disposable Personal Incomes Are Rising For The Wrong Reasons
It is true that compensation of all employees has been trending down from a record high of 69% during Q2-1980 to 62% at the end of last year. Even worse is that wages and salaries in national income...
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