Four Market Charts That All Say One Thing: 'It's Structural This Time'
They all say, “It’s structural this time.” Safe Haven Exodus.Yes, I know a correction could happen at any time. I myself got caught out jumping off the train a little too early back in late December....
View ArticleChina Is Getting Closer To Netting A Big Fish In The Corruption Crackdown
The Sinocism newsletter is compiled by Bill Bishop, and republished here with permission. Be Informed About China. The Sinocism China Newsletter. Free.Will Bo Xilai go on trial today in Guiyang? Ta...
View ArticleWhy Housing Is Such A Huge Deal, Even Though It's Only 2.5% Of GDP
People frequently ask how a sector that currently accounts for 2.5% of the US economy can be so important. First, residential investment has large swings during the business cycle, and will probably...
View ArticleThe paradise of Galapagos… and its population controls
January 28, 2013 Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos IslandsYou know that saying people use all the time– “It’s a small world…” ?It’s really not. The world is huge. Really, really huge. This fact is continually...
View ArticleGold and Silver Outlook for January 28 – February 1
The prices of precious metals shifted gear again and this time declined last week. The recent news of the hike in the imposed tax on gold imports in India may have contributed to the expectations the...
View ArticleNavigating the Much Anticipated Spring Real Estate Market
When it comes to real estate, the spring season is the time for home buying and home selling. Therefore, with the spring season quickly approaching, many people are starting to get excited about the...
View ArticleThe Market's History Of Seasonality Continues!
Once again the stock market’s favorable season is producing an impressive rally. The Dow has gained more than 10% since its November low, with the rally accelerating in the new year, a 7% gain in just...
View ArticleETF Insider: Bears At The Gates
Buying pressures were alive and kicking last week as upbeat earnings results and encouraging employment data on the home front kept confidence levels afloat. The coveted S&P 500 Index managed to...
View ArticleMr. Irrational Exuberence on U.S. Housing
Remember, it was Yale prof. Robert Shiller who was the original source of the term “irrational exuberance” and not, as everyone thinks, Mr. Greenspan (see here). His opinions are worth a listen as...
View ArticlePennsylvania Fracking Royalties Could Top $1 Billion As Private Landowners...
Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as the windfall provides only a modest boost to...
View ArticleDaily Interest Rate Monitor – January 28
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View ArticleStratfor: Egypt’s President Declares a State of Emergency
Egypt is one of “Seven Swans a Simmering” that need to be monitored in 2013. The potential for widespread political instability is not insignificant. Keep it on your radar.Stratfor’s Vice President...
View ArticleBlatant Price Manipulation Takes Place Every Day in Oil Markets
By EconMattersLicense to stealEvery single day the oil market is manipulated, it is easy to see, right out in the open, and nobody does anything about it. It literally is like having a license to rob...
View ArticleTuesday’s ETF Chart To Watch: Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund (ITB)
Equity markets ended the first trading session of the week on a mixed note as the first signs of bullish momentum waning surfaced. Caterpillar’s upbeat earnings results and expectations for “better...
View ArticleThe 10 Dow Stocks That Do The Best In The Final Week Of January
At Seasonal Odds we analyzed the average historical performance of each of the Dow Jones components in the last week of January over the last 5 years.These 10 stocks all returned over 1% on average in...
View ArticleThe World's Biggest Mining Companies Have Been Taking Some Massive Losses Due...
LONDON (Reuters) - Anglo American Plcwill take a $4 billion writedown on its Minas Rio iron ore operation in Brazil after delays and cost overruns forced the mining group to increase expenditure on the...
View ArticleFlattish Consolidation Featured
The potential for turnaround Tuesday is resolving itself into flattish consolidation in the foreign exchange market. The light news stream is also denying participants of fresh trading incentives....
View ArticleHow To Find The Best Emerging Market Bond ETF
Individual emerging market bonds are difficult to purchase and come with significant risk. For this reason, investors are turning to ETFs to gain broad exposure to this market. ETFs don’t remove...
View ArticleThe Smart Money Will Be Selling into This Rally
By EconMattersNot a Bear in SightEverybody and their uncle is long this market right now, and equities have had a nice run with no pullbacks. The smart money will be selling into the rally to maximize...
View ArticleYou know you’re no longer living in a free country when…
January 29, 2013 Southern EcuadorYou know you’re no longer living in a free country when the government tells you what you can and cannot put in your body. Or when an unelected board of bureaucrats and...
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