US & Europe Stocks Vs Gold
Look folks, regular investors in the US and Europe are not interested in gold right now. That’s what the chart says. Stocks vs gold in the form of SPY-GLD and …
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Gold Timers Are Net Short – Not Bearish Enough?
Mark Hulbert on Gold Sentiment Mark Hulbert publishes sentiment data on stocks and gold, which aggregate the recommendations of market newsletter writers. The level of gold sentiment index HGNSI indicates the percentage …
Read More New Jobless Claims Rise To 326K, Higher Than Forecast
The Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report was released this morning for last week. The 326,000 new claims number was an increase of 16,000 from the previous week’s 310,000 (revised from 311,000). The …
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February 2014 Trade Data Shows Exports Weak
A quick recap to the February 2014 trade data released today shows a mixed picture of the economy – with the unadjusted data saying export growth decelerated month-over-month – and …
Read More Free Money Thursday – Chinese Stimulus To The Rescue!
MORE FREE MONEY!!! China gave the markets a big boost this morning by announcing an immediate $25Bn program for railway construction and another $50Bn a year for “more stuff .”  That …
Read More Putin 1 – Dimon 0: JPMorgan Unhalts Russian Money Transfer
Yesterday when we reported that a “Furious Russia Will Retaliate Over “Illegal And Absurd” Payment Block By “Hostile” JPMorgan”, in which we explained that unlike previous responses to Russian sanctions …
Read More Lagarde Worries About ‘Not Enough Inflation’ Again
A New Term For the Economic Lexicon We have previously written extensively about the absurd worrying about ‘inflation being too low’ in Europe, even while millions are out of work …
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March 2014 Challenger Job Cuts Lowest First Quarter Since 1995
New figures show employers announced the fewest first-quarter job cuts in 19 years, providing further evidence that the economy continues to gain strength as it enters the sixth year of …
Read More How To Handle A Big Gain
Here is a happy problem: You have a large instant gain from one of your stocks. What should you do? The topic comes from an actual question raised at Scutify.com, where …
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FINRA: Looking ‘Where The Sun Don’t Shine’
Econintersect: There are continuing stories about the abysmal record of FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) in the area of protection for individual investors.  An article yesterday (01 April 2014) in On …
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