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I Owe My Soul-Why Negative Interest Rates Are Only the First Step

Jun 16, 2014 at 16:09

In 1946, an American singer, Merle Travis, recorded a song called "Sixteen Tons." The song told the story of a poor coal miner in Kentucky, who lived in a small…

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That Magic Number

Jun 16, 2014 at 14:08

Well, we're there - we touched that magic number - 107 - last week. In reading my last post on this subject you would know that 107 is very important…

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1992 Says Don't Assume Stocks Are Doomed With Slow Growth

Jun 16, 2014 at 13:10

Economic data in 2014 has aligned with "slow, but still positive growth." It is easy to find blurbs in the press similar to the June 12 segment from The Wall…

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Mafia GDP

Jun 16, 2014 at 09:28

Governments are not engaged in a systemic conspiracy to alter economic data after it has been collected. To get a multitude of individuals agreeing on how to fudge information would…

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Princeton Abuses Volcker's Trust

Jun 16, 2014 at 08:30

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker (Princeton '49) returned to campus on May 30, 2014. He was treading in the devil's den and has been treated accordingly. It is the…

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Bulls Step Up to Buy on Light Trading Volume...

Jun 16, 2014 at 06:51

For the most part, equities added modest gains and the transports regained their 20-DMA. The exception was the financial sector which closed flat and the two bank indexes which closed…

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Palladium Double Top

Jun 16, 2014 at 06:02

Palladium has been in the news recently so I thought I'd have a look at the chart and there were some interesting observations to be made.

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Stock Trading Alert: Short-Term Uncertainty As Stocks Fluctuate, Is Correction Over?

Jun 16, 2014 at 05:38

In our opinion speculative long positions are still favored (with stop-loss at 1,910, SP500 index).

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Seasonally Speaking

Jun 16, 2014 at 05:34

So while the middle east heats up and has driven oil higher (absent of demand as we measure with inventory data) we are approaching a period where it normally tops…

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USD/CAD: Close to The Key Support at 1.0814

Jun 16, 2014 at 05:08

USD/CAD is close to the key support area between 1.0823 (30/05/2014 low) and 1.0814. Hourly resistances stand at 1.0870 (see also the declining trendline) and 1.0921.