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Welcome to the Third World, Part 13: Suburbs Become Ghettos

May 12, 2014 at 13:50

Not so long ago, a reasonably-presentable American could live an hour outside of a city and commute in for a government or banking job, thus getting the best of both…

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Oil Trading Alert: Breakthrough in Crude Oil - Only A Matter Of Time

May 12, 2014 at 08:01

On Friday, crude oil hit an intraday high of $101.18 supported by ongoing concerns over tensions in Ukraine. Despite this improvement, the commodity reversed and lost 0.20% as weaker-than-expected economic…

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Stocks on the Brink of a Sharp Correction? And, The Inflation has Begun

May 12, 2014 at 07:50

In today's post I'm going to make the case for stocks moving down into a sharp correction over the next 4 weeks and conclude with my thoughts on inflation.

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Dow Closes at Another New All-Time High...

May 12, 2014 at 07:42

Friday was a day where only small moves were made for equity indexes with the only larger moves made by the Russell-2000 and the Regional Bank Indexes, both up most…

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Stock Trading Alert: Stocks Continue To Fluctuate, Will They Trend Up Or Top Out?

May 12, 2014 at 07:22

Briefly: In our opinion speculative long positions are still favored (with stop-loss at 1,850, SP500 index).

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Opportunity in Oil?

May 12, 2014 at 07:07

Since we remain in Sell Mode, looking for the markets to sell off but cognizant of the potential for a short term rally, we will focus in on some oil…

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Monetary Metals Supply and Demand Report: 11 May, 2014

May 12, 2014 at 07:06

This was another short week, with Monday a bank holiday in the UK. Through Tuesday, the prices of the metals seemed to want to hold onto the increase that was…

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The Bed-Pan Economy

May 12, 2014 at 06:17

Data portrayed in the "Employment in Total Non-Farm" payroll (NFP) chart is used by central bankers and Wall Street strategists to assert economic strength. They either think the trend demonstrates…

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Dollar/Yen Dynamics and The SP500

May 12, 2014 at 06:15

It is imperative to understand the dynamics between the U.S. dollar and the Japanese Yen in order to grasp what is occurring across international markets.

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EUR/USD: Declining Sharply

May 12, 2014 at 05:54

EUR/USD has declined sharply after its bearish reversal near the key resistance at 1.3967. The support at 1.3780 has been broken. A key support lies at 1.3673 (see also the…