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Markets

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Waist Deep in the Big Muddy

Jan 27, 2012 at 13:11

With its announcement this week that it will keep interest rates near zero until at least late 2014, the Federal Reserve has put another large crack into the foundations underlying…

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Central-Bank Gold: Joining the Dots

Jan 27, 2012 at 12:56

Yes, central banks are holding more gold. But they're holding very much more wood-pulp on top. The gold price on Wednesday broke up through the downtrend starting at last summer's…

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The Stock Market and the Dollar Sustain the Bullish Environment for Precious Metals

Jan 27, 2012 at 11:58

This week marked the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar, and according to Chinese mythology, Dragon years bring powerful changes and optimism representing imperial power, prosperity and good…

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Stocks Thump Yields as Growth Looks On

Jan 27, 2012 at 10:36

It is not a new development for US GDP growth to be largely driven by a build- up inventories (+1.9% contribution is highest since Q1 2010) in contrast to weak…

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Gold ETF Mass Exodus

Jan 27, 2012 at 10:13

Gold is enjoying an awesome January, rallying strongly out of its oversold late-December lows. But last month's hyper-pessimistic sentiment deserves some reflection before it totally fades from memory.

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Critical Day

Jan 27, 2012 at 09:49

This morning's GDP came in a little weak, putting the markets at a critical point. As promised last week, I'm going to share the first quarter of my 2012 forecast:

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Highs, Lows and Fed Days

Jan 27, 2012 at 08:00

Major market indices closed at multi-month highs on January 25, 2011 (FOMC announcement session), followed by a (small) pullback on the then following (yesterday's) session.

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BofA CEO: Wouldn't Tell Employees to Leave Over Pay

Jan 27, 2012 at 07:40

Bloomberg Television's Erik Schatzker spoke to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan this morning, live from Davos, Switzerland. Moynihan said that talks to cut employees' pay are "honest and open"…

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Counter-Fed Trade...

Jan 27, 2012 at 06:48

Thursday's trading was very clearly taken advantage of by sellers and traders looking to put on short positions. We are probably within a week of a more significant sell-off which…

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Important Negative Divergences

Jan 27, 2012 at 06:38

We can notice that the negative divergence between SP500's price and its RSI remains intact and becomes quite long (1.5months). For sure it can hold on for some time, but…