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Tsunamis Most Often Come Without Warning

Jan 23, 2015 at 21:36

On Thursday, January 15th, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) discontinued its three year effort to maintain its minimum currency floor of the Swiss franc. In a single day the move…

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Bitcoin Trading Alert: Rebound Might Be Coming to an End

Jan 23, 2015 at 21:33

Briefly: no speculative positions. News broke that the Winklevoss brothers, twins who battled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in court, are out there to create a fully-regulated Bitcoin exchange.

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Stock Traders Flock to Gold

Jan 23, 2015 at 21:03

Gold surged this week on massive buying from stock investors and speculators. This critical group of traders and their vast pools of capital utterly abandoned gold in the past couple…

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Banks Tipping Over?

Jan 23, 2015 at 19:01

The central banks of the world continue to shock markets. "Shock" was a word used to describe the completely unexpected rate cut by the Bank of Canada (BofC) on Wednesday…

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Global QE and the Gold Price

Jan 23, 2015 at 18:09

After months of waiting, the European Central Bank (ECB) finally carried through with its stated promise of unlimited monetary support to its ailing economy. The ECB announced its own version…

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This Is What Gold Does In A Currency Crisis, Euro Edition

Jan 23, 2015 at 01:19

Today the European Central Bank acknowledged that the currency it manages is being sucked into a deflationary vortex. It responded in the usual way with, in effect, a massive devaluation.…

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Money, Commodities, Balls, and How Much Deflation is Enough?

Jan 23, 2015 at 01:12

Once again, we see that the cure for all of the world's ills is quantitative easing. Since there is apparently no downside to QE, it is a shame that we…

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Fink: 'Market Should Not Doubt' Mario Draghi

Jan 23, 2015 at 00:29

Larry Fink, CEO and Chairman of BlackRock, spoke with Bloomberg TV's Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle today at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Fink discussed the…

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New Bull Beginning?

Jan 23, 2015 at 00:25

Gold ended 2014 essentially breakeven, being slightly down (1½%). It was a choppy year for gold and a bad year for gold shares. But it looks like the bear market…

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'QE already Working' Says IMF Lagarde; Ho-Hum Details Announced; Gold the Place to Be

Jan 22, 2015 at 23:48

Today, ECB president Mario Draghi announced his much awaited QE program that will allegedly save Europe from the imaginary perils of price deflation. See Deflation Bonanza! (And the Fool's Mission…