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Bill Gross: Global Financial Markets Are a 'Shell Game'
Post Date: 2015-07-30 16:41:18 by BTP Holdings
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Bill Gross: Global Financial Markets Are a 'Shell Game' By FJ McGuire | Thursday, 30 Jul 2015 11:00 AM Bond king Bill Gross warned that U.S. financial markets may be headed for a nasty plunge because they have become “a shell game” because of such government tinkering as quantitative easing. He points to the recent crash of the Chinese stock market as to what American investors can anticipate. "This shell game has been taking place for a long time," the manager of the Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund told CNBC. "We see the same thing, basically, in all central banks in terms of their interest rates, in terms of quantitative easing from the ...
Yale's Stephen Roach: US Still in 'Balance Sheet Recession'
Post Date: 2015-07-30 16:39:02 by BTP Holdings
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Yale's Stephen Roach: US Still in 'Balance Sheet Recession' By FJ McGuire | Thursday, 30 Jul 2015 08:00 AM Yale University economist Stephen Roach said the United States has been lingering in a “balance sheet recession” as shoppers remain unwilling to really spend money and enable the economy to fully recover from the last financial crisis. "We've been in a balance sheet recession, and we're still in it. That's the bottom line," Roach told CNBC. "The big story in this recovery that's holding us back is the 1.5 percent consumption growth we've been on for seven years plus." In a balance sheet recession, consumer spending is ...
3D-printed house built in just three hours in China's Xi'an
Post Date: 2015-07-29 07:58:07 by Tatarewicz
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Sydney Morning Herald... This villa was erected from six modules in just three hours. It is claimed to be able to withstand earthquakes. This villa was erected from six modules in just three hours. It is claimed to be able to withstand earthquakes. Photo: cnwest via Sina English The individual modules of a dining room, kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms were assembled by Chinese developer Zhuoda Group on a site in Xi'an earlier this month. Sina English reports most of the building, comprising six modules, was produced in a factory ahead of time and then put together with several workers and a crane. The modules were produced in a factory and then assembled on site. Each module ...
Poll - oil price
Post Date: 2015-07-29 07:23:07 by Tatarewicz
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RT asks What will happen to oil prices when Iran re-enters the market? 37.9% - The prices will fall dramatically under $50 per barrel 29.4% - Crude prices will show a slight fall from current $57 a barrel 19% - Nothing will happen 13.7% - The prices will go up, as world demand will increase
Between fact and fiction: the Rothschilds in China
Post Date: 2015-07-29 01:17:08 by Tatarewicz
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Want... On July 10 Nicky Hilton, a member of the US Hilton hotel dynasty, wed James Rothschild, a member of the English branch of the renowned European banking family, in what has been billed as "the wedding of the century" in both the UK and the US, according to the website of Guangzhou-based newspaper Time Weekly. The Rothschilds were said to be the wealthiest and most mysterious banking families in Europe during the 19th Century. German poet Heinrich Heine once said of the family, "Money is the god of our times, and Rothschild is his prophet." The Rothschilds are well known in China, as they featured in Song Hongbing's anti-Semitic nationalistic bestseller ...
Gold’s Down. What’s up With That?
Post Date: 2015-07-28 17:03:38 by BTP Holdings
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Gold’s Down. What’s up With That? By Jim Rickards Gold is trading around $1,100 per ounce, a five-year low, down over 40% from its all-time high in August 2011, and down over 8% this year alone. According to Bloomberg, hedge funds are net short gold for the first time since records have been kept starting in 2006. Sentiment is abysmal. To paraphrase the brilliant Jim Grant, gold, it seems, has never been more unloved. All of this is well-known to investors. The question is why, and what does a temporary collapse in the dollar price of gold presage? The search for answers takes us on a journey through the inner workings of this most important and least understood market. ...
Top Stock Expert: Major Correction Will Be Greatest In History
Post Date: 2015-07-28 16:47:15 by BTP Holdings
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Jim Rogers has predicted almost every major market move in the past 30 years. Now, in an exclusive online briefing for investors, he is warning that U.S. markets are “overdue for a major correction.” But he quickly adds that this will be like no other correction in history. “It’s going to be a doozy,” he says. In fact, Rogers, the billionaire investor who co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros, says the coming market catastrophe will be like “nothing we have ever seen in recorded history.” If you are concerned about the market, China’s massive stock market collapse, Greece’s default, the massive monetary expansion by almost all central ...
THE SILVER CHART REPORT: The Coming Explosive Silver Price & Market
Post Date: 2015-07-27 17:01:41 by BTP Holdings
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THE SILVER CHART REPORT: The Coming Explosive Silver Price & Market As the price of silver skyrockets during the next global financial collapse, the Silver Market will become one of the world’s most explosive markets in the future. The Silver Chart Report is a must-read for the new and experienced precious metals investor. SIlver Chart Cover Graphic 3D shadowMost analysts focus on a certain area or sector of the silver market. However, the information in this report illuminates a holistic view of many sectors of the silver industry, capturing the relationships that connect many parts of the market. One of the important aspects of my work is to look at many industries and markets ...
Chicago Public Worker Pension Reform Plan Found Illegal
Post Date: 2015-07-27 16:59:12 by BTP Holdings
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Chicago Public Worker Pension Reform Plan Found Illegal Friday, 24 Jul 2015 03:54 PM A plan to ease Chicago’s $20 billion public-worker pension deficit is illegal, an Illinois judge ruled, leaving the city vulnerable to another credit downgrade. Immediately after the ruling, Standard & Poor’s said it would probably lower the city’s rating again if a solution isn’t found. S&P already cut Chicago’s rating earlier this month to BBB+, or three levels above junk. The Illinois Constitution bars the diminishing of public pensions, state court judge Rita Novak ruled Friday. The Illinois Supreme Court in May killed similar changes to the state’s pension ...
WSJ's Lahart: China's Economic Weakness Crimps US Company Earnings
Post Date: 2015-07-27 16:55:13 by BTP Holdings
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WSJ's Lahart: China's Economic Weakness Crimps US Company Earnings By Dan Weil | Friday, 24 Jul 2015 06:04 AM Many economists don't believe the 7-percent economic growth figure that China produced for the second quarter, arguing that Chinese officials fudged the numbers to exactly match their target for the year. U.S. companies that sell in China have good reason to agree with those economists. These corporations are suffering from the Asian titan's economic weakness, notes Wall Street Journal columnist Justin Lahart. This week IBM reported that its China sales plunged 25 percent in the second quarter, Whirlpool announced a 3 percent fall and Illinois Tool Works ...
Yardeni: Next Recession 2019
Post Date: 2015-07-27 16:37:51 by BTP Holdings
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Yardeni: Next Recession 2019 By Dan Weil | Monday, 27 Jul 2015 09:19 AM Some economists expect a recession to begin soon. They say we're due because historically recessions have occurred every five to 10 years, and our last one ended in 2009. But ace economist Edward Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, says the next recession may not come until March 2019. That's based on the movement of the Index of Coincident Economic Indicators (CEI) over the past five business cycles, he explains in a commentary provided to Newsmax Finance. "It has taken 68 months — from January 2008 through October 2013 — for the CEI to fully recover from its severe decline during 2008 ...
RE: U.S. Gov't "Tips Its Hand"... Nov. 11, 2015
Post Date: 2015-07-27 16:29:07 by BTP Holdings
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RE: U.S. Gov't "Tips Its Hand"... Nov. 11, 2015 If you are one of the lucky few who saw the following memo, please disregard this message. But if you missed it, for whatever reason, please view it immediately... This information is crucially important if you have any money in the markets right now. Click here or in the message below to view it now. -Greg ==========Urgent Message========== With all the commotion in Greece, Iran and Cuba recently, you might have missed this. If you have ANY money in the markets right now... On Nov. 11, 2015... you will want to be ready. Put this critical date on your calendar right away... And click here to find out how to make ...
U.S. Markets Could See China-Style Collapse
Post Date: 2015-07-27 16:25:42 by BTP Holdings
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Just this summer, in the space of a few days, $3 trillion in stock equity was wiped off the Chinese stock market. It was a bigger bust than 2000 when the dot-com bust rocked the Nasdaq and collapsed markets around the world. With the fallout from Greece still frightening investors — and the Fed set to raise interest rates — many investors want to know what this all means for them. They also want to protect their assets just in case the markets are blindsided, like they were in 2008. Now, Newsmax Finance wants to give you guidance from some of the best financial experts in the world. We are inviting you to a special online investor briefing — The Emergency Economic ...
Saudi firm plans US shale gas investment
Post Date: 2015-07-27 08:52:15 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Saudi Arabia’s SABIC says it plans investment in US shale gas projects to source feedstock for its plants in the UK. According to CEO Yousef al-Benyan, SABIC has signed an agreement with Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners L.P. to use shale gas as feedstock in the US or other countries. The Saudi company has converted its cracker units in Britain to produce olefins and their derivatives. “The main areas in the US we are looking to invest in are the northeast and the south as they fit our overall expectations including government support, labor laws and unions,” Bloomberg quoted al-Benyan as saying. The official said SABIC was not planning yet to acquire ...
Black Gold May Be Down, but It's Not Out
Post Date: 2015-07-27 07:10:30 by Tatarewicz
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Ozy... Sure, oil prices have collapsed. That smells like a buying opportunity. Trading in oil can be pretty boring most of the time — at least until it’s suddenly, terrifyingly not. You’ll be surfing the crest of a growing global economy one day, then whammo! Fanatics fly jetliners into the World Trade Center, or tanks roll across the Kuwaiti border. Over the past 35 years, Andrew Hecht, an experienced commodity trader and author, has seen it all. And if he knows one thing, it’s that there’s a ton of money to be made if you bet right on the viscous black stuff. Indeed, there’s a reason they call it black gold. Just when it would seem crazy to bet on oil ...
“‘Sky-Fi’ — Silicon Valley’s $2.2 Trillion Breakthrough Bigger Than The Internet As We Know It”
Post Date: 2015-07-27 03:27:59 by Tatarewicz
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What's Street Authority's "little-known company" with a "near monopoly" on the next internet? Posted on July 20, 2015 by Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe WP Greet Box icon Welcome! If you are new to Stock Gumshoe, grab a free membership here and join us to get our free newsletter alerts with new teaser answers and debunkings. Thanks! Not new? Please log in at top right of this page The latest pitch for a “forever” stock from the Street Authority folks is all about how the next wave of internet adoption is going to make us all filthy, stinkin’ rich — and we don’t even have to buy an iffy little small cap wonder stock to bet on it. Sounds ...
Greece debt crisis outcome might fuel currency war in Asia
Post Date: 2015-07-26 02:29:56 by Tatarewicz
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Want... The euro rebounded on news that the Greek government under Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed to tougher austerity measures demanded by international lenders, but concerns have emerged of a possible currency war in the emerging market. Currencies of emerging markets, which have gone through consolidation in the past three months, have experienced volatility because of the latest developments in Greece. Currencies of the so-called BRICS nations–Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa–are expected to weaken further as a result, and the world will be closely watching the movement of the renminbi. The Russian ruble, which has been a "star currency" ...
$1.5 Quadrillion Time Bomb
Post Date: 2015-07-25 15:08:49 by Stephen Lendman
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$1.5 Quadrillion Time Bomb by Stephen Lendman When investing becomes gambling, bad endings follow. The next credit crunch could make 2008- 09 look mild by comparison. Bank of International Settlements(BIS) data show around $700 trillion in global derivatives. Along with credit default swaps and other exotic instruments, the total notional derivatives value is about $1.5 quadrillion - about 20% more than in 2008, beyond what anyone can conceive, let alone control if unexpected turmoil strikes. The late Bob Chapman predicted it. So does Paul Craig Roberts. It could “destroy Western civilization,” he believes. Financial deregulation turned Wall Street into a casino with no rules ...
Amazon shares surge 20 percent, market cap surpasses Wal-Mart
Post Date: 2015-07-25 08:47:47 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Amazon shares spiked in early trading Friday after the online retailer blew past quarterly earnings and revenue estimates, boosted by growth in the North American market and cloud computing segment. Shares rose 20 percent, giving the retailer a larger market capitalization than bricks-and-mortar behemoth Wal-Mart. The surge also generated a huge windfall for CEO Jeff Bezos, who owns 83,921,121 shares of the company. At Friday's early prices, his fortune rose some $8.05 billion—a gain that by itself would be enough to put him in the world's 200 richest people. Poster Comment:============================================= People are even buying non-perishable foods from ...
Sino-Russian gas deal delayed indefinitely as economic ties cool
Post Date: 2015-07-25 01:33:42 by Tatarewicz
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Want... A deal for Russia to supply natural gas to China via the Power of Siberia-2, also known as the Altai gas pipeline, has been delayed indefinitely, reports Duowei News, a US-based Chinese political news outlet. Citing Russian media sources, the report said that negotiations on the western route from Russia's Western Siberia to northwestern China have stalled as the two companies involved, Russia's Gazprom — the largest extractor of natural gas in the world — and state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation are reviewing their options in light of slowing economic conditions. Under the original deal, Russia was to deliver 30 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas a ...
China to build two nuclear power plants in Iran
Post Date: 2015-07-25 01:04:24 by Tatarewicz
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Want... China plans to build two nuclear power plants for Iran, according to the Shanghai-based Guancha Syndicate. After sanctions on Iran's nuclear program are lifted, two power plants are planned to be built by China on the Makran coast near the Gulf of Oman, stated Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Atomic Energy Organization in Iran (AEOI). The country hopes to bring in over 20,000 workers and engineers in the construction project, according to the report. Salehi stated that Iran has over 90 tons of water reserves and 7 to 8 tons of uranium to support the construction project. Behrous Kamalvandi, the spokesman of AEOI added that Iran is hoping these two nuclear plants could produce 190 ...
A Fatal Flaw in the Financial System ...
Post Date: 2015-07-24 17:25:24 by BTP Holdings
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A Fatal Flaw in the Financial System ... Now that Greece's creditors have loaned the country billions to pay them back, its banks are back in business. However, nearly a month after Greece defaulted on its debt, its financial markets are still shuttered. But today's vote to approve the next set of bailout measures could clear the way for the Athens Stock Exchange to reopen next week. For now, a crisis seems to have been averted. But before you dismiss the turmoil we saw in the global markets this summer, there is something you need to know about the Greek default — something other media outlets have failed to report. There is nothing to fear in the fallout from ...
RIP Honest Money
Post Date: 2015-07-24 17:16:08 by BTP Holdings
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As the U.S. dollar is rising to new highs. Signs of a recession continue which means at some point the dollar should weaken and gold should regain its bull market. . . . and from Seth Lipsky, in an editorial in The Wall Street Journal on July 22nd: "July 23 marks the 50th anniversary of the Coinage Act of 1965, which stripped U.S. coins of silver and made legal tender out of base metal slugs. It's an anniversary that comes at an apt time, as Congress considers monetary reform." "The anniversary of the 1965 Coinage Act is a reminder of why reform is needed. Speaking from the White House Rose Garden, President Lyndon B. Johnson called the law he signed a 'very rare ...
Central Banks and Our Dysfunctional Gold Markets
Post Date: 2015-07-24 11:27:48 by Ada
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Many investors still view gold as a safe-haven investment, but there remains much confusion regarding the extent to which the gold market is vulnerable to manipulation through short-term rigged market trades, and long-arm central bank interventions. First, much of the gold that is being sold as shares, in certificates, or for physical hoarding in dubious “vaults” just isn’t there. Second, paper gold can be printed into infinity just like regular currency. Third, new electronic gold pricing — replacing, as of this past February, the traditional five-bank phone-call of the London Gold Fix in place since 1919 — has not necessarily proved a more trustworthy model. ...
JUST THE BEGINNING - 12 Ways The Economy Is Already In Worse Shape Than It Was During The Depths Of The Last Recession
Post Date: 2015-07-22 11:41:05 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Did you know that the percentage of children in the United States who are living in poverty is actually significantly higher than it was back in 2008? When I write about an “economic collapse”, most people think of a collapse of the financial markets. And without a doubt, one is coming very shortly, but let us not neglect the long-term economic collapse that is already happening all around us. In this article, I am going to share with you a bunch of charts and statistics that show that economic conditions are already substantially worse than they were during the last financial crisis in a whole bunch of different ways. Unfortunately, in our 48-hour news cycle ...
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