Stocks Up, Bonds Up, Gold Up, Oil Up, USD Up... Give Up
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Tyler Durden
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 5:50 PM EDT
For the 25th day in a row (one short of an all-time record), the S&P closed above its 5-day moving-average.
Kamikaze Finance
Article By:
Bill Bonner
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 4:52 PM EDT
For the last 20 years, the Japanese government has been borrowing the retirement savings of its long-suffering “salarymen” and spending the money on bailouts and boondoggles – often involving vast amounts of concrete that now covers half the country.
3 Things Worth Thinking About (Vol.18)
Article By:
Lance Roberts
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 1:47 PM EDT
Following the October swoon, stocks have vaulted to all-time highs. As I discussed previously in "Sentiment Is Off The Charts Bullish," there have only been few occasions where investors have felt so "giddy" about the financial markets.
Goldman's "Top Trade Recommendations For 2015"
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Tyler Durden
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 8:58 AM EDT
In case you missed out on this sterling opportunity to blow money in nominal and real terms, you are in luck, because seconds ago Goldman's "smartest men, and women, in the room" released their first Top 8 trades for 2015.
Morning Call For November 20, 2014
Article By:
Jim Van Meerten
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Thursday, November 20, 2014 8:13 AM EDT
December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 -0.43%) this morning are down -0.48% and European stocks are down -1.26% on global growth concerns after manufacturing activity slowed in China and in the Eurozone.
Santelli Goes Ballistic: "I Feel Like I'm Living In A Cartoon"
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Tyler Durden
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 7:54 PM EDT
Rick Santelli's one-man circus, on video
Fed Warning Sends Small Caps Red For 2014
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Tyler Durden
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:45 PM EDT
The word "volatile" comes to mind when reflecting on today's cross-asset class action. US equities dumped into and beyond the US open, only to reverse perfectly at the European close and recover all the way back to USDJPY right as the FOMC minutes hit.
Deformations On The Dealer Lots: How The Fed’s ZIRP Is Fueling The Next Subprime Bust
Article By:
David Stockman
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:37 PM EDT
On any given day, Janet Yellen is busy squinting at 19 essentially meaningless labor market graphs on her “dashboard” looking for evidence that ZIRP is working.
FOMC Minutes: Centrists Remain In Control
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Marc Chandler
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 4:52 PM EDT
The FOMC minutes were not very surprising. The FOMC is not in any hurry to raise interest rates before the middle of next year at the earliest.
A Diversified, Safer Way To Hedge Against Stocks Using ETFs
Article By:
Gary Gordon
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 3:13 PM EDT
Over the last 12 months, most efforts to hedge against U.S. stock risk have proven to been an exercise in disappointment. And that’s if you merely chose milder forms of hedging, such as losing dollars with numerous put options or losing opportunity with excess cash.
Yield Curve Today
Article By:
Gary Tanashian
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 1:29 PM EDT
Today the curve is dropping with nominal yields rising.
Are Junk Bonds Sending A Warning Signal?
Article By:
Charlie Bilello
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:14 PM EDT
Over the past month, we have seen a rip-roaring, v-shaped rally to new all-time highs in the large-cap U.S. equity indices.
Understanding Investor Anxiety: A Perspective On Diversification
Article By:
Doug Short
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 11:45 AM EDT
In recent days major US stock indexes have been repeatedly hitting new highs. The S&P 500, for example, closed out October at a record level and since broken the record on eight of the past 12 sessions so far in November.
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Great Graphic: Americans Buy Record Foreign Bonds And Stocks In September
Article By:
Marc Chandler
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014 10:31 AM EDT
Americans bought $30 bln of foreign shares in September. Before 2000, the most was about $10 bln.