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Bitcoin As An Alternative Currency?
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, December 30, 2013 10:17 PM EDT
Does Bitcoin have the elements of a viable alternative currency? From a libertarian and pragmatic perspective.
In this article: BITCOMP
Two Hot Commodities To Watch: Zinc And Tungsten
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Vivian Lewis
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Monday, December 30, 2013 4:05 PM EDT
Here are two commodities that may do better in the short term, Zinc and Tungsten. The Indian government is investigating billionaire Anil Agarwal for corruption in a deal for partial privatization of a zinc company, which will delay the closing.
Meet The Minimum-Wage Homeless Who Are "Cleaning Up" Fukushima (For The Yakuza)
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, December 30, 2013 3:19 PM EDT
3 years after the earthquake and tsunami that caused the meltdown at Fukushima's nuclear facility, Northern Japanese homeless are willing to accept minimum wage (from Yakuza-based entities) for one of the most undesirable jobs in the industrialized world: working on the $35 billion, taxpayer-funded effort to clean up radioactive fallout across an area of northern Japan larger than Hong Kong.
What We Read Today 30 December 2013
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John Lounsbury
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Monday, December 30, 2013 3:03 PM EDT
A debunking of the rational expectations theory; comparing the massive amount of long-term unemployment today with past recoveries; Bill Mitchell's dissection of the euro as an economic disaster, and more.
The US Dollar Is Dumping Again...
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, December 30, 2013 2:31 PM EDT
For the second time in a week, the market is running (not walking) away from the USD. Despite all the equity market exuberance over the taper, the USD is now unchanged from the FOMC decision and in relative free-fall for the world's reserve currency.
Green Flag: New Uptrend - Dow Jones Industrials Climb Again
Article By:
John Nyaradi
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Friday, December 27, 2013 3:06 PM EDT
Stocks reached new records today as initial unemployment claims dropped significantly. Nasdaq, S&P and Russell 2000 all rise as well.
In this article: QQQ, DIA, EWH, EWJ, FXI, FXY, GLD, IWM, IYT, SPY, USO, XLB, XLE, XLF, XLK, XLP, XLU, XLV, XLY
Turkey's Political Stability In Question; Yield Breaches 10%
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Sober Look
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Thursday, December 26, 2013 1:26 PM EDT
Turkey is in disarray and the lira, the stock market, and the country's government bonds are all taking a severe beating as a result.
Turkish Lira Plunges To New Record Low As Government Obstructs "Graft" Probe
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Tyler Durden
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Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:10 AM EDT
Turkish stocks are tumbling, bond yields are soaring, and the Lira is collapsing to new record lows as the prosecutor investigating the nation's "Graft" case cites police & government obstruction.
A Trip Through The Bitcoin Mines
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Tyler Durden
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013 6:39 PM EDT
Bitcoin's currency "mining" takes place not in the earth's crust, or in the basement of the Federal Reserve, but inside supercomputers. Tyler Durden takes an indepth look into these virtual mines.
In this article: BITCOMP
The 7 Must-Know Lessons For The Coming Week
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Cliff Wachtel
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013 2:20 PM EDT
Two huge policy moves, two vastly different implications... My conclusion about the coming week with a focus on global stock indexes and what’s moving forex, commodities, and bond markets.
The Unintended Consequences Of Abenomics
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Sober Look
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013 1:22 PM EDT
The danger of Japan's current policy (Abenomics) is that the outcome could turn out to be the exact opposite of what was originally intended.
Bloomberg TV Anchor's Bitcoin Stolen On Primetime TV
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Tyler Durden
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013 10:07 AM EDT
Over the past two weeks, Bloomberg anchor Matt Miller has been on a crusade to popularize Bitcoin. This time it backfired.
Profiting From Trading Bitcoins
Article By:
Michael Michaud
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Monday, December 23, 2013 4:22 PM EDT
Bitcoin is an anonymous and secure way of exchanging money on the internet. It is an electronic currency that is completely decentralized.
In this article: BITCOMP
Reduction In Fiscal Stimulus Creates Tight Monetary Conditions In China
Article By:
Sober Look
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Monday, December 23, 2013 2:31 PM EDT
China's short-term rates have spiked again.
US Unemployment Rate: Will It Bottom Out In 2014?
Article By:
Angelo G. Airaghi
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Monday, December 23, 2013 12:41 PM EDT
After the Fed’s decision to start tapering of its asset purchases in January 2014, the U.S. dollar could increase its value against other major currencies. The study of cycles appears to anticipate the unemployment rate bottoming in 2014 or 2015 at the latest.
Paul Krugman On Money: Why Economics Has Become A Disgraced Profession
Article By:
Jesses-Cafe-Americain
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Monday, December 23, 2013 11:26 AM EDT
There are several somewhat surprising assertions Paul Krugman's recent comments which left me almost speechless. But not quite.
In this article: GLD