Physical Gold Demand Soared As Gold Price Tumbled In 2013
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Tyler Durden
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Friday, January 3, 2014 2:41 PM EDT
Sales of gold coins are booming even as the precious metal's price is falling. Despite gold futures 28% drop in 2013 (its worst since 1981), the WSJ reports that demand for gold coins shot up 63% ti 241.6 metric tons in the first three quarters of 2013.
Gold, Silver, And JPY Surge Sends Stocks Reeling
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Tyler Durden
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 1:57 PM EDT
The late-day exuberance from New Year's Eve has been dismissed as JPY strength has dragged stocks to one-week lows this morning....
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28 December 2013 Unemployment Claims 4 Week Average Again Worsen
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Steven Hansen
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 1:33 PM EDT
The market was expecting the weekly initial unemployment claims at 333.000 to 340,000 vs the 339,000 reported. The more important (because of the volatility in the weekly reported claims and seasonality errors in adjusting the data) 4 week moving average degraded, moving from 348,000 (reported last week) to 357,250.
Wrapped Up 2013 With A Flourish
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Dr. Paul Price
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013 5:19 PM EDT
The DJIA, S&P 500 and virtual stock portfolio all closed at yearly highs.
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.
Economic Forecast January 2014: Slight Growth Deceleration
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Steven Hansen
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Monday, December 30, 2013 1:12 PM EDT
Our January 2013 Economic Forecast continues to show a growing economy – but growing at a slower rate than last month. Most portions of our economic model are expanding.
2013 Was Good To Joe Sixpack (Relatively) - The Impact Of 2013
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Steven Hansen
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Saturday, December 28, 2013 4:00 PM EDT
One of my favorite responses to those who ask me how things are going is “that I am still alive”. This is the way I feel about the economic events of 2013 as they relate to the average survivor of this year. It is hard to argue that the average consumer is worse off today than they were at the beginning of the year.
Personal Income Growth Disappoints In November 2013
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Steven Hansen
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Monday, December 23, 2013 2:53 PM EDT
Real Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) and Real Disposable Personal Income (DPI) are up. However, the rate of increase of income continues to fall further behind the rate of increase of spending
What CEOs Are Really Worried About - Discounting And Obamacare
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Tyler Durden
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Friday, December 20, 2013 3:46 PM EDT
CEOs are less than upbeat about the future when one scratches below the surface of 5-second soundbites.
Putting Some Cash To Work
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Dr. Paul Price
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Friday, December 20, 2013 11:29 AM EDT
Yesterday's Dip Makes This Stock Too Cheap to Resist.
In this article: BRLI
Opportunity, After A Fall
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Dr. Paul Price
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Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:09 AM EDT
Selling Put Options following a big decline is a low risk way to play.
Here's a real money trade that looked great today.
In this article: JBL
Stanley Black & Decker: Powering Its Way Toward Fair Value
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Chuck Carnevale
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:46 PM EDT
Try to understand the past and think an investment through to its logical conclusion.
In this article: SWK