The Clock Is Ticking In Switzerland
Article By:
Peter Schiff
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Monday, November 24, 2014 3:47 PM EDT
For most of my career in international investing, I had always placed a great deal of faith in Switzerland's financial markets.
In this article: GLD
Global Investing Update
Article By:
Vivian Lewis
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Monday, November 24, 2014 3:02 PM EDT
China caused waves across our portfolio. First of all, in an admission that something was needed to set GNP growth back on track, China cut interest rates in a new stimulus initiative.
Russia Moves Toward Increasing Economic Freedom
Article By:
Acting-Man
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Monday, November 24, 2014 2:41 PM EDT
Well, isn’t that a shocker. With Russia’s economy under serious threat from Western economic sanctions and falling oil prices, a major Kremlin faction has quite unexpectedly gotten some wind behind its sails.
Weekly ADR Report
Article By:
E.B. Capital Markets
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Monday, November 24, 2014 1:33 PM EDT
The average score is 51.03 across our ADR universe, above the four week moving average score of 49.40. The average ADR is trading -21.13% below its 52 week high, -3.81% below its 200 dma, has 3.42 days to cover held short, and is expected to post EPS growth of 18.14% next year.
Gold & EUR Drop After ECB's Coeure Counters Weidmann's Warnings
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Monday, November 24, 2014 1:17 PM EDT
EUR faded the Weidmann gains and Gold and silver are sliding as USD strengthens.
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Why Gold Is Headed Much Higher
Article By:
Michael Pento
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Monday, November 24, 2014 11:27 AM EDT
What really drives the price of gold? Some say it's a fear gauge. Others prefer to look at the demand coming from the Indian wedding season. But the silliest of all conclusions to reach is that the dollar price of gold should be determined solely by its value vis-à-vis another fiat currency.
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Morning Call For November 24, 2014
Article By:
Jim Van Meerten
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Monday, November 24, 2014 8:54 AM EDT
December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.24%) this morning are up +0.18% and European stocks are up +0.99% at a 1-3/4 month high after German business confidence unexpectedly rose for the first time in 7 months.
Germany Surprises, Helps Euro Tick Up
Article By:
Marc Chandler
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Monday, November 24, 2014 7:12 AM EDT
The German flash PMI was disappointing, but the ZEW survey was considerable better. The German IFO followed the ZEW lead, not the PMI. The IFO improved for the first time since April.
Maybe US Isn't Turning Japanese...
Article By:
Alex Filonov
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Monday, November 24, 2014 6:32 AM EDT
Problem in Japan: link between QE and consumer debt doesn't exist. Money from Central Bank is going to banks, which repair their balance sheets, but in no hurry to lend to consumers.
More On Germany And Nuclear
Article By:
Ferdinand E. Banks
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Monday, November 24, 2014 4:21 AM EDT
The dilemma where I am concerned has to do with the preposterous notion that wind and solar based energy can completely replace nuclear, where by “replace” I mean supply the electricity necessary to maintain the present or an improved standard of living.
Output Gap Idiocy; Shaky Accounting EU And US Style
Article By:
Mish Shedlock
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Monday, November 24, 2014 12:23 AM EDT
Italy accuses Brussels of "shaky" accounting practices, because, apparently Brussels' practices aren't shaky enough. Huh?
Politics Is Economics In The Week Ahead
Article By:
Marc Chandler
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Sunday, November 23, 2014 4:20 PM EDT
Many people assume that politics and economics are separate spheres. It was Harold Laswell, regarded as the father of modern political science, that famously defined politics as who gets what, when and how. Isn't that the role of the price mechanism and the market economy?
Oil Price Slide – No Good Way Out
Article By:
Global Economic Intersection
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Sunday, November 23, 2014 5:26 AM EDT
Oil sellers continue producing regardless of how low oil prices go unless they are stopped by bankruptcy, revolution, or something else. Producers of oil from U.S. shale are in this category, as are most oil exporters, including many of the OPEC countries and Russia.
The State Of The World FOREX
Article By:
Martin Armstrong
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 8:14 PM EDT
While recession has returned to Japan and interest rates have dropped to negative, in Europe the ECM has effectively announced it will expand its balance sheet again by a trillion Euro. China has lowered rates showing this view of lowering rates is believed to stimulate the economy still prevails.
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Everyone Wants Dollars (Again)
Article By:
Marc Chandler
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 1:03 PM EDT
The yen has been the weakest of the majors this month, losing about 4.7% against the dollar. The swing in interest rate expectations for the BOE has seen sterling slip 2.0%, more than twice the euro's 0.9% decline, thus far, in November. The S&P might be giving indication of an exhaustion gap.
Oil And Currency Markets Reflect Expectations For Lower Global Economic Growth
Article By:
Global Economic Intersection
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 11:39 AM EDT
Although the U.S. economy showed robust growth in the third quarter of 2014, recording an estimated 3.5% growth rate, economic data from Europe and China have led to expectations of potentially weaker demand for crude oil.