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Country ETF Update
Article By:
Joseph Calhoun
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Sunday, March 27, 2016 5:30 PM EDT
The theme for Single Country ETFs over the last month is either countries that produce a lot of natural resources (commodities) or countries in which sane people don’t invest.
Presenting The Complete Global Currency Swirlogram
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Friday, March 25, 2016 2:05 PM EDT
We present a swirlogram from Deutsche Bank whose analysts have taken the average of several models to determine where the world’s currencies stand on the spectrum from overvalued to undervalued.
Fragile Five ETFs Not At All Fragile This Year ?
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Zacks Investment Research
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Friday, March 25, 2016 5:55 AM EDT
The policy tightening in the U.S. has always been a concern for the emerging market bloc. As we already know, taper talks roiled the emerging markets in 2013 and then kept on disturbing the league occasionally as and when rate hike fears cropped up.
Fiscal And Monetary Madness
Article By:
Gary Christenson
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Friday, March 25, 2016 5:46 AM EDT
A world of fiat currencies "managed" by central banks descends into the trap of exponentially increasing debt that leads, slowly or rapidly, toward monetary madness and … Train wreck ahead!
For Saudi Aramco, Breaking Up Is (Not So) Hard To Do
Article By:
Ellen R. Wald, Ph.D.
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Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:16 AM EDT
Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell recently announced plans to end their co-ownership of the Motiva refinery in Texas. The two energy companies have operated the refining and marketing enterprise as a 50/50 joint venture since 2002.
Oil Rips On Yet Another Doha "Freeze" Meeting Headline (As Predicted)
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:53 PM EDT
One wonders how many more times oil can rally on the same (or even less newsworthy) headlines.
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Economic Growth And Higher Wages
Article By:
Gene Inger
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:00 PM EDT
Economic growth and higher wages historically weren't always associated, at least for decades with 'inflation' as somehow being 'desirable'. The idea was to see profits and growth occurring consistently, amid organically-achieved GDP gains.
Senior Discounts? Oil Prices And Old Rulers
Article By:
Joseph Shupac
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 7:26 PM EDT
Given the aging of the leadership of oil-producing countries, deaths could lead to political upheaval that causes their countries' oil and gas production to fall.
In this article: OIL
Oil Jumps After Latest Output Freeze Meeting "News"
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:30 AM EDT
“Oil producers including Gulf OPEC members support holding a meeting next month to discuss a deal to freeze output even without Iran.”
There's A 'Changing Of The Guard'
Article By:
Gene Inger
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:00 PM EDT
There's a 'changing of the guard' underway this year; and it's characteristics are not yet accepted by some of the 'old Guard', well beyond our own borders.