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Trade Wars: Monetary Distortions Of Consumers And Producers
Friday, April 13, 2018 2:32 PM EDT
The monetary distortions, imbalances and perverse incentives are finally bearing fruit: trade wars.
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Why Facebook Is Bad News For U.S. Stocks
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 6:59 PM EDT
A momentum market is happy to reward tech companies with rich multiples on earning and sales, especially when their audience is growing and the press is good.
In this article: META
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Oil Payback Time: Oilfield Services Raise Prices
Monday, April 2, 2018 9:30 PM EDT
Oilfield service providers are upping their prices, the latest Dallas Fed Energy Survey has found, confirming what producers began to complain about last year when oil prices started recovering.
In this article: OIL
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Stock Market Success Down To AI And Homework, Not Luck
Thursday, March 29, 2018 2:32 PM EDT
Along with the advent of high technology, which has been accelerating every since the days of derivatives computers, stock market wins are starting to become more reliably powered by study rather than getting lucky.
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Cryptocurrency: Money Or Asset?
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 3:27 PM EDT
Cash is still king and most of the central banks have not gone into the coin business, but the usefulness of cryptocurrency has not been lost on all of us.
In this article: BITCOMP
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China’s Empty Threat Of Dumping Its US Treasuries
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 12:47 AM EDT
If China dumped its Treasury holdings, in theory, new buyers would have to emerge to buy them, and these new buyers would have to be induced by higher yields. Hence long-term Treasury yields would have to rise.
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Fed Chair Discounts Recession Forecast By Yield Curve
Thursday, March 22, 2018 12:41 PM EDT
Powell believes that with inflation holding at relatively low levels, the Treasury yield curve is no longer a reliable signal as an early warning that a new recession is near. Many analysts are sure to disagree.
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How Could The Rise In Electric Vehicles Change Consumer Habits?
Thursday, March 8, 2018 2:40 PM EDT
he automotive market is currently undergoing and adapting to some of the biggest changes it will have ever experienced, as more and more electric vehicles (EVs) are introduced.
In this article: TSLA
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Is Trade War Good For Gold Prices?
Thursday, March 8, 2018 3:14 AM EDT
Gold prices have come under pressure quite a bit so far this year. However, as the week ended last week, the price of gold started to find its way upward.
In this article: GLD
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Chart Of The Week: China’s Thrifty, And What To Do About It
Thursday, March 1, 2018 2:38 AM EDT
What makes China’s citizens so thrifty, and why does that matter for China and the rest of the world? The country’s saving rate, at 46 percent of GDP, is among the world’s highest.
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Cautious On Bitcoin, Bullish On Blockchain?
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 5:13 PM EDT
Crypto markets are highly volatile, fragmented, largely unregulated, and come with unique liquidity and operational risks.
In this article: BITCOMP
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The US Government Lost $1.2 Trillion In 2017
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 2:23 AM EDT
Unlike Berkshire and Apple, whose financial reports typically show strong, positive results, the US government’s financial statements are a complete horror show.
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Yes, Rates And Stocks Can Rise Together…. For Now
Thursday, February 22, 2018 12:09 PM EDT
A simple linear regression of stock multiples versus interest rates demonstrates that over the very long term, rates and market multiples are negatively correlated.
In this article: SPX
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IRAs And An Opportunity For Tax Arbitrage
Monday, February 19, 2018 2:33 PM EDT
The differential in tax rates allows a taxpayer to deduct an IRA contribution at the higher tax rate on their 2017 tax return and then convert the same dollar amount at the lower 2018 tax rate.
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8 Insights Retailers Miss Without Data Analytics
Friday, February 16, 2018 11:53 AM EDT
Data analytics is revolutionizing the retail industry right now, but not every store operator in on board. Some either dismiss or downgrade the abilities of analytics.
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Record Short Bets Against 10-Year Treasury
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 1:30 PM EDT
Bond prices fall when yields rise – and being short the 10-year Treasury, and thus betting on a rising yield, has become a very crowded and profitable trade for hedge funds and other speculators.
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