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Global Housing Bubble Is Popping. Here Comes The “Reverse Wealth Effect”
August 10th, 2018
Just a few months ago, real estate was on fire. Prices were blowing past records set during the previous decade’s housing bubble as desperate buyers bought whatever was available at above the asking price while homeowners, confident that prices ...
Another week, another improvement in Gold’s prospects
August 6th, 2018
The past few months have added some cred to the “sell in May and go away” rule of thumb for precious metals, as gold’s price action has been both boring and depressing. It’s now close to its 12-month low, ...
European shares seen opening lower on US-China trade worries
August 2nd, 2018
European shares may drift lower at open on Thursday amid reports the Trump administration is mulling raising tariffs on Chinese goods. A spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry accused the US of “blackmail” and warning of inevitable countermeasures if the ...
Valuing Gold In A World Awash With Dollars
July 27th, 2018
Summary In this article I point to the pressures on the Fed to moderate monetary policy, but that will only affect the timing of the next cyclical credit crisis. That is going to happen anyway, triggered by the Fed ...
Trade truce boosts the euro and hurts the US dollar
July 27th, 2018
The DXY dollar basket dropped to 94.08, down from a high of 95.65 last week. The dollar is under pressure from a range of negative drivers. Friday’s GDP print could be the blow off top for US growth and ...
Dollar slides against emerging market currencies
July 26th, 2018
The dollar fell against emerging market currencies Wednesday as investors awaited a meeting between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. The dollar was recently down 1% against the Brazilian real and lost 1.2% against the Turkish ...
Gold and silver futures action turning positive
July 23rd, 2018
After a brutal few weeks in precious metals, you’d expect trend-following speculators to be heading for the exits. And the most recent gold and silver futures action — aka the commitment of traders (COT) report — shows exactly that. ...
The yen climbed, gold price increased; Key financial events coming up this week
July 23rd, 2018
The yen climbed and Japanese government bonds slid on speculation that the Bank of Japan may debate some fine tuning in its stimulus policy. Asian stocks were mixed. The rise in Japan’s 10-year benchmark bond yield matched the biggest ...
S&P500 and AUSSIE Intra-day Analysis
July 13th, 2018
Stocks moved nicely to the upside like we expected with E-mini S&P500 futures moving to 2800 while Dax is now filling the gap for wave B about we talked in our past updates. However, both may see resistance up ...
Bitcoin is down 66%. But it still may be the future of money
July 11th, 2018
The price of one bitcoin (XBT) is now hovering around $6,400. That’s a more than 50% drop in 2018 and a 66% plunge from the all-time high of just under $20,000 that bitcoin hit in late December. Other cryptocurrencies, ...
