Bitcoin (BTC) Bounces Off of Lows $BTCUSD The bounce off of 1-week lows seen Tuesday may have helped bitcoin (BTC) avert a bigger sell-off. The leading cryptocurrency by market cap established a Bearish lower-high pattern at $4,400 last week and closed well below $4,000 Monday, confirming an end of the corrective bounce. As a result, BTC […]
President Trump: ‘We Will Be 100%’ With Hurricane Florence Victims Wednesday, President Donald Trump sought to offer comfort to families who suffered losses in Hurricane Florence, declaring “America grieves for you” as he arrived in North Carolina to survey damage left by the powerful storm. President Trump pledged to be with storm victims “100 percent” […]
Cryptocurrency Prices May Be Headed Higher $BTCUSD,$ETHUSD Cryptocurrencies seem to make recoveries when all hope lost, and Thursday’s price action of the world’s 2nd largest cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH) and many others is no exception. Several of the Top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization are reporting 24-hour gainers above 10%, including monero (XMR), litecoin (LTC), and […]
The Turkish Lira is in Recovery Mode Turkey’s Lira finally recovered as the country’s central bank moved to ease pressure on the currency, triggering a 7% surge to 6.4 per USD TRYTOM=D3. The Lira lost almost 10% Monday alone and has lost more than 40% of its value so far in Y 2018 as the country […]
Bulls Own the Post July 4th Stock Market Action $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX A casualties of the tariff dust up has been the power of corporate profits to energize stocks. Now another earnings season is here, and we are still hearing from pundits that investors obsessing over trade. It has been The Story of […]
This US Economic Recovery is “Far from over” $JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon does not see any reason the 9-year economic recovery will end any time soon. “We’re probably in the 6th inning,” Mr. Dimon said Friday at an investor conference in New York. “It’s very possible you’re going to see […]
Face It People, The Trump Economic Boom Is Here $DIA (DJIA) Have you noticed, that through the mist of Russia, James Comey, Charlottesville and now 2 monster hurricanes, that the US economy is booming faster than it has since the late Clinton years, well have you? This is undeniable. In the last year of The […]
There is Little Fear in World Stock Markets Now $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The stock markets do not fear NKorea, and they do not fear the extreme left’s attack on US President Donald Trump Risk assets across the globe, despite high valuations, have recovered nicely from a sell-off triggered by concerns about a NKorean nuclear […]
UAE Energy Minister, “No talk about further OPEC supply cuts” $OIL OPEC and allied non-OPEC producers agreed on 25 May to extend an existing supply curb into Y 2018 There is no talk of further Crude Oil output cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies despite only a slow […]
The Great Recession Is Over, and America is Running on Empty A Gallup study of US growth and productivity finds there has been NO economic recovery. “The Great Recession may be over, but America is running on empty,” writes Jim Clifton, Chairman/CEO at Gallup. The US Council on Competitiveness asked Gallup to conduct, pro bono, […]
Gawk Announces Disaster Recovery As Major Update To Cloud Communications Platform $GAWK Los Angeles, October 25, 2016 — GAWK Inc. (OTC PINK: GAWK) CEO Scott Kettle announces a major update to its Cloud Communication Platform, including DRaaS – Disaster Recovery as a Service, Application Database Management, High Availability, and 2-Factor Authentication. Kettle said, “We promptly […]
“Do Not Be Fooled, There is No Economic Recovery” $GLD Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, advises that savvy investors should not be fooled by reports of any economic recovery. And the same investors should continue to buy Gold despite the pullback. “I’m certain that all this talk about a recovery is wrong,” Mr. […]
Greek PM, “Economy recovering” Calling Investors to Seize Opportunities Saturday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged investors to invest in his country which is recovering and moving to the period of growth. He made the remarks when presenting his government’s roadmap to the post-crisis future during a keynote speech at the opening of the 81st […]
Fed’s ‘Beige-Book, “US Economy Has Slowed” $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The economy grew at a slowed pace this past Summer in 8 of the Federal Reserve’s 12 US districts, a slowdown from prior reports that will make US Fed policymakers cautious about an interest rate hike anytime soon. The Fed’s ‘Beige Book’ survey of business […]
Obama’s Claims that US Economy is ‘Good’ is Debunked US President Barack Hussein Obama claimed recently, “The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office.” Mr. Obama has been making some variation of this “the economy got better under my watch” claim since the Y 2012 presidential campaign. The Big Q: […]
Key World Stock Markets Briefing $DIA, $DAX At the time of this report, Thursday, 28 July 4:25a EDT, the US major market indexes are flat to unchanged, slight Bearish Bias. US Fed appreciated the improvements in the economy, acknowledged the diminished Southside risks, but did not change the fed funds rates, There is a minor […]
It is Not the UK’s ‘Leave’ Vote that Derailed the Fed’s Plans Weaker-than-expected real growth in US jobs in recent months had forced US monetary policy makers to put off a rate hike at their meeting June meeting. The data due early next month on June US NFP’s could help clear up doubts about the […]
Wildfires in the Western US and Climate Change The number of large wildfires has nearly 2X’s since the 1980’s, and the average length of wildfire season has grown by more than 2 months. Research shows that changes in climate, especially earlier snowmelt and warming in the spring and summer, have helped boost this increase in […]
Top Locations for Renting, Buying Property in Dubai & Abu Dhabi Despite price declines, yields remained high in both Emirates UAE real estate markets were stable in Q-1 of Y 2016 as major developers continued to launch mega projects, according to property site www.Bayut.com The company said there were welcome signs of recovery in the […]
GCC States See Record Oil & Gas Drilling As Rest Of World Falls Behind $OIL, $USO, $BHI The Arabian Peninsula accounts for nearly 30% of all active Crude Oil and Nat Gas drilling rigs outside of the US A record number of rigs are drilling for Oil & Gas on the Arabian Peninsula even as […]