Archive - Jan 2015 - Blog entry
January 6th
A Tale of Two Airlines
Submitted by Capitalist Exploits on 01/06/2015 20:15 -0500If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand
WaLL STReeT BaBeL...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 01/06/2015 12:59 -0500They boldly bought into the lie...
Consumer Companies Issue Most Negative Guidance Ever, Despite Lower Gasoline Prices
Submitted by testosteronepit on 01/06/2015 10:35 -0500But the oil-price crash was supposed to goose consumer spending.
OIL DROP, WHATS THE IMPACT ON GLOBAL ECONOMY
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 01/06/2015 08:56 -0500Will there be capitulation in Oil?
Prepare for Property Prices to Fall Globally
Submitted by GoldCore on 01/06/2015 06:35 -0500At the start of the New Year, there are increasing signs that the recovery seen in property prices in many cities in western countries -- namely New York and other U.S. cities, and Dublin, London and other UK cities -- is beginning to peter out ...
January 5th
Guest Post - Changing the Script
Submitted by Cognitive Dissonance on 01/05/2015 15:04 -0500Einstein advised “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them”. Yet that’s mostly what I see happening today on many levels.
Potential of dangerous asteroid to hit the Earth on January 26
Submitted by hedgeless_horseman on 01/05/2015 12:27 -0500What is the number one thing you want to do in the next three weeks?
The US Dollar Rally Has Crushed Brazil, Australia, and Now the S&P 500
Submitted by Phoenix Capital Research on 01/05/2015 11:00 -0500You only get these kinds of moves when the STUFF IS HITTING THE FAN. And this mess has only just begun.
UNLaWFuL AND DiSORDeRLY...
Submitted by williambanzai7 on 01/05/2015 10:45 -0500Respect is something earned, not entitled...
IBM Wastes $108 Billion on Financial Engineering, Creating Facade of Value While Start-Ups Create Real Value Through Blockchain
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 01/05/2015 10:16 -0500Is the CEO of IBM the biggest 3 card monte grifter of all? That and other New Years prognostications
OIL WEAKNESS, "GREXIT", GLOBAL CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS
Submitted by Pivotfarm on 01/05/2015 08:44 -0500Don't adjust your rear view mirror too much: 2015 is beginning to look a bit like 2014
Review of 2014 – Gold Second Best Currency, +13% in EUR, +6% GBP
Submitted by GoldCore on 01/05/2015 04:53 -0500- Australia
- Bank of England
- Bank of Japan
- Barclays
- Bear Market
- Belgium
- Bond
- Borrowing Costs
- Central Banks
- China
- Consumer Confidence
- Copenhagen
- Copper
- CRB
- Credit Rating Agencies
- Crude
- Crude Oil
- default
- Dow Jones Industrial Average
- ETC
- European Union
- Eurozone
- Federal Reserve
- France
- Futures market
- Germany
- Greece
- Hyperinflation
- India
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Middle East
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ Composite
- National Debt
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nikkei
- Obama Administration
- Portugal
- Precious Metals
- President Obama
- Quantitative Easing
- Rating Agencies
- Reuters
- Student Loans
- Swine Flu
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- World Gold Council
- Yen
- Yuan
2014 may go down as the year when gold and silver conspiracy “theories” became conspiracy “facts” as banks globally were found to have conspired to rig the prices of gold, silver, currency and many other markets.
January 4th
China, Smartphones, Margin Compression and the Future of Computing
Submitted by Reggie Middleton on 01/04/2015 13:08 -0500What happens to your market when competitors are selling 61 million units of your product at 1% margin and growing revenues by 135% and shipments by over 220%? Margin compression, baby!
Four Forces Shaping the Investment Climate
Submitted by Marc To Market on 01/04/2015 10:48 -0500The investment climate is being shaped by four forces:
1. De-synchronized business cycle with the US ahead of the pack
2. The prospects of sovereign bond purchases by the ECB, amid political uncertainty sparked by Geece's snap election
3. The continued drop in energy prices is a stimuluative writ large but poses challenges for oil producers and the leveraged eco-system that has been built on the premise of high oil prices forever.
