• GoldCore
    01/13/2016 - 12:23
    John Hathaway, respected authority on the gold market and senior portfolio manager with Tocqueville Asset Management has written an excellent research paper on the fundamentals driving...
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    01/13/2016 - 14:32
    After all, in yesterday’s oil trading there were over 600,000 contracts trading hands on the Globex exchange Tuesday with over 1 million in estimated total volume at settlement.

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When Perfect "There Can't Be A Recession" Indicators Fail

tool:  “ This Market Measure Has A Perfect Track Record For Predicting US Recessions ” the ... times — a perfect forecasting track record," he reiterated.   The yield ... doesn't.   When Perfect Indicators Fail … The so-called “perfect track ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 07/12/2014 - 10:41 - 37 comments - 0 attachments

How Big Institutional Money Distorts Housing Prices

2013   Home prices surged during the first quarter at their fastest pace in nearly seven ... Rental Trade Apr 25, 2013   Blackstone Group LP (BX)  bought 1,400 properties in ... of homes that are in foreclosure and the people are still living in them.   It makes perfect ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 06/04/2013 - 20:29 - 29 comments - 0 attachments

About 38% Of All The COMEX Gold In Hong Kong Left The Warehouses Yesterday

flows of bullion which are taking place in Asia.  As I have said, gold is 'trading like a ... is a potentially dangerous development, especially with respect to a commodity that is being traded ... shouldn't be trusted with a butter knife...  Amen.  Mines last quarter Amen.  Mines last quarter ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 11/14/2015 - 10:10 - 147 comments - 0 attachments

Dear Striking Fast-Food Workers: Meet The Machine That Just Put You Out Of A Job

Why not? Stocks are traded by Why not? Stocks are traded by programs. Soon driverlless Johnny ... operator and expect an AI to take my place in the distant future PErfect maTch for the carDiAc PErfect maTch for the carDiAc ArresT burGers that aRe mAking aMerICANs oBsoLETE. So minimum wage ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 11/10/2015 - 21:04 - 504 comments - 0 attachments

Ugly Month/Quarter Ends With Corn Holed, Stocks Sold, Bonds "Good As Gold"

If you love Trannies, here's a message for you this quarter... First ... pic.twitter.com/CXKtx24lml — rockhowse (@rockhowse) March 31, 2015 BREAKING: Today's trading ... worst quarter since Q3 2012... Dow dipped red.. . and S&P just managed to hold on to gains for ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 03/31/2015 - 15:06 - 51 comments - 0 attachments

Clean Energy Presents "Perfect Storm" For Utilities

renewable energy and energy storage are together presenting a “perfect storm” for big utilities. The ... revenue, which in turn pushes more people away. As of 2011, about three-quarters of U.S. utilities had a ... where they offer energy “services,” such as trading and advice to customers, according to The Economist. ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 12/22/2013 - 23:17 - 156 comments - 0 attachments

In A World Artificially Priced To Perfection, The Imperfections Appear

skew to the down side. Due to crowded positions, valuations priced to perfection, and a confluence of ... the perceived one-way bet on the Renminbi. One of the most popular (levered) trades has been to borrow in Yen and invest the proceeds in Renminbi. The trade made  sense, because the investor earned the ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 03/24/2014 - 17:11 - 21 comments - 0 attachments

Whiplash Session Sees Furious Buying Of Futures To Defend 50-DMA As New Quarter Begins

underpinned by higher than expected Chinese Official/HSBC Mfg. PMIs. On the first trading day of the month and quarter European indices trade higher, supported by a series of better than expected PMI ... following a negative Wall Street close which saw the DJIA post its first quarterly decline for 2yrs. Nikkei ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 04/01/2015 - 05:57 - 29 comments - 0 attachments

Is The Perfect Storm Coming For Gold?

brief clip, the perfect storm is coming for gold...     Via Peak Resources, Friday October 11th, gold trading was shut down for 10 seconds according to the CME. Why, because ... exit a large trade like this... So who could it be? Try the dumb money, The Western Central ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 12/15/2013 - 21:31 - 171 comments - 0 attachments

The Perfect Storm In Bonds

perfect storm . Via Citi, The credit market may have never been ... sure if retail investors will. They will likely be receiving their quarterly statements in the next ... trades we’ve seen so far would be overshadowed by selling down those positions which (i) make up most ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 06/30/2013 - 17:52 - 60 comments - 0 attachments

Banks Reclassify Quarter Trillion In Securities Ahead Of Rate Hike

moment’s notice to being parked in an area of their books where they can’t easily be traded.   ... up from about one in nine dollars in mid-2013.   So that’s a quarter of a ... believe the facts. Quarterly interim FS's signed Quarterly interim FS's signed off on ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 03/25/2015 - 11:10 - 105 comments - 0 attachments

Unfuckingbelievable: Goldman Has Zero Trading Loss Days In Last Quarter

(E-Trade, Las Vegas, Reality) If you ever wanted to see what monopoly looks like in chart form, here it is: In the quarter ended March 31, Goldman made money on every single trading day. The firm did not record a loss of even $0.01 on even one day in the last quarter. That's 63 days profitable ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 05/10/2010 - 07:54 - 88 comments - 0 attachments

Small Caps Suffer Worst Quarter In 3 Years; Bonds Leading Year-To-Date

entirely from bonds), stocks slumped into the end of the quarter leaving the S&P and Dow barely positive for Q3 and Russell 2000 down 7.9% - its worst quarter since Q2 2011 (and -5.2% year-to-date). ... and traded lower in the US session. The bigger news on the day was the carnage in commodities that ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 09/30/2014 - 15:04 - 11 comments - 0 attachments

The Magic Number Is Revealed: It Costs Central Banks $200 Billion Per Quarter To Avoid A Market Crash

plotted against the rolling 3m change in spreads. While the relationship is not perfect – liquidity ... ten percent quarterly drop in equities. Put differently, it takes around $200bn per quarter just ... ever drops to $200 billion per quarter or less, the market will crash. ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 10/21/2014 - 11:58 - 124 comments - 0 attachments

"Eastern European" Buyer Scoops Up World's First Quarter-Billion-Dollar Apartment

Wright here - the place looks like the interior of some hotel lobby or spaceship. perfect layout, ask any perfect layout, ask any professional cook. In an efficient kitchen you want to keep walk ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 05/02/2014 - 12:29 - 60 comments - 0 attachments

Euro Gold Technicals Look Near Perfect

From GoldCore Euro Gold Technicals Look Near Perfect Today’s AM fix was USD ... GBP 1,053.52 per ounce. Silver is trading at $30.79/oz, €24.62/oz and £19.54/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,519.10/oz, palladium at $630.80/oz and rhodium at $1,025/oz. Gold edged up $3.30 or ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 08/29/2012 - 08:35 - 35 comments - 0 attachments

"Welcome To The Contraction": Q1 GDP Drops By 0.7%, Corporate Profits Crash

economy suffered a quarterly contraction, with the Q1 GDP revised drastically from a 0.2% growth to a drop ... Incidentally, there has not been a US "expansion" with three negative quarters in it in the past 60 years. ... consumption adjustment (CCAdj)) decreased $125.5 billion in the first quarter , compared with a decrease ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 05/29/2015 - 18:27 - 180 comments - 0 attachments

Perfect Storm Sees Gold & Silver Surge – Chavez Gold Action Leads To Backwardation, Short Squeeze And ‘Havoc’ Concerns

trading at higher prices than longer term contracts. The near term August ’11 contract was trading at $1871.40/oz while June ’12 contract is trading at $1,870/oz (1216 GMT). The spread between spot and longer ... Since gold futures first started to be traded in 1972 (on the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange), there have ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 08/19/2011 - 06:51 - 107 comments - 0 attachments

The IMF's Comedy Of Quarterly Errors Reveals The Biggest Hockeystick You Have Ever Seen

Readers are familiar with our quarterly summary of the IMF's laughable forecasts, which we compile after every quarterly release of the fund's World Economic Outlook. Moments ago, the IMF released its latest update for world growth and trade for 2014 and 2015. Since we have said it all already, ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 07/24/2014 - 10:43 - 49 comments - 0 attachments

Fixed Income Bloodbath: Jefferies Reports Negative Revenue On Junk Bond Prop-Trading Fiasco

quarters, Q3 was also a disaster and indicative of nothing short of a trading bloodbath on Wall Street in ... passes its prop trading losses through the top line and after quarters of delaying, finally marks its ... yield distressed sales and trading business for the quarter particularly impacted our results ...

Story - Tyler Durden - 09/17/2015 - 10:07 - 10 comments - 0 attachments

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