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Market Bubbles: Everything You Need to Know for Investing
In my weekly updates of major worlds markets, one of the charts includes an overlay of the amazing bubble in the Shanghai Composite Index (NYSE:FXI). In this commentary we’ll build an overlay of four...
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Is the S&P 500 Following the Nikkei Stock Playbook?
Politicians like to compare America to Greece, but in reality the Nikkei (NYSE:EWJ), with its long, deflationary slog is our best historical analogy. A chart we’ve run before, but which seems...
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Stock Market Weekend Update: Rally Climbs the Wall of Worry
Six up Six up (one up big), and two down. That, in a nutshell, is the story from the eight world indexes on my weekly watch list. Japan’s Nikkei 225 surged 5.08% last week, and that comes on top of its...
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Don’t Be Fooled By Short-Term Economic Fixes
Everybody loves a free lunch, myself included, and many in Japan would like free sushi too. Despite the short term boost in Japanese exports and Nikkei stock prices, there are no long-term free lunches...
View ArticleThursday Morning Cheat Sheet: 3 Stories Moving Markets
Major markets fell in Asia on Thursday. Japan’s Nikkei plunged 7.32 percent, demonstrating that the U.S. markets aren’t the only ones that have become addicted to central bank stimulus. Ostensibly...
View ArticleGold and Silver Climb Higher, Stocks Remind Investors That Down Days Are...
On Thursday, gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) futures for June delivery, the most active contract, jumped $24.40 to close at $1,391.80 per ounce, while silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) futures for July edged 4 cents higher to...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Cheat Sheet: 3 Stories Moving Markets
Markets advanced in Asia overnight. Japan’s Nikkei climbed 1.20 percent after a volatile trading week, while the Hang Seng climbed 1.05 percent even as China lowered its growth forecast for the next...
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S&P 500 Snapshot: U-Turn in Advance of Friday’s Jobs Report
World markets outside the U.S. had a bad Thursday. A quick scorecard: Nikkei -0.85 percent, Shanghai Composite -1.12 percent, FTSE 100 -1.30 percent, and EURO STOXX 50 -1.22 percent. The big economic...
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Monday Morning Cheat Sheet: 3 Stories Moving Markets
Markets were mixed in Asia on Monday. Japan’s Nikkei index fell 0.7 percent to a seven-week low of 13,519.40 after a government estimate of second-quarter gross domestic product came in below...
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Summers as Fed Chairman? White House Says Not Just Yet
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/ Next week could be a significant one for the United States economy. The Federal Open Market Committee is scheduled to meet for its September 18-19...
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