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OPEC’s Crude Bloodbath Sends 10 Year To 2.20%, Energy Companies Tumble

OPEC’s Crude Bloodbath Sends 10 Year To 2.20%, Energy Companies Tumble

The biggest, and most market-moving, event overnight continues to be yesterday’s shocking OPEC announcement, which is still reverberating across the energy space as markets largely ignore European and Japanese inflation data which is once again sliding back dangerously fast, or Italian unemployment which rose more than expected, and joined France in hitting a new record […]
Gold – A Revival

Gold – A Revival

The Swiss referendum will be the this weekend to prevent the central bank from selling its gold. While Swiss sources say this is really about a protest against the central bank policy since they pegged the Franc to the Euro incurring tremendous losses, the Swiss are now watching their currency decline with the Euro. There […]
EUR/USD Forecast: Nov. 28, 2014

EUR/USD Forecast: Nov. 28, 2014

The EUR/USD pair has been in a massive downtrend for some time. However, during the entirety of November, we have seen quite a bit of consolidation near the 1.25 handle. I think that the market is probably due for a bounce at this point, and as you see on the chart I have highlighted the […]
Put It This Way – Profiting From Put Options

Put It This Way – Profiting From Put Options

by Russ Allen Recently I’ve written about hedging strategies that use options. One of the strategies I’ve described was buying put options as insurance. Another was selling covered call options against the stock position, to reduce its cost and therefore its risk. Yet another was to combine those two strategies, in what is known as […]
The Future Of Social Media

The Future Of Social Media

Photo Credit: Shutterstock, BELGRADE – MAY 04, 2014 Popular social media website logos In today’s digital age, social-media networks will always exist in one form or another because Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn – and all of the others – are just modern communications channels. The key is to understand the greater context. Mass communication has existed […]
EUR/JPY Significant Bullish Pressure

EUR/JPY Significant Bullish Pressure

The EUR/JPY pair did very little during the Thursday session as the Americans were away at holiday, and the rest the world simply did not move the ball very far. However, this is a pair that certainly has a significant amount of bullish pressure underneath it so I look at it is a market that […]
Synesthetic Marketing: Could Your Presentation Taste Better?

Synesthetic Marketing: Could Your Presentation Taste Better?

Don’t aim to influence just one of our senses. Connect them and you’ll see wonders in your marketing results. Photocredit: Vimodi Is your sales and marketing pitch a red, a blue or is it a Bouba or a Kiki? Is it sweet enough? ‘Please, gentlemen, a little bluer, if you please! – when Franz Liszt addressed his orchestra […]
The Cultural And Political Consequences Of Fiat Money

The Cultural And Political Consequences Of Fiat Money

by Jorg Guido Hulsmann It may seem unusual that an economist would talk about culture. Usually, we talk about prices and production, quantities produced, employment, the structure of production, scarce resources, and entrepreneurship. But there are certain things that economists can say about the culture, and more precisely, that economists can say about the transformation of the culture. […]
Bull Of The Day: Micron Technology

Bull Of The Day: Micron Technology

Micron has recently bounced back nicely after last month’s sell-off.  As analysts continue to raise their estimates ahead of its fiscal first quarter results, the stock could continue its positive momentum in the coming months.   Founded in 1978, Micron Technology (MU – Analyst Report) is a provider of advanced semiconductor solutions. They manufacture and market DRAM, NAND and […]
How To Trade Growing Pressures On Herbalife’s Stock

How To Trade Growing Pressures On Herbalife’s Stock

$HLF catching my interest again as it rides into 50DMA resistance on heels of insider buying news. Shorts and put/call ratio at major highs — Dr. Duru (@DrDuru) November 26, 2014 Here are the follow-up details on this tweet from Wednesday, November 26th, 2014. Herbalife (HLF) has experienced a strong rally from recent lows. The […]