Here are the latest items and commentary on current economics news, market trends, stocks, investing opportunities, and the precious metals markets. We also cover hedges, derivatives, and obscura. And it bears mention that most of these items are from the “tangibles heavy” contrarian perspective of JWR. (SurvivalBlog’s Founder and Senior Editor.) Today’s focus is on investing in binary triggers. (See the Tangibles Investing section.)
Precious Metals:
To begin, at Gold-Eagle News: Gold Prices This Week And Next Week’s Forecast.
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Gold rebounds above 2-month low on North Korean concerns
Stocks:
Breakout – Value Line Geometric Index. The article begins: “The Value Line Geometric Index ($XVG) is an equal weighting of all the stocks on the NYSE. It has been consolidating sideways for almost 20 years. In the last several months it has broken out to the upside. This suggests a powerful and sustained move higher in the stock markets is likely to take place, and soon.”
Commodities:
IEA: “Era Of Expensive Renewables Is Over”
Economy and Finance:
The coming “Great Liquidity Crisis”: JPMORGAN: Here’s what could cause the next financial crisis
Troubling Trends:
Warning signs emerge in GOP’s tax reform push
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Putting the wolf in charge of the hen house: IRS awards multimillion-dollar fraud-prevention contract to Equifax. (Thanks to H.L for the link.)
Tangibles Investing:
I made a significant tangibles investing recommendation in a feature article that was also posted today. It is titled: The Legislative Entrepreneur: Investing in Some Key AR Parts.
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Thoughts:
“Era of Expensive Renewables is Over”
Well, the era of expensive renewables may be over, but the era of “inexpensive” fossils isn’t over, either.
Sounds like a cross between pie-in-the-sky futures combined with the perennial “running out of oil”.
I don’t trade in futures. I trade in here-and-nows. Seen too many boom-and-busts. Solendra, anyone?