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As everyone is well aware by now, Twitter investors and speculators have been on a sharp, sudden and very relentless buying spree, sending the company nearly 50% higher since the first week of December, and nearly doubling it since late November. Why the stock has exploded the way it has, nobody knows, and frankly nobody […]
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Another government is going after Bitcoin, the anonymous virtual currency gaining momentum as traditional asset classes are questioned. In a surprise move, the Indian government has raided one Bitcoin seller and urged citizens to not use the virtual currency: Having failed miserably in the “control” of capital outflows from the Rupee (via Gold), the India government […]
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There may have been a day when markets were truly free, achieving price discovery through the simple mechanism of supply and demand for capital to assets. That day has long past, we can argue about when it happened. But now, many markets, most notably financial markets, commodity markets, the stock market, are highly controlled. Talk […]
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MEQ-1700-Smith Download Presentation here Radionuclide Transport from Fukushima to Eastern North Pacific
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What would we do without Zero Hedge? Does anyone else notice the rapid deterioration of financial news media, especially in the US? OK, we are not naive, there are biases in the media, traders from big ibanks talking up their positions, and trading is all about information arbitrage. But financial news used to be really […]
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Used by the CIA, diplomats, and business professionals to read volumes of info quickly, the Vortex XStream is a simple desktop based application that will flash words on your screen based on a text file, enabling you to read significantly faster and absorb more info than traditional reading. Think different! How we assimilate information is […]
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Saxo Bank does an annual predictions report before the new year, anticipating wildcard events that might impact the markets. See the full report here: TF_OutrageousPredictions_2014 Here’s a few highlights: According to Saxo, there’s a chance that Germany falls into recession, while France’s CAC 40 index could plunge 40pc from this year’s peak. But the predictions […]
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Science has now proven what many have suspected for years; living the quiet rural life is relaxing, good for thinking, peaceful, and more calm. Writers and other intellectuals have often kept rural properties as their main residence or even as a backup, to be secluded with only their thoughts, and the countryside. With the advent […]
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Most investors and traders are constantly analyzing data, and painting the economic picture based on it. But far too often we forget what’s creating the data. Economics is a measure of the real economy, which is driven by real forces. Monopolies are one thing to study, but how do monopolies or oligopolies exert their economic […]
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