Long-term trends grow from short term trends. We attampt to determine the short term trends and where they are pointing.
Mexico and Canada- The University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP) has good news for Mexico. The Mexican economy has been growing, and it is expected to continue in an upward direction into the future. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 3.5 percent, and the University’s experts expect prices to rise by 3.9 percent throughout […]
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Investing in the Stock Market The ability to predict stock market movements is one of the most sought-after skills on Wall Street. Yet research indicates that there are simpler ways to consistently use publicly-available information to improve future stock market and Investing performance. Mood Swings The public’s mood has generally been considered an inverse predictor for those investing
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Renewable Energy We were fortunate enough to have some time with Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond where we discussed a broad range of topics from Scotland’s ambitious renewable energy targets and North Sea oil & gas to Scottish independence and Donald Trump. In the interview, Alex discusses: Scottish Independence How Scotland will achieve its ambitious
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Bankruptcy Document Preparers Raise Concerns Concurrent with the increase in U.S. Bankruptcy Court filings, the federal bankruptcy courts are expressing greater concern with abuses and errors committed by non-lawyers who engage in the business of helping prepare bankruptcy filing documents. With the cost of legal representation soaring to all-time highs, more people who seek bankruptcy protection are
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The 3-Year Rally: It Doesn’t Have to End This Way – Or Does It? The market’s trend is set to accelerate By Elliott Wave International Is it wise to forecast financial markets based on what central bankers say? Look no further than a chart of long-term stock market prices for the answer: No major trend
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Risk Management Trading the financial markets can be a great way to generate income and grow your wealth. At the same time, it can also cost you a lot of money if you make the wrong choice or if you don’t know what you’re doing. The key to being able to keep the balance in your
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By Dr. Lacy Hunt for Casey Research In the early 1960s, when JFK was in the White House and William McChesney Martin was Fed chairman, Keynesian economics was in full bloom. One of its major tenets is the Phillips Curve, which posits a stable inverse relationship between the rate of inflation and the unemployment rate.
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Conflicting Forces at Play with Oil Prices An Interview with Mike Shedlock  As markets continue to yo-yo and commentators deliver mixed forecasts, investors are faced with some tough decisions and have a number of important questions that need answering. OilPrice.com was fortunate enough to speak with the award winning economic commentator Mike “Mish” Shedlock. His blog: Mish’s
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By Elliott Wave International Financial markets always have always posed two basic questions that investors seek to answer: What’s the direction of the main trend? How far will it go? Systematic approaches to these questions commonly belong to either fundamental or technical analysis. Let’s consider each one briefly. Fundamental analysis studies how a market behaves in response
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Often governments and corporations need to raise capital for a multitude of reasons. To do this they have several channels available. They can borrow from banks, issue stock or borrow from investors or they can issue debt securities in the form of bonds. Many investors (called bond holders) purchase these bonds and in return, the company gets a lump
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