Gold News
Israel’s latest campaign in Gaza, which had started last Wednesday with the killing of Hamas’ military commander, Ahmed Jabari, and air strikes on the group’s long-range rocket launchers, was a gamble — and one that Israel might yet lose. Its goal is to compel Hamas to stop shooting rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip [...]
Once you have read Kyle Bass and Marc Faber it’s a wonder you have the will to read anything else! I’m long gold…yes, I can’t get enough….yes t I’ve been in since Gordon Brown got out – iron pyrite chancellor he was – so from $400 where the wave count turned those who follow me [...]
According to the Socialistworld.net: “a powerful momentum is gathering around the trade unions call for a European day of struggle against austerity on November 14…” In an increasing number of countries decisions are being made for strikes and protests on what will be a significant event, the first ever coordinated European strike action. The socialistworld.net [...]
~ Can these two Dragons ever see eye to eye? ~ On the dawn of a new Chinese era and in the year of the Dragon it’s apt that the creatures are (tenuous i know) representing the best possibilities for growth going forward… Draghi has to ease – he wants to ease – if easing [...]
As we await the US election results, focus is already turning to the once in a decade tussle for places in China’s Communist Party’s supreme ruling body as the old gard enters their final days. Many of the nation’s beleaguered liberals are casting an anxious gaze southward to Guangdong province in the hope that the [...]
~ If you want to see the donkeys win, keep watching Arsenal, it is bound to happen… ~ The US election dictates – & I’m sure you all have a view and a preference although I’m inclined to agree with Mr Gross – whichever way this goes it’s all nonsense really… We’ll all happily ascribe [...]
ADP data is always followed closely as participants look for a clue as to the NFP crap-shoot that follows. There have been cases where the series has been woefully out of line (usually when one tries to express on it!) but generally the data has a correlation which is worth monitoring at the very least: [...]
Whichever way you look at it all of the questions remain so binary these days – never has trading and flipping a coin had so much in common. Mervyn King and Paul Tucker are like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ~ they keep throwing heads every time QE happens. Of course they will be able to carry [...]
A list kept secret by the Greek government has been released to the Greek press which contains the names of 1,991 Greeks with bank accounts at HSBC’s Geneva branch. Christine Lagarde gave it to former Greek finance minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou in 2010 and this is causing the electorate to once again reconsider their collective “tipping [...]
Arriving in to see that “Chinese shares are under pressure. SHCOMP & SZCOMP are both down -1.8% & -2.4%. The indices are down on continued talk that regulators will add 10% CGT to QFII investments (discussed for some time)- but talk it will be retrospective. The markets are trading lower on rumour not fact….” ~ [...]
