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Added topic This market forecaster has a 14-year winning streak
Since 2000, investors could have done very well imitating the investment fund GMO. Will the streak continue? Is the stock market really just guesswork, as so many people allege? Can you really not “beat” the indices? Would you really be better off
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Added topic Hackers steal 15 percent of money generated by Internet, study estimates
It's hard to estimate global economic losses to hackers, because many countries don't track cyber-crime and many businesses underreport it. But a new study puts the number at more than $400 billion. Global cyber-crime likely costs nations more than
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Added topic EURUSD: Have We Seen the 2014 Top at 1.40?
Given all the recent excitement surrounding the EURUSD, traders have been hyper-focused on trading the day-by-day and hour-by-hour swings. However, when high-impact, unprecedented developments come into play (and I’d definitely consider a major
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Added topic We're On The Verge Of The Greatest Transfer Of Wealth In The History Of The World
We are currently witnessing the 'Great Transfer' of wealth from the Greatest Generation to the baby boomers, according to Bank of America's Sarbjit Nahal and Beijia Ma. The Greatest Generation refers to the generation in the U.S. that experienced the
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Added topic Norad Admits F-22 Fighter Jets Intercepted 4 Russian Bombers 50 Miles Off California
Norad Admits F-22 Fighter Jets Intercepted 4 Russian Bombers 50 Miles Off California Coast
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Added topic These big hedge-funders are also losing big
Some of the biggest investors on Wall Street are losing money with wrong-way bets in markets around the globe, a surprising black eye amid a rise in stock and bond prices. Hedge-fund managers including Paul Tudor Jones, Louis Bacon and Alan Howard
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Added topic Currency War: 140 Years of Monetary History In Ten Minutes
From "why did Nixon sever the link between currencies and gold?" to "is war good for the economy?" Mike Maloney's tour de force through 140 years of gold, silver, and monetary farce is indispensable as major parts of the world enter a
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Added topic New York Times Says "Lack Of Major Wars May Be Hurting Economic Growth"
It is no secret that as the Fed's centrally-planned New Normal has unfolded, one after another central-planner and virtually all economists, have been caught wrong-footed with their constant predictions of an "imminent" economic surge, any minute
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Added topic The Week Ahead: What Does The Iraq Conflict Mean For Markets?
Into the economic news vacuum, summer doldrums, and sports stories, there was finally added some real news – the renewed conflict in Iraq. This had all of the features that make for good financial television and web punditry – action, plenty of
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Added topic Markets Are Slipping Again...
Markets are slipping again. It's nothing too dramatic. US futures are down over 0.15%. Germany is off 0.29%. UK is off small. Markets were saggy all last week, and that's how they're looking now. Of course, there are suddenly a lot of stories in the
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Added topic Michael Schumacher out of coma and leaves hospital after ski accident
Michael Schumacher out of coma and leaves hospital after ski accident - Telegraph
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Added topic Why China is blamed for wacky market moves
The 10-year Treasury 10_YEAR 0.00% yield fell from over 3% at the start of the year to an 11-month low of 2.44% at the end of the May; it more recently traded at 2.60%. The push lower in yields came even amid signs that the U.S. labor market recovery
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Added topic FOMC Preview: 3 Potential Adjustments
USD: FOMC Preview, 3 Potential Changes from the Fed Investors are buying dollars ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement. The central bank is widely expected to reduce asset purchases by another $10 billion, a move that will
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Added topic 500% Rise in Spain's Long-Term Unemployment
With yields at record lows and stocks soaring, is it any wonder that the politicians of Europe's periphery are proclaiming victory over the crisis (and yet oddly imploring Draghi to do moar?). Perhaps, just perhaps, they are keeping one eye on the
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Added topic Has The Next Recession Already Begun For America's Middle Class?
Has the next major economic downturn already started? The way that you would answer that question would probably depend on where you live. If you live in New York City, or the suburbs of Washington D.C., or you work for one of the big tech firms in
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Added topic Prepare For Action: Here's What Wall Street Is Saying About Next Week's ECB Meeting
The European Central Bank is meeting next week in Frankfurt, Germany to talk over and update the world on its monetary policy. The ECB is scheduled to announce its latest monetary policy decision at 7:45 am ET on Thursday June 5. That'll be followed
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Added topic Will Draghi make good on policy easing promise (threat)?
The big story this week has been the continued reversals in EUR$ & GBPUSD (Cable), both pairs extending declines after touching multi-year highs in early May. It seems that sentiment now versus that of a month ago has drastically shifted away from
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Added topic How ISM's Data Manipulation Resulted In A 150 Point Swing In Japanese Stocks
US equities dipped after the initial ISM data (and construction spending miss) as did USDJPY but soon after things began to levitate in their new normal manner as bad news is clearly pent-up good news in the future. By the time the ISM admitted its
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Added topic How to invest if the ECB cuts rates below 0%
Even before those nasty inflation figures on Tuesday, negative interest rates in the euro zone were considered a done deal. As the central bank for a region struggling to fight off deflation risks, lackluster growth and weak bank lending, the
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Added topic Draghi Disappointment Fears Spike: FX Volatility Surges To 30-Month Highs
While US equity implied volatility has been flat to slightly higher in the last week (as stocks have soared), FX volatility has remained near record lows... until today. Ahead of Draghi's big day tomorrow, EURUSD implied volatility has spiked from