The Motivations Behind The Wall Street Protests...www.time.com/time/video

The Motivations Behind The Wall Street Protests
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A Free Boxing Lesson with Oscar De La Hoya ......www.time.com/time/video

A Free Boxing Lesson with Oscar De La Hoya
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Tom DeMark on U.S. Stocks, Gold and Oil... Bloomberg.com

Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Tom DeMark, founder of Market Studies LLC and creator of indicators for identifying turning points in securities, talks about the outlook for U.S. equities, the gold market and oil prices. DeMark said a 3.8 percent rally tomorrow in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index would create a pattern that may result in a “sharp decline” a day later. He speaks with Adam Johnson on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Best Stock Investments in a Declining Market

InvestingTip | Oct 5, 2011

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Best Stock Investments in a Declining Market
What are the best stock investments in a declining market? This is a pertinent question as the stock market wanders ever downward. The European debt crisis has investors and traders spooked even though many US companies have increased sales and money in the bank. Boeing -- BA -- has delivered its first 787. Both manufacturing and construction are up recently but the market is uncertain.

This uncertainty is seen in the high VIX, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index. The VIX has gone over 40 for the third time in its two decade history. Although the VIX is commonly referred to as the fear index it indicates market uncertainty and could, in general, predict stock price movement in either direction. In fact, the three times that the VIX stayed over 40 for a month the market rallies in the next month and the next year.

It may be that the market decline is about to end. If that is the case what are the best stock investments in a declining market. Value based stock investing can be profitable if an investor first finds stocks with a margin of safety and intrinsic value and then buys at the bottom of the price curve.

With the sale of the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner there is the opportunity to invest in Boeing as it starts mass producing these $200 million jets. With over 800 already contracted for Boeing - BA - can expect a $160 billion cash flow just based upon currently completed sales.

A long term investor can look at Boeing as one of the best stock investments in a declining market. The company has already made enough sales of its new jet to keep their production facilities busy for over a year and more orders are likely to come in, especially from expanding Asian markets.

Dividend stocks can be especially attractive when purchased at a discount in a weak market.

Stocks like Johnson & Johnson - JNJ, which has paid quarterly dividends without fail for half a century, are perennial cash cows. Selling everything from first aid salves to sophisticated medical devices the company is well diversified with a global presence.

Proctor & Gamble - PG, is synonymous with consumer products and is generally considered one of the world's best run companies. The company sells its products in every corner of the earth and has increased its dividends by almost ten percent since last year. Many would consider this stalwart one of the best stock investments in a declining market.

The best stock investments in a declining market are not limited to large cap companies. There are lots of startup companies with promise. Fundamental analysis of these companies is important as it is the accuracy of earnings estimates that is most important in predicting when promising small cap company will join the ranks of large cap companies in future years, making investors rich along the way.

The point of this article is not to invest specifically in any of the stocks mentioned but to investigate investment opportunities in order to find the best investments in a declining market.

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Trading Stocks in a Bear Market

by CandlestickTrading on Oct 5, 2011

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When trading stocks in a bear market, traders seek to profit from continued downward movement of stocks and from an eventual turnaround in stock prices.

When trading volatile markets, stock traders do well to use solid technical analysis tools such as Candlestick stock charts in order to objectively read market sentiment and avoid falling prey to the trading psychology demons of fear and greed.

When stock prices are falling, it can be profitable for those engaged in long term investing as well as those involved in day trading.

In both cases one needs to be able to anticipate when the market will bottom out. Both fundamental and technical analysis are necessary when trying to predict market trends and market reversal. Fundamental analysis commonly helps investors and traders understand the limits of stock price variation.

Technical analysis with Candlestick charts taps into market sentiment and provides an objective view of when the market will turn. When trading stocks in a bear market such as seems to be emerging today Candlestick analysis helps traders spot and capitalize on trading opportunities.

Trading stocks in a bear market can seem difficult when bad news follows the sun across the globe and market after market drops even before the NSYE and NASDAQ open for business. Many choose to sit on cash during periods of high market volatility.

But it is often in downward trending volatile markets where stock traders can find the best profits and those interested only in long term buy and hold investing can pick up the best bargains. Fears that the European Union will not be able to solve the Greek debt crisis and that a debt default by Greece will proceed like falling dominos to Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland have markets spooked.

The Dow Jones Industrials fell recently to their lowest in well over a year. The S&P 500 is down as well as the NASDAQ composite. The Greek government announced that it probably will fall short on austerity measures which were part of the bailout bargain.

The head of the US Federal Reserve recently spoke about shared responsibility of all policy makers in dealing the US economy, in a pointed reference to continual bickering on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile Candlestick traders follow technical price information and profit when trading stocks in a bear market.

Although traders are well advised to keep an eye on the news veteran traders know that the market quickly adjusts for the fundamentals. Smart traders can follow Candlestick pattern formations during these times in order to anticipate market swings.

Smart traders can avoid falling prey to market hysteria by consulting Candlestick patterns in daily trading. Candlestick trading tactics can be used to create profits when trading stocks in a bear market or any market. Candlestick trading gives traders an objective means of predicting stocks prices.

Wise use of Candlestick signals reduces the fear factor in trading. Whether on is trading stocks, options, futures, commodities, or Forex, Candlesticks are a good guide in a bear market.

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What Went Wrong with Economics..... book by Michael Reiss Ph.D.

What Went Wrong with Economics
The flawed assumptions that led economists astray
A book by Michael Reiss Ph.D.

Preface: Economics, It’s Not Rocket Science... Is It?

 

 Michael Reiss has given us a fantastic short primer that makes sense of the economic disaster that has descended upon the world economy in the last few years. The simplicity with which he presents what appears to be a highly complex system of money is astounding. Every person who considers buying a stock, applying for a mortgage, or saving for retirement should read this book. Will it change your world? Perhaps!

But understanding how money is created and destroyed by banks, fractional reserve banking, and productive and non-productive loans. We can learn to manage our own futures in a very troublesome economy. Reiss introduces us to "Pseudo-investing" explains the pitfalls of this disastrous practice.

Finally he wraps up with a plan that seems so simple, but is unlikely to be implemented because of one factor he ignores - greed! I am hopeful that Reiss will rise as an honest truth-sayer in our economic maelstrom. Perhaps the highly paid economists at the Federal Reserve and our Secretary of Treasury should be given a gratis copy.

Brain surgery, higher mathematics, quantum mechanics; everyone knows they’re hard. If you ask someone in the street for their opinion on those disciplines, the most likely answer is: “I haven’t got a clue, leave it to the experts.” Very few people are embarrassed to admit that they know little of such things. Economics, however, does not appear to be in that category. Economics seems to have a characteristic it shares with driving skill. Surveys of drivers show that the majority of people think that they are more skilled than the average. On the surface, running an economy does not appear to be so difficult. If we all work hard, get the unions out of the way, have low taxes and invest in industry, the economy should get along just fine. It’s all just common sense, isn’t it?

The evidence would suggest that there is something wrong with this view. The economy appears to do crazy things. There are wild booms and busts, periods of seemingly out-of-control inflation and other periods of high unemployment. The busts are often not predicted, even by the most esteemed economists. Indeed a report produced by the International Monetary Fund concluded that the world economy was in great shape in April 2007 only for the biggest economic crash since the Great Depression to happen just months later.

A symptom of this “it’s all just common sense” attitude towards economics is that the most unlikely people are selected to run the economy in various countries around the world. People who have shown little sign of mathematical or scientific prowess are selected on the basis that they are good, honest people, or they are great orators, or they ran a successful business. Looking at the academic backgrounds of the past ten people placed in charge of the British economy in recent years, we find that only three of them had some degree level training in economics and the remaining seven had the following backgrounds:

Chancellor	Main subject at degree level or higher
George Osborne	History
Alistair Darling	Law
Gordon Brown	History
Kenneth Clarke	Law
John Major	None (left school at 16)
Geoffrey Howe	Law
Denis Healey	Classics

It should be noted that none of the ten had any degree level education in mathematics, physics, engineering or any other hard science.

Just at the time of writing a new politician, Alan Johnson, has just been selected by the leader of the main opposition party in the UK to be the shadow chancellor. It is interesting to note his credentials. He left school at 15 (even earlier than John Major), then stacked shelves in a supermarket before progressing to become a postman at age 18. If the position of “head of brain surgery” at a major hospital became vacant then there is no way Alan would even get an interview, let alone the job. But somehow, for the post of “head of economics”, Alan is deemed suitable.

So what is it within economics that trips people up? What features of it lead politicians and bankers to get things so badly wrong time and time again? The answer is that it’s not “common” sense at all. Economics is deceptively hard. There are several counter-intuitive aspects of our economic system that are either not widely known or are generally misunderstood. Most, if not all, university-level economics textbooks have inadequate, out-of-date or misleading information about a variety of critically important phenomena:

·         fractional reserve banking (ill-understood/ignored)

·         Keynesian beauty contests and their consequences (largely ignored)

·         Ponzi dynamics in asset pricing (largely ignored)

·         the paradox of thrift (ill-understood)

·         inflation (ill-understood)

·         the invisible hand (overestimated powers).

Hopefully by the end if this book you will have a good grasp of all of these things and will be in a position to understand our economic situation better than many professional economists.

A quick test: If you know someone that claims to know about economics and you are uncertain as to whether they really do or not, then try this test on them: Ask them to explain how money gets created and destroyed by the banks. If they cannot do so, then it is inconceivable that they could properly understand our current economic situation.

Contents

Preface: Economics, It’s Not Rocket Science... Is It?

1 Our Crazy Money System

Misconceptions about money

Fractional reserve banking (as told in the textbooks)

Fractional reserve banking, in reality

Capital adequacy

Characteristics of our banking system

But what about the interest?

How old is our monetary system?

Can you have a fixed money supply system?

Summary

2 How Do Banks Go Bust?

At times of crisis, normal bank regulation may not apply

In conclusion

3 Supply and Demand – in Practice

The special case of the supply not being in direct control of the producers

Supply and demand for investment products

4 Savings and Unavoidable Ponzi Dynamics

The nature of savings

Storing value?

Savings type 1: Simple warehouse

Savings type 2: Concentrated value storage

Savings type 3: Contract savings

Saving scenario thought experiments

Conclusion

5 Inflation Misconceptions

Rise in the prices of what?

The cost of living

Cost of living inflation is a political issue

The price of houses is not included!

Relation to the amount of money

Rises in the price of shares are often (incorrectly) applauded

Visualising money circulation

Conclusion

6 Booms and Busts – the Austrians Were on the Right Track

The boom

The bust

The faulty brakes on the positive feedback loop

Psychological effects of a boom–bust cycle

7 Monetary Illusions and Unemployment

Unemployment types

When do we have high unemployment?

Pessimism in a world without money

Pessimism in a world with money

The end of the spiral

Why major wars end depressive spirals

A mountain of debt is a constant source of pessimism

8 A Growing/Shrinking Money Supply: More Causes and Effects

A money supply thought experiment

Mortgages are particularly sensitive to money supply changes

An alternative solution to a post-housing-bubble depression

9 Interest Rates and Investing Against Our Will

Interest rates in a barter economy

Interest with money in a fractional reserve banking system

In conclusion

10 Investments and Pseudo-investments: Which do Banks Prefer?

True investments

Non-productive “investments” (pseudo-investments)

Investments v. pseudo-investments: which do banks prefer?

Productive v. non-productive loans in a fractional reserve system

11 Pseudo-investment 1: Private Tailgating

Financial tailgating

Private tailgating

Mortgages

12 Pseudo-investment 2: Government Tailgating

A choice of mechanisms for making up tax shortfalls

There was probably never any need for government borrowing in the first place!

The difference between a small company and a big one

13 Pseudo-investment 3: (Most) Share Dealing

Initial share sales (this is the good bit that works)

Unrestricted secondary share dealing and price accuracy

What is the benefit of unrestricted secondary share dealing?

The new wave paradox

Politicians and bankers don’t want stock market bubbles to burst

Conclusion

14 The Bloated Financial Sector

15 The Private Pensions Casino

Pensions throughout history

Mr Lucky and Mr Unlucky

A fairer pensions system

16 Land Ownership and Mortgages

Most of the cost of housing is in fact the cost of land

A thought experiment about land

Drawing lots

The committee

Free market renting

The free market with purchasing as an option

Income from owned land – another problem

Environmental consequences

Conclusion

17 Restless Bandits and Competition

The casino owner and the screwdriver

Restless bandits

Monopolies: okay at first – but then…

Conclusion

18 A Recipe for a More Stable Economy

Reduce unnecessary lending and borrowing

A less elastic monetary system

No money creation for non-productive purposes

Discourage short-term share ownership

Prevent governments from borrowing

The transition from our current state

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Index

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America's Balance Sheet: The Real Scale of The Problem

by TPFThePeoplesForum on Oct 9, 2011

Fahreed Zakaria interviews Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times. Wolf believes the economic slump could continue for many more years. He believes govt should create more jobs. Wolf says Obama's Jobs Package is too small. That British economic cuts have led to an "utterly stagnant" economy. And he hopes the U.S. does NOT follow the British example of cuts.

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China Unveils First Gold ATM

by cfini72 on Sep 28, 2011

CHINA, the world's second largest bullion consumer, has installed the country's first gold vending machine.
Shoppers in the popular Wangfujing Street shopping district in Beijing can insert cash or use a bank card to withdraw gold bars or coins of various weights based on market prices, the People's Daily said on its website.

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