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20 Million—Why Is this Number Critical for Copper?
Source: Sally Lowder of The Metals Report (3/19/13)
For resource expert Joachim Berlenbach, fund adviser with Switzerland’s Earth Resource Investment Group, copper is shining brighter than gold—he even does some back-of-the-envelope calculations to show how global development could create a serious supply bottleneck. In his first Metals Report interview, Berlenbach calls on investors to up their risk appetites and fund mine development, providing some [...]
from KWN:
King World News is pleased to break the news first in the world for our global readers that the World Gold Council has now confirmed the Chinese are going to back the yuan with gold. Today a legend in the business, Keith Barron, who consults with major companies around the world and is responsible for one of the largest gold discoveries in the last quarter century, informed KWN [...]
Update via CNBC:
CITADEL, KRR SAID NO LONGER TO BE LOOKING AT KNIGHT
KNIGHT CAPITAL CLOSE TO FUNDING DEAL, CNBC’S KATE KELLY SAYS
KNIGHT MAY GENERATE ABOUT $400 MLN FROM INVESTORS, KELLY SAYS
GETCO, TD AMERITRADE LIKELY PART OF INVESTMENT GROUP: KELLY
Or not. We will know for sure in a few hours after TD and Getco know all they need to know about Knight’s business and no longer need to give it false hope.
Knight Capital [...]
From Bespoke Investment Group:
We’ve read quite a few articles showing how far down Facebook (FB) would have to trade to have a valuation that’s similar to big blue-chip tech names like Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), and Microsoft (MSFT). This kind of analysis is done to show that Facebook shares are overvalued. But the analysis can go the other way as well. There are 34 stocks in the Russell 1,000 that [...]
Stocks are at their most oversold levels since the doom days of the financial crisis and may be due for a rally, according to one measure.
Though the relative decline seems tame in comparison, the 7 percent drop since early April in the S&P 500 index [.SPX 1295.22 -9.64 (-0.74%) ] compared to recent trends is on par with tumbles during the financial crisis, as well as low points [...]
From Bespoke Investment Group:
The average stock in the S&P 500 is down more than 6.5% since the April 2nd market peak. We ran our decile analysis on the index focusing on international revenues to see how much Europe and other parts of the world are impacting U.S. stocks.
To run the analysis, we broke the index into deciles (10 groups of 50 stocks each) based on the percentage of revenues that [...]
From Bespoke Investment Group:
Dozens and dozens of stocks have gotten taken out to the woodshed over the last week. Below are the Russell 1,000 stocks currently trading the farthest below their 50-day moving averages.
Usually, there are less than a handful of names in the index trading more than 20% below their
50-days, but at the moment, there are a whopping 30. The list is a who’s who of the stocks that [...]
From Bespoke Investment Group:
When an index or stock is above its 200-day moving average, it is considered to be in a longterm uptrend, and vice versa when trading below the 200-day.
China’s Shanghai Composite finally broke back above its 200-day today after trading below it for the past…
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As of the end of 2010, China’s nonfinancial direct investment in North Korea was US$29 billion, with about 70% being made in mineral resources, particularly iron and copper mines, according to China’s official statistics.
The number of Chinese enterprises with investments in North Korea is at least 200, nearly equal to the corresponding number for all other countries put together, the Oriental Morning Post reported, quoting an investment consultant.
China’s investments in [...]
From Bespoke Investment Group:
People are scrambling to their local gas stations, delis, or supermarkets across the country this evening. Why? The Mega Millions lotto is up to $363 million, and the drawing is tonight.
If you want to get serious about which numbers to pick, why not take a look at the historical data?
Below, we highlight which numbers have come up the most and least often in the 705 drawings that [...]
An investment adviser and his wife have vanished overnight after being accused of a multimillion dollar fraud.
George Elia, 68, and his wife Darlene, 51, moved out of their waterfront home in Florida after a California family filed a $4m lawsuit claiming Mr Elia ran ‘a massive Ponzi scheme’.
The state Office of Financial Regulation and FBI agents are interviewing more than 30 of his clients who are believed to have lost [...]
From Bespoke Investment Group:
For a month or so now, the bears have been arguing that the Dow Transports as well as small-cap stocks have been underperforming… and therefore not confirming the new highs being made in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the S&P 500.
Today, however, both the Dow Transportation Index and the Russell 2000 (small caps) are back to their bull market highs. The fact that…
Read full article [...]
From Bespoke Investment Group:
Prior to today, oil had been trading in a pretty tight range between the low $90s and low $100s since the middle of last November. As shown below, oil broke out of that range today as it surged past $105 to finish the day at $106.25.
Now that oil has made a short-term breakout, its next stop is…
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by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
This post originally appeared on Motor Authority.
One year ago, legendary Italian marque De Tomaso, rejuvenated by former Fiat exec Gian Mario Rossignolo and his family, unveiled the peculiar SLS (Sport Luxury Sedan) concept car at the Geneva Motor Show.
Many questioned why a brand famous for building exotic sports cars would suddenly venture into the world of luxury sedans, but Rossignolo was adamant that the SLS would sell and boasted that up to 3,000 examples could be built per [...]
From Bespoke Investment Group:
… While there are no $17,000 price targets for shares of AAPL (yet), with the stock topping $500 per share on Monday, there is a vigorous debate as to what price the stock should realistically trade at. Is the current price overvalued, undervalued, or fairly valued?
At times like this, it often helps to compare the stock in question to similar stocks to see how they are valued. [...]
From Bespoke Investment Group:
There are now 24 stocks in the S&P 500 that are trading more than 20% above their 50-day moving averages. That’s a high number. As shown below, Netflix (NFLX) is the farthest above its 50-day at 50.96%. Genworth Financial (GNW) is the second most overbought at 34.67% above its 50-day, followed by Whirlpool (WHR), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Bank of America (BAC), and Textron (TXT).
Long investors have done [...]
From Bespoke Investment Group:
… Below is a chart comparing the S&P 500 from the end of Q4 2010 through the end of January 2011 and to the end of Q4 2011 through the end of this January. Aside from some divergence in the month of October, the market has pretty much followed the same script.
We know how 2011 ended up playing out, and investors certainly aren’t hoping for another repeat. [...]
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