Anyone who has lived in the southwestern part of the U.S. for any length of time over the past few decades will surely appreciate how grave the situation has become for some Americans when considering that the ranks of day laborers standing on street corners in the morning are no longer restricted... Continue Reading
Submitted ByTim Iacono
Anyone who has lived in the southwestern part of the U.S. for any length of time over the past few decades will surely appreciate how grave the situation has become for some Americans when considering that the ranks of day laborers standing on street corners in the morning are no longer restricted...
Submitted ByPrieur du Plessis
The October edition of the Reuters South African Survey of Economists has just been published. (The Reuters Econometer is a measure of economic sentiment drawn from a monthly poll of forecasts by leading economists in South Africa and abroad and presented in the form an index). The weightings used...
Submitted BySal Mangano
This is the usual quick post announcing that the weekend's stock signals are now available at Alert HQ.
Today we have the following:
Based on daily data, we have 61 Alert HQ BUY signals and 29 SELL signals
Based on weekly data, we have 1 Alert HQ BUY signal and 53 SELL signals...
Submitted ByPrieur du Plessis
This post provides links to a number of interesting articles I have read over the past few days that you may also enjoy. Please also add the links to any other worthwhile articles you would like to share to the comments section...
Submitted ByBill Luby
As far as I can tell, I have not yet posted about the use of Bollinger bands in conjunction a rate of change (ROC) indicator to identify volatility breakouts. In summarizing the action in the VIX over the course of the past two weeks, the chart below captures some of the drama in terms of 10%...
Submitted ByAndy Wang
We’ve had another tremendous week this week. We were very careful to start the week. But, when gold appeared to be breaking out, we jumped on the gold-rushing train, as a member exclaimed today:
billbigD November 6, 2009 12:45 PM
GLD- Happy very nice on those two GLD trades before the India...
Submitted ByTushar Mathur
If you are a senior and own your home, you might be eligible for a reverse mortgage. A reverse mortgage allows you to borrow against the equity you hold in your home and enjoy the money as you see fit. The only requirements are that you must be at least 62 years of age as well as own a substantial...
Submitted ByTrent Hamm
In the past, I’ve strongly advocated for families to introduce their teenagers to financial reality as early as possible. I know that in my own case, I went off to college with almost no idea of how to manage my money and it really showed in the spending decisions I made over the next [...]...
Submitted ByTim Price
“Alternative 1: on average there is more than one ownership claim on each gold bar conforming to London Good Delivery.. Essentially, the market operates on a fractional reserve basis.. If it is true, the next phase in the gold bull...
Submitted ByJim Picerno
Today's update on October's employment status is neither surprising nor encouraging. The U.S. economy is still bleeding jobs, but that's hardly shocking at this point. It's been clear for some time now that the risk of a jobless recovery is...