Sunday, January 31, 2016

The Final Chicago College All-Star Game + MORE 7:20 pm Jan 31st

The Final Chicago College All-Star Game

– crossingwallstreet.com

Here’s a crazy video from the 1970s. For many decades, there was a preseason football game between a team of college all-stars and the previous year’s Super Bowl winner. At one point, the game was competitive and very popular, but over time, the pros began to dominate.
The final game came in 1976 when the Pittsburgh Steelers were easily beating the college all-stars…

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

No one has called long-duration treasury yields better than Lacy Hunt at Hoisington Management. He says they are going lower. If the US is in or headed for recession then I believe he is correct.Gordon Long, founder of the Financial Repression website interviewed Lacy Hunt last week and Hunt stated “Inflation and 10-Year Treasury Yield Headed Lower”…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

Excerpted from Doug Noland's Credit Bubble Bulletin, “Shock and awe” is not quite what it used to be. It still carries a punch, especially for traders long the Japanese yen or short EM and stocks. The yen surged 2% against the dollar (more vs. EM) Friday on the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) surprising move to negative interest rates…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

10 Sunday Reads

– ritholtz.com

10 Sunday ReadsMy easy-like-Sunday morning reads:
• Getting Closer to Spotting Recessions (Bloomberg View) see also Which Slumps First, Stocks or the Economy? (Bloomberg)
• No. 1 Stock Over 30 Years? You Will Never Guess  (Zweig)
• Meet the ‘Goldbugs’ Hoarding Bullion to Prepare for the Next Financial Apocalypse (Vice)
• How Pensions Will Tackle the Next Crisis (Chief Investment Officer)
• Luntz: Bloomberg can win the presidency (The Hill)
• I worked on Wall Street…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »



from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/the-final-chicago-college-all-star-game-more-720-pm-jan-31st/

The Final Chicago College All-Star Game

– crossingwallstreet.com

Here’s a crazy video from the 1970s. For many decades, there was a preseason football game between a team of college all-stars and the previous year’s Super Bowl winner. At one point, the game was competitive and very popular, but over time, the pros began to dominate.
The final game came in 1976 when the Pittsburgh Steelers were easily beating the college all-stars…

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

No one has called long-duration treasury yields better than Lacy Hunt at Hoisington Management. He says they are going lower. If the US is in or headed for recession then I believe he is correct.Gordon Long, founder of the Financial Repression website interviewed Lacy Hunt last week and Hunt stated “Inflation and 10-Year Treasury Yield Headed Lower”…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

Excerpted from Doug Noland's Credit Bubble Bulletin, “Shock and awe” is not quite what it used to be. It still carries a punch, especially for traders long the Japanese yen or short EM and stocks. The yen surged 2% against the dollar (more vs. EM) Friday on the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) surprising move to negative interest rates…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

10 Sunday Reads

– ritholtz.com

10 Sunday ReadsMy easy-like-Sunday morning reads:
• Getting Closer to Spotting Recessions (Bloomberg View) see also Which Slumps First, Stocks or the Economy? (Bloomberg)
• No. 1 Stock Over 30 Years? You Will Never Guess  (Zweig)
• Meet the ‘Goldbugs’ Hoarding Bullion to Prepare for the Next Financial Apocalypse (Vice)
• How Pensions Will Tackle the Next Crisis (Chief Investment Officer)
• Luntz: Bloomberg can win the presidency (The Hill)
• I worked on Wall Street…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

23 Must-Have Kitchen Items for Any Survivalist or Prepper + MORE 7:20 pm Jan 31st

23 Must-Have Kitchen Items for Any Survivalist or PrepperRegardless of how many #10 cans of “just-add-water-ready-to-eat” stuff you have, at some point you’re going to have to learn to use a kitchen in much the same way as your granny or your great-granny did, so we’ve put together this list of 38 essential kitchen items for any survivalist…

Continue Reading On thesurvivalmom.com »

15 Perfectly Healthy Snacks for Toddlers

– kidsactivitiesblog.com

15 Perfectly Healthy Snacks for ToddlersIt can be hard to find good snacks for toddlers. They seem to be so picky and of course, we want the things we feed our little ones to be healthy. We found some great snacks you can make right at home and keep around when your toddler is looking for a quick bite to eat. Enjoy!

15 Perfectly Healthy Snacks for Toddlers
Breakfast Balls – These are not just for breakfast! They are the perfect snack to keep around for little ones…

Continue Reading On kidsactivitiesblog.com »

A Mom's Hope For Her Children in 2016Singer, actress, fashion designer, entrepreneur, writer, and mom of two Thalia shares her parenting, lifestyle, fashion, and beauty tips as POPSUGAR Latina’s contributor.

Image Source: Thalia

“Let the children come to me.” This phrase you’ve probably heard before is very poignant to me. It emphasizes that you do not need to be a mother or a father to be close to the children you love…

Continue Reading On www.popsugar.com/ »

January 31, 2016

– foryourmarriage.org

“No prophet is accepted in his own native place.” (Lk 4:24) Sometimes the hardest place to evangelize and witness to Christ is within our own families. Even Jesus was misunderstood by those in his hometown. Pray today for the grace to share the truth in love even with your family members.

Continue Reading On foryourmarriage.org »

Want to keep you kids entertained on winter vacation or on snow days? Try the gointodo.do,  a mobile entertainment app that just launched version 2  on iOS, and Android. The free app, that connects users with nearby events, will now feature Uber integration, iBeacon functionality, new UI, weather information, push notification capability, events in Canada, tweaked performance and bug fixes…

Continue Reading On takingthekids.com »

Your Modern Family – Raising our kids, organizing our home & saving money http://yourmodernfamily.com Download your Free eBook, Beat the Boredom in a Week, here!
I have had kids coming into my room for years now, waking me up for one reason or another.   Usually I work on keeping our kids in their bed, but the other night was a different story…

Continue Reading On yourmodernfamily »



from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/23-must-have-kitchen-items-for-any-survivalist-or-prepper-more-720-pm-jan-31st/
23 Must-Have Kitchen Items for Any Survivalist or PrepperRegardless of how many #10 cans of “just-add-water-ready-to-eat” stuff you have, at some point you’re going to have to learn to use a kitchen in much the same way as your granny or your great-granny did, so we’ve put together this list of 38 essential kitchen items for any survivalist…

Continue Reading On thesurvivalmom.com »

15 Perfectly Healthy Snacks for Toddlers

– kidsactivitiesblog.com

15 Perfectly Healthy Snacks for ToddlersIt can be hard to find good snacks for toddlers. They seem to be so picky and of course, we want the things we feed our little ones to be healthy. We found some great snacks you can make right at home and keep around when your toddler is looking for a quick bite to eat. Enjoy!

15 Perfectly Healthy Snacks for Toddlers
Breakfast Balls – These are not just for breakfast! They are the perfect snack to keep around for little ones…

Continue Reading On kidsactivitiesblog.com »

A Mom's Hope For Her Children in 2016Singer, actress, fashion designer, entrepreneur, writer, and mom of two Thalia shares her parenting, lifestyle, fashion, and beauty tips as POPSUGAR Latina’s contributor.

Image Source: Thalia

“Let the children come to me.” This phrase you’ve probably heard before is very poignant to me. It emphasizes that you do not need to be a mother or a father to be close to the children you love…

Continue Reading On www.popsugar.com/ »

January 31, 2016

– foryourmarriage.org

“No prophet is accepted in his own native place.” (Lk 4:24) Sometimes the hardest place to evangelize and witness to Christ is within our own families. Even Jesus was misunderstood by those in his hometown. Pray today for the grace to share the truth in love even with your family members.

Continue Reading On foryourmarriage.org »

Want to keep you kids entertained on winter vacation or on snow days? Try the gointodo.do,  a mobile entertainment app that just launched version 2  on iOS, and Android. The free app, that connects users with nearby events, will now feature Uber integration, iBeacon functionality, new UI, weather information, push notification capability, events in Canada, tweaked performance and bug fixes…

Continue Reading On takingthekids.com »

Your Modern Family – Raising our kids, organizing our home & saving money http://yourmodernfamily.com Download your Free eBook, Beat the Boredom in a Week, here!
I have had kids coming into my room for years now, waking me up for one reason or another.   Usually I work on keeping our kids in their bed, but the other night was a different story…

Continue Reading On yourmodernfamily »

How Employee Stock Options Work in Startup Companies

How Employee Stock Options Work in Startup Companies

Stock Option Plans are an extremely popular method of attracting, motivating, and retaining employee
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The Key Elements of Non-Disclosure Agreements

If you are sharing confidential business information, learn when it makes sense to have an NDA in pl
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8 Frequently Asked Questions on Stock Options in Startups

Stock options are an extremely attractive way to attract, motivate, and retain startup employees. Le
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from Royalty Mart http://royaltymart.com/2016/01/31/how-employee-stock-options-work-in-startup-companies/

2x your conversion rate with a content funnel — Marketing & Growth Hacking


How to use content + marketing automation to grow revenue quickly

The Challenge of Starting up a Startup: Part 1 — Small Business Forum


This post is written as I'm stood at the metaphorical fork in the road about to begin a journey that I know tens of thou…

Forget Your Weaknesses. Play to Your Strengths. — Personal Growth


It’s easier to play to your strengths. Don’t compensate for weaknesses.

How to Self-Publish a Bestseller — The Startup


The Book Marketing Strategy I used to Sell Over 400 Books in 10 Days

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Be Hungry or Starve as an Entrepreneur


Any absence of effort is likely due to a lack of awareness, an abundance of arrogance, or a combination of the two.

Poll Shows Nearly 40% of Germans Want Merkel to Resign + MORE 6:52 pm Jan 30th

The markets continue to recuperate on Friday, as all major U.S stock indexes gained about 1.5%. Among the stocks driving these surges are Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Axiall Corp (NYSE:AXLL), Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX), and Energous Corp (NASDAQ:WATT),….

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Poll Shows Nearly 40% of Germans Want Merkel to Resign

– globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com

As proof of how badly German chancellor Angela Merkel has handled the refugee crisis, a new Poll Shows 40 Percent of Germans want Merkel to Quit. Nearly 40 percent of German voters think Chancellor Angela Merkel should quit over her liberal asylum policy after almost 1.1 million newcomers arrived last year, a poll showed Friday…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

So you won — but let’s talk about your game 
You’re obsessed with outcomes. Here’s why attention to process pays off.
Barry Ritholtz
Washington Post, January 24, 2016
 
 
Sports fans and investors tend to make similar errors. Perhaps the biggest is focusing on outcomes rather than process. Sports fanatics are all Monday morning quarterbacks; they can read you chapter and verse — after the fact — what should have been done late in the game on 4th and goal from the 2-yard line…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

Tempers Flare Anew As Turkey Accuses Russia Of Violating AirspaceBack in November, Turkey very nearly started a world war when Ankara decided it would be a good idea to shoot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border. Only one of the two Su-24 pilots survived after the plane was ambushed by two Turkish F-16s. The other pilot was killed by the Syrian resistance and in a brazen move, the FSA destroyed a Russian search and rescue helicopter with a US-supplied TOW hours after the plane was downed…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

Best Stock of the Last 30 Years

– crossingwallstreet.com

Jason Zweig gives us the name of the best-performing stock of the last 30 years.
The best-performing U.S. stock over the past 30 years isn’t a household name like Costco Wholesale Corp. or Johnson & Johnson. It’s Balchem Corp.BCPC +1.40%, up 107,099% since the end of 1985, according to FactSet Research Systems…

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This Week on TRB

– thereformedbroker.com

I took the main stage at Inside ETFs this week to give a talk in front of the biggest audience I’ve ever spoken to. It was a bit nerve-wracking but I got through it somehow. 
These were the most read posts on the site this week, in case you missed it:

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »



from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/poll-shows-nearly-40-of-germans-want-merkel-to-resign-more-652-pm-jan-30th/
The markets continue to recuperate on Friday, as all major U.S stock indexes gained about 1.5%. Among the stocks driving these surges are Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Axiall Corp (NYSE:AXLL), Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE), Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX), and Energous Corp (NASDAQ:WATT),….

Continue Reading On insidermonkey.com »

Poll Shows Nearly 40% of Germans Want Merkel to Resign

– globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com

As proof of how badly German chancellor Angela Merkel has handled the refugee crisis, a new Poll Shows 40 Percent of Germans want Merkel to Quit. Nearly 40 percent of German voters think Chancellor Angela Merkel should quit over her liberal asylum policy after almost 1.1 million newcomers arrived last year, a poll showed Friday…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

So you won — but let’s talk about your game 
You’re obsessed with outcomes. Here’s why attention to process pays off.
Barry Ritholtz
Washington Post, January 24, 2016
 
 
Sports fans and investors tend to make similar errors. Perhaps the biggest is focusing on outcomes rather than process. Sports fanatics are all Monday morning quarterbacks; they can read you chapter and verse — after the fact — what should have been done late in the game on 4th and goal from the 2-yard line…

Continue Reading On ritholtz.com »

Tempers Flare Anew As Turkey Accuses Russia Of Violating AirspaceBack in November, Turkey very nearly started a world war when Ankara decided it would be a good idea to shoot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border. Only one of the two Su-24 pilots survived after the plane was ambushed by two Turkish F-16s. The other pilot was killed by the Syrian resistance and in a brazen move, the FSA destroyed a Russian search and rescue helicopter with a US-supplied TOW hours after the plane was downed…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

Best Stock of the Last 30 Years

– crossingwallstreet.com

Jason Zweig gives us the name of the best-performing stock of the last 30 years.
The best-performing U.S. stock over the past 30 years isn’t a household name like Costco Wholesale Corp. or Johnson & Johnson. It’s Balchem Corp.BCPC +1.40%, up 107,099% since the end of 1985, according to FactSet Research Systems…

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

This Week on TRB

– thereformedbroker.com

I took the main stage at Inside ETFs this week to give a talk in front of the biggest audience I’ve ever spoken to. It was a bit nerve-wracking but I got through it somehow. 
These were the most read posts on the site this week, in case you missed it:

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

3 Tips to Cure “Coupon Time Creep” + MORE 6:51 pm Jan 30th

January 30, 2016

– foryourmarriage.org

Balancing the budget tip: decide together on your long-term goals (house, education, retirement, etc.) and base your monthly budget around those. Keeping the big picture in mind helps make saving and scrimping easier.

Continue Reading On foryourmarriage.org »

My Baby Hates Tummy Time

– kidsactivitiesblog.com

My Baby Hates Tummy Time“My baby hates tummy time” … I can remember telling the doctor this at our 3 month appointment with our first son.  I would try to distract him with baby toys, I would try singing to him and rubbing his back, but nothing worked.
I knew that it was important, but I hated watching him cry…

Continue Reading On kidsactivitiesblog.com »

The Zika virus and family travel: what you should knowBy Eileen Ogintz
It is always better to be safe than sorry.  That’s especially true when you are pregnant or traveling with an infant.
You don’t want to go anywhere that will endanger your pregnancy.  It’s always wise to be somewhere that has top medical care when you need it. That’s also true when traveling with infants who can get very sick very quickly…

Continue Reading On takingthekids.com »

3 Tips to Cure “Coupon Time Creep”
Guest post from Kelly of Kelly Cox At Home:
Coupons can be a blessing and a curse. While they can save you money, they take up your time too.
Several years ago, my husband and I were trying to live on 1 income and looking for ways to save money. We learned how to coupon and literally cut our grocery budget in half…

Continue Reading On moneysavingmom.com »

5 Reasons to Be Happy You're Divorced on Valentine's Day
This is my first Valentine’s Day as a divorced lady, and sure, I could be sad and shed tears over my failed marriage, but instead, I’m embracing a new perspective. Instead of viewing my marriage as a failure, I’m viewing it as a triumph that I tried everything in my power to make it work and, when it didn’t, that I bravely and kindly shook hands with my ex-husband to part as friends…

Continue Reading On www.popsugar.com/ »

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Keeping Your House Cool In The Summer
I know, I know. We’re in the depths of winter right now. But when Summer comes rolling around it means two things – your kids are done with school, and the weather is much warmer. If you combine those two things together, you could be in for some very long days in the summer…

Continue Reading On upliftingfamilies.com »



from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/3-tips-to-cure-coupon-time-creep-more-651-pm-jan-30th/

January 30, 2016

– foryourmarriage.org

Balancing the budget tip: decide together on your long-term goals (house, education, retirement, etc.) and base your monthly budget around those. Keeping the big picture in mind helps make saving and scrimping easier.

Continue Reading On foryourmarriage.org »

My Baby Hates Tummy Time

– kidsactivitiesblog.com

My Baby Hates Tummy Time“My baby hates tummy time” … I can remember telling the doctor this at our 3 month appointment with our first son.  I would try to distract him with baby toys, I would try singing to him and rubbing his back, but nothing worked.
I knew that it was important, but I hated watching him cry…

Continue Reading On kidsactivitiesblog.com »

The Zika virus and family travel: what you should knowBy Eileen Ogintz
It is always better to be safe than sorry.  That’s especially true when you are pregnant or traveling with an infant.
You don’t want to go anywhere that will endanger your pregnancy.  It’s always wise to be somewhere that has top medical care when you need it. That’s also true when traveling with infants who can get very sick very quickly…

Continue Reading On takingthekids.com »

3 Tips to Cure “Coupon Time Creep”
Guest post from Kelly of Kelly Cox At Home:
Coupons can be a blessing and a curse. While they can save you money, they take up your time too.
Several years ago, my husband and I were trying to live on 1 income and looking for ways to save money. We learned how to coupon and literally cut our grocery budget in half…

Continue Reading On moneysavingmom.com »

5 Reasons to Be Happy You're Divorced on Valentine's Day
This is my first Valentine’s Day as a divorced lady, and sure, I could be sad and shed tears over my failed marriage, but instead, I’m embracing a new perspective. Instead of viewing my marriage as a failure, I’m viewing it as a triumph that I tried everything in my power to make it work and, when it didn’t, that I bravely and kindly shook hands with my ex-husband to part as friends…

Continue Reading On www.popsugar.com/ »

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Keeping Your House Cool In The Summer
I know, I know. We’re in the depths of winter right now. But when Summer comes rolling around it means two things – your kids are done with school, and the weather is much warmer. If you combine those two things together, you could be in for some very long days in the summer…

Continue Reading On upliftingfamilies.com »

Embracing Your Community as a Strategy

Embracing Your Community as a Strategy

5 years ago I sat at our annual meeting bored beyond belief. It wasn’t just that I have ADD ma
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from Royalty Mart http://royaltymart.com/2016/01/30/embracing-your-community-as-a-strategy/

Misfits Make Great Speakers — Ladies in Tech


The number of women at tech conferences is growing, but we still represent a fraction of the attendees, not to mention t…

These 39 Sites Have Amazing Stock Photos You Can Use For Free — Vantage


It can be insanely hard to find high quality, high-res free stock photos for personal and commercial use. A growing numb…

Your prediction of Twitter’s future is wrong.


Republishing a drunken tweetstorm here with extended commentary.

When does conversational commerce make sense today?


If you’re interested (even just professionally) in ecommerce, and you’ve been paying attention, than you’ve been thinkin…

Friday, January 29, 2016

Best Money Tips: Financial Moves for Your 20s

Best Money Tips: Financial Moves for Your 20s

Welcome to Wise Bread’s Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found financial moves to make in your 20s,
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from Royalty Mart http://royaltymart.com/2016/01/29/best-money-tips-financial-moves-for-your-20s/

The Website Is the New Customer Service Rep

The Website Is the New Customer Service Rep

Is your business website doing everything it can to make the sale? Here’s how to turn your website i
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Best Deals for Friday 01/29

Link for teaser title: 

http://www.wisebread.com/bestdeal
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Be a Smarter Home Buyer by Avoiding These 12 House Hunter Cliches

HGTV is like brain candy for anyone who’s thinking about buying a house, and no show is as riveting
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9 Things That Really Annoy Hiring Managers

You’ve made it to the interview, and all that’s standing between you and your dream job is the hirin
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5 Tips to Quickly Boost Your Credit Score

As you’ve probably figured out by now, your credit score is a pretty crucial element to your adult
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Flashback Friday: 119 Amazing Meals You Can Make From a Can

Buying and consuming only fresh foods is a great concept, and certainly a lifestyle everyone is stri
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from Royalty Mart http://royaltymart.com/2016/01/29/the-website-is-the-new-customer-service-rep/

If You Have A Sweet Tooth For Trading Its Pay Day! + MORE 6:20 pm Jan 29th

CWS Market Review – January 29, 2016

– crossingwallstreet.com

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and
 you are the easiest person to fool.” – Richard Feynman
We’re in the heart of Q4 earnings season. We had six Buy List earnings reports this week, and another four are due next week. In reality, this should be called “Judgment Season” because this is when the market renders its verdict, and the market gods can be quick and harsh…

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

The decline in commodity prices is pushing some
high-yield bonds toward default. 

Continue Reading On usnews.com »

How Understanding the Female Brain Can Make You a More Savvy InvestorIn the book, Unleash the Power of the Female Brain, Dr. Daniel G. Amen, a psychiatrist and brain imaging expert, imaged the brains of 46,000 men and women. He compared the blood flow and activity patterns between male and female brains and found significant differences. In summarizing his finding, Dr…

Continue Reading On wife.org »

Book Review: America’s Bank

– thereformedbroker.com

Two years ago, I stayed at the historic Hotel Adlon in Berlin. I was told, upon check-in, that the hotel was known internationally as the place where Michael Jackson had dangled his baby over the front balcony, to the horror of spectators below. But something even more notable once took place at Adlon, one hundred years ago – the door was finally opened for a central bank in America…

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

$5.5 Trillion In Government Bonds Now Have Negative Yields, Covering 23% Of Global GDPFirst thing this morning, after the BOJ’s announcement of negative rates which promptly pulled all treasury yields around the globle lower, we asked a simple question: how big large the global negative rate bond universe grow to? How many trillions in government bonds are now sub zero — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 29, 2016 Promptly thereafter the FT was kind enough to do the math: the answer – a record $5…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

Jason Voss, CFA, curates articles on a broad range of subjects, from new accounting standards, to important policy changes in China, to bribed scientists, to images of supernovae. Read more

Continue Reading On cfainstitute.org »

Investing Blog Roundup: How Long Do Bear Markets Last?This week, I enjoyed two articles that each take a look at how long bear markets tend to last. For me, the biggest takeaway is that there’s a lot of variation. Just because a market decline has lasted a given length of time (or hasn’t yet lasted a given length of time) doesn’t mean that we should/shouldn’t expect anything in particular in the near future…

Continue Reading On obliviousinvestor.com »

Fed "Workhorse" Model Says Odds of Recession in Next Year Only 3.56%; What are the Real Odds?Of all the ridiculous opinions as to why the US is not about to enter a recession, the Fed’s “Workhorse” Model is at the top of the list. Torsten Sløk, chief international economist at Deutsche Bank, is taking the optimistic route by drawing attention to a certain economic model that currently puts the chance of an imminent contraction in the single digits…

Continue Reading On globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com »

If You Have A Sweet Tooth For Trading Its Pay Day!On Wednesday Jan 27th I wrote an article that gave you a picture perfect trade setup. The trade is on sugar or the SGG sugar ETF. As of this writing sugar is now over 10% in our favor from the original entry and trading at short term support.
This is a critical level to lock in partial profits and move your stop in the money for the balance of the trade to be safe…

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At Insider Monkey, we closely monitor the moves made by activist investors, and Carl Icahn of Icahn Capital LP is without a doubt the most prominent of those. Icahn Capital recently filed a 13D related to its Xerox Corp (NYSE:XRX) holding, in which the firm disclosed a number of things, including a…

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Inversion Special

– ritholtz.com

Inversion Special
Source: Gadfly
The post Inversion Special appeared first on The Big Picture.

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from Royalty Gateway http://www.royaltygateway.com/if-you-have-a-sweet-tooth-for-trading-its-pay-day-more-620-pm-jan-29th/

CWS Market Review – January 29, 2016

– crossingwallstreet.com

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and
 you are the easiest person to fool.” – Richard Feynman
We’re in the heart of Q4 earnings season. We had six Buy List earnings reports this week, and another four are due next week. In reality, this should be called “Judgment Season” because this is when the market renders its verdict, and the market gods can be quick and harsh…

Continue Reading On crossingwallstreet.com »

The decline in commodity prices is pushing some
high-yield bonds toward default. 

Continue Reading On usnews.com »

How Understanding the Female Brain Can Make You a More Savvy InvestorIn the book, Unleash the Power of the Female Brain, Dr. Daniel G. Amen, a psychiatrist and brain imaging expert, imaged the brains of 46,000 men and women. He compared the blood flow and activity patterns between male and female brains and found significant differences. In summarizing his finding, Dr…

Continue Reading On wife.org »

Book Review: America’s Bank

– thereformedbroker.com

Two years ago, I stayed at the historic Hotel Adlon in Berlin. I was told, upon check-in, that the hotel was known internationally as the place where Michael Jackson had dangled his baby over the front balcony, to the horror of spectators below. But something even more notable once took place at Adlon, one hundred years ago – the door was finally opened for a central bank in America…

Continue Reading On thereformedbroker.com »

$5.5 Trillion In Government Bonds Now Have Negative Yields, Covering 23% Of Global GDPFirst thing this morning, after the BOJ’s announcement of negative rates which promptly pulled all treasury yields around the globle lower, we asked a simple question: how big large the global negative rate bond universe grow to? How many trillions in government bonds are now sub zero — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 29, 2016 Promptly thereafter the FT was kind enough to do the math: the answer – a record $5…

Continue Reading On zerohedge.com/ »

Jason Voss, CFA, curates articles on a broad range of subjects, from new accounting standards, to important policy changes in China, to bribed scientists, to images of supernovae. Read more

Continue Reading On cfainstitute.org »

Investing Blog Roundup: How Long Do Bear Markets Last?This week, I enjoyed two articles that each take a look at how long bear markets tend to last. For me, the biggest takeaway is that there’s a lot of variation. Just because a market decline has lasted a given length of time (or hasn’t yet lasted a given length of time) doesn’t mean that we should/shouldn’t expect anything in particular in the near future…

Continue Reading On obliviousinvestor.com »

Fed "Workhorse" Model Says Odds of Recession in Next Year Only 3.56%; What are the Real Odds?Of all the ridiculous opinions as to why the US is not about to enter a recession, the Fed’s “Workhorse” Model is at the top of the list. Torsten Sløk, chief international economist at Deutsche Bank, is taking the optimistic route by drawing attention to a certain economic model that currently puts the chance of an imminent contraction in the single digits…

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If You Have A Sweet Tooth For Trading Its Pay Day!On Wednesday Jan 27th I wrote an article that gave you a picture perfect trade setup. The trade is on sugar or the SGG sugar ETF. As of this writing sugar is now over 10% in our favor from the original entry and trading at short term support.
This is a critical level to lock in partial profits and move your stop in the money for the balance of the trade to be safe…

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At Insider Monkey, we closely monitor the moves made by activist investors, and Carl Icahn of Icahn Capital LP is without a doubt the most prominent of those. Icahn Capital recently filed a 13D related to its Xerox Corp (NYSE:XRX) holding, in which the firm disclosed a number of things, including a…

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