Yes, that is the shocking truth that Fed chairman Janet Yellen told us today with the release of the central bank?s minutes. Of course, she didn?t exactly say that she would raise interest rates for the first time in a decade in so many words. To discern that, you had to be fluent in Janetspeak.
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Mad Day Trader Jim Parker is a modest guy. He has never been one to boast of his many achievements. If he does a great trade, he simply marks it in the ?WIN? column and moves on to the next trade. I, however, am not Jim Parker. As you may have noticed over the years,
When communications between intelligence agencies suddenly spike, as has recently been the case, I sit up and take note. Hey, do you think I talk to all of those generals because I like their snappy uniforms, do you? The word is that the despotic, authoritarian regime in Syria is on the verge of collapse. The
The most powerful weapon of a modern army is the printing press,? said T.E. Lawrence, otherwise know as Lawrence of Arabia.
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I?m sure that most of you are spending your free time devouring the utterly fascinating pages of Fifty Shades of Gray these days. I, however, am reading slightly different subject matter. As obscure, academic and abstruse the ?Global Dollar Credit: Links to US Monetary Policy and Leverage? may sound, published by the Bank for International
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Occasionally the consensus is right. Since the start of the year, it seems that everyone and his brother, sister and cleaning lady has been selling short the euro. As a result, the beleaguered continental currency has suffered one of the sharpest falls in the history of the foreign exchange markets. I have to think back
Global Market CommentsMarch 12, 2015Fiat Lux Featured Trade:(MAD DAY TRADER JIM PARKER IS UP 39% IN 2015),(ZIOP), (THRX), (ZTS), (DXJ), (USO), (SPY), (IWM),(FRIDAY, MAY 15 SAN FRANCISCO STRATEGY LUNCHEON)(DIAMONDS ARE STILL AN INVESTOR?S BEST FRIEND) ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (ZIOP)Theravance Inc. (THRX)Zoetis Inc. (ZTS)WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF (DXJ)United States Oil ETF (USO)SPDR S&P 500 ETF
Mad Day Trader Jim Parker has been absolutely knocking the cover off the ball this year, delivering a blistering 39% profit so far for followers. He was in and out of the Apple (AAPL) melt up twice. He was early and big in the biotechnology sector, trading around ZIOPHARM Oncology (ZIOP), Therevance (THRX), and Zoetis
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Yes, that?s right, you read it correctly, almonds. By now, many of you have figured out that I like calling my paid subscribers to find out how they find the service. I always ask for suggestion for improvements. Then I ask what they do besides trade the markets. I get an amazing array of answers.
?If you can?t beat your Chinese competitor in China and win there, you will lose all the markets your like,? said David Cote, CEO of Honeywell. ?
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I am sitting here in the balcony seats at the Napa City Winery. Somehow, my peripatetic social life has dragged me down here to listen to a Hispanic rap group. That?s right, you heard it correctly. A Hispanic rap group. It is midnight. The sound is so loud that it is vibrating through my chest.
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?No one is line dancing over the fact that the market is at 1,940. No one feels good about it. The market likes to climb a wall of worry, and the stonemason has been hard at work. So I think we continue to grind higher,? said Jason Trennert, chief investment strategist at Strategas Research Partners.
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