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Asia-Pacific Calendar: The Week Ahead – Friday, Oct. 19

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By Steven Levine (Video length 00:02:31) Interactive Brokers senior market analyst Steven Levine provides some highlights for what to look for in the Asia-Pacific region in the week beginning October 22.

October 2018 ECRI’s WLI Growth Rate Index Projects Almost No Growth

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ECRI’s WLI Growth Index which forecasts economic growth six months forward declined and still projects little growth. ECRI also released their coincident and lagging indices. Analyst Opinion of the trends of the weekly leading indices The current forecast continues to be for insignificant or no growth six months from today. Here is this week’s update […]

How To Use The 4% Rule To Thrive In Retirement

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Look at most any magazine or news story related to your money and retirement, and you are going to see outrageously high numbers for what your nest egg should look like. I think they do this just to sell some advertising. The real number you should be focusing on is the 4% rule. What is […]

Forbes, Laffer Ask Trump For Zero Tariffs, Zero Subsidies, And Zero Barriers

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In a letter to Trump, the Committee to Unleash Prosperity seeks zero tariffs. There were several notable letter signees. Steve Forbes, Arthur Laffer, Fred Smith, and Stephen Moore on the Committee to Unleash Prosperity ask Trump to seize the high ground and give U.S. firms an advantage. Please consider the WSJ Op-Ed Mr. President, It’s Time […]

Income Opportunity Of The Week

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CBL and AFSI. music selection: “Take Your Whiskey Home” — Van Halen Each Friday at the raptor, I explore opportunities in income investing. It has become sort of trendy in the FIRE community to go with a 100% allocation to equities. I think this is foolhardy. All the research proves that buy and hold investors […]

British Pound Rates Rise Across The Board On Irish Border Brexit Progress

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The British Pound has found relief at the end of a trying week, rallying sharply in the past hour amid a news report provided hope for a Brexit breakthrough in the coming days. Bloomberg News reported that the UK government was prepared to drop its Irish border demands as a way to help ease the […]

The Bullish And Bearish Case For US Markets

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(Audio length 00:12:08) Chris Temple joins me today to weigh the possibility of the US markets to continue to selloff or garner a buy. There are signs especially internationally that could lead to a further drop in US equities but on the other side, there is still a lot of liquidity in the markets.

This Week In Cryptocurrency – Friday, Oct. 19

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Up and at ‘Em After a beating last week, the cryptocurrency market showed some mercy with a 10 percent jump this Monday. Since then, the market has slowly fallen, currently sitting at $207.7B. That gives us a 3.23% gain on the week. Cryptocurrency Market Stats (10/19/18) Thankfully, the top three coins performed positively as well. Let’s take […]

Gold-Stock Sentiment Shifting

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The gold miners’ stocks have been largely ignored and neglected for years. Speculators and investors wanted little to do with them for various reasons. But that apathetic sentiment is finally starting to shift thanks to last week’s stock-market plunge. Capital is starting to return to this battered sector as traders begin to realize how radically […]

What Do They Know?

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The Steering Committee for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned last week that tighter financial conditions globally are a risk. A bit late perhaps, but that’s how these things go. You can tell matters are serious when Economists are shaken out from their global growth slumber. The IMF wants everyone to know that this could […]