4 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China’s ‘ordinary’ billionaire behind grand Nicaragua canal plan
China’s ‘ordinary’ billionaire behind grand Nicaragua canal plan
Wang Jing, the enigmatic businessman behind Nicaragua’s $50 billion Interoceanic Grand Canal, shrugs off scepticism about how a little-known entrepreneur can be driving a huge transcontinental project, insisting he’s not an agent of the Beijing government. “You believe there are people from the Chinese government in the background providing support.
4 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NewsWatch: Stocks are riding optimism, not earnings, to records
NewsWatch: Stocks are riding optimism, not earnings, to records
As stocks trade near record highs near a lackluster earnings season, some strategists wonder if optimism for the rest of the year is sustaining valuations.
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4 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sunday Setups
Sunday Setups
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4 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NASDAQ: Classic Head-and-Shoulders & Blow-Off Top?
NASDAQ: Classic Head-and-Shoulders & Blow-Off Top?
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,
If the advance from January 2013 to the top in early 2014 isn’t a blow-off top, it’s certainly a pretty good imitation of one.
Technical analysis seeks to identify trends and recognize signals. The predictive value of trends (up, flat or down) and signals (buy, hold or sell) is self-evident, hence the widespread interest in charts of price and various indicators.
4 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on As earnings season ends, here’s the Dow riddle
As earnings season ends, here’s the Dow riddle
There’s something strange about the Dow’s record high, an earnings season in which the 30 stocks that make up the Dow are showing a decrease in earnings.
4 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Half Of Illinois Wants To Live Elsewhere (But Nevadans Are The Most Anxious To Leave)
Half Of Illinois Wants To Live Elsewhere (But Nevadans Are The Most Anxious To Leave)
While every state has at least some residents who are looking for greener pastures; as Gallup reports, nowhere is the desire to move more prevalent than in Illinois and Connecticut. In both of these states, about half of residents say that if given the chance to move to a different state, they would like to do so (against an average 33% of all Americans who would prefer to live in another state than their own).