7 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China’s trade drops well below expectations in October
China’s trade drops well below expectations in October
China’s trade figures missed expectations in October, reinforcing views Beijing will need to do more to spur domestic demand.
7 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on $GOLD Back to SELL Signal
$GOLD Back to SELL Signal
About a month ago $GOLD went on an IT Trend Model BUY signal, and I had this to say about it: The overall picture for $GOLD is bearish but showing improvement. The current BUY signal may offer some opportunities on the long side, and may even prove to be a long-term winner; however, my impression is that the conditions underlying this new BUY signal are far from robust. Also, $GOLD is in a bear market (the 50EMA is below the 200EMA), so odds are against a strong up move. Long positions should be stamped “Handle With Care.”
7 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fed rate hike ‘makes sense’, says U.S. central banker
Fed rate hike ‘makes sense’, says U.S. central banker
Now that the United States is closing in on full employment and inflation is likely to rise to target levels, the “next step” should be to start gradually increasing rates, a top U.S. central banker said on Saturday. “I do think it makes sense to gradually remove the policy of accommodation that helped get the economy to where we are,” San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams told the Arizona Council on Economic Education.
7 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "A Thin-Skinned Minority Is Ruining This Nation": Professor Crushes "Political Correctness" Wave Sweeping America
"A Thin-Skinned Minority Is Ruining This Nation": Professor Crushes "Political Correctness" Wave Sweeping America
In a time where college students are offended by pretty much everything, The Federalist Papers reports that one professor at UNC-Wilmington decided to cut through the rhetoric and let his students know that they aren’t the special snowflakes liberals and their parents would have them believe.
7 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on A Descent Into The Tunnels Deep Under New York City
A Descent Into The Tunnels Deep Under New York City
At first glance, what happens hundreds of feet below the streets of Manhattan has very little to do with finance, until one considers the depressed costs of housing along the warzone that has been the 2nd Avenue Subway line for the past five years, or the millions wasted each day due to traffic gridlock along construction zones, or the billions in overtime pay which unionized labor makes sure it gets paid by doing nothing most of the day and then working for a few hours at night.
7 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Why The Stock Buyback Spree Is Ending
Why The Stock Buyback Spree Is Ending
“Sluggish activity will spur firms to repurchase shares in an effort to boost EPS growth”
– Goldman Sachs
7 November, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Third Point’s Loeb trades digs for diplomacy in Japan
Third Point’s Loeb trades digs for diplomacy in Japan
Activist investor Daniel Loeb, famously branded a carpet-bagger by actor George Clooney, has turned from bruiser to charmer in Japan, where he has added diversified retailer Seven & I Holdings to his portfolio. Sources familiar with the situation say Loeb, 53, wants a management overhaul at Seven & I, which owns Sogo department stores and the 7-Eleven convenience chain, but in public the American has nothing but warm words for its 82-year-old Chief Executive Toshifumi Suzuki. “Mr.