10 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dollar edges up on better risk appetite, capped long-term
Dollar edges up on better risk appetite, capped long-term
The dollar edged up on Monday, but strong U.S. jobs data capped the greenback by firming belief that the Fed would not raise interest rates soon.
10 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Margin: 10 dramatic images from tense weekend protests in Baton Rouge
The Margin: 10 dramatic images from tense weekend protests in Baton Rouge
More than 200 people have been arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this weekend during tense protests against recent police shootings of black men
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10 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China To Use Pension Funds As $300 Billion "Plunge Protection Team"
China To Use Pension Funds As $300 Billion "Plunge Protection Team"
One of the more troubling stories to hit the tape last week was that despite, or rather due to, roughly $100 billion in losses in the past 5 quarters, Japan’s gargantuan $1.4 trillion state pension fund, the GPIF, which has desperately been selling Japan’s best performing asset – Japanese Government Bonds – in order to buy local stocks and the Nikkei at its decade highs only to see its equity investment plunge, is now forced to buy even more stocks, i.e.
10 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Devry Breaks 18 Month Downtrend
Devry Breaks 18 Month Downtrend
Devry, Inc. (DV) topped at close to 50.00 during the fourth quarter of 2014 and it has spent the last 18 months declining steadily until reaching what now appears to be a bottom just above 15.00. A positive divergence has emerged on its weekly MACD and volume trends also appear to have turned a corner and are now more bullish. Check out the chart:
10 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Unlikely Story That A Panty Theft Sparked The Dallas Shooter’s Downfall
The Unlikely Story That A Panty Theft Sparked The Dallas Shooter’s Downfall
Exactly how Micah Johnson came to be the man who murdered five police officers in Dallas remains unsolved. Johnson, a mid-twenties man (much like Bin Laden’s son), apparently had taken his love for the ladies a little too far when he was serving in the Army Reserves. The killer who “stated that he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers“, as we posted, had an apparent fetish for women’s panties.
10 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 3 Top Investing Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them
3 Top Investing Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them
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It’s hard to become a successful, increasingly wealthy investor without making blunders along the way — ones that will cost you some, or many, of your hard-earned dollars. Fortunately, you can avoid many financial errors by learning from the errors of others, and by reading up on investing.
10 July, 2016 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Oil update – weekend comment from Saudi that oil mkt becoming more balanced
Oil update – weekend comment from Saudi that oil mkt becoming more balanced
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Khalid al-Falih spoke on Sunday
– He said the oil market was becoming more balanced and prices were stabilizing
He’s said similar things before. Today, though, prices have opened for the week a little lower, so he may have to work that jaw a little harder.