By Sasha Cekerevac I had an interesting conversation the other day with a friend of mine who asked a very compelling question: with margin debt in the equities market hitting a new all-time high—$401 billion on the NYSE in September—is this a sign of a market top? To find out what this really means, we…
I’ve had half an eye on the Twitter IPO over the last month. The big ticket IPOs rarely interest me. They are generally too much of a coin flip. I didn’t care about Facebook, I was bored by Royal Mail’s market debut and as for Zynga – well anyone who plays Farmville deserves to be…
10. All World’s Currencies are Fiat Currencies, and Fiat Currencies Always Fail. 99.9% of the world’s population is unaware that we no longer use money… we use “fiat” national currencies. What is a fiat currency? Fiat currencies are faith based. They are national currencies that are not backed by anything of value like gold, instead…
By Filipe R. Costa. The unprecedented actions by the Federal Reserve to try to end the Great Financial Crisis and kick start the American economy have created a whole raft of unanticipated problems. How these will be solved is anyone’s guess, assuming they can even be solved at all. It is amazing to think how…
By Filipe R. Costa. After printing trillions of dollars to spur growth, the Federal Reserve isn’t exactly doing very well in its goals of stimulating the economy and increasing employment. At best economic output is wobbly and long-term growth trends continue to slow. Faced with such a lackluster performance it makes perfect sense that the…
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TITAN GLOBAL MACRO SINCE INCEPTION (1 JUL 2013) TO COB 5 NOV 2013? + 59.2%
By Mohammad Zulfiqar The stock market is certainly getting all the attention these days, but not a lot is said about other disturbing fundamentals. These fundamentals are troublesome, and if they aren’t fixed, the U.S. economy could end up in a downward spiral in a very short period of time. With these conditions, those who…
By Zak Mir. Top Traded Tiddlers! A technical look at some of the most actively traded small caps of the moment, which includes Rare Earth Minerals, Motive Televisions, and Bushveld Minerals. Rare Earth Minerals (REM): Painful aftermath of initial false 1p neckline resistance break. Support so far coming in at the floor of a…
By Dominic Picarda. While the European Central Bank has been playing it cool so far, I expect it will eventually have no choice but to resort to more aggressive monetary policies than it already has done. These in turn should be positive for European equities, which remain generally at low levels by the standards of…
