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Disturbing News: Western Governments Paid For Snipers Who Killed People In Ukraine

Just when I think I can’t get more disgusted by our Government, this bombshell drops.

In recently released recording (authenticity confirmed) the snipers who shot at protesters and police in Kiev were allegedly hired by Maidan leaders, according to a leaded phone conversation between the EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and Estonian foreign affairs minister (see the video below). If you are not yet connecting the dots, the EU Bureaucratic monkeys and the West financed Maidan over the last few months. John Kerry just promised $1 Billion to Maidan leaders in form of a loan guarantee as he stood over those killed in Kiev, “sobbing uncontrollably”.  

So, let me get this fucking straight. The EU and the US Government financed Maidan, Maidan turned around and hired snipers who killed dozens of people (both civilians and police), ushering in the Ukrainian “Revolution” and the US has the audacity to lecture anyone on foreign affairs. Truly unbelievable.   

I don’t know about you, but I am disgusted with our Government.  

Kiev snipers hired by new coalition, not Yanukovych – Estonian FM to Ashton

Kiev snipers hired by new coalition, not Yanukovych - Estonian FM to Ashton

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The snipers who shot at protesters and police in Kiev were allegedly hired by Maidan leaders, according to a leaked phone conversation between the EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton and Estonian foreign affairs minister, which has emerged online.

“There is now stronger and stronger understanding that behind the snipers, it was not Yanukovych, but it was somebody from the new coalition,” Paet said during the conversation.

“I think we do want to investigate. I mean, I didn’t pick that up, that’s interesting. Gosh,” Ashton answered.

The call took place after Estonia’s FM Urmas Paet visited Kiev on February 25 at the peak of clashes between the pro-EU protesters and security forces in the Ukrainian capital.

Paet also recalled his conversation with a doctor who treated those shot by snipers in Kiev. She said that both protesters and police were shot at by the same people.

“And second, what was quite disturbing, this same Olga [Bogomolets] told as well that all the evidence shows that the people who were killed by snipers from both sides, among policemen and then people from the streets, that they were the same snipers killing people from both sides,” the Estonian FM stressed.

Ashton reacted to the information by saying: “Well, yeah…that’s, that’s terrible.”

“So that she then also showed me some photos she said that as a medical doctor she can say that it is the same handwriting, the same type of bullets, and it’s really disturbing that now the new coalition, that they don’t want to investigate what exactly happened,” Paet said.

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Warning: This Article Will Blow Your Mind. 17 Year Cycles Within Human Life. Why Human Life Takes The Same Trajectory As The Stock Market.

 

Warning: The information presented here is a small subset of information available from my research in this area.  A small summary, a generalization. While a lot more research needs to happen, the author is disinterested in studying human life.  Instead, it is a lot more profitable and fun to study the stock market, an environment where the same forces manifest themselves.  Yet, the author guarantees one thing. By the time you finish this article your mind will literally be blown.

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I have been fascinated with the stock market, future, prophecy, cycles, various ancient cultures and mysticism ever since I can remember. Over the last decade or so I have spent the majority of my time studying financial markets and how they work. What I have discovered thus far is truly incredible.

While most people believe the stock market is volatile, random and unpredictable, it is not. On the contrary, the stock market is exact and predictable once you understand how it truly works.  While doing this research into the stock market one thing struck me.  

I have noticed that the stock market bull/bear cycles match my life almost perfectly.  My life (personal and financial) seems to oscillate, surge higher, collapses, expand and generally behave in the same fashion the stock market does.  Once I ran some calculations, I was shocked.

I will get back to that in the second, but first let me explain how human life truly works behind the scenes. The knowledge comes from both the stock market research and my own level of spiritual enlightenment.

First, let’s start with a simple notion. Everything (all matter) in our sphere of existence is 3-dimensional and made out of energy. That energy vibrates and it is this rate of vibration (or oscillation) that splits all matter into different compounds, elements,  etc…. Again, the source is one, energy. We are all unified. It is the rate of vibration that determines output.  If you are not sure about this, please confirm the same with your own research.  

The stock market as well as individual stocks have their own rate of vibration. That rate of vibration is set at the time of inception. In case of individual stocks, at the time of their IPO. As stocks continue to trade, years and decades into the future, their rate of vibration simply repeats itself.  They grow, decline, surge, collapse and even die (merge/bankruptcy/delisting) based on their rate of vibration.

Same thing applies to human beings.  Your rate of vibration is determined at your exact moment of birth. To the second. The more precise the time, the more accurate your individual forecasts can be.  In fact, once you penetrate this knowledge and fully understand what is going on behind the scenes, you can predict your time of death to the day.  You physical body/life will terminate at its precise point. There are no accidents. You will die exactly when you are supposed to die and there is nothing you can do to stop it. That is how sages like Jesus, Nostradamus, Casey and many other  were able to predict their exact time of death ….before it had happened.

Now, in addition to your own personal cycles, there are, as I call them “Mass Cycles” which represent society as a whole. Their order of magnitude is somewhat higher than individual cycles and at times they have an immense impact on large portions of Earth’s population. These cycles include things like disease and wars. I am already making this too complicated so let’s get back to the stock market.

I have already talked about a few major stock market cycles. One of them is a 17/18 year alternating bull and bear market cycle. They are always there and they alternate. In fact, you will find them if you go all the way back to the inception of the stock market in the US in 1790.

Basically, this same 17/18 year cycle guides the growth/decline within your own human life.  Please allow me to illustrate.

Human Life Cycle

Year 0-17. Bull Market In One’s Life: I call this period unconscious growth and happiness/bliss through ignorance. This is a period of time where human beings go through immense growth. Learning to talk, walk, write, think, lie, etc…. We also learn about our environment and what it is like to be human. Generally, it is a happy and a carefree time for all of us. Our parents take care of all of our basic needs (food, shelter, etc) while we grow and become adults. This bull market or cycle of growth coincides and terminates with high school graduation and/or arrival at your own sexual peak.  

Year 17-34. Bear Market In One’s Life:  This period of time is defined as period of hardship and discovery. Very few people (even in college) know exactly what they would like to do. Most people float around trying to figure out what they want out of life. Further, financial support provided by the parents is typically withdrawn.  Making things infinitely more difficult. Very few can land a good paying jobs or save enough money. This period is often filled with huge disappointments, catastrophic events and challenges. Worst of them happen between the age of 24-26 (they represent mid cycle bottoms…similar to 2007-09 collapse in the stock market). This period typically covers the first divorce. While it might seem like you are growing, generally this is not a very good period.  For most people, life is very difficult during this time. 

Year 34-51 Bull Market:  Things begin to change. You have likely figured out your career path and you begin to accelerate your growth trajectory. You are starting to figure things out and your financial compensation begins to grow. Sometimes significantly.  Both your personal and financial life are coming together.  Generally this is a period of immense growth and prosperity.

Year 51 – 68 Bear Market:  AKA midlife crisis. As you reach this half point you look back and begin to question your life. As you mature, things you have done in the past, the life you have built, the things you have accomplished, the children you have raised and the businesses you have build seem pointless. Your old believe system begins to break down as you begin to search for meaning.  This is a period of time where a lot of changes occurs. Second careers, seeking happiness, second divorces, etc… tend to happen. This is a very difficult time with lots of ups and downs. One should be very careful between the age of 57-61. This is the period of time where the worst of it is likely to happen. 

Year 68 – 85 Bull Market:   People tend to let go and/or retire during this stage to “enjoy” their life. Most realize that they have already achieved what they could and as a result, no longer driven.  They tend to let go which brings bliss into their lives. People tend to sit back, relax and enjoy their time with families. This period brings relaxation, contempt, satisfaction, family life and happiness to the forefront.

Year 85 -102 Bear Market.   If you are lucky enough to make it thus far you body will really start to break down within this cycle. Leading to pain, suffering and general discomfort. In many cases you will be unable to take care of yourself and require assistance.  Most people who make it into this time frame will die within this 17 year cycle.

Now, understand, this cycle is the primary cycle. It is based on the time of your birth. For some people it might work perfectly, while for others the cycle might invert.  While for most people this 17 year cycle will start at the time of their birth, for some it might start at the age of 5 or 7 or 10. You just have to adjust the above to the structure of your own life in order to understand where you are in the cyclical composition. Unfortunately, I can’t do that for you.

How well does it work? Let me give you my personal life example and connect it to the stock market to show you how beautifully it works.

I was born in 1979, the stock market bull market started in 1982 and ended in 2000. A 3 year offset.

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My Bull Market:  1979-1997 (18 years)

Again, this is the period of blissful ignorance. Even though I grew up in Russia, I had a great childhood. Bull markets typically end with a 5 year blow off top cycle. For me, this blow off top came when I first moved to the United States at the age of 15 in 1995. This was a definite improvement versus my life in Russia and the pinnacle of my bull market that ended shortly thereafter when I graduated from high school in May of 1997. Exactly 18 years (to the day) after I was born.

My Bear Market:  1997-2014 (17 Years). 

(While some bear markets flat line during this time (period of no growth) other bear markets exhibit fast declines and massive bear market rallies. I will now match the bear market of 2000-2017 to my own life. Please remember, there is a 3 year offset. )

1997-2001 University.  Nothing drastic happened during this time. Just a lot of school work and work in general. (Stock market 2000-2004 while it ended flat over the 4 year period of time, there was a significant drop into the 2002 bottom).

2001-2005 Started my business.  Huge bear market rally in my life. I have built my own hedge fund and made a lot of money. I became a multi-millionaire. (Stock market rallied between 2004 and late 2007/08. A huge bull market rally within the secular bear market)

2005-06 Disaster strikes. I have lost everything I have worked for. (Stock market collapse 2008-09.

2006-2011: Massive bull market rally. Everything I touched turned to gold. I started a business and quickly grew it into a $5 Million company. (Bull market rally of 2009-2014).

2011-2013: Nothing works. A definite bear market leg. Got divorced as soon as the bear market leg started. Worked my ass off, but everything I touched turned to absolute shit. I have never experienced this before.  (Upcoming bear leg in the stock market 2014-2017 as per my mathematical forecasts presented on the site).

2014-2031: My bull market has already started. The stock market will bottom in 2017 and will start its bull market thereafter.

I hope the example above clearly illustrates how accurate this analysis can be.

Again, your personal rate of vibration might be offset by X number of years or even inverted. Please think about your life and try to apply these 17/18 year cycles towards it. Once you have figure out the spacing, I guarantee, you will be amazed how well it works within your own life.  Plus, you will know exactly where you are in the cycle and what course of action you should take going forward.

Yet, the repercussions of this approach go even deeper. If nature, the stock market and human life is not random, but exact…..what does it mean?  Do we have free will?

Whether or not we have free will is outside the scope of this discussion, however, I will put it this way. The Universe and its dimensional architecture is beyond incredible. Once it is fully understood all randomness disappears.  Everything around us (our life, the stock market, future, etc..) is exactly as they should be.  So, put a smile on your face and enjoy life.   

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Investment Joke Of The Day. Invest In Beer

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If you had bought $1000.00 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. 

With Enron, you would have $16.50 of the original $1,000.00. 

With WorldCom, you would have less than $5.00 left. 

If you had bought $1,000.00 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the 10 cent deposit, you would have $214.00. 

Based on the above, my current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.

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Gold Bugs Are Celebrating Today. Should You Join Them?


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Gold surged $25 higher at the open today in response to geopolitical events happening in Ukraine and Russia. With the price now at 4 months high, the question on everyone’s mind is….Should we buy gold? Is the Gold sell off over? Is the new Gold bull leg about to begin?

I believe so. While I do not have a position in Gold (just yet), I believe that Gold is starting a bull run here. The miners have been oversold for quite some time and recently developed Bullish Trend bodes well for the metal. In addition, with the severe upcoming bear market and recession in the US between 2014-2017 (based on my timing work), gold is bound to do very well from the “safety” side as well.

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Weekly Update & Summary: February 22nd, 2014

The market remained relatively flat for the week with the Dow Jones losing -51 points (-0.32%) while the Nasdaq gained 19 points (+0.46) Structurally, the market did very well, closing all the gaps during the span of the week.  There is still a gap left around 15,500 on the Dow, but it will be closed during the subsequent bear market leg.   

Fundamental & Market Analysis:

Over the last couple of years I have argued, sometimes passionately, that the Federal Reserve doesn’t really know what is going on within our own economy and our financial markets. Not only that, but I have also argued that they are a bunch of idiots and fools who believe that they can somehow control our financial markets.

If recently released transcripts, generated during the 2008 meltdown don’t prove my point of view without a shadow of a doubt, I don’t know what will. Here are just a few quick points from the said transcripts.

  • They didn’t even realize recession was happening until the 4th quarter of 2008. By that point the stock market has completed 80% of its down move.  In fact, for most of 2008 they thought the recession “could be avoided”.

—-Hello???? Was anyone home??? Recession started in Q4 of 2007.

  • Bernanke talked about pent-up demand for housing as late as January 2008.
  • Bernanke was worried about inflation as late as January 2008.
  • Throughout Q1 of 2008 they have held a generally rosy view of the world and the US Economy

Here are the links to two great articles about the transcripts if you would like to learn more. Click Here and/or Click Here

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The lesson here is twofold.

First, anyone who believes that the FED can either control, anticipate or predict financial markets and/or the economy is even a bigger fool.  Neither Bernanke nor Yellen can predict the economy even if it hit them in the face with a brick. All they can do is look at past data and say “Oh, look, according to this data recession started in Q4 of 2007”. What a waste of time and money.  

Second, they will always be behind the ball. They will always be a reactionary force as opposed to market makers. Take today’s environment for example. They are cutting QE and talking about raising the interest rates at exactly the wrong time. The damage from their crazy liquidity party has already been done. The worst thing they can do now is cut it. The faster they do it the faster the markets will collapse.  

Why is any of this important?

Well, if you rely on FED to make money in the stock market and/or run your own business it becomes incredibly important. As such, no one should rely on any action by the FED as an investment indicator. It is as simple as that.

This brings us to financial markets and my premise that financial markets behave exactly as they should. Many people would argue that it was the FED’s actions that put the bottom in at the March of 2009 juncture, ensuring a subsequent and massive stock market rally.

WRONG.

Don’t confuse cause and effect. It was the market that made the FED’s look good and not the other way around. The market was structured to bottom on March 6th, 2009 at 6,469 and then have a subsequent 5-year market rally. It was the mid-cycle bottom (half point of bear market) and I predicted it as early as January of that year. I was 1 day and 100 points away. Close enough. I know I have shown this chart before, but let’s take another look.

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If you perform the type of 3-dimensional analysis that I do you would know that the move between 2003 bottom and 2009 bottom would be IDENTICAL to the move between 1994 bottom and 2002 bottom. And so it was, exhibiting a variance of 22 3-dimensional units (equivalent to a few trading days or 100 points).

Any analyst working with this information would know that as soon as 2007 top was confirmed that the next move down would be exactly 8,130 3-dimensional units. Once the market developed further, the same analyst would be able to pin point the exact bottom with amazing precision and that is what I want you to understand without a shadow of a doubt. The stock market is not volatile or random, it is exact and precise.

Same thing applies to today’s market. In last week’s forecast I identified a turning point in February. While I am not yet at liberty to discuss this turning point (available to premium subscribers only), it clearly explains the market action we have witnessed over the last couple of days. By concentrating on mathematics and 3-dimensional analysis one can pick out turning points with a precision of a surgeon.    

Macroeconomic Analysis: 

In a nutshell, Ukraine, Venezuela, Argentina and China. Argentina is on a verge of another default and I wrote about it before. Ukraine and Venezuela are both in the midst of violent revolutionary uprisings. While Venezuela will not have that much impact either way, Ukraine’s situation will have vast repercussions across the globe. Maybe not in economic terms, but certainly in geopolitical risk. All because of Russia. Having been born in Russia, let me tell you something. Russia is pissed off….big time.

They are pissed at a blatant American and EU interference into Russia’s business. Yes, Ukraine is Russia’s business. Always was and always will be. Just to give you a reference point, there would be a similar type of a reaction from the US if Russia was interfering in governance of Kentucky. Now, let’s take the “Ukranian people deserve freedom too and the US will go to any length necessary to see it happen” bullshit off the table. If you believe this crap, I have a $20 million bridge to sell you (give me a call).

What you see happening is the beginning of the next Cold War where both the US and Russia keep tearing into each other. With the only winners being the politicians and the military industrial complex. This is a negative development that should be watched carefully going forward. 

China’s shadow lending system continues to expand at breakneck speeds. No-one really knows for sure how big a problem China’s economy will eventually face due to the massive credit and money supply growth over the last few years. Since 2008 financial meltdown in particular. While no one has the real numbers, some of the estimates coming out of China are truly mindboggling. For instance, that China’s banking sector is now roughly the size of the US banking sector. With one primary difference. It took the US over 100 years of trial and error to get to that size, it took China roughly 5 years. Thus far China has been able to keep trouble at bay, but this is unlikely to continue much longer. Some sort of a blow up in China is imminent.

Technical Analysis: 

While the overall technical picture continues to remain murky, the resolution should be just around the corner.

Long-Term: The trend is still up. Market action in January-February could be viewed as a simple correction in an ongoing bull market. 

Intermediary-Term: Since February 5th, intermediary term picture shifted from negative to positive. Giving us a technical indication that both the intermediary term and the long term trends are up. Yet, that in itself can be misleading as per our timing analysis discussion below.

Short-Term: Is somewhat bearish. Please view our mathematical and timing analysis below for further understanding and explanation.

Mathematical & Timing Analysis: 

(*** Please Note: About 75% of the information contained within this section has been deliberately removed. Particularly, exact dates and prices of the upcoming turning points. As well as trading forecasts associated with them. I deem such information to be too valuable to be released onto the general public.  As such, this information is only available to my premium subscribers. If you are a premium subscriber please Click Here to log in. If  you would be interested in becoming a subscriber and gaining access to the most accurate forecasting service available anywhere, a forecasting service that gives you exact turning points in both price and time, please Click Here to learn more.Don’t forget, we have a risk free 14-day trial). 

Last week we concentrated on February XXXX, as a turning point. Here is the forecast that was provided.

Date: XXXX
Price: XXXX

Thus far, the vertical rally that started on February 5th ran into a brick wall. To be exact, the Dow topped out 1 hour into trading on February 19th at 16,225 and then proceeded to collapse 200 points.  Recovering thereafter and subsequently oscillating without going anywhere.  

So, what is going on? Have we hit our turning point?

XXXX

Hence, I suggest the following positioning over the next few days/weeks to minimize the risk while positioning yourself for a forecasted market action.

If You Are A Trader: XXXX  

If No Position: XXXX 

If Long: XXXX

If Short:  XXXX. 

CONCLUSION: 

We have an existing couple of weeks coming up. The week of February 24-28th should finally confirm February XXXX as a turning point. In March, we should see a number of big and very important turning points. I will start talking about them once the current stock market action resolves itself. Those anticipating the moves and those who can time them properly will be rewarded appropriately. Once the moves described above play out in full, the market will be set free to continue its next cyclical bear market leg. 

Please Note: XXXX is available to our premium subscribers in our + Subscriber Section. It’s FREE to start. 

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Are Stock Valuation Higher Than 2000 and 2007 Tops? You Bet Your Sweet Ass They Are!!!

Well, kind of. The chart below is a very simple, yet a power look at today’s valuation levels. It shows that while we have already surpassed 2007 valuation levels, we are still a few clicks away from the 2000 levels. At the same time this is not the main issue here.

It is important to understand where we came from, what we are comparing and why it is incredibly important for your overall portfolio. The late 90’s and subsequent top in January of 2000 were caused by the tech bubble. We all know that. As a result of its collapse, the FED’s had opened the flood gates of credit to stabilize the economy and to avert a deep recession. That money flowed directly to real estate, mortgage finance and the stock market….creating a powder keg that exploded in 2007-09. 

The FED’s, once again, raced to the rescue, scared to death, trying to avoid the next “Great Depression”. This time around, not only did they flood the market with cheap credit, but they went as far as creating money out of thin air and monetizing the debt to the tune of $3 Trillion over the last 3 years alone. The money, once again, flowed into the stock market, and to a lesser degree real estate, creating overvaluations and speculation in every sector of the economy. 

So, let me ask you. Is it different this time? Can a collapse/recession be avoided? Are these valuation at an appropriate level or is the stock market incredibly overpriced? 

I think you know what my answer will be. It’s clear (as per chart below) that the market is above 2007 levels. What that chart does not show is that today’s values, as opposed to values in 2000, are driven by credit. Meaning, in real terms, today’s market is likely to be a lot more expensive than it was at  the high of the tech bubble. 

Dr. Marc Faber clearly agrees in the article below. As always, his analysis is right on the money. I highly encourage you to read it. 

Finally, I have clearly stated a number of times on this blog and as per my mathematical/timing work, the bull market from the March of 2009 bottom has topped out on December 31st, 2013. Further, this same mathematical work indicates that the market is set for a bear market leg that will last into 2017. As such, it would be prudent to educate yourself on the matters above while protecting your overall portfolio and wealth. 

I wish you luck. 

Chart Courtesy Of dshort.com

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Dr. Doom: Tech stocks even more overvalued now than in 2000

With stocks worldwide off to a bad start in 2014, one man isn’t surprised by any of this.

Dr. Marc Faber, editor and publisher of the Gloom, Boom, and Doom Report, thinks the drop in the markets, particularly with US stocks, were nothing compared to what they could – or should – have done.

While turmoil in emerging markets is often cited as the culprit for stocks’ decline, others are pointing the finger at the Federal Reserve Bank for tapering its monetary stimulus. Faber believes the fall in equities is the fault of the Fed, but not because of tapering.

“It’s easy to blame someone else for ones problems,” says Faber. “Emerging markets central bankers are blaming now the Fed for the tapering… The Fed has brought about problem in emerging economies. But, it’s not the tapering. It’s the previous bubble they created because investors were chasing yield. They bought emerging market stocks, emerging market currencies, and bonds. They pushed up these asset prices to relatively high levels.”

Though the correction in stocks caught some off guard, Faber says he wasn’t surprised by anything other than people’s reaction.

“The market in the US, the S&P went from 666 in March 2009 – almost five years ago – to 1,850,” says Faber. “Now the market dropped 7% and it seems that it’s the end of the world. This is ridiculous.”

“Compared to the previous increase in prices,” says Faber, “the market retreat of 7% is nothing, nothing at all!

Where Faber sees a bubble is in the tech sector, particularly with social media stocks. He was short Twitter, which until Wednesday was up 45% from its IPO closing price of $44.90. He says he covered his short as shares dropped to $50 per share Thursday. However, he is generally not hopeful for the sector.

“Social media stocks are more overpriced than the internet shares were in year 2000,” says Faber.

Besides Twitter’s staggering 24% drop on Thursday, Pandora was down 10% and LinkedIn took a 7% hit in afterhours trading before Friday morning’s opening bell.

Faber warns investors hoping to make easy money by shorting social media stocks that they may get hurt. Yet he doesn’t buying them to make a quick buck is a good idea, either. In other words, investors should just stay away from social media stocks.

“In year 2000, between January and March, [internet stocks] still went up 30%…. And then, it collapsed,” says Faber. “I’m not saying that individual investors should short these stocks because they may get burned. But, by and large, the fact that they still go up doesn’t make them good value from a long-term perspective.”

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Bitcoin Wild Swings Continue. Down 25% In Two Days.

Check out the chart below. Is that something you want to invest in? 

If your answer is YES, you have got more balls than brains. Taking merits of this digital currency aside, at the end of the day no one really knows how much bitcoins are worth. They could be worth $1 Million or they could be worth $1. It is purely arbitrary. You can’t value it and as such it is not an investment. It is a pure speculation. Anyone who claims otherwise is full of shit.

Is there utility in Bitcoin. Certainly. However, the utility part can be equated to early American colonial times, where every little town had its own currency. Same thing will happen with onslaught of digital currencies over the next decade. Who will win?  One thing is for sure. I am not smart enough to figure it out, but good luck speculating in Bitcoins.    

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AOL Wages War Against Pregnant Women…It’s About Time

Sometimes, something magical happens. Sometimes a red blooded American stands up, cuts through all the bullshit and calls it like it is. Today was one of those days and I solute you Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL. Too bad you will now be crucified by the feminist Nazis and the traditional media outside of AOL. 

WOW. AOL spent $2 Million on just 2 “distressed babies”. What the hell is a “distressed baby” anyway? Here is the bottom line. The companies still have no idea what ObamaCare will cost them over the next few years and how it will change our healthcare system. Actually, no one knows. The best analyst covering the sector are basically sitting with a thumb up their ass without the slightest clue of what the system will look like over the next 5 years and what kinds of extra costs business will have to carry…..

One thing becoming painfully obvious.  It will cost a lot more than anyone anticipated. In both premiums, healthcare costs as well as jobs lost. What AOL did is just the beginning. As soon businesses find out the true costs, you will see cuts across the board. Hitting you where it hurts the most. Your pocket. You wanted change? You got it. 

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AOL CEO Blames Workers’ Costly Pregnancies, Obamacare for 401(k) Cuts

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong

Can a coworker’s pregnancy hurt your 401(k) plan? If you work at AOL (AOL), the answer appears to be yes.

CEO Tim Armstrong on Thursday blamed a change in AOL employees’ 401(k) match on new costs associated with Obamacare, as well as $2 million AOL spent for two employees’ “distressed babies,” according to Capital New York, which said it obtained a transcript of Armstrong speaking on an internal conference call.

AOL, which owns the Huffington Post and Engadget, will now pay out company matching funds in one lump sum at the end of the year, and only to employees who are “active” on Dec. 31. IBM (IBM) made a similar change to its 401(k) plan in 2012, to help cut costs. Armstrong told CNBC that the new health law will impose $7.1 million in new costs on AOL, forcing the company to decide whether to pass those expenses to employees or to “try to eat as much of that as possible and cut other benefits?”

Health care experts questioned the accuracy of the $7.1 million figure, with one noting that employee costs incurred in 2012 would be irrelevant to the company’s costs in 2014. The CEO was more specific later in a conference call with company employees regarding the expenses of providing medical benefits. According to Capital New York, Armstrong said:

Two things that happened in 2012. We had two AOL-ers that had distressed babies that were born that we paid a million dollars each to make sure those babies were OK in general. And those are the things that add up into our benefits cost. So when we had the final decision about what benefits to cut because of the increased healthcare costs, we made the decision, and I made the decision, to basically change the 401(k) plan.

AOL did not respond to an after-hours request for comment. Online, the response was swift.

In a later email memo sent to AOL employees, published by the Huffington Post, Armstrong sought to clarify his remarks. “This morning, I discussed the increases we and many other companies are seeing in healthcare costs,” he wrote. “In that context, I mentioned high-risk pregnancy as just one of many examples of how our company supports families when they are in need. We will continue supporting members of the AOL family.”

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January Jobs Report Disaster And Other BS From The Department Of Labor

This should come as no surprise, but this jobs report has more holes than a Tijuana hooker. The report missed by about 72,000 jobs with 185,000 expected Vs 113,000 actual jobs created. Yet, leave it to the government geniuses to spin it the right way. It was too cold. Yes, apparently it was too fucking cold to hire anyone in January. 

But its not all bad news. The unemployment rate is now down from 6.7% in December to 6.6% in January. Plus, the participation rate surged higher 0.2% from 62.8% to 63%. Holy Fuck!!! That’s incredible, let me run out and buy some stocks now.  

On a more serious note, this is not a laughing matter. Even though the US Economy was propped by a massive infusion of credit over the last few years, it is now running on empty. I assure you that any marginal job gains will soon turn into massive layoffs as the bear market takes us into the 2017 bear market bottom (see my timing work to find out why) 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. employers hired far fewer workers than expected in January and job gains for the prior month were barely revised up, suggesting a loss of momentum in the economy, even as the unemployment rate hit a new five-year low of 6.6 percent.

Nonfarm payrolls rose only 113,000, the Labor Department said on Friday. But with strong job gains in construction, cold weather probably was not a major factor in January.

The second straight month of weak hiring – marked by declines in retail, utilities, government, and education and health employment – could be a problem for the Federal Reserve, which is tapering its monthly bond-purchasing stimulus program.

December payrolls were raised only 1,000 to 75,000.

The data also comes on the heels of a report on Monday showing a surprise drop in factory activity to an eight-month low in January and could rattle investors, already nervous about slowing global growth.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls increasing 185,000 last month and the unemployment rate to hold steady at 6.7 percent.

But there was a silver lining in the report. The unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a percentage point to 6.6 percent last month, the lowest since October 2008.

The household survey from which the jobless rate is derived showed gains in employment. In addition, more people came into the labor force, an encouraging sign for the labor market.

The participation rate, or the proportion of working-age Americans who have a job or are looking for one, increased to 63 percent from 62.8 percent in December, when it fell back to the more than 35-year low hit in October.

The unemployment rate is now flirting with the 6.5 percent level that Fed officials have said would trigger discussions over when to raise benchmark interest rates from near zero.

But policymakers have made it clear that rates will not rise any time soon even if the unemployment threshold is breached.

The private sector accounted for all the hiring in January. Government payrolls fell 29,000, the largest decline since October 2012.

Manufacturing employment increased 21,000, rising for a sixth month. Retail sector jobs fell 12,900 after strong increases in the prior months, the first decline since March.

Construction payrolls bounced back 48,000 after being depressed by the weather in December. It was the largest increase since December 2012.

Average hourly earnings rose five cents. The length of the workweek was steady at an average of 34.4 hours.Book Formlead Big

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