Why markets work We as humans are fooled by a brain that functions on comparison. However, based on the true principle, every moment is unique and we expand with every time increment into an absolutely new future (big bang theory). We would be overwhelmed by the vastness o...
Korbinian Koller
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November 26, 2019
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Building positions, arriving at target loaded December markets are tricky. With the closing of the year come rollovers in futures markets, tax considerations, hedge fund portfolio allocations due to accountability and much more. Markets are a reflection of human behavior a...
Midas Touch Consulting
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December 16, 2019
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Have markets changed forever? Not in the sense that main principles have been shattered or macro cycle theory questioned… We dare to say that recent impacts and those we foresee to come, will have major implications on trading systems. Typically, we deal with a brief impa...
Korbinian Koller
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March 25, 2020
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When Stockhouse Editorial caught up with Generation Mining Ltd. ( TSX.GENM , OTC: GENMF , Forum ) back in March , the Company has completed a feasibility study for its Marathon Palladium-Copper – the largest undeveloped palladium project in North America. Most pal...
Dave Jackson
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December 21, 2021
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The long-anticipated US Federal Reserve decision last Wednesday to notch interest rates downward was, like most of these over-hyped meetings, anti-climactic. Since the central bank in June hinted that a rate cut was in the offing, North American stock markets have trended ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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August 7, 2019
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In 1917, the United States created the federal debt limit (or ceiling) to make it easier to finance World War One, essentially allowing Congress to borrow money to pay for the war effort by issuing bonds. By 1939 with World War Two looming, Congress passed the first aggre...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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October 8, 2019
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In mid-August, a ground-breaking ceremony of sorts took place in Edmonton for the Trans Mountain Pipeline project . Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi picked the yard of pipeline contractor SA Energy to announce that Trans Mountain Corp. is moving forward to constr...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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October 25, 2019
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“Minsky Moment” refers to the idea that periods of bullish speculation will eventually lead to a crisis, wherein a sudden decline in optimism causes a spectacular market crash. Named after economist Hyman Minsky, the theory centers around the inheren...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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February 21, 2020
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In our last article ( A Minsky Moment is coming for gold ) we presented the “Minsky Moment”, referring to a point in time when a period of bullish speculation leads to a spectacular market crash. Named after economist Hyman Minsky, the theory centers...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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February 24, 2020
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Whether it’s a Democrat or a Republican installed in the White House this November, you can count on fiscal discipline going out the window. Neither the incumbent, President Donald J. Trump, nor the leading Democratic contender to replace him, Bernie Sanders,...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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February 26, 2020
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