ZIRP Era in Pictures

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Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP) was instigated by a credit induced collapse of the US financial system and perpetuated in December of 2008 by desperate financial policy makers as a fix to problems they created in the first place.

In reality, it is simply an epic distortion of normal economic signals that cleaned up the mess created by previous policy distortions (like the commercial credit bubble of the Greenspan era) by systematically (5+ years and running) main lining new distortions into the system.

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So in addition to this picture, which could one day hang in a monetary museum with the title ‘Grandma and Her Savings Account Bail Out Wealthy Asset Owners’, let’s take a walk down memory lane and marvel at some other pictures created by this policy… Continue reading "ZIRP Era in Pictures" →

Lending A Helping Hand - INO Cares Follow Up

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INO.com Staff - Rebuilding TogetherMother of three and Jamaican immigrant, Ms. Angie, had recently run into some hard times. After being laid-off, home repairs were stacking up and money, ability and a poorly run condo association were all fighting against her. Ms. Angie reached out to Rebuilding Together and asked for a little help to fix a leaky basement, repair below par windows, correct previous repair mistakes and to give her home a little bit of love to make it a residence that she and her children could be proud of.

A few INO.com staff members met up with the Rebuilding Together crew on a sunny day in Severn, Maryland to lend a helping hand. We went to work with some staff of RBC Wealth Management and with dedicated members of Building Together of Anne Arundel County's executive board, on various repair project around Ms. Angie's home and were blessed to spend a Saturday making someone's life a little better.

Please enjoy Rebuilding Together's slideshow of the home improvements that were made that day for Ms. Angie. Learn more about Rebuilding Together from our previous blog post and how you can find a project in your community.

You can also friend our Facebook page and see a ton of photos from the day of INO.com employees getting their hands dirty!

Weekly Futures Recap With Mike Seery

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We've asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Gold Futures

Gold futures in the June contract settled last Friday at 1,309 while going out today around 1,290 down by about $20 for the trading week as the Ukrainian situation has stalled sending gold prices back down into the recent trading range. Gold futures are trading below their 20 but right at their 100 day moving average as prices have been consolidating in the last 5 weeks trading in a $30 range as I’ve been sitting on the sidelines waiting for a better chart pattern to develop but if you are looking to get into this market on the long side I would buy at today’s prices placing my stop at the 10 day low of 1,365 risking around $2,500 per contract and if you’re looking to get short this market I would sell at today’s price while putting my stop loss at 1,310 risking around $2,000 as the chart structure is relatively tight at the current time. Gold prices rallied from 1,180 all the way up near $1,400 an ounce 2 months ago so this is basically the 50% retracement and I think you will see a consolidation for quite some time so keep a close eye on this chart as it appears to me that a breakout is looming.
TREND: MIXED
CHART STRUCTURE: EXCELLENT

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5 Internet Stocks For 2014

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and co-creator of MarketClub, with your video update for Friday, the 9th of May.

A few weeks ago, I introduced MarketClub's new Internet portfolio. This portfolio consists of five major stocks that are heavily involved with the Internet. Today I thought I would revisit this portfolio and share with you the current positions and money management stops.

Last year this portfolio produced a positive 65% return on invested capital. No one has a crystal ball that can say exactly what is going to happen to the markets in 2014. However, I do feel that the odds of these five Internet stocks moving either to the upside or the downside is very high.

As traders, we need to have movement in order to make money. We cannot make money in stocks that are stagnant and moving sideways. That's why it's important to have diversification in any portfolio.

In MarketClub's Internet portfolio: Continue reading "5 Internet Stocks For 2014" →

Poll: Alibaba Files For Landmark IPO

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Alibaba was founded 15 years ago in a small Chinese apartment by Jack Ma. Ma is a former English teacher who started the company with an initial investment of $60,000, kicked in by 18 friends.

The company has since evolved into the dominant force in China's (maybe even the world's) e-commerce industry. As a market with so much potential, Alibaba's IPO may be the largest ever by a tech company. The initial document filed with the SEC indicates that Alibaba plans to raise $1 billion, but that figure is just a placeholder. Analysts believe it could haul in more than the $16 billion Facebook raised in 2012.

Now for the real question.....

Will you invest in Alibaba?

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As always, we would love to hear what you think as well. Please take a moment to leave a comment after you vote.

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The INO.com Team