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Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:13:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow: Gold Prices Firm
Mon 30 Jan 12 | 04:00 PM ET

CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.

Gartman on Gold, Lisbon Antigua, et al....

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:36:00 +0000

Gartman: Sees Gold Going to 1,800 EUR
Mon 30 Jan 12 | 05:33 PM ET

Joining us now is the editor of the Gartman letter. So... how much more upside in the Gold? We're trading around 1300 euros per ounce. Given the problems we know are there but never seem to get resolved, over the weekend we talked about resolution, thought maybe this time they would be, then the whole thing fell apart again. The Germans are not giving up on their position not to bail out the lackadaisical southerners until or unless they morf into "serious" members of Euro-ciety, lose their collective senses of humor, turn a few shades lighter in skin tone, learn to manufacture something more akin to BMWs than automotive Michelangelos that only run two days a week - (Ferrari, Bugatti or Hispano-Suisa come to mind) - while enforcing a four-week-per-year vacation regimen on the Costa del Sol wearing thong MonoKinis no matter how bad they look to the locals...

OK - Gartman didn't say it that way, I took a bit of poetic license to punch it up and add just a hint of color while not changing the thrust of his commentary a whit....

The rest, you can get from Dennis' lips direct to your ears in the video

Cashin in on Cashin's View(s)

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:32:00 +0000

90 Seconds with Art Cashin: Portugal Next in Line?
Mon 30 Jan 12 | 11:40 AM ET

CNBC's Mary Thompson and Art Cashin, of UBS, discuss whether the market is getting ahead of itself when it comes to rising yields on Portuguese debt.

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noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:31:00 +0000

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Weekly Market Preview VIDEO

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:49:00 +0000

CNBC.com Market Outlook: Facebook IPO Filing Wednesday?
Fri 27 Jan 12 | 04:00 PM ET

The week's top business news and investing advice for next week, highlighting Apple's surge, Facebook's anticipated IPO, Ford, and the euro, with CNBC's Brian Shactman.

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noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:16:00 +0000

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Global Markets Overnite

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:59:00 +0000

Global Markets Update: European Shares Rise on Hopes of Greek Debt Talk Conclusion
Fri 27 Jan 12 | 05:10 AM ET

US futures pointed to New York starting the final session of the week in a cautious mood ahead of the US GDP data. European shares are starting to push into the green following a panel in Davos which hinted that Greek talks are close to a conclusion, analysts say stocks still remain on course for their sixth week of gains. Asian markets ended mostly higher as investors awaited the outcome of the Greek debt talks and U.S. gross domestic product data due out later today

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:46:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow: Risk-On Rally Fueled by Fed
Thu 26 Jan 12 | 04:00 PM ET

CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:05:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow: Gold, Silver & Oil All Up
Wed 25 Jan 12 | 04:00 PM ET

CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow. The risk-on trade, it seems, is back.

Santelli: "The FED is turning Japanese"...

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:54:00 +0000

Santelli to the Fed: 'Welcome to Japan'
Wed 25 Jan 12 | 12:35 PM ET

"Rick Santelli, your thoughts on this. Even a more prolonged cheap money environment won't change the fundamentals as touted"......

"Well, i think this statement tells me: Welcome to Japan. And the US has a company credit card to finance the balance sheet holes over an extended period of time"....

Santelli: "More Canaries in the Gold Mine"

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:46:00 +0000

Santelli: More 'Canaries in this Coal Mine'
Wed 25 Jan 12 | 09:40 AM ET

"I'll tell you what I find fascinating. Today if you look at 315 yield on a 30-year bond, unchanged, virtually, you're hovering near the hi -- look at a 10-year, in about one month. this comes on the second day of a two-day fed meeting as Carl just pointed out. Where the last operation, operation twist, buying the long end, selling the short end, of course, is not working out as precisely as planned"......

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:51:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow: Gas Futures Biggest Gainer
Tue 24 Jan 12 | 04:00 PM ET

CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets, including a number of refinery closures that could help drive the price of gasoline higher.

Cashin in.....

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:48:00 +0000

90 Seconds with Art Cashin: A Bigger Problem Than Greece?
Tue 24 Jan 12 | 11:40 AM ET

CNBC's Mary Thompson and Art Cashin, of UBS, discuss Greece and a bigger problem lurking on the horizon: Portugal. It's like talking about 'plans for a stadium without having a fire department.' And thoughts on stocks that may benefit from tonight's State of the Union address.

DAVOS - World Eco-Forum Coverage

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:52:00 +0000

The widely touted Davos Economic Forum reaches critical mass come Thursday whence the formal plenary sessions are gaveled to order by an independent NGO which doesn't APPEAR to have either personal ambition, sinister "men in black" one-world fascist government dreams or even a sub-rosa Jacobian cultish secret handshake a' la "Bilderbergers".

The organizational expertise applied to accommodating the VIP participants & personal security apparatchiks as WELL as the media coverage aspects shows this observer at least, that these people either (one can only hope) really know their stuff for NGOs, or (speaking from my normal cynic's perspective) are backed by people and/or organizations (GOs perhaps?) who do.

Should the former (NGO) precept turn out to be the correct guess, the event holds great promise in light of the dismal handling of events since 2007-08 - should my typical cynicism serve me well once again, we're all in for some great Shakespearean Theatre which offers valuable intellectual & farcical stimulus in its own right.

EITHER WAY, I've elected to grant the Circus Circus full coverage Thursday & Friday beginning with two opening videos covering Global Risks Segments of the agenda.

That will be: (in LIFO order), this 2nd in the series (just below) as well as the 1st (next blog posting down dated Jan 11th originally).

Between the two video blog entries appears the WEF events agenda (excluding both pre & post meeting hospitality/lobbyist/Bakshish/influence-peddling opportunities by which most such events are funded).

I've also set up two temporary RSS-fed News Readers on a quarter-hour refresh cycle just below the last of the permanent chart series above. These fetch new releases items every 15 minutes with the first Feed connected to the Administration Blog of the Forum Organizers themselves and intended to serve the attendees and their entourages primarily.

The second Feed is primarily directed at the Media as a service eminating from WITHIN the plenary sessions themselves and probably (my guess) intended to assuage Media Anchors from protest at being barred from en camera sessions.

Teaser to the 2nd of the risk series follows:

"Economic imbalances and social inequality risk reversing the gains of globalization, warns the World Economic Forum in its report Global Risks 2012. These are the findings of a survey of 469 experts and industry leaders, indicating a shift of concern from environmental risks to socioeconomic risks compared to a year ago. Respondents worry that further economic shocks and social upheaval could roll back the progress globalization has brought, and feel that the world’s institutions are ill-equipped to cope with today’s interconnected, rapidly evolving risks".

"The findings of the survey fed into an analysis of three major risk cases: Seeds of Dystopia; Unsafe Safeguards and the Dark Side of Connectivity. The report analyses the top 10 risks in five categories - economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological - and also highlights "X Factor" risks, the wild card threats which warrant more research, including a volcanic winter, cyber neotribalism and epigenetics, the risk that the way we live could have harmful, inheritable effects on our genes. Key crisis management lessons from Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters are highlighted in a special chapter".

Below video represents 2nd in the "Risk Management" series of the opening agenda:

Davos WEF Events Schedule:

DAVOS - World Eco-Forum Coverage

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:41:00 +0000

Global Risks Analysis Series
by: Chris Parker Jan 11th 2012

Economic imbalances and social inequality risk reversing the gains of globalization, warns the World Economic Forum in its report Global Risks 2012. These are the findings of a survey of 469 experts and industry leaders, indicating a shift of concern from environmental risks to socioeconomic risks compared to a year ago. Respondents worry that further economic shocks and social upheaval could roll back the progress globalization has brought, and feel that the world’s institutions are ill-equipped to cope with today’s interconnected, rapidly evolving risks.

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:42:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow: What's Boosting Oil

Mon 23 Jan 12 | 04:00 PM ET

CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.

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noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:05:00 +0000

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Commodities Next Week(ish)....

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:56:00 +0000

Commodities Next Week: EU's Iran Embargo & Oil Prices
Fri 20 Jan 12 | 04:00 PM ET

CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks ahead to where oil, natural gas and precious metals are likely headed next week.

Weekly Market Preview VIDEO

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:59:00 +0000

The Week Ahead: Earnings, Davos, Fed
Fri 20 Jan 12 | 06:02 PM ET

CNBC's Sue Herera looks ahead to what are likely to be next week's top business and financial stories, including earnings, an upcoming Fed forecast and the President's State of the Union Address..
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Davos - World Eco-Forum PREVIEW!!

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:15:00 +0000

The widely touted Davos WEF reaches critical mass come Thursday whence the formal plenary sessions are gavelled to order by an independent NGO which doesn't APPEAR to have either personal ambition, sinister "men in black" one-world fascist government dreams or even a sub-rosa Jacobian cultish secret handshake a' la "Bilderbergers".

Ho-Hum - then what's the point??

Well, speaking only for myself, I'd get a huge kick out of seeing Geo. Soros cooling his heels at one of the handful of eateries totaling capacity roughly half of the expected movers & shakers in attendance. And all this at the height of Swiss-Schussing-Season.

Seriously, I've checked out a fair portion of the early scheduling/topical guidelines and it's painfully clear whoever's been recruited to lay the groundwork has taken their internship seriously.

Mayhaps something will actually be agreed upon sans political grandstanding in the name of Shakespearean "THEATRE"!!!

(observe):

"Economic imbalances and social inequality risk reversing the gains of globalization, warns the World Economic Forum in its report Global Risks 2012. These are the findings of a survey of 469 experts and industry leaders, indicating a shift of concern from environmental risks to socioeconomic risks compared to a year ago. Respondents worry that further economic shocks and social upheaval could roll back the progress globalization has brought, and feel that the world’s institutions are ill-equipped to cope with today’s interconnected, rapidly evolving risks.

The findings of the survey fed into an analysis of three major risk cases: Seeds of Dystopia; Unsafe Safeguards and the Dark Side of Connectivity. The report analyses the top 10 risks in five categories - economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological - and also highlights "X Factor" risks, the wild card threats which warrant more research, including a volcanic winter, cyber neotribalism and epigenetics, the risk that the way we live could have harmful, inheritable effects on our genes. Key crisis management lessons from Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters are highlighted in a special chapter".

Article lead-in headline links to the "Welcome" section of the WEF website.....

Below video introduces the "risk-management" section of the opening agenda.

Davos WEF events schedule:

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noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:34:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow

noreply@blogger.com (intercon) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:24:00 +0000

Commodities Tomorrow
Tue 17 Jan 12 | 04:00 PM ET
CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.