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Daily Archives: 21 April, 2012, 05:16, CEST+1

Momo lost the Mojo?

Many are feeling rather nervous in this hedge fund hotel.

Apple 10 day chart presented without comments.

Slightly longer term charts click here.

Is “Operation Twist” Working?

Guest post by Doug Short.

The Fed’s latest strategy for managing the economy,Operation Twist, has about 10 weeks to go. The program was announced on September 21st of last year with the stated purpose of selling $400 billion in shorter-term Treasury securities by the end of June 2012 and using the proceeds to buy longer-term Treasury securities. The Fed assumed this would put downward pressure on longer-term rates, which would stimulate the economy through “a broad easing in financial market conditions.” In other words, more loans at lower rates.

How effective has this strategy been? Here is a snapshot of selected yields and the 30-year fixed mortgage since the inception of Operation Twist.

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James Rickards on Central Banks Obsession with Gold and Why more QE is Imminent!

Weekend must watch videos with James Rickards, author of Currency Wars, is calling for $7,000 gold! Courtesy Future money trends.

Part 1 is focused on Gold manipulation and why gold plays such an important role in the world, even if conventional wisdom doesn’t believe so, gold is not only being watched by central bankers, as Mr. Rickards put, “the gold price is being managed.”
Part 2 expands into the economy and probability of more quantitative easing (QE). According to Mr. Rickards, QE will come in the next few months because it can’t be done this fall since it will look political, and if the FED tries to wait until December, it will be too late!
Videos below.