Kurt Osterberg

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Stockholm Syndrome Gold Report

Stockholm Syndrome is defined as “…a condition that causes hostages to develop a psychological alliance with their captors as a survival strategy during captivity.” While observers would expec...
On July 17, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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E With Gold Stocks So Bearish Are Their Internal Signs Indicating You Shouldn’t Be?

This week we are going to look at gold from a different perspective— the intrinsic value perspective. I will then introduce a unique unknown fund to invest in the precious metals and resource develo...
On July 17, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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The AUD/USD At 0.78? Well That Escalated Quickly

The Australian dollar shot up to 0.7834 AUD/USD following poor and disappointing US economic and inflation data released on Friday. This inflation data is likely to complicate the Fed’s path of mone...
On July 17, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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GBP/USD Breaks Above Key 1.30 Resistance With Sturdy Impulse

GBP/USD 4 hour The GBP/USD broke sturdily above the previous top which is indicated by the dotted red trend line. The breakout candle is showing strong momentum, which could indicate that the Cable co...
On July 17, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Why Jobs Growth No Longer Induces Wage Growth In America

Or The Eclipse of the Phillips Curve in America While the Fed’s continued tightening may suppress growth in emerging economies, US labor market may not be as strong as recent reports suggest. US exp...
On July 17, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Macro Mondays: Jensen’s ‘Alpha’

It’s no coincidence that many investment publications refer to alpha as the end all be all for investors. The reason? It’s an easy way to determine if the investment (namely a mutual fund)...
On July 17, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Macro Mondays: Jensen’s ‘Alpha’

It’s no coincidence that many investment publications refer to alpha as the end all be all for investors. The reason? It’s an easy way to determine if the investment (namely a mutual fund)...
On July 17, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Growing Number Of Companies Complain About Inability To Find Workers: So Why Is Wage Growth So Low?

Since 2010, the highest year-over-year wage increase in any month for production and nonsupervisory employees is near 2.6%. For a two-year stretch between summer of 2011 and summer of 2013 wage incre...
On July 17, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Chinese GDP Beats With 6.9% – AUD/USD Not Taking Advantage

The world’s second-largest economy enjoyed solid economic growth at an annualized level of 6.9%, better than 6.8% expected. In addition, industrial output increased by 7.6%, much better than 6.5% ex...
On July 17, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Would You Keep Lending To A Friend Who Proves To Have No Plan To Repay?

It was almost exactly 10 years ago that then Citibank boss, Chuck Prince, unintentionally highlighted the approach of the subprime crisis with his comment that: ‘We are not scared. We are not pani...
On July 17, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg