Kurt Osterberg

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We’re Fragmenting Because Our Experience Of The Economy Is Fragmenting

The technocrat and capital-owning class is delighted with the economy, and can’t understand why everyone isn’t prospering. You’ve probably seen some version of this chart of average ...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Fed’s 2017 Stress Tests And Gold

Last week, the Federal Reserve released the results of supervisory bank stress tests. What do they mean for the gold market? According to the results of supervisory stress tests released Thursday by...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Will Trump Fire Yellen Or Vice Versa?

Citigroup’s Economic Surprise Index just hit its lowest level since August 2011. But this level of disappointment has ironically emboldened the Fed to step up its hawkish monetary rhetoric. The trut...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Indian Healthcare Startup Practo On Path To Profitability

According to World Bank data, India has just 0.7 physicians per 1,000 people compared to 2.8 and 3.5 in the UK and US, respectively. Access to healthcare is one of the pain points that Bangalore-based...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Vantiv, Worldpay Agree To Key Terms Of Possible Offer

Following the Possible Offer Announcement dated July 4, the boards of directors of Worldpay Group and Vantiv (VNTV) announced that they have reached an agreement in principle on the key terms of a pot...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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The Reason Why Gold & Silver Have Frustrated Investors Since 2011

The biggest frustration to many precious metals investors, is why have the gold and silver prices under-performed the market since 2011? Actually, for gold it was since 2012. Even though gold hit a ne...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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One CEO Is ‘Worried About Qatar’s Bonds’ Despite How Deliciously ‘Juicy’ They Are

Right, so we’ll be hearing a lot about Qatar over the next 48 hours or so. Doha has, of course, delivered its “response” to a laughably absurd list of demands set forth by Saudi Arabia (and its ...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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May 2017 CoreLogic Home Prices Year-Over-Year Growth Rate Now 6.6%

CoreLogic’s Home Price Index (HPI) shows that home prices in the USA are up 6.6 % year-over-year (reported up 1.2 % month-over-month). CoreLogic HPI is used in the Federal Reserves’ Flow o...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Three Reasons To Expect A Stronger Euro In The Months To Come, And What It Means For Your Portfolio

By Bryce Coward Knowledge Leaders Capital Blog With the euro up another 50bps today against the USD, we thought it timely to review some fundamental factors that should act to support the longer-t...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg
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Day Trading Stock Picks For This Week – Wednesday, July 5

Day trading stock picks likely to move big (up or down) during the week of July 5: CBI, WLL, HTZ, OAS, AKS, AMD, CLF, OCLR and few that are usually good day trading candidates: SPY, BAC, WFT, MOMO, E...
On July 5, 2017 / By Kurt Osterberg