Investment & Finance End of 2014 Q3 into Q4 Thread Edition

Weekly investment & finance thread ^ | Sept. 26, 2014 | Freeper Investors

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Food CPI:

Energy CPI:

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

CNN’s fear and greed is at 3. Can’t get much lower.

http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/

[expat_panama]

hi & happy Friday! My 2 main ISP’s both went off line yesterday and I’m logged on thru my cell fone but fortunately nothing’s happening —except stock futures are up today & metals are down. Oh, and big report day today (unemployment ha ha ha...). cheers!

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Happy Jobs Day!

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Distribution of NFP estimates:

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NFP +248K

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UE 5.9%

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Private +236K

Participation Rate 62.7% (vs 62.8% previous)

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By industry:

[grania]

Only three drug stocks are connected to Ebola

What about sanitation clothing and masks? One of those I know of is APT. It's way up the past few months, but I believe lost some steam yesterday.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

LAKE makes hazmat suits.

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View of the part-time vs full-time jobs discussion:

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Longer term view:

[catfish1957]

5.9%???? LOL, they have as much credibility as the CDC director.

[krunkygirl]

Bkmk

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BLS Jobs Chartapalooza

[Grampa Dave]

More reasons to sell the BOND ETF.

The new managers of Bond have drastically sold their Canadian Bonds and are buying Mexican and ? bonds.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/life-gross-bond-adjusts-portfolio-190031199.html

[BipolarBob]

What about sanitation clothing and masks?

I agree. There's all kinds of derivative plays. But I personally believe this will all blow over (until next time). Wait for a pullback in price on your targeted stock start accumulating if that's your strategy. Cheers!

[catfish1957]

My first thought was Purell, then I found out it was a private company. :(

[Grampa Dave]

Metals are not safe haven ... they represent speculation.

NED DAVIS: Gold Will Plunge To $660

Business Insider
By Myles Udland

John LaForge, commodities strategist at Ned Davis Research says gold is going to $660 an ounce.

In an appearance on CNBC on Thursday, LaForge said that the end of the current “supercycle” for gold could push the precious metal down to $660 an ounce, or about 40% lower than where it is currently trading.

LaForge said that in the 1980s, the price of gold fell about 65% from peak-to-trough as the precious metal enduring a 20-year bear market.

And after hitting $1900 an ounce in 2011, gold should see a similar peak-to-trough decline in current cycle.

“We know that commodities run in supercycles, and they eventually die. And gold looks like it’s dying,” LaForge said.

“So $660 is certainly in the cards.”

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ned-davis-gold-plunge-660-211412410.html