Posts by The Trend Letter
- S&P 500 sets sights on longest wining streak in 3.5 years, but futures waver. Read story.
- Ceta: EU parliament backs free trade deal with Canada. Read story
- Japan & China dumping US Treasuries. Read story
- Iceland’s GDP soars 10%, so residents are preparing for next crash. Read story
- A $30 million golden parachute deal courtesy of the junk-bond market. Read story
- Buffet’s big bet on Apple may have made him $1.1billion in just six weeks. Read story
- UK wage growth outpaces inflation. Read story
- Greek economy shrinks in fourth quarter. Read story
- This may be the one currency call Trump’s administration got right. Read story
- China warns US against fresh naval patrols in South China Sea. Read story
- Russian spy ship spotted 40 miles of US coast. Read story
- Why the Euro needs an orderly exit mechanism. Read story
- US solar surged 95% to become the largest source of new energy. Read story
- Trump to meet retail CEO’s who oppose border tax. Read story
- A mathematician has created a teaching method that proving there’s no such thing as a bad math student. Read story
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- Wall St extends record run as ‘Trump trade’ reignites. Read story
- Swiss voters reject tax reform plan. Read story
- Trump – Trudeau meeting underlies delicate task of remaking NAFTA. Read story
- Dollar gains against rivals after Trump-Abe meeting goes smoothly. Read story
- Musk: Merge with machine or become irrelevant. Read story
- N. Korea’s game changing new missile is more stable, more efficient, and harder to detect. Read story
- Samsung chief back in court over corruption claims. Read story
- How can we trust global warming scientists if they keep twisting the truth? Read story
- China upset that disputed islands mentioned in Japan-US meeting. Read story
- A record-setting 1,000 drones take to sky in China to celebrate lantern festival. Read story
- Passenger carrying drone to fly in Dubai in July. Read story
- US government hauls in record tax revenues. Read story
- California Oroville dam expected to fail. Read story
- Pakistan high court bans Valentine’s Day. Read story
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- Wall St opens higher as energy stocks gain. Read story
- Twitter tumbles as quarterly loss nearly doubles. Read story
- College professor accused of punching Republican student over politics. Read story
- 3,144 US flights cancelled as snowstorm Niko bears down on northeast. Read story
- Record number renounce US citizenship in 2016. Read story
- Jobless claims fall 12,000 to 234,000, near post-recession bottom. Read story
- Trump and China president finally broke the ice – by snail mail. Read story
- Fed’s Bullard says rate can remain low through 2017. Read story
- Samsung’s Note 7 battery supplier has fire at China factory. Read story
- Fare killer Ryanair lets go of its American dream Read story
- Mississippi considers death by firing squad. Read story
- Ecuador presidential candidate pledges to evict Julian Lassange from London embassy. Read story
- Police strike leaves 90 dead, Brazilian city in chaos. Read story
- Explosion at French nuclear plant, ‘no radiation risk.’ Read story
- Trump attack on judges ‘demoralizing’ says Supreme Court pick. Read story
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- Wall St slips as bank, health stocks drag. Read story
- OIl pares loss after data shows massive US supply gains. Read story
- EU faces crisis as IMF warns Greek debts are on ‘explosive’ path. Read story
- Russian troops were placed on ‘combat alert’ amid massive NATO exercise. Read story
- Why the US has such a huge trade deficit. Read story
- For Chinese home buyers, Seattle is the new Vancouver. Read story
- Controversial Dakota pipeline to go ahead after Army approval. Read story
- BlackRock’s Fink sees business slow down in ‘bipolar’ world. Read story
- Sophisticated shoplifting gangs are costing US retailers $30 billion a year. Read story
- Republicans fear for their safety as Obamacare protests grow. Read story
- Asia’s inflation surge fueled by currency rout that’s fading. Read story
- Barack Obama’s retirement is not like yours. Read story
- Interest to travel to US has plummeted since Trump became president. Read story
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- Dow and NADAQ hit record highs. Read story
- US dollar shoots higher as Fed’s Harker says March hike ‘is on the table.’ Read story
- BOE’s Forbes says UK economy may soon need a rate increase. Read story
- GM US workers to get $12,000 bonus. Read story
- US trade deficit falls as exports hit more than 1.5 year high. Read story
- Betsy DeVois at risk of becoming first cabinet nominee in 28 years to be rejected. Read story
- Housing demand may keep market afloat, even with rising rates. Read story
- Deutsche Bank Israel CEO arrested. Read story
- UPS drivers don’t turn left – and it saves them 10 million gallons of gasoline a year. Read story
- Michael Kor’s holiday sales disappoint, warns of continued weakness. Read story
- German industrial output unexpectedly falls most in 8 years. Read story
- Obamacare repeal stall-out. Read story
- Oldest DJ still spinning records at 80. Read story
- Pollution fighting buildings coming to China. Read story
- List: 20 best cities to live in US. Read story
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- Dow struggles to hold on to 20,000 level. Read story
- US tech firms file legal brief opposing Trump’s travel ban. Read story
- Frances Le Pen launches election bid to fight globalization. Read story
- Euro fades in face of French election risks. Read story
- Trump and trade: US deficits back in spotlight. Read story
- European bonds, not the Euro take biggest political hit. Read story
- US sends Navy destroyer to patrol off Yemen amid Iran tensions: Official. Read story
- Toyota says weaker Yen will help profits. Reads story
- World leaders duped by manipulated global warming data. Read story
- Russia rejects Trump’s charge that Iran is top terrorist state. Read story
- Catholic church allegedly abused 4,400 children. Read story
- Amazon plans to open robotic supermarket that employs only two humans. Read story
- Google’s Home TV ad makes Google Home systems go crazy. Read story
- People are getting sick of working in a “sharing” economy. Read story
- Hyde Park hit hardest as Brexit fuels discounts in London. Read story
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- Wall St lower as Fed uncertainty weighs on banks. Read story
- US jobless claims fall; productivity slows in 4th quarter. Read story
- Major upgrade for UK economy. Read story
- Why ‘Grexit’ worries are back on the market’s radar. Read story
- Trump calls US-Australia refugee agreement ‘dumb deal.’ Read story
- As Brazil’s unemployment rate hits record high, Rio’s murder rate soars. Read story
- Apple misses deadline for €13 billion tax payment to Ireland. Read story
- Defiant Iran slams Trump: Will not yield to “useless: threats. Read story
- German stock exchange boss investigated. Read story
- US student debt problem far worse than believed. Read story
- Charted: US president Trump’s recent flurry of phone calls with world leaders. Read story
- India opens coal mining market for first time in four decades. Read story
- Geologists have discovered a lost continent beneath Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Read story
- You might need $350,000 in retirement to cover health-care costs. Read story
- What you’re doing wrong to prepare for natural disasters. Read story
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- Wall St rises as Apple fuels tech rally; Fed eyed. Read story
- Fed to hold interest rates as Congress debates stimulus. Read story
- US private sector adds 246,000 jobs in January, topping estimates:ADP. Read story
- Bill gates set to become first trillionaire. Read story
- One income for all: Far fetched or future fact? Read story
- Technology VCs have a $1 billion obsession with car startups. Read story
- White House ices out CNN. “They’re trying to cull CNN from the herd”. Read story
- End of EU roaming charges ‘a step closer.’ Read story
- Americans rushing to get ahead of rising mortgage rates. Read story
- Iran confirms missile test, denies breach of nuclear deal. Read story
- Chipotle and Trump: It’s all about the guacamole. Read story
- The man who could finally end Merkel. Read story
- Michael Jackson worth more than ever, and IRA wants a piece of it. Read story
- Five errors that immediately get your resume rejected at Google. Read story
- Fed up Mexicans to Trump: Tear up NAFTA, we’re sick of it too. Read story
- How Amazon is preparing to take over even more of retail. Read story
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- Wall St opens lower on weak earnings. Read story
- Student arrested in Quebec mosque shooting. Read story
- Euro jumps after Trump advisor says shared currency ‘grossly undervalued’. Read story
- Euro is G-10’s most undervalued currency by OECD measure. Read story
- Eurozone inflation jumps to 1.8% in January. Read story
- Buffet says he bought $12 billion in stocks since election. Read story
- Fed to hold rates while Congress debates stimulus. Read story
- Trump says drug prices are ‘astronomical’. Read story
- India admits rupee withdrawal bad for economy. Read story
- Deutsche Bank fined for $10 billion sham Russian trades. Read story
- India will remain the fastest growing economy despite demonetisation, Brexit, & Trump. Read story
- Russia is a mess – the poverty rate is soaring & only 10 of 85 regions are financially stable. Read story
- Billionaire closer to mining the moon for $trillions in riches. Read story
- Musk looking to plug computers into human business. Read story
- Skipping breakfast links to heart disease and obesity:Study. Read story
- Russia’s Defense Minister is using reindeer photos to send coded message to the world. Read story
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- Dow falls below 20,000 as Trump actions, earnings weighed. Read story
- Quebec City mosque shooting kills six people. Read story
- Trump signs executive order to slash regulations. Read story
- Trump’s first week: Well, that was intense. Read story
- Starbucks CEO plans to hire 10,000 refugees after Trump ban. Read story
- Poll: Le Pen to lead French presidential race in first round of voting. Read story
- This trader bets it all on Apple getting crushed after earnings. Read story
- New Puerto Rico governor signs fiscal emergency law. Read story
- If nutrition labels looked like this, your attempts to quit sugar might actually work. Read story
- Sony to take $1 billion write down on movie business. Read story
- US pending home sales rebound despite rise in mortgage rates. Read story
- In the time you spend on social media each year, you could read 200 books. Read story
- Toyota gives up #1 title to Volkswagen. Read story
- Expect more conflict between cities and states. Read story
- A complete guide to selfie-enhancing apps taking China by storm. Read story
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