06-15-2016, 10:50 PM
All that glitters is not gold. Especially when another, even more precious, metal is trading at a historical discount to gold. Many investors are familiar with the gold/silver ratio, or that recently that ratio was saying it was time to buy silver. But platinum, the "rich man's gold," has also seen its price fall relative to gold's. In fact, platinum is now cheaper than gold -- something that has only happened a few times in the past 100 years. What this means is that platinum prices are probably going to move up over the next few months.
Forget About Gold -- This Is the Precious Metal to Buy Right Now - TheStreet
Short-sellers hate being caught short a stock that reports a blowout quarter. When this happens, we often see a tradable short squeeze develop as the bears rush to cover their positions to avoid big losses. Even the best short-sellers know that it's never a great idea to stay short once a bullish earnings report sparks a big short-covering rally. Short-squeeze candidates are something that I tweet about on a regular basis. These are also the exact type of stocks that I love to trade and alert to my subscribers in real-time. This is why I scan the market for heavily shorted stocks that are about to report earnings. You only need to find a few of these stocks in a year to help enhance your portfolio returns -- the gains become so outsized in such a short time frame that your profits add up quickly.
5 Stocks Set to Soar on Bullish Earnings - TheStreet
The median U.S. worker enjoyed a pay increase of 3.5 percent year-over-year as of May, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's wage growth tracker. Wage growth has been accelerating since October, quickening to a pace not seen since January 2009:
More Evidence That the Job Market Is Tightening and Wages Are Headed Higher - Bloomberg
He said in the same interview: “Of course, when in 2018 the team will play at home in the World Cup, and before the start of the match, our national anthem will play, and 11 fellows will be proud to stand and sing along and tears will roll down their cheek, causing a feeling of patriotism, I would like these players to have Slavic faces.” A Dynamo Moscow fan, Shprygin works as an assistant to the politician Igor Lebedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s parliament, who also attracted controversy for a series of tweets yesterday in which he offered support to the Russian fans. “I don’t see anything wrong with the fans fighting,” he wrote. “Quite the opposite, well done lads, keep it up!”
Notorious far-right activist at Euro 2016 with Russian FA delegation | Football | The Guardian
There are many benefits to being tall: more Tinder swipes, an ability to reach the top shelf, and best of all, a higher salary. Tall people get an additional $789 a year in earnings for every extra inch, one study found. Other research has found that chief executive officers stand taller than their underlings. And in a sampling of about half of male Fortune 500 CEOs, author Malcolm Gladwell found that they have three inches on the less-successful members of their gender.
Another Benefit to Being Tall: Increased Productivity - Bloomberg