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Post by huh on Sept 18, 2017 6:58:08 GMT -5
10 things you need to know before the opening bell Here is what you need to know. Sign up here to get "10 Things" delivered directly to your inbox. The S&P 500 hits a record. The benchmark index ticked above 2,500 for the first time just ahead of Friday's closing bell. The Fed is getting ready for its 'biggest meeting of the year.' The Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce the start of a reduction in its $4.4 trillion balance sheet at the conclusion of its meeting Wednesday. Another Fed rate hike this year is a coin flip. The market sees a 47.7% chance the Fed hikes rates again in 2017, according to Bloomberg data. Euro-area inflation picks up. Consumer prices in the euro area rose 1.5% year-over-year in August, up from a 1.3% advance in July, data released on Monday by Eurostat shows. Beijing bans winter construction. China's capital is planning to ban major construction projects during the winter in an effort to improve air quality, Reuters reports, citing official media. Bitcoin is making a big comeback. Bitcoin trades up almost 6% at $3,943 a coin on Monday, after briefly sliding below $3,000 early Friday morning on word China was planning to shut down cryptocurrency exchanges. Northrop Grumman is buying Orbital. The defense contractor will pay $7.8 billion, or $134.50 a share, a 22% premium over Friday's closing price, for the missile and rocket maker Orbital, Reuters reports, citing a person familiar with the transaction. Slack scores a $5.1 billion valuation. The enterprise messaging operator raised $250 million from a group led by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, boosting its valuation to $5.1 billion, Reuters says. Stock markets around the world trade mixed. China's Shanghai Composite (-0.53%) trailed in Asia, and Germany's DAX (+0.55%) leads in Europe. The S&P 500 is set to open up 0.2% near 2,505. US economic data trickles out. NAHB home prices will be released at 10 a.m. ET. The US 10-year yield is up 1 basis point at 2.21%. www.businessinsider.com/opening-bell-september-18-2017-2017-9 |
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Post by huh on Sept 18, 2017 6:58:47 GMT -5
10 things in tech you need to know today 1. Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the US election, obtained a warrant for Russian-linked ads that ran on Facebook during the campaign. Facebook handed over information about the ads, which were linked to a Russian troll farm, and how they were targeted at US users. 2. A Republican lawmaker, Dana Rohrabacher, tried to make a deal with the White House on behalf of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Assange, currently in hiding in the UK, would theoretically offer detailed evidence that Russia had not meddled in the US election, in exchange for "something like" a pardon. 3. The first major task facing Uber's new chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi is to find a new chief financial officer, plus several senior legal hires. Uber has lacked a CFO for more than two years, and reports suggested the firm was waiting until it was closer to going public. 4. The Finnish maker of "Angry Birds", Rovio, has set a maximum valuation of $1.1 billion for its upcoming public offering. Rovio has had a tough few years financially, and that valuation is lower than expected. 5. Facebook, Google, and Twitter all allowed advertisers to target users with racist and anti-Semitic terms, according to numerous media reports. Facebook allowed marketers to target "Jew haters", Twitter let people target users who used the "N" word, and Google allowed the phrase "black people ruin everything" — all three firms subsequently updated the categories on their ad platforms. 6. Facebook is to open a fourth AI research centre, and has chosen Montreal, Canada as the location. The firm praised the country's startup culture and favourable government policies. 7. Filesharing site The Pirate Bay is testing a bitcoin miner on its site as a new way to generate revenue instead of ads. Users spotted that a cryptocurrency miner appeared on The Pirate Bay's site, using their CPU resources to mine the digital currency Monero. 8. Google's Chrome will crack down on autoplay video ads, and will only play them if the user has shown interest in the clip, or if they don't play with sound. There'll also be the option to mute entire sites. 9. Workplace chat service Slack has been valued at $5.1 billion after closing a $250 million funding round led by SoftBank's Vision Fund. Slack said the money was for "operational flexibility" rather than any particular use, according to Bloomberg. 10. New York City has spoken up in the multi-city fight to be Amazon's new headquarters. City deputy mayor Alicia Glen said people wanted to work in NYC, not "a suburban office park." www.businessinsider.com/10-things-in-tech-you-need-to-know-today-september-18-2017-9 |
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Post by Herceg on Sept 18, 2017 8:41:15 GMT -5
2500 did not put up as much resistance as I thought it would..............
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Post by walnut on Sept 18, 2017 8:51:22 GMT -5
No it didn't, that was crazy
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Post by walnut on Sept 18, 2017 9:52:15 GMT -5
drop rate on VXX is crazy right now. like almost 20% for the upcoming month divided by the days, that is for the time being of course. Can change on a dime.
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Post by theMist on Sept 18, 2017 10:06:38 GMT -5
S&P iH&S target measures SP 2540 range
I'm still waiting
BTW - Another Hurricane on its way. Hurricane Maria now a Category 3.
Do you think the Good Lord is trying to get our attention?
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Post by Herceg on Sept 18, 2017 11:09:58 GMT -5
S&P iH&S target measures SP 2540 range I'm still waiting BTW - Another Hurricane on its way. Hurricane Maria now a Category 3. Do you think the Good Lord is trying to get our attention? Unless long mkt. and short scams................there is nothing else going on..............boring anymore...............or at least for me.......................I mean hell even XLF is above 25 now.................JMO and BOL.............. |
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Post by lasvegas77 on Sept 18, 2017 12:57:44 GMT -5
Added another 2700 short on tvix at 12.67. Over 16k short on tvix among other vix etn trades.
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Post by lasvegas77 on Sept 18, 2017 14:37:59 GMT -5
Took my profits. Out at 12.31
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Post by walnut on Sept 18, 2017 14:55:23 GMT -5
Took my profits. Out at 12.31 Awesome! |
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Post by jacksrbtr on Sept 18, 2017 18:04:27 GMT -5
S&P iH&S target measures SP 2540 range I'm still waiting BTW - Another Hurricane on its way. Hurricane Maria now a Category 3. Do you think the Good Lord is trying to get our attention? No - I don't think "the Good Lord" is behind natural disasters. |
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Post by theMist on Sept 18, 2017 20:04:01 GMT -5
The Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ holds all of nature together (Colossians 1:16-17). Could God prevent natural disasters?
Absolutely! Does God sometimes influence the weather? Yes, as we see in Deuteronomy 11:17 and James 5:17.
Numbers 16:30-34 shows us that God sometimes causes natural disasters as a judgment against sin. The book of Revelation
describes many events which could definitely be described as natural disasters (Revelation chapters 6, 8, and 16).
Is every natural disaster a punishment from God? Absolutely not.
Deuteronomy 11:17 King James Version (KJV)
17 And then the Lord's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land
yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.
Numbers 16:30-33 King James Version (KJV)
30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
James 5:17-18 King James Version (KJV)
17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit
Revelation 6:12 King James Version (KJV)
2 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Revelation 8:5 King James Version (KJV)
5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Revelation 16:18 King James Version (KJV)
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
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Post by jacksrbtr on Sept 19, 2017 6:03:50 GMT -5
Sorry but I find it pathetic everytime a major natural disaster comes along there are those who use it to further their own reading of their Bible, Quran, etc. like the Imam's in Indonesia after the Tsunami/tidal waves hit Acee several years ago, Medieval priests who used comets, eclipses to warn of the imminent Apocalypse.
I am NOT an Apocraphyl Aggrandizer.
Good luck.
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Post by huh on Sept 19, 2017 6:56:44 GMT -5
...or Trump being elected leader of the free world. Or Hillary Clinton running for President.
Bwahahahaha! (jk)
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Post by theMist on Sept 19, 2017 8:51:24 GMT -5
Sorry but I find it pathetic everytime a major natural disaster comes along there are those who use it to further their own reading of their Bible, Quran, etc. like the Imam's in Indonesia after the Tsunami/tidal waves hit Acee several years ago, Medieval priests who used comets, eclipses to warn of the imminent Apocalypse. I am NOT an Apocraphyl Aggrandizer. Good luck. Jack, ya know I love ya Bro. Do you believe the Bible (KJV) is the Holy Word of God? And if so, how do you interpet the passages I quoted above? How do you interpet the prophetic book of Revelation? Daniel? Matthew 24 (Olivet Discourse)? Matt 24:3-8 KJV 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the END OF THE WORLD? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. The Quran is not the Word of God. Islam is hate filled and seeks to take over by force. BTW - here's one that will make one ponder- 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 King James Version (KJV) 1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. |
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Post by jacksrbtr on Sept 19, 2017 14:55:52 GMT -5
Sorry Rob but you don't have the right to question mine (or anyone else's beliefs).
Please refrain from any future religious diatribes here and relegate them if you must to the Lounge.
Thanks.
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Post by theMist on Sept 19, 2017 16:22:41 GMT -5
Sorry Rob but you don't have the right to question mine (or anyone else's beliefs). Please refrain from any future religious diatribes here and relegate them if you must to the Lounge. Thanks. gotchya Bro but you were the first to question mine  Anyway...ttyl God Bless |
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