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Trends, Patterns, Indicators

Identifying consistent patterns and trends in business and in the financial markets. Useful key indicators for market timing, warning signals, bullish investing signals, and trading/investing opportunities.

Index to Track Water Costs Governments Could Attract Capital; Investors Could Hedge

By KATY BURNE A watershed moment is coming to water: the ability to bet against it. Austin, Texas-based startup Waterfund […]

10 amazing uses for 3D printing

From fully functioning firearms to tiny medical devices, the rapidly advancing technology has sparked a revolution in small-scale manufacturing. By […]

Ai40 Weekly Commentary – 29 July 2013

By Staff Reporter | July 29, 2013 The fortnight under review has seen the Ai40 Index drop slightly. July 15 saw […]

China Coal-Fired Economy Dying of Thirst as Mines Lack Water

From Bloomberg News, At first glance, Daliuta in northern China appears to have a river running through it. A closer […]

18 Housing Markets That Are More Overvalued Than The US

Societe Generale Albert Edwards pointed us to this chart comparing home prices across the developed world. For comparability purposes, the OECD […]

Do Western Central Banks Have Any Gold Left??? Part III

By: Eric Sprott, From Sprott Global site, Recent dramatic declines in gold prices and strong redemptions from physical ETFs (such […]

Man vs. Machine: The Great Stock Showdown

By MARK HULBERT It has always been difficult for investors to consistently beat index funds. It has been nearly impossible […]

Russia breaks into top 5 world economies, displacing Germany

Russia has overtaken Germany as the fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the latest World […]

To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?

By MALCOLM RITTER, Associated Press    NEW YORK (AP) — By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last […]

Why the ‘Big Mac’s’ Rising Prices Are More Alarming Than Its Fat Content

By James Cornehlsen, From Dunn Warren Investment Advisors site, In a time when price hikes are commonplace, I took a […]