Captivating film: Youth

Watched this film twice on the weekend, and find myself thinking about it still.  Under-promoted, I just happened to stumble upon it on iTunes.  Popular at Cannes last year.  Stunning mise en scène with a beautiful soundtrack and script that ruminates.  The play between movement and still, young and old–captivating.   Great actors.  Warning, you may well come away wanting to visit Switzerland.  Just for fun, thought I would share.  Here is the direct video link.

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Danielle on The Financial Survival Network

Danielle was a guest today with Kerry Lutz on The Financial Survival Network talking about recent developments in the world economy and markets.  You can listen to an audio clip of the segment here.

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Willshire woozy as US yield curve votes non-confidence on growth

The Willshire 5000 is considered the definitive US stock index reflecting the market cap of most publicly traded companies headquartered in America (3,691 as at 2015).  As such, it includes the majority of common shares and REITS traded through the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and AMEX.  And as shown here since June 2014, the Willshire has been tracing out a pretty classic-looking topping pattern since late 2014.
Wilshire 5000 May 17
At the same time, US bond yields seem to agree with the Willshire’s woozy outlook.  As shown below, the spread between 5 and 30 year US Treasuries has been flattening since 2014 as well. We noted a similar pattern and growth-non-confidence-vote from the treasury market leading into the recessions and stock bear markets of 2001 and 2007.  Noteworthy formations.

US 5 year over 30 yields

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