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Silver and gold have sold off recently but still hover quite a bit above their 2013 lows. Investors are wondering if the metal should be bought as the…

Silver and gold have sold off recently but still hover quite a bit above their 2013 lows. Investors are wondering if the metal should be bought as the Federal Reserve signals no stop to their bond buying program known as quantitative easing (QE). The charts probably give us the most unbiased view of where these metals are going. Neither chart looks healthy. Looking at the charts of the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV) shows the ugly reality. Recently both charts have broken to the downside below major trend line support. The 2013 lows are all but a lock at this point and gold still has a chance over the next year to hit $1,000 an ounce. Gareth Soloway InTheMoneyStocks.com

Shutdown summit: Obama invites top Hill leaders to White House

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House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, set for meeting at 5:30 p.m. ET.

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Now that the long overdue (and predicted) contagion from the cash market has hit repo, things are going from bad to horrifying. Following overnight news that HK is hiking haircuts on Bill collateral, and with increasingly more counterparties now segregating what collateral is eligible, if not shutting down the bill market outright, suddenly the universe of eligible repo market securities has imploded. It also means the overnight repo rate, as we said on Monday would happen, is exploding. Moments ago ICAP reported, via SMRA, that the general collateral overnight rate has nearly doubled from 0.15% to 0.27% and rising.

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KKR is full sail ahead for Maritime Financing. KKR seas the potential for a large amount of growth. KKR beginning with 580 million in equity. 

KKR and Panasonic Agree on a Price

Earlier in the month we wrote about the announcement of the Panasonic health sale to private equity firm KKR. The sale has now been finalized, KKR will own 80% of the Panasonic healthcare unit for a price of $1.67 billion an Panasonic will hold the remaining 20%. Panasonic has lost more than $7 billion a year for the last two years on their healthcare unit. The chief executive of Panasonic when asked about his thoughts on KKR said, "We believe that partnering with K.K.R will also allow us to learn from K.K.R.'s global operational and business management expertise as we pursue the next stage of growth for Panasonic." KKR's founder Henry Kravis said in a statement that Japan was, "a very important and attractive market for K.K.R., and our experienced tam on the ground in Japan looks forward to leveraging KKR's Global expertise experience." Other notable leaders on KKR's global team include former General David Petraeusand former RNC Chairman Kenneth Mehlman.

http://aclassasset.blogspot.com/2013/10/kkr-and-panasonic-agree-on-price.html

Alioune and Moustapha Ndoye, two brothers from Senegal, decided to move back to their homecountry from the U.S. to start their company Xtreme Design and Engineering. It seeks to build innovative solutions for Africa’s growing hospitality industry.

After completing their engineering studies in...

“The entry of these leading financial institutions indicates the increasing attractiveness of the emerging consumer segment – the millions of people eager to join the middle class but who are not there yet,” said Andrew Kuper, LeapFrog Investments’ president and founder.

“There are 1.9 billion emerging consumers in LeapFrog’s target regions, and their spending power is forecast by McKinsey & Co to rise from $2 trillion today to $5 trillion in the coming decade. Financial services are crucial springboards for households and businesses, but access is very limited. LeapFrog backs the best companies to serve this vast and untapped market.”

Dominic Liber, who leads LeapFrog’s investments in Nigeria, said,

“Nigeria and the broader West African region have been priorities for LeapFrog from the start, and via this new fund we expect to be making new investments in leading Nigerian financial service companies.”

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