Stocks traded sideways on this last day of August, wrapping up the week modestly in the green and leaving the S&P 500 higher by 8.5% year-to-date.

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'It’s official. By one widely accepted definition, we’re now living through the longest bull market in US history. The S&P 500 marches on, now having gone a record 3,452 consecutive days without declining 20%. That beats the old record-holding bull market that ran from 1990–2000'

The S&P celebrated last week by touching all-time highs for the first time since late 

January. Nothing can stop US equities lately: In the last few months they’ve 

shrugged off news of trade wars, the Trump investigation, emerging markets 

contagion, and a 20% plunge in Facebook (FB).

It’s not just American stocks flexing their muscles. The US dollar is also ripping to

2018 highs, driven by the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening. The Fed

continues to raise interest rates, while most other central banks around the world

are either standing pat or easing.

As Real Vision subscribers know, the dollar is the “key to everything.” Dollars

grease the wheels of global finance. When they are cheap and plentiful, markets

tend to be calm and happy.

But a rapidly rising dollar can cause a lot of pain, as any investor holding emerging

market assets will tell you. Many EM currencies, like the Turkish lira and Brazilian

real, are getting annihilated. EM stocks have been tough to own as well. The

popular ETF VWO has tanked about 20% since January, putting it in official bear

market territory.

The S&P celebrated last week by touching all-time highs for the first time since late 

January. Nothing can stop US equities lately: In the last few months they’ve 

shrugged off news of trade wars, the Trump investigation, emerging markets 

contagion, and a 20% plunge in Facebook (FB).

It’s not just American stocks flexing their muscles. The US dollar is also ripping to

2018 highs, driven by the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening. The Fed

continues to raise interest rates, while most other central banks around the world

are either standing pat or easing.

As Real Vision subscribers know, the dollar is the “key to everything.” Dollars

grease the wheels of global finance. When they are cheap and plentiful, markets

tend to be calm and happy.

But a rapidly rising dollar can cause a lot of pain, as any investor holding emerging

market assets will tell you. Many EM currencies, like the Turkish lira and Brazilian

real, are getting annihilated. EM stocks have been tough to own as well. The

popular ETF VWO has tanked about 20% since January, putting it in official bear

market territory.

The S&P celebrated last week by touching all-time highs for the first time since late 

January. Nothing can stop US equities lately: In the last few months they’ve 

shrugged off news of trade wars, the Trump investigation, emerging markets 

contagion, and a 20% plunge in Facebook (FB).

It’s not just American stocks flexing their muscles. The US dollar is also ripping to

2018 highs, driven by the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening. The Fed

continues to raise interest rates, while most other central banks around the world

are either standing pat or easing.

As Real Vision subscribers know, the dollar is the “key to everything.” Dollars

grease the wheels of global finance. When they are cheap and plentiful, markets

tend to be calm and happy.

But a rapidly rising dollar can cause a lot of pain, as any investor holding emerging

market assets will tell you. Many EM currencies, like the Turkish lira and Brazilian

real, are getting annihilated. EM stocks have been tough to own as well. The

popular ETF VWO has tanked about 20% since January, putting it in official bear

market territory.

The S&P celebrated last week by touching all-time highs for the first time since late 

January. Nothing can stop US equities lately: In the last few months they’ve 

shrugged off news of trade wars, the Trump investigation, emerging markets 

contagion, and a 20% plunge in Facebook (FB).

It’s not just American stocks flexing their muscles. The US dollar is also ripping to

2018 highs, driven by the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening. The Fed

continues to raise interest rates, while most other central banks around the world

are either standing pat or easing.

As Real Vision subscribers know, the dollar is the “key to everything.” Dollars

grease the wheels of global finance. When they are cheap and plentiful, markets

tend to be calm and happy.

But a rapidly rising dollar can cause a lot of pain, as any investor holding emerging

market assets will tell you. Many EM currencies, like the Turkish lira and Brazilian

real, are getting annihilated. EM stocks have been tough to own as well. The

popular ETF VWO has tanked about 20% since January, putting it in official bear

market territory.

'Over 60% of Top 100 Cryptocurrencies have no working product, study claims'

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'The interview has a good amount of solid professional information in it as it pertains to finding trading edges, successful system development, and proper money management, along with a number of pertinent topics that apply to all short-term traders.'

Even though Turkey is a small country, with global markets still on tenterhooks economically, could this provoke a domino effect?

With yet another country to face a currency crisis, this time in Turkey, the European Central Bank is getting increasingly concerned about the exposure of some banks in the region -- specifically from Spain, Italy and France. Meanwhile, Asian markets are selling off as the rout spreads. Perhaps Turkey will become another country to become bitcoinized, much as we have seen over in South America. 

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