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How planets move markets

Tumblr's 2012 revenue was just $13m leading analysts to suggest Yahoo had overpaid for the deal. Tumblr launched on 19 February 2007 with Jupiter in Sagittarius moving towards a conjunction with Pluto with Jupiter in a lucky square to Uranus. It doesn’t sit very comfortably with Yahoo since T’s Mars in Capricorn is conjunct Y’s Uranus; T’s Uranus is conjunct... read more

may 23

11:05 am

Marjorie Orr has an M.A. (Hons) in English Literature and Philosophy from Glasgow University, and was a current affairs journalist, award-winning BBC... full bio

jul 9

10:09 am

Market Rate Rigging - Uranus Pluto on cue

Right on cue of the first exact Uranus square Pluto came the LIBOR rigging scandal at Barclays Bank in the UK which is likely to have longer term... read more
jul 9

10:05 am

China putting the brakes on Australia

China’s economy is slowing with boom and bust showing up with over expansion die to easy credit in some areas, unrecognised debt and a weak... read more
jun 24

07:08 am

USA finances and the Uranus Pluto square

The disruptive Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn is now exact and will stay in effect till 2016. The last time the square of these two... read more
jun 18

10:21 am

Rajat Gupta - meeting his shadow

The Indian-born American financier and businessman Rajat Gupta has been found guilty on insider trading charges and could face 20 years in prison. He... read more
jun 18

10:18 am

EU pulling global recovery down

With the global economy creaking badly the main focus is still on the EU as the probable catalyst for a further downhill slide. And the omens... read more
may 19

08:11 am

G8 - Will the Eurozone send tremors across to the USA

Barack Obama heads possibly the most important G8 Summit for decades at Camp David this weekend with Europe top of the world’s agenda. ... read more
apr 29

07:15 am

BoA, Citigroup - Bank of Spain

Sailing into slightly choppy waters a look at a few key financial charts. Bank of America’s shares have risen sharply this year. They are... read more
mar 24

11:38 am

USA Federal Reserve Bank - into treacherous waters

Ben Bernanke, the US Federal Reserve Bank Chairman has been making downbeat comments about the US economy lacking the strength to sustain gains.... read more