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China Gold Bar Consumption Drops

Gold (GLD, quote) demand in China dropped off in the first quarter of 2014. Economist are citing the weakness in gift giving of gold bars.

Starbucks falls - Time Buy or Time to Sell?

A whirlwind is pushing Starbucks’ (SBUX, quote) stock around in today’s session after yesterday’s earnings report and followup conference call. 

CurveAheadMarketStrategies.com Morning Coffee Break

Morning Coffee Break – Thursday March 21 With no significant impact from the Federal Reserve’s two day meeting and statement the S&P 500 is coming off its largest gain in over two weeks.  The crisis over in Cyprus hasn’t even deterred the U.S. equities from moving higher.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation $2.3B Bond Offer Hits Snag

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK, quote) announced today it plans to offer $2.3 billion of senior notes in order to help fund a tender offer worth about $938 million in outstanding senior notes.

SLV Silver

Looking at the iShares Silver Trust (SLV, quote) ETF from the viewpoint of a technical standpoint the SLV is testing its previous high