by John Rubino Insanity, like criminality, usually starts small and expands with time. In the Fed’s case, the process began in the 1990s with a series of (in retrospect) relatively minor problems running from Mexico’s currency crisis thorough Russia’s bond default, the Asian Contagion financial crisis, the Long Term Capital Management collapse and finally the … Read more
by Ruby Henley There is so much to understand about the Las Vegas Massacre; thus, this report will be lengthy and intertwined with many aspects evolving into the tragic event of October 1, 2017. I am asking the reader to bear with me on my awkward path to what I perceive to be the truth, … Read more
by Chris Black The oh-so-tolerant Sweden is confronted with a massive increase in sexual assaults and in crime generally speaking since the country decided to commit cultural suicide and opened wide its borders to hundreds of thousands of so-called refugees (actually welfare shoppers) from Africa and the Middle East, the vast majority of them being … Read more
By Robert Carbery Debt-ridden Millennials just can’t handle real life. Hit with a never before seen amount of debt and facing a shifting and hollowing job market, it’s little wonder that a shocking number of Millennials say they are having a crisis at their current point in life when they are supposed to be finding … Read more
A Wave Is a Comin’ The last two weeks have seen some significant movement in Democrats favor. First, there were the impressive results from last Tuesday’s elections. This week, we’ve seen two polls — one by Quinnipiac and one by Marist — that show Democrats with a congressional ballot advantage of +13 to +15. Three … Read more
By Robert Carbery Las Vegas has suffered in the wake of the deadly shooting from the Mandalay Bay. In the eight weeks before a gunman (or gunmen) killed 58 innocent people and injured 546 more, air bookings to Vegas were already down 7% for domestic flights and 2% for international flights on a year … Read more
From Jeff Clark, Editor, Delta Report: The junk bond market is selling off hard. The less-than-investment-grade sector of the corporate bond market peaked about one month ago. The decline started slowly enough. But it picked up steam last week. And now, high-yield bonds are in free fall. Here’s an updated look at the daily chart of … Read more
Greenlight’s Einhorn Says Issues That Caused the Crisis Are Not Solved Greenlight founder cites too-big-to-fail, few rating agencies At Oxford Union, Einhorn stands behind struggling short bets Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn said the problems that caused the global financial crisis a decade ago still haven’t been resolved. “Have we learned our lesson? It depends what the … Read more
by Chris Black The latest news on the Trump Derangement Syndrome epidemic which wreaks havoc in the US for more than a year now is about a water bottle. Yes, you got that right. President Trump dared to take a sip of water from a plastic water bottle during one of his recent speeches and … Read more
by Michael Snyder For decades, Americans have known that very sick things happen behind the scenes in Washington D.C., but the mainstream media nearly really talks about any of it. But now the curtain is starting to be pulled back, and the revelations about Al Franken are just the beginning. Earlier this week, I wrote an … Read more