5 Things To Consider Before You Start Investing

If you’re looking to start investing, knowing just what you’re getting yourself into is only the first step of preparing for such a venture. From making sure that you’re in a stable enough financial position to handle the risk associated with investments, to seeking out the advice of a professional, there are plenty of things … Read more

No (Wall Street) Bank Left Behind!

by John Rubino Times have been hard for Wall Street banks lately, what with record amounts of cash pouring in and causing all kinds of bookkeeping headaches. So — big-hearted people that we are — Americans stepped up and helped by lowering the banks’ taxes. From Today’s Wall Street Journal: The Four Biggest U.S. Banks … Read more

What does it take to create living wage jobs?

by James Hall For those with the practical experience of being an employer, it is well established that in order for an enterprise to survive, profitability is a primary objective. Employing labor is a function of fulfilling a needed task and matching the skills of the worker with the ability of making or running equipment in … Read more

Every Kingdom Divided Against Itself

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Charles Sprague Pearce Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt 1877  In Matthew 12:22-28, Jesus tells the Pharisees:   Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. In 1858, US Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln borrows the line:   On June 16, … Read more

Mises Wire: How the postal service loses so much money

From Justin Murray at Mises Wire: Lately, when he isn’t trying to blame China on America’s competitiveness woes, President Donald Trump has become obsessed with the online retailer Amazon. While there’s speculation that Trump is using the reins of government to carry out a personal grudge because Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, also owns The Washington Post, the more recent obsession is … Read more

The Atlantic Current if Slowing Down = Global Cooling

by Martin Armstrong   The Atlantic current is slowing down dramatically. A team of scientists says it is the weakest in 1600 years. Naturally, they attribute it to humans who are driving their cars and heating their homes which is melting the ice in Greenland and that is fresh water which is lighter than seawater. They are predicting, of … Read more

When the Can Won’t Be Kicked: Public Safety Layoffs to Fund Pensions

via Wirepoints: It’s starting to get real. There has been so much ink spilled regarding underfunded pensions and municipal bankruptcies, but outside of so much journalistic hand-wringing, it’s been pretty easy, like with the ever-escalating federal debt, to say, “So what?” None of it seems to matter. None of it seems real. Nothing seems to change … Read more

The Global Economy Is Slowing, Credit Card Defaults Hit 6 Year High…. Saxo: The Word Economies Are Synchronically… Falling!

The Global Economy Is Slowinghttps://t.co/F1wuhNPhRP — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) April 17, 2018 Credit card defaults hit 6 year high. (S&P/Experian Default Index) Credit risk seems abundant. pic.twitter.com/3bsdGSegf1 — Mark Johnston (@CovfefeCapital) April 17, 2018 https://twitter.com/_globalmacro/status/986206993735090176 "60+ day delinquency rate of subprime auto loans has now risen to 5.8%, up from 5.2% a year ago, and … Read more

2018: Uber, Netflix &Tesla – Huge Valuation / No Cashflow

2018: Uber: Huge Valuation / No CashflowNetflix: Huge Valuation / No CashflowTesla: Huge Valuation / No Cashflow$nflx $tsla #netflix pic.twitter.com/J0qa5wu5MF — Reminiscences of an American Capitalist (@4Awesometweet) April 16, 2018 “#FANG is not a set of four companies. It’s an idea. There are FANG stocks every generation, every decade. Nothing stays on top forever.” “#FANG … Read more

LAWSUIT ALERT: James Comey illegally took and then leaked material from FBI memos to get a Special Counsel appointed to target President Trump.

by TFittonJW Now Judicial Watch is asking q’s about whether Mr. Comey is getting special treatment from FBI to use these docs in his book. Someone has to do the heavy lifting for accountability. Judicial Watch sued again today for Comey book docs. We suspect special treatment: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-fbi-comey-book-documents/ Here’s a background vid on our first lawsuit: