by stockboardasset The Kroger Co. could soon unleash a fleet of autonomous grocery delivery vehicles across the United States if its on-road, fully autonomous pilot program is successful. Kroger, the largest American supermarket chain announced a new partnership with California-based Nuro Thursday to test driverless home deliveries. The pilot program could begin as early as the fourth quarter … Read more
via Chris Arnold The economic tea leaves right now are getting hard to read. The latest measure of economic growth showed the economy expanded at a lackluster 2 percent rate in the first quarter. Estimates for second-quarter growth are much higher, and that has the Trump administration claiming its policies are working. Still, despite that … Read more
by Chris Black As I already predicted in my previous article, Andrés Manuel López Obrador just won Mexico’s presidential election in a landslide on Sunday. This is the same guy who has said during a speech last week that a mass exodus from South/Central America to the United States would be a nice thing, and that … Read more
by Dana Lyons Back in January, we noted that one sector that had been on fire — housing stocks — was potentially at risk of cooling off. At least, that was our read on the group based on the chart of the PHLX Housing Sector Index (HGX). The HGX, at the time, had jumped more than 20% … Read more
by N4ciAj Vanguard said it would offer commission-free online transactions for nearly 1,800 ETFs, up from the current 77. No other major brokerage does this (except Robinhood, M1Finance) Details here: https://investornews.vanguard/coming-in-august-the-largest-commission-free-etf-lineup-offered-to-investors/ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vanguard-to-further-drive-down-the-cost-of-investing-by-broadening-commission-free-etf-trades-300675259.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/02/vanguard-slashing-costs-on-nearly-all-etfs-even-rival-schwab.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/vanguard-will-let-investors-trade-its-rivals-funds-online-for-free-1530536400 Vanguard Group plans to eliminate online commissions on its rivals’ exchange-traded funds, a move by the asset management giant to lure … Read more
by Bill Bonner Crypto Beating Somehow, the stock market made it through another month. But the primary trend still seems to be down. The stock market peaked out in January. So far, there is no sign that it intends to take another run at its all-time high of 26,600 on the Dow. Meanwhile, bitcoin and its … Read more
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com In a written follow-up statement to the Associated Press, the NSA said it is “following a specific court-authorized process,” but technical irregularities resulted in the production of some call records that the NSA “was not authorized to receive.” The NSA faced a legal battle surrounding its Internet surveillance data … Read more
via pjmedia: “The Democrats are trying to moderate in time for the midterm elections but they are not well-positioned to do so. Their base is fired up against Trump, but the rest of the voters are turned off by the Democrats extreme political views. So if they tune down their rhetoric, the nutters won’t be motivated … Read more
I remember back when the indictments were at 10,000. Then 15,000. 20,000. 30,000. Few days ago it was at 35,000. Now it is over 40,000 and it is only July 2nd. What in the hell is going on behind the scenes ;). This is fun to watch and I have had so much popcorn. Let’s … Read more
In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos.’ Starting at the age of 1, “ghetto children” must be separated from their families for at least 25 hours a week, not including nap time, for mandatory instruction in “Danish values,” including the traditions of Christmas and Easter, and Danish language. Noncompliance could result in a stoppage … Read more