by Ian Shilling The Full Press Conference https://www.pscp.tv/w/1BRJjeoqEYBGw?t=1h19m53s Click on the date (July 16,2018) on each tweet below to view the short extracted video clip for that tweet. Trump declared: As of today the Cold War is over. So far it is just words & we shall have to see what happens, but the words from … Read more
by Adam Taggart Shutterstock Our good friend John Rubino over at DollarCollapse.com just released an analysis titled US Housing Bubble Enters Stage Two: Suddenly Motivated Sellers. He reminds us that housing bubbles follow a predictable progression: Stage One: Mania — Prices rise at an accelerating rate as factors like excess central bank liquidity/loose credit/hot foreign money drive … Read more
by Simon Black It was only a few day ago that Netflix was riding high. The streaming company had been nominated for a whopping 112 Emmy awards, more than any other network. And they’d further managed to unseat HBO’s 17-year reign as the undisputed king of Emmy nominations. That’s all fine and good. Netflix certainly has … Read more
In the 1980-1990s velocity was healthy and debt was manageable. In the mid 1990s velocity began its long collapse as government debt took over, accelerating after 2008. Concept request via @MI_Investments
Ocasio-Cortez Credits Prosperity Under Capitalism to ‘Course of Human Evolution.’ She granted that capitalism was temporarily the “most efficient and best” system, but that it must change “as we evolve.” “We’re starting to see that the people who create value in society are not experiencing any portion of the value that they are creating. So … Read more
A large, longitudinal, randomized, controlled study recently found that Tennessee’s pre-kindergarten program for low-income children had modestly NEGATIVE effects on academic achievement once the children were in the third grade. The program participants also had more disciplinary problems than non-participants, most of whom had stayed at home that year rather than participating in some other program. … Read more
This time from Minnesota: Following the minimum wage increases limited service restaurant employment fell by 4% in Minnesota relative to Wisconsin. Further, youth employment fell by 9% in Minnesota following the minimum wage increases, while it increased by 10.6% in Wisconsin over the same time period. Oh, and restaurant food prices started increasing after they’d … Read more
via realclearpolitics: Yep. People can’t just make a legit criticism and stop. They have to “bury it in crazy” talking about Trump being a Russian agent and assorted other BS. You saw some of this crazy on the right under Obama, but it got a lot less media support and amplification for obvious reasons. UPDATE: Also evergreen: h/t … Read more
via pjmedia: A new poll may sound the death knell for three leading Democrats eyeing the 2020 presidential election. While many Democrats are eyeing the chance to face President Donald Trump in two years, some old contenders have made their presence known. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has railed against Disney, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seems incapable … Read more
by howmuch Spending money on research and development is a funny thing. It’s hard to tell what’s going to be a success, and sometimes the results aren’t valuable for decades. For example, Uber is investing heavily in driverless cars with the explicit goal of revolutionizing transportation. Even if the results aren’t always successful we’re convinced R&D investments are a … Read more
While regulators have been slow to update the rules governing marijuana, investors have been caught up by reefer madness as money has continued to flow into the $14.5 billion market. This growth has also attracted a number of disruptors including the marijuana tech company MJ Freeway. The company brings big data to big pot … Read more
by EquityTom Source CNBC AMD’s new chips will boost the company’s profit margin in its third quarter, according to Stifel. The firm raised its price target for AMD’s stock to $21 from $17 and reiterated its buy rating for the company’s shares. The new price target is 29 percent higher than Friday’s closing price. On Thursday … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcVIKdGA448 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a voluntary recall of several medications used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure over concerns that an active ingredient in the drugs could be contaminated with a cancer-causing agent. http://marygreeley.com/?p=72626
Remember when CNBC producers & hosts brainwashed an entire generation of millennials to buy BTC & $NFLX respectively at each of their ATHs? This hopeless generation stuck in gig-econ should realize they're stuck & speculating in markets for a better life is a pipe dream — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) July 17, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1018952657799696385 $NFLX just destroyed … Read more
Companies are investing as much as they need. Capex is not risng as much as central planners expect, that is all. Not because corporations are evil or stupid or lazy, but because overcapacity and risks outweigh returns. The Rise of Zombie Companies, And Why It Matters To You The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn Why bother to become a U.S. citizen? Fox2 KTVU reports, July 16, 2018, that in 2016, San Franciscans voted to become the first city in California to allow non-citizens to vote in a local election. Measure N was passed with 54% of the vote, meaning that non-citizens, including undocumented immigrants illegal border-crossers, are now able to vote … Read more
by DCG This is why we need ICE. From Fox News: An illegal immigrant alien who allegedly slashed his wife with a chainsaw at their California home was previously deported 11 times before he was arrested Thursday in the gruesome attack, immigration officials said. Alejandro Alvarez, 32, is a “serial immigration violator” who has been deported nearly a dozen times … Read more
In this episode of Newsbud’s Off Limits with Spiro, we examine the biggest lies of Hillary Clinton. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/2L3OdRT
by TraderStef of CrushTheStreet The Walmart stock chart looks interesting, but let’s address those naked zombies first. An article caught my attention today while surfing the financial landscape. It was about a person who decided to stroll through his local Walmart store butt naked. It dawned on me that this is not the first time such a bizarre … Read more
by Jim Quinn Homogeneous Croatia loses the final: Party. Diverse France wins the World Cup: Riots all over the country Western Europe France ‘celebrates’ World Cup victory: 292 arrests, 45 injured police officers and 2 dead civilians. https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/07/france-celebrates-world-cup-victory-292-arrests-45-injured-police-officers-and-2-dead-civilians/
by Thinker When there isn’t anyone counting the free tax dollars flowing in, its easy to see how the Pentagon has gone from $2.3 trillion to over $9 trillion U.S. tax dollars. Lost, can’t find, don’t know where it went? Looks like some in up in the toilet and the rest in a bank account … Read more
by Eric Dubin and Dave Kranzler via Investment Research Dynamics Every month Government, corporate and household debt hits a new all-time high. The entire financial system is heading down an unsustainable path of debt issuance. The delinquency rate for auto and credit card debt is already at levels last seen in late 2008. The only reason the banks are not … Read more
A senior FBI official overseeing a government task force that addresses Russian attempts to meddle in U.S. elections has left the government for a job in the private sector, a departure that comes just months ahead of the 2018 midterm contests. Jeffrey Tricoli had been coleading the FBI foreign influence task force until June, when … Read more
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today released newly obtained internal IRS documents, including material revealing that Sen. John McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee, Henry Kerner, urged top IRS officials, including then-director of exempt organizations Lois Lerner, to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” Kerner … Read more
A symbol of schismatic tendencies within the DNC: http://archive.is/g2kq7