thing keeping the stock market afloat right now — Companies set a record for share buybacks in the second quarter, while investors set their own record for selling stock-based funds in June. Certainly cause for pause? Market is only going up slightly and that based on record corporate buy backs? Cramer’s top tip for dealing … Read more
The article cites several reasons and none of them seem likely to go away in the short term. https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/from-the-best-to-the-worst-torrid-q2-for-vietnam-stock-market-3771969.html Global tensions and investors selling stocks have seen Vietnamese exchanges swing from one extreme to the other. Vietnam’s stock market plunged 18.19 percent in the second quarter this year, making it the worst-performing market in the … Read more
via hollywoodreporter: The controversial movie subscription service filed a shelf registration Monday that will offer institutional investors equity and debt. Despite plenty of speculation to the contrary, MoviePass isn’t going away anytime soon and, in fact, parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics filed on Monday to raise $1.2 billion to make sure the subscription service … Read more
http://ir.tesla.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tesla-q2-2018-vehicle-production-and-deliveries Interesting bits: Q2 deliveries totaled 40,740 vehicles, of which 18,440 were Model 3, 10,930 were Model S, and 11,370 were Model X. 11,166 Model 3 vehicles and 3,892 Model S and X vehicles were in transit to customers at the end of Q2 The remaining net Model 3 reservations count at the end of … Read more
As July 4th nears, the Democrats abandon American values. Plus we quiz Michael Knowles on 1776.
The Left needs to face reality: Trump is winning To understand the madness gripping American leftists, try to see the world through their eyes. Presto, you’re now part of the raging resistance. Like the Palestinians who mark Israel’s birth as their nakba, or tragedy, you regard Donald Trump’s 2016 victory as a catastrophe. It’s the … Read more
Working at an Amazon warehouse in the U.K., James Bloodworth came across a bottle of straw-colored liquid on a shelf. It looked like pee. How could he be sure? “I smelt it,” said the 35-year-old British journalist and author, talking about his new book “Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain.” It was definitely pee, … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbpxEFg57kM Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cannot explain the difference between socialism and Democratic socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLlvbIB68Pc The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) and Indiana Board of Animal Health (BOAH) are urging Hoosiers to take steps to prevent illness while visiting events where pigs are exhibited following confirmation of a case of influenza in a resident with exposure to pigs. http://marygreeley.com/?p=72025
Can Trump Counter Soaring Gasoline Prices? Oil prices surged to their highest level in more than three years on Thursday, as the number and volume of supply outages continues to rise. The odds of a significant shortfall in supply are also growing by the day. With U.S. midterm elections nearing, the more oil prices continue … Read more
By John W. Whitehead “The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people.”—Justice William O. Douglas For those still deluded enough to believe they’re living the American dream—where the government represents the people, where the people are equal in the eyes of the law, where the … Read more
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by Dr. Eowyn On June 23, Red Hen owner Stephanie Wilkinson, ever the tolerant liberal, kicked Sanders and her party of 8, including her in-laws, out of the restaurant because Sanders is a Trump administration staffer. Not content with publicly humiliating Sanders, the rabid Wilkinson pursued Sanders’ in-laws to another restaurant and organized a protest … Read more
via streetwisereports: Gold is the ultimate safe haven, for two simple reasons. First, its total aboveground supply only grows 1.4% per year, no matter what anyone does (and even this rate of increase is starting to fall as production levels have peaked). Second, gold is final settlement for the payment of obligations; it is universally accepted … Read more
by Jesse “There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand that the current ruling elite is actually the old ruling elite. So they are incapable of a self-critical approach to the past.” Ryszard Kapuściński “Every president since 1988 attended an Ivy League university. Not only does this perspective … Read more
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