by Thinker When comes to really knowing someone, you have to put aside party, religion, race, and nation and look at the actions of the individual or organization. Do they serve the people, or do they serve profits and self gain for the politician??? Everyone comes with history and it shows if they are for … Read more
Abusing auto censorship tools to stifle criticism of one’s platform is an insidious maneuver, meant only to protect FB from criticism. The congress would be well served to begin investigations into companies like FB who engage in that kind of censorship of the public sphere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOzvImzRtn4 The breach was discovered by Facebook engineers on Tuesday … Read more
by sundance The events surrounding the use of Jeff Flake by politically corrupt democrats, with the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh are beyond transparent. This is a scheme. All of it. A strategic approach to eliminate the current threat (Kavanaugh confirmation) and simultaneously gain leverage for use in this years mid-term elections. This is a scheme. Today the … Read more
by Geoffrey Grider Senator Dianne Feinstein knew about these allegations in July. She made no attempt to ask Kavanaugh about them, even in closed session. If she believed the allegations were true or credible, she should have acted on them. California Senator Dianne Feinstein has from the very beginning of these proceedings conducted herself and through her … Read more
by Jesse Colombo As seen on Forbes by RIA’s Jesse Colombo: “Goldman Has Rehabbed Its Reputation And All It Took Was This Huge Bubble“: During the Global Financial Crisis and a few years after it, investment bank Goldman Sachs became Public Enemy #1 for its role in the mid-2000s housing bubble, mortgage crisis, and related scandals. The … Read more
Emerging markets traditionally refer to nations whose economies are growing steadily on the path to becoming advanced but are not yet classified as developed economies. However, in the last couple of years, the stock markets of Asia have seen a rapid development that makes it difficult to refer to countries such as China and India … Read more
From Antiwar.com: The U.S. spends far more on its military than any other nation on Earth, but very soon, it will not be the top expenditure of the U.S. government. Rather, rising interest rates and years of mounting debts mean that soon, interest on the debt will overtake that. Interest costs will be $390 billion next year, … Read more
Macro Voices, Released on 9/28/18 (recorded on 9/27/18) Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Keith Dicker back to MacroVoices. Erik and Keith discuss the government bond bubble, artificially suppressed interest rates and rethinking bonds for portfolio allocations. They discuss what impact that a bond market route could have on equities and if the bond bear … Read more
by Troy The stock market’s volatility continues to be lacking recently. VIX has completely collapsed, and is now trading sideways in a narrow range. You can see this via VIX’s narrow weekly Bollinger Bands. VIX’s 20 weekly standard deviation is now <1.06. Historically, this means that VIX tends to rise within the next 1 month. … Read more
When they lose in the battle of ideas, they resort to character assassination, every single time. These people are a national disgrace.