New Report: Punishment Deters Illegal Immigrants

by John Whitaker, NEE A new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Researchshows that punishing illegal aliens for crossing the border dramatically reduces the risk of recidivism—they are less likely to try crossing the border a second time.  Effective punishments include prosecuting offenders in immigration court or banning them from obtaining visas. The Free Beacon reports: … Read more

China Steals $600 Billion’s Worth of American IP Yearly

First published on the Daily Caller. “Consumers are paying the price” for President Trump’s tariffs, CNN claims. Millions will feel the pinch; many thousands will lose their jobs. What CNN fails to mention is that millions of Americans already feel the pinch, and millions more have already lost their jobs. Why? Chinese consumers won’t pay the price for American exports: China steals … Read more

ANOTHER TRILLION IN DEBT – “Intragovernmental Holdings” Pushes Us Over $21.5 Trillion

The Daily History of the Debt Results Historical returns from 09/24/2018 through 09/28/2018 The data for the total public debt outstanding is published each business day. If there is no debt value for the date(s) you requested, the value for the preceding business day will be displayed. ( Debt Held by the Public vs. Intragovernmental Holdings ) Date Debt … Read more

RUT vs. Dow: stock market today is just like 1999?

by Troy The U.S. stock market has made a breadth divergence recently. We examined the S&P 500’s breadth divergence yesterday. While this isn’t necessarily bearish, there are a cluster of signals in 2007 (near the previous bull market’s top). We are seeing more and more of a breadth divergence. Today, the Dow rallied more than 0.7% … Read more

Avoiding the Most Dreaded Investor Question: “What Was I Thinking?”

by Alexander Trigaux, Editor, GoldSilver It’s easy to show that the stock market is extremely overvalued right now. And we have, many times, many ways. What is also true is that attempting to call the top of a wildly overvalued market is guesswork. Once any market has come completely unglued from its underlying fundamentals, you’re attempting to use … Read more

Significant Activist Hedge Fund Activity (Last 7 Days)

by badpauly These are the latest Schedule 13D forms filed by activist investors in the last 7 days. Activist investors are investors that make an investment with the intention of influencing management in some way. There is evidence that following activist investors into investments can generate excess returns. Schedule 13G forms, in contrast, are filed … Read more

Overweight and obesity among adults aged 20 and over, by sex and grade of obesity: United States, 1999–2000 through 2015–2016

via benjancewicz: Tool: Adobe Illustrator CC 2019. Project details. NCHS Notes: Obesity is associated with a number of health conditions, including hypertension, high cholesterol levels, and type 2 diabetes (8–11). In addition, Grade 2 or higher obesity significantly increases the risk of death (12). In 2015–2016, the overall prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults aged … Read more