Chairman Powell Talks Out of Both Sides of His Mouth

From Birch Gold Group In a speech on Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stated that he had a “neutral” outlook on rates. According to a CNBC article, he was quoted: Interest rates are still low by historical standards, and they remain just below the broad range of estimates of the level that would be neutral for … Read more

Peter Schiff: “We’ll have to finance this debt the old fashioned way, though inflation – just like any other banana republic” … Catherine Austin Fitts: “Always have enough gold to bribe the border guards” …

by John Rubino Peter Schiff: “We’ll have to finance this debt the old fashioned way, though inflation – just like any other banana republic” … Catherine Austin Fitts: “Always have enough gold to bribe the border guards” … Chris Hedges: “We’re crucifying Julian Assange” … Jeff Berwick: “The biggest crash in human history is coming” … Read more

Delusional: Jesse Venture says “Trump will not have a chance” if I run for president

by DCG Jesse Ventura: A legend in his own mind/Instagram photo This douche bag won’t get many votes from the military and patriotic citizens. From Fox News: Jesse Ventura is considering running against President Donald Trump in 2020 — and the former pro wrestler is confident he can deliver a DDT to DJT in the election. “I haven’t made … Read more

Same patterns 123, 123, 12… ?

https://twitter.com/oli_hood/status/1068264845173243905 something is not right if the stock market needed this much fake trade news & Fed dovish comments pic.twitter.com/BUan5T7QoT — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 29, 2018 nothing to see here pic.twitter.com/U1ErwHzqg1 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 29, 2018 Fund Mgrs See Global Margins To Decline – 47 % of fund managers B of A surveyed see … Read more

You want growth? Here:

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1068203987147677697 The latest #Fed minutes show concern about growth in leveraged lending. Read #IMFBlog to find out more about the risks https://t.co/bIKx1nbBqz #debt pic.twitter.com/PymDKab4Pw — IMF (@IMFNews) November 29, 2018 Non-financial corporate debt is at a record high of $75 trillion – up by $16 trillion since the 2013 taper tantrum. pic.twitter.com/9qa1V6L3Vt — IIF (@IIF) … Read more

When Xi meets Trump, this’ll be on his mind

#China Nov manufacturing PMI slows to 50 (from 50.2) – note that below 50 is contraction from the previous month. We are here: NO GROWTH of manufacturing. Services slow too. Composite to 52.8 from 53.1 – activity definitive slower. So when Xi meets Trump, this'll be on his mind pic.twitter.com/pcpIrXbzuQ — Trinh (@Trinhnomics) November 30, … Read more

How has EU development funding been shared out across its members states?

via UKHouseOfCommons: Sources: European Commission data Tools: PyQGIS API, GIMP, Adobe Illustrator This graphic shows the distribution of European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Cohesion Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development from 1989 to 2015. If you want more information on EU funding for regions within its member states, you can find it … Read more

Potential tax loss harvesters: gentle reminder to re-examine any relevant automatic investments.

by DESTWOY Now that we’re approaching 31 days before the last trading day of 2018, it’s a good time to examine and/or temporarily pause/modify any automated investments to avoid triggering the wash sale rule. If you aren’t familiar with TLH, it’s (at a high level) the practice of selling losing investments as a way of … Read more