Month: November 2018

Lay offs I’ve seen announced in last month, explain why this is evidence of a strong economy?

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https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1067983987828813824   Even After IMF Downgrade of Global Economy, Data Suggest Things Are Getting Worse Still “We know that rising trade barriers are ultimately self-defeating for all involved,” IMF chief Christine Lagarde said. “Thus, it is imperative that all countries steer clear of new trade barriers, while reversing recent tariffs.” glut/slowdown in China crushing rebar … Read more

Exchange-Traded Bond Funds And Bond Mutual Funds Pack Special Risks & Surprises In A Downturn That Can Entail A Catastrophic Loss For Investors

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Exchange-traded bond funds and bond mutual funds are big business. They’re a lot easier for retail investors to buy and sell than the actual bonds, particularly bond ETFs, which trade on stock markets just like stocks — and can even be day-traded. But this liquidity for investors is precisely the potentially … Read more

If you average the past 5 cycles, housing leads the stock market by 9.6 months. The housing ETF peaked in January 2018 and the S&P 500 may have peaked in September.

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via upfina: The September CoreLogic Case-Shiller index wasn’t terrible, which is encouraging since many housing related indexes have shown weakness recently. The problem with this report is it’s from September. Therefore, it doesn’t quell investors’ nerves about the direction of the housing market which is caused by more recent weakness. On a seasonally adjusted basis, 20 … Read more

Delta Airlines Says Terminal F In The Atlanta Airport Is Now The First Fully Biometric Terminal In The United States, Detroit Is Next

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by Geoffrey Grider   Delta says the Atlanta airport’s Terminal F has become the ‘first biometric terminal’ in the United States where passengers can use facial recognition technology “from curb to gate.” Back in the 1970’s, when I was but a wee laddie, one of the commercials that got everybody talking was the “you got … Read more

Documentary showing the dark side to Psychiatry in the military, used as a testing ground for drugs and inhumane treatments, resulting in the exponential growth of military suicides.

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‘Inside Psychiatry’s Covert Agenda : The Hidden Enemy’ This documentary shows how the army is exploited as Psychiatry’s testing ground for drugs and other inhumane “treatment” which have resulted in exponential growth of military suicides. Today, with militaries of the world awash in psychiatry and psychiatric drugs, 23 soldiers and veterans are committing suicide every … Read more

Panama Papers lead to coordinated raid on Deutsche Bank offices.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/business-46382722 Oh sweet…Deutsche Bank up to their old shenanigans again…helping criminals launder that dirty money. Unfortunately, we all know what happens in these cases…lowly peons operating without the upper officials knowledge May get a little bit of time and a nice “where’s our vig” fine…but other than that, business as usual. It’s not like we’ll … Read more

More questions than answers in too many Trump stories: Something strange has happened to the news. We’ve largely suspended our normal ethical practices and standards when it comes to covering President Trump.

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via thehill: Something strange has happened to the news. We’ve largely suspended our normal ethical practices and standards when it comes to covering President Trump. Maybe it doesn’t seem strange to the usual crowd: the Washington and New York-centric media, political figures, insiders and pundits. They act like it’s not happening. Or maybe they don’t even notice. … Read more

REVEALED: The official soft Brexit, hard sell May broadcast in full

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by John Ward In a pan-Galactic once-in-a-generation exclusive scoop you read here first live as it happens in person, The Slog’s global mole network now brings you unrivalled details of Theresa May’s full-frontal campaign to persuade the Best of British thinkers about what’s Best for Britain that she and she alone has the coordinates for reentry … Read more