via SARA TIPTON: Apple cider vinegar has a fairly lengthy history when it comes to natural home remedies. It has been touted as a cure-all for almost everything; from helping blood pressure issues, fungal infections, to sore throats and even weight loss. Let’s get one big myth about apple cider vinegar out of the way first. … Read more
From Birch Gold Group Social Security has become more uncertain in recent decades, primarily due to questions about its long-term feasibility. MarketWatch says Social Security will run into a “wall” in 2034: That’s when, say Social Security’s trustees, the program’s trust fund is scheduled to run out of money. If nothing else is done, they say, after 2034 Social Security’s … Read more
by Michael Snyder War has erupted in Asia. India is the second largest country in the world by population, and Pakistan is the fifth largest, and they both possess large nuclear arsenals. If this conflict continues to escalate, things could get really, really bad very quickly. On Wednesday, military aircraft were shot down by both sides, … Read more
by Egon von Greyerz Imagine a casino full of slot machines that all guarantee a constant high return. All you need to do is to put in a bit of money and you will get an incredible income stream for life. Well, this is exactly what the stock market is, namely a remarkable slot machine … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But deposit-taking banks have pulled back. Lovingly known as “shadow banks,” nonbanks have come to dominate the mortgage market. And they originate the riskiest mortgages. The government — mostly the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) — is on the hook. Nonbanks do not take deposits and are not regulated by banking regulators … Read more
Over the past few years, video marketing has become the hottest digital marketing trend. According to HubSpot, around 81% of businesses are using video as a marketing tool. Another study claims that by 2022, video content is going to make up more than 82% of all internet traffic, and that will be 15 times … Read more
by _RyanBenson Link to the interactive visualization: https://dfir.blog/chrome-evolution/ This visualization uses data I generated by performing a fixed set of “browsing actions” in all 72 versions of Chrome (post with full details at https://dfir.blog/capturing-chromes-evolution/). I built a Python script to crawl the resulting files and SQLite databases and turn it into a JSON, which … Read more
Bear market for stocks already underway, recession coming. Great report by @bkollmeyer via @MarketWatchhttps://t.co/UmTQkI7fJX pic.twitter.com/39CLB9VR5X — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) February 27, 2019 The last few days we have witnessed tons of $VIX call buying taking advantage of mispriced $VVIX. Today, there has been stealthy Put buying in the $SPX options markets. People finally feel … Read more
by Ryan McMaken of Mises Institute A female supporter of Bernie Sanders is advertising on Twitter the fact that she went 226,000 in debt to get a college degree in speech pathology. Those who posted the video apparently believe that this ought to be interpreted as a convincing example of how hard it is to pay for college these days. … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics I don’t know if it was the intent of the Fed, but Jerome Powell has managed to trigger a rush into stocks more frenzied than the one that engulfed the last days of the dot.com/techbubble. The vertical ascent since Christmas in the Dow/SPX is unprecedented on a percentage basis over an … Read more