Stock Markets Before and After the Trade War

by NumberStory   Data source: https://finance.yahoo.com/chart/000001.SS https://finance.yahoo.com/chart/%5EGSPC ​ Tools: Stata, Adobe Illustrator ​ Summary: Since the trade war started in January 2018, both the US and China’s stock markets have experienced enormous volatility. The uncertainty will make it even harder for the two countries to offset the negative impact of the trade war, as the stake has … Read more

Consumer and corporate confidence collapsed, the economy is decelerating with the rest of the world

ignore trump – the economy is decelerating with the rest of the world pic.twitter.com/dV3OcH5DxB — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 29, 2019 pic.twitter.com/C6tncH4U8i — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 29, 2019 Yikes! Consumer confidence of low-income households in the US has collapsed. #notgood ht @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/98D3vCYR8q — jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) June 28, 2019 “The coincident indicator suggests world trade … Read more

A $trillion per year doesn’t buy a force that can win wars. A top military reform expert explains why.

by Fabius Maximus Summary:  The US will spend $687 billion on the US military, narrowly defined. Broadly defined, we spend almost a trillion dollars. But it repeatedly fails to defeat our poorly trained and equipped foes. Don Vandergriff (Major, US Army, retired), one of our top experts in military reform, points to one cause: how the … Read more