from Zero Hedge CEOs generally have a good lead on the economy and can spot acceleration and deceleration periods in the business cycle. With the current economy cycling lower into year-end, CEOs are departing companies at a record rate, fastest in nearly two decades, amid their collapse in confidence in the outlook of the economy. Bloomberg notes … Read more
by Steez-n-Treez If only social media wasn’t dictated by people who profit off insularity and political demagoguery. Quite literally all the information of the world at our fingertips and people would rather parrot corporate media talking points then spend 5 minutes researching 100,000-300,000 Afghani’s have died because of this war. Don’t forget the estimated 400,000 … Read more
Updated version. This one cuts off the first minute, but goes to the end of the interview. First video I posted on here: I do not like Wallace, either. But he went after Comey pretty hard on the Steele dossier. And Comey just dodges every question. h/t jt210
by Enron-Musk /u/MartyMoho is one of the true original gamblers of WallStreetBets. The Legend of MartyMoho begins on March 23rd, 2017 when he posted a $1,000,000 position in Micron (MU). This was roughly 55% shares at a $26 price average, and 45% calls split between ITM and OTM. Micron held an earnings report later that day and the … Read more
by chiavidibasso Lawyer who handles health insurance appeals. This is just intended as a general guide to what I generally do with appeals like this, and you should consult with an experienced lawyer in your jurisdiction, as everyone’s situation is different. I generally advise my client NOT to immediately file an appeal, as the denial letter … Read more
Via Casey Research Chris’ note: We’re on the verge of another Industrial Revolution. And much like the first Industrial Revolution, this period will be marked by profound change. According to Doug Casey, matter, energy, space, and time will “soon be manipulated on a cosmic scale”… thanks to rapid advances in technology. For example, life extension breakthroughs could … Read more
by FormalComp223 Also notable: the FARA violation is on incredibly weak grounds because the “troll farm” has no presence in the US to act as a foreign agent. Nor does the indictment even mention which defendant had to register under FARA (likely because none of them had to). That leaves us with an FEC violation…for … Read more
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The head of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is linked to a Russian bank involved with an emerging international scandal, according to documents reported on Tuesday. Related Story: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2587617 Registration forms indicate that the Podesta Group signed up to lobby for the Sberbank of Russia in Washington about a month ago, in early March. The bank has … Read more
BY JOHN RUBINO Rick Rule: Gold’s rise and the dollar’s demise … Peter Schiff: Volker dies as inflation comes back … Harry Dent: $60 trillion is about to vaporize … Jim Rickards: Who was shorting stocks just before the 9/11 attacks? … Gerald Celente: The Greatest Depression is coming your way … Steve Bannon: China is … Read more
by David Haggith Clear back in June I made the following easy prediction about Trump’s negotiations with the Chinese leader whose face can only be improved by a caricature: The market finally fell in May after months of rising because it started to become clear there will be no Chinese trade deal in the near future. (It was always clear … Read more
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, This past Monday, on the #RealInvestmentShow, I discussed that it was exceedingly likely that Trump would delay, or remove, the tariffs which were slated to go into effect this Sunday, On Thursday, that is exactly what happened. Not only did the tariffs get delayed, but on Friday, it was … Read more
Seriously that’s a huge jump. My county seems very pocketed, I checked several other areas, some were not as high, but others also high. I used Realtytrac. I tried to get overall county, but could not. But did see article stating Tampa/St Pete area one of highest foreclosures in nation I guess. I find this … Read more
by jojobarnhill wanna hear your guys feedback on this…. Im a real estate broker in WA state & the market is hot here for housing but its been slowly transitioning into a buyers market. Things are going great when the market is good, but sometimes it seems too good to be true, considering our avg … Read more
by mark000 CHART of the Cboe Skew Index .SKEWX showing last Friday’s move Article from Thursday: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/black-swan-index-flashes-yellow%3A-wall-street-is-not-scared-2019-12-12 NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The options-based Black Swan index may be signaling surging demand from investors for protection against a stock market crash, but Wall Street analysts see little reason to panic. The Cboe Skew Index … Read more
by VCUBNFO This article makes a pretty good case about how much of online marketing seems to be not worthwhile. There are a lot of details in the article, but this little excerpt best describes it. Picture this. Luigi’s Pizzeria hires three teenagers to hand out coupons to passersby. After a few weeks of flyering, one … Read more
by UPFINA Most onlookers see this as an unusual cycle at face value because annualized GDP growth has been low and this expansion is over 10 years long. In this article, we will discuss the cycle in terms of profits, margins, and debt. It’s safe to say viewers are correct; this is an unusual cycle. As … Read more
Valuations don’t matter. Earnings don’t matter. Fundamentals don’t matter. Stock returns are being driven by one primary force right now – Fed liquidity. https://t.co/PnA4cwlvOs — David Kudla (@David_Kudla) December 15, 2019 More Central Bank Stimulus Will Not Work. pic.twitter.com/pDCHQcLgQb — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) December 15, 2019 https://t.co/9t03cr4jgD — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 14, 2019 Since the … Read more
Authored by Andrew Moran via LibertyNation.com, Japan has not recovered fully from the lost decade of the 1990s. The Asian financial crisis was exacerbated by the dot-com crash and then a few years later the global economic collapse. Tokyo has tried everything to combat anemic growth and deflation, and resolve the zombification of the Japanese economy through … Read more
Former CIA officer and counter-intelligence expert Kevin Shipp says the hoax of Russia collusion and the impeachment sham of President Trump is distracting us from other very big problems such as the extreme debt the country and the world is facing. Shipp says, “Trump inherited a financial monster that was not his doing. When he … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith Anyone who thinks this bogus “deal” has resolved any of the issues or uncertainties deserves to be fired immediately. Here’s a late-night TV parody of a trade deal: The agreement won’t be signed by both parties, though each might sign their own version of it, and the terms of the deal will never … Read more
“The high household debt load is the most important risk facing the financial system”: Bank of Canada Governor Poloz, another central banker that bemoans the effects of this handiwork. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Canadian households, rated near the top of the most indebted in the world, accomplished something awe-inspiring: They got even more indebted and their … Read more
by visualcapitalist Most investors around the world are familiar with the S&P 500 index. Not only is it the most widely accepted barometer of U.S. stock market performance, but it’s also been on a 10-year bull run, now sitting at all-time highs near 3,170. This week, we chart those historical returns, and then use the U.S. … Read more
by Chris Marcus with Dave Kranzler via Arcadia Economics Today the Federal Reserve held its latest policy meeting and left interest rates unchanged. But with repo-mania continuing on with no end in sight, Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics joined me on the show to discuss the latest actions by the Fed. He also gave his forecast for what he’s expecting in the gold … Read more
