via UPFINA: In the week of September 21st, the Redbook same store sales growth rate fell from 5.4% to 5.2%. That’s still very strong growth; the tariffs haven’t slowed spending. As the chart below shows, it will face very tough comparisons …
by spoony20 I have been a day trader for 10 years and i have been trading with many ppl around the world. The only ones that survived are those with a large capital. Lets take Bob as an example. …
by Shaun Richards Sometimes what are presented as events in the news cycle that are unrelated are in fact significant. So let me draw to your attention some tweets from Bloomberg yesterday evening. BREAKING: Sabine Lautenschlaeger resigned from the ECB …
by Fabius Maximus Summary: The last in this series shows the core engine of the family as it was, how it broke, and why we will find it difficult to fix. The clock is running down on us – while we run in …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYEddI1OWx0 Recently the Chicago Tribune decided to test popular cellphone levels for radio frequency radiation. What they found was that nearly all the popular cell phones far exceeded the “safe FCC level” (1.6 w/kg) guidelines. The study which was conducted …
by FreeThinker Why doesn’t it concern you when no-one is willing to buy the most secure asset only for one day with their money? Wouldn’t you be concerned if no-one is willing to lend you money even when you offer to …
by DCG Let’s take a look at how these celebrities support saving the environment, shall we? Actor Chris Hemsworth flies via private jets Actress Kerry Washington’s former massive home Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ massive LA home Willow Smith aboard a private …
LAYERS OF EDITORS, FACT-CHECKERS, AND LIARS: Damning video at the link. And it isn’t just CNN. This is from last night, so it refers to today’s front page: This isn’t a simple reporting error or editing miss. It’s a flat-out lie, …
by DCG From Yahoo: Sherikia Hawkins was charged Monday with six felony counts for allegedly altering absentee ballots during the November 2018 election in her capacity as city clerk for the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich. Hawkins, a 38-year-old registered Democrat, stands accused …
by northmantrader $VIX is building another clean technical pattern. Recall this summer we identified a coming $VIX volatility spike informed by a pattern structure forming. Since that spike to 24/25 in August $VIX has been forming another pattern. Many of may have seen …
From Birch Gold Group Social Security recipients are on track for a cost of living adjustment (COLA) this year of a mere 1.6-1.7%. That’s according to Sean Williams at The Motley Fool, who analyzed data available so far this year. Once data …
In Whalen’s view, banks will soon face increasing margin pressure as well as, eventually, deteriorating credit conditions. Filmed on August 2, 2019 in New York. Chris Whalen, chairman of Whalen Global Advisors, dives deep into the current state of …
by T2H “If we can save the banks, we can save the world.” – Greta Thunberg What’s the definition of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results? The central banks are owned and operated by …
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf Screenshots of entire document below, or read the entire document on WhiteHouse.gov: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-admin-releases-ukraine-transcript The White House on Wednesday released a transcript of President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showing him seeking a review of Biden …
Speaker Pelosi’s decree changes absolutely nothing. As I have been telling Chairman Nadler for weeks, merely claiming the House is conducting an impeachment inquiry doesn’t make it so. Until the full House votes to authorize an inquiry, nobody is conducting …
by zackharris101 https://youtu.be/4zPFkVJxR08 Information is power. Information change beliefs and beliefs control actions. What information have you been lied to about to support corporate profit?
by Playaguy When Google takes full Page ads out telling us we can trust them with our dat, you can be sure we cannot trust them with our data. Let’s all pretend they were not government backed to begin with now. …
via Washington Post: We don’t yet know whether President Trump delayed some military aid to Ukraine as leverage to get Ukraine’s president to reopen an investigation into Hunter Biden. But if we are concerned about U.S. officials inappropriately threatening aid …
The Unbearable Whiteness Of Climate Protest. For white progressives, climate change is a unique issue in which racial guilt plays little to no role. Other issues such as police brutality, income inequality, and even women’s rights and access to abortion …
by The Phoenix Yesterday’s drop did a lot of damage to the rally. Stocks rolled over after hitting resistance (red line). They also broke the bearish rising wedge formation they’ve been forming over the last month (blue lines). This is very …
by e-Pat We knew that smartphones are listening in to conversations. But they are even more sinister. via digitaltrends: Smartphone ownership is at an all-time high, and microphones are an essential hardware feature on every phone. What does it mean for your …
by axolotl_peyotl It’s extraordinary how stupid and apathetic people are for them to even stomach the drivel and propaganda spewed by these genocidal war criminals via Zerohedge: Though by now Washington appears no closer to military strikes on Iran than …
via thefederalist: If the latest media-manufactured hysteria over President Donald Trump’s interactions with the Ukrainian government looks familiar, it’s because it is. The same tired playbook is being run by the same discredited people with the same goal: get rid of …
via theverge: Apple rolled out iOS 13.1 and iPadOS earlier today, which should fix some of the bugs found in the pretty rocky iOS 13.0 release. But the company is already warning customers about another bug it hasn’t gotten around to …
by Egon von Greyerz In this Interview with Greg Hunter, Egon von Greyerz says the signs abound that we are nearing the end of this global fiat money experiment. Asked about the health of the global financial system EvG replied: …
The UK top court ruled that what BJ did was illegal and he cannot suspend parliament. This was not a surprise. Nigel Farage is blaming BJ chief of staff for this move. The same people that never wanted a BREXIT …
via CrossBorder Capital: Despite FOMC rate cut in September, policy needs to focus far more on balance sheet expansion, i.e. QE. This will push bond term premia higher.act@liquidity.com for report EM liquidity slumps again in August despite strong rebound in …
by Wayne Root Is President Trump about to win re-election in a 35 to 40 state electoral landslide? The signs are everywhere. Trump just raised $15 million in one day…in California. The biggest business leaders in America are betting on Trump…even in …
by howmuch When measuring economic production around the world, most of what the world produces falls into one of three categories: agriculture, industry (which includes manufacturing), and services. Industry, which is defined as mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas, …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Expert sentiment is at its lowest point since October 2010, largely due to market observers’ reactions to the Monterey auctions.” The asset class of beautiful machines, which had already been struggling mightily, got whacked by the …