by howmuch When comparing the economies of different countries, one of the most common methods is to use “purchasing power parity.” Purchasing power parity (PPP) compares international economies by standardizing the prices within a “basket of goods”. In other words, PPP accounts …
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, Google wants you to bring Big Brother into the privacy of your home with its Google Nest surveillance system. Google’s Nest Hub surveillance system is constantly looking for its owner’s face and technically can’t be …
via amgreatness: J.P. Morgan estimates that President Trump’s tariffs will cost American families up to $1,000 next year. We have heard this before and we’ll hear it again. But the fact is that tariffs have not yet—nor will they likely—increase the cost of …
by youme QE is disinflationary because it perpetuates overcapacity and unproductive debt, yet it is massively inflationary on risky assets because the objective is to make rising government spending cheap. Hyperinflation created in financial assets as sovereign bonds artificially inflated …
by Money Metals It’s the most widely anticipated recession in history. The recession hasn’t arrived yet – and may not do so anytime soon – but the mainstream media still can’t stop talking about it. Consider this strange article from NBC News. It …
by spacechrist777 I’m a credit analyst / financial advisor on wall st. My clients often turn to me after going through some type of hardship and racking up the credit cards, trying to find a REASONABLE loan offer to consolidate …
via Tuomas Malinen: Chinese M1 growth YoY (liquid money supply) is still very anemic and not responding to the lower rates + PBOC stimulus (only 3.4% YoY in Aug). (Keep in mind that China M1 YoY is a key leading …
World trade now shrinking the most since this expansion began pic.twitter.com/WyNHVusFp2 — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) September 11, 2019 JPMorgan's Kolanovic says the sell-off in momentum is just beginning.https://t.co/xpzxZrGhzJ by @luwangnyc — Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) September 11, 2019 Reversal, started …
President Trump’s Twitter feud with musician John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen displays a double standard of the entertainment industry. However, the president still has defenders in Hollywood. One America’s Ryan Girdusky explains. No news on Biden from the …
by Charles Hugh-Smith All of America’s bubbles will pop, and sooner rather than later. Financial bubbles manifest three dynamics: the one we’re most familar with is human greed, the desire to exploit a windfall and catch a work-free ride to riches. …
Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The 1987 stock market crash, better known as Black Monday, was a statistical anomaly, often referred to as a Black Swan event. Unlike other market declines, investors seem to be under the false premise …
by David Haggith Two weeks ago a former Federal Reserve board member and bank president, William Dudley, wrote an editorial that encouraged the Fed use its powers to defeat Donald Trump’s second bid for the US presidency. I don’t recall …
Is there anything they don’t spy on with their equipment? via RT: Over 400 US police forces have access to the video footage generated by Amazon’s “smart” Ring doorbells, creating an unprecedented – and largely unaccountable – surveillance network outside …
via Zerohedge: Recent polls by the Pew Charitable Trust show that: 52% of Americans have an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, with only 45% having a favorable view Americans feel the exact same towards the Republican party (52% unfavorable and 45% …
via Zerohedge: Of all President Trump’s critical constituencies, none have been asked to sacrifice as much as America’s farmers. Many midwestern farmers were already in a difficult spot when President Trump first came on the scene, hammered by low crop …
via Otavio (Tavi) Costa: Large sums of investments into non-productive assets. Property developers accumulated $245 billion in FCF losses since 2008. Meanwhile, debt levels continue to reach record levels! Our views more in-depth: https://crescat.net/necessary-normal-and-inevitable/
by SpontaneousDisorder Companies are selling bonds in Europe at the fastest pace on record. @TheTerminal pic.twitter.com/THwx4Oo44O — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) September 10, 2019 They’ve been selling at the fastest ever pace in the US too. Refinancings are popular because yields …
via wallstreetonparade: On January 26, 2018 the Dow Jones Industrial Average set a new record high of 26,616.71. Despite setting new highs multiple times thereafter, the moves were so negligible on a percentage basis that the reality is that the stock …
By Ryan Preiss, CRPC® Purchasing a house is one of the largest financial transactions an individual will make in his or her life. Yet, many people tend to glaze over some key points when they consider purchasing a home. …
Debt is expanding faster than income. There’s no turning it back, in fact. There can be no resolution. In the Financial Crisis it was fully understood that derivatives were the reason why debt is so dangerous. All of our debt …
by howmuch The pharmaceutical industry is incredibly valuable and is continuing to grow. But just how much of the world’s imports and exports involve pharmaceuticals? To understand the impact of the pharmaceutical industry on the world’s economy, we created two …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors A couple of years ago, I shared with you an observation made by Ben Bernanke. This was at a SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT) hedge fund conference in Las Vegas. The former Federal Reserve chairman said that, …
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by The Phoenix Stocks are completing the upside breakout I’ve been telling Private Wealth Advisory clients about for the last three weeks. Breadth always leads price and breadth tells us stocks will clear 3,000 and probably hit new all time highs. This would …
by SFWonlyInvest The idea is companies can borrow at near-zero interest rates (because safe government bonds are negative yielding), they are inclined to borrow a lot while simultaneously returning money to shareholders. Those shareholders, seeing such low bond yields, will …
Authored by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog, It’s undoubtedly better to leave some stories alone, and this may be one of them. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov perhaps put it best when he called it “pulp fiction” (and what’s more …
by TlvmmCpoft The next time someone tells you “this chemo has a ____ percent success rate,” I just want you to consider something I learned from experience. When I was about eight years old, I was in one of those chemo …
Poll: Trump approval falls as majority of Americans brace for recession President Donald Trump’s job approval rating fell several points in a new survey, while Americans’ fears of a looming recession have escalated and their confidence in Trump’s handling of …
by TrailDust Kangaroo Court is in order. This can only happen when courts are corrupt So here’s the story, seen on Whatfinger.com, and written on Epoch Times from US News article: US NEWS: STEMEXPRESS CEO ADMITS TO SELLING BEATING HEARTS, …
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Interest rates have again plunged to near-zero and even below zero rates in some nations. Doomsters predict horrific consequences. But the long-dead financiers who built the British Empire advise us to stay cool, and look to history …