via Yahoo: (Bloomberg) — Fake news and social media posts are such a threat to U.S. security that the Defense Department is launching a project to repel “large-scale, automated disinformation attacks,” as the top Republican in Congress blocks efforts to …
by FS We hear constantly that unemployment in the U.S. is at all-time lows, but the official picture is far from telling the whole story. We spoke with David Blanchflower, a British-American labor economist and professor at Dartmouth, about his …
by John Mauldin I’m going to start with a story. There is a drug produced in China that works well on strokes and numerous other less devastating medical issues. It is derived from pig pancreases or human urine. It isn’t …
EU to Boris “You cannot just leave and you owe us $40 BILLION if you do leave” Boris to EU “F*CK OFF I’m leaving and only giving you $9 Billion per the ORIG agreement and I may not even give …
Hong Kong Police Warn of More Arrests After Sweep of Activists (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong police arrested prominent opposition figures including Joshua Wong — and warned other protesters could share their fate at illegal demonstrations this weekend — raising tensions …
From Birch Gold Group U.S. consumers and retailers may not escape the next round of tariffs set to roll out on September 1. Turns out, they won’t be delayed until December as originally stated. The new tariffs will be raised to 15% from 10% in response …
EEE fears sweep US: Officials in 3 states warn residents to stay inside at dawn and dusk and to NOT touch dying birds At least five people have contracted Eastern equine encephalitis in three states The virus kills about a …
Google says hackers have put ‘monitoring implants’ in iPhones for years An unprecedented iPhone hacking operation, which attacked “thousands of users a week” until it was disrupted in January, has been revealed by researchers at Google’s external security team. The operation, which …
via realclearpolitics: Late Tuesday afternoon, some conservatives on Twitter started grumbling about an article the Washington Post published that morning. The op-ed in question accused best-selling conservative author J.D. Vance of being racist, and otherwise tried dubiously to connect the dots …
by sundance There was a scheduled joint status filing due today between DOJ prosecutors and the Mike Flynn defense team led by Sidney Powell. As Mr. Flynn’s cooperation has ended in all other aspects related to the former special counsel, there …
by Arkadiusz Sieron of Sunshine Profits The new Alchemist went out at the end of July. And making the choice from its articles is always hard. What gems can we learn from the latest publication of the LBMA? We invite you to read our today’s …
Mike Manwell interviews Lance Roberts via Rethinking The Dollar In this interview with Lance Roberts, Chief Strategist/Economist for RIA Advisors, we talk about possible triggers for the next financial meltdown and how to prepare. Lance also elaborates on the consequences to much debt, negative yields and a lot …
by Chris Kimble In the past 5-weeks, 10-Year Yields have declined 26%, 5-year yields are down 24% and 2-year yields are down 17%. Is there more of a decline in yields to come? How would stocks react if yields rally off support? …
by Harry Dent I noticed this cycle right away in my research in the early 1980s: Substantial stock market bottoms have come every 20 years, and major ones every 40. That 40-year cycle would correspond to the generation waves of spending that have …
by TraderStef via CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) President Trump won the White House in 2016 because we are living in a depression with cyclical recessions along the way, as the U.S. economy and stock market masquerade as boom times. A depression can be defined …
via CNBC: Hedge fund kingpin Ray Dalio is warning that current conditions remind him of the Depression-era environment. He cited three factors: Ineffective central banks, high levels of debt and the U.S.-China conflict. Dalio previously predicted a “paradigm shift” that …
by econimica Summary After 250 weeks without a purchase of Treasuries (since Oct. 2014), for the second week in a row, the Federal Reserve bought Treasuries. The $14 billion in purchasing is in stark contrast to zero purchases since Quantitative Easing …
Survey of economists by @WSJ, highest recession probability reading ever in history of survey pic.twitter.com/eEtwQlG98x — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) August 29, 2019 where is this second half rebound? pic.twitter.com/7pdT1MWS72 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 30, 2019 U.S. Weekly Leading Index …
by LV The time has come to face reality. Some American citizens are superior to others as far as justice under the law is concerned. They just are. Take the Clintons for example. Allegedly, they have been on a crime …
Apple apologizes for letting contractors eavesdrop on Siri’s sex recordings Sorry we’ve been eavesdropping on your sex life. Apple on Wednesday apologized to its users for employing third-party contractors to listen to audio recordings picked up by its Siri voice …
by The Phoenix President Trump is worsening the trade war between China and the US in order to force the Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy. Before proceeding, I want to stress that none of the following is meant to be …
by Simon Black Every morning here in Puerto Rico, I wake up around 6am as the sun rises over the ocean in front of my house. And I pretty much head straight to the gym. Once there, one of my …
by visualcapitalist Warren Buffett is famous for his wit, and will likely go down in history as one of the most quotable and influential investors of all time. With this week marking his 89th birthday, we thought it was a good …
by Amy S. Ask people to name the biggest dangers posed by climate breakdown, and most will start listing off extreme weather events. Destructive hurricanes, towering storm surges, deadly heat waves, flash floods, and wildfires. This is hardly surprising, given how …
by TT3778 https://terrencenotes.com/2019/08/29/wework-ipo-good-deal/ WeWork filed their IPO prospectus on 14th August 2019 with the SEC, under its holding company The We Company. Forbes quipped it the most ridiculous IPO of 2019 and there are tons of articles questioning the company …
by mark000 via CNBC: Key Points 1.Global interest rates are negative because the world economy is heading toward a synchronized recession. 2.Transportation, banking and small-cap stocks, the last of which are thought to be immune to global economic weakness, are all flashing …
by -Newfangled- Source: https://www.payscale.com/college-roi Tool: Tableau This viz is meant to be interactive. You can try it out here: https://public.tableau.com/views/CollegeReturnonInvestment_0/CollegeReturnonInvestment?:embed=y&:display_count=yes&:origin=viz_share_link
The curse of pushing volume by selling tickets below cost became an even bigger curse with the peso massacre. By MC01, a frequent commenter on WOLF STREET: On 27 December 2016, the Federal Government of Argentina, under new President Mauricio Macri, …
