by confoundedinterest If you have recently applied for a mortgage refinancing given plunging mortgage rates, you may have noticed a delay in the underwriting. Why? US lenders are in the midst of a “refi wave” and some lenders are swamped with …
+ US 30-year bond yield falls to record low under 2% as global recession fears grow The rate on the benchmark 30-year Treasury bond sank to a new all-time low on Wednesday while the U.S. yield curve inverted even further …
by Daniel Lacalle In June 2014, I wrote an article called “Draghi’s Plan does not fix Europe.” In that article, I explained that the structural challenges of the eurozone — high government spending, excessive tax wedge, lack of technology leadership …
A Slow Motion Collapse Testimony: I work for a donor management software company who’ve watched the charitable organizations we serve falling off in numbers like they’ve never experienced before. They simply can’t afford those of us they’ve decided to let …
by The Phoenix As I noted yesterday, stocks were due for a bounce. That bounce is now underway. This should hold up a few more days, but then comes the NASTY move the markets have been warning about for weeks. Copper, …
by Fabius Maximus Summary: The public debate about public policy to fight climate change has deadlocked, as both deniers and activists misrepresent the science, exaggerate it, and lie. Here Dr. Roy Spencer looks at the role of the news media in …
Well sourced, and likely the best researched documentaries to date on how Civilization as it’s currently know came to be: Oil. The 19th century was transformed by it. The 20th century was shaped by it. And the 21st century is …
by Corporate_God All what you see happening right now: real inflation of 10% each year, stock price surge, housing/real estate price hikes, savings getting pulverized etc. is because of the zero-% interest rates imposed by central banks like the FED …
by Natura Naturans TMZ reported this week that the former president and first lady have a contract to buy a 29-acre beachfront plot with a nearly 7,000-square-foot main house. It’s got seven bedrooms and 8½ bathrooms, you know, like your summer …
by Amy S. Blackouts are nothing new, but major storms over the past two years have hammered home the importance of electrical power. When the electrical power goes out during a major storm or utility company outage, many of us realize …
by Natura Naturans Climate bureaus around the world desperately want you to believe in global warming. Their budgets depend on scaring you. So they have stooped to outright fraud in “adjusting” old temperatures colder and recent temperatures warmer. Some have made …
The Iconic Image of the Global Warming Movement Is a Fraud Global warming alarmist Dr. Michael Mann of Penn State University has lost his multimillion dollar libel suit in British Columbia. Not only did he lose, the suit was thrown …
by visualcapitalist If you’re like most people, your income and spending changes significantly as you get older. In the most common career trajectory, earlier years coincide with a lower salary as skills and experience grow. Then, peak earning years are achieved …
By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: Neil Woodford, the manager of shuttered asset management fund, Woodford Equity Income fund, just had one heck of a black Friday. First came news that Link Fund Solutions, which manages the corporate governance of Mr Woodford’s …
by Jesse Here is the gold related assets box score for the past three months. Although there are many, many gold mining companies, I have asked Nick why he has not included Kirkland Lake. Compliments of the data wrangler Nick …
via fastcompany: Have you heard about China’s social credit system? It’s a technology-enabled, surveillance-based nationwide program designed to nudge citizens toward better behavior. The ultimate goal is to “allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the …
by The Phoenix The markets are now in serious trouble. Friday’s collapse was just a taste of what I think is coming. Stocks dropped over 2% in a single day with the S&P 500 falling to test support in the trading …
by His-Disgrace So I saw somewhere once that the number of RV sales declining is a recession indicator but I used google trends to look at the gap between Used and New RV searches on google. Here’s the general image: …
By Robert Ross Fear of missing out is a dangerous drug. And right now, it’s luring investors in. Investors know US stocks have gone up nearly 200% over the past decade—and are now near all-time highs. They know this is …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Exports by China, Japan, and Eurozone under pressure — in part because of globally weak demand for new vehicles, which transcends the trade war. World trade volume – a measure of imports and exports of merchandise …
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, California’s authoritarian governor, Gavin Newsom, blamed the state of Texas for California’s homeless crisis. Rather than put the blame directly on the policies California has instituted that stifle free enterprise and punish heavily those who …
by SocialExplorerInc Data Source & Tool: Social Explorer Full Article: Maine Retains Vacationland Title But Rest of U.S. Is Catching Up Interactive Map: Number of Vacant Housing Units on State Level
via independentsentinel: The text of the TAPS Act, “Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019,” gives unlimited and arbitrary authority to 24 bureaucrats. It is written in double-speak with loopholes for the pencil pushers. Bottom line — it’s a behavioral police force that …
Photo by Gage Skidmore | CC BY | Photoshopped Political commentators are increasingly critical of U.S. trade policy, particularly tariffs and the trade war with China. Radio host Peter Schiff went so far as to compare U.S. trade policies to General Custer and the Battle of …
BY JOHN RUBINO Rick Rule: Gold will hit $3,000 when this happens … Mike Maloney: The dollar is on life support … Max Keiser: There is no barrier to negative interest rates … David Morgan: The coming financial crisis will launch …
Photo by Jenifer Corrêa | CC BY | Photoshopped From Birch Gold Group For the last 12 months, the Dow Jones Industrial Average can’t decide what direction it wants to go in. It crashed down to 21,792 in December 2018. It recovered to 26,597 in April 2019, …
by Michael Snyder Just when things seemed to be settling down a little bit, our conflict with China has suddenly escalated to a dangerous new phase. This is not simply just a “trade war” any longer, and our relationship with …
via mishtalk: Over 50% of European gov’t bonds have a negative yield. Globally there’s $15 trillion in negative-yield debt. $15 Trillion in Negative-Yield Debt Excluding the US 44% of Bonds Have a Negative Yield European Negative Yield Government Bonds As of …
by retardedbutlovesdogs the alleged United States Gold holdings have been the subject of controversy for decades. Commentators, including employees of the US government and the Federal Reserve (not Federal OR a Reserve) allege a great quantity of gold is present …
