via @tracyalloway: That would suggest more than $1 trillion of buybacks in S&P 500 stocks in 2019 (BAML’s corporate clients usually represent around 8% of S&P 500 buybacks)
via @TaviCosta: Same warning ahead of the GFC, tech bust, Asian crisis, S&L crisis, and 1980’s double dip recessions. The only false signal, 1986. We now have the entire US Treasury curve below the Fed overnight rate.
the employment slowdown is really gaining speed – no wonder trump is begging for rate cuts and qe-4, and as of this morning, dollar deval pic.twitter.com/TcUzrnADnC — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) July 3, 2019 inversion about to get deeper pic.twitter.com/Jjd9ySzBkn — Alastair …
BY JOHN RUBINO Rick Rule: “These are the numbers I find compelling” … Deutsche Bank: “Three Fed rate cuts in 2019 are off the table” … Nouriel Roubini: Bitcoin is a scam … Grant Williams: How gold actually works in …
by visualcapitalist Just as there exists a longstanding inequality in the distribution of household wealth, so exists a considerable differential in the amount of wealth held by countries on the international stage. Simply put, some nations are “haves”, while many others …
by AlexPitti Estimates for Q2 EPS growth as of June 28th were -0.21%. Since firms usually beat estimates, it’s likely we will see growth. Even in the last recession more than half of companies beat estimates. We’re not suggesting earnings seasons …
A senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Friday threatened to seize a British tanker if the UK doesn’t release the Iranian ship detained in Gibraltar on suspicion of carrying crude oil to Syria in violation of EU …
by Simon Black Here’s our Friday roll up of the most absurd and concerning articles we came across this week. US Government officials consider banning end to end encryption Leaders from US government agencies are rumored to be pursuing a …
via americanthinker: Guns and gun crime are the new climate change: those who know nothing about the subject are suddenly “experts.” I call this faux expertise Albert Gore-itis, and I discuss it at length in my upcoming first book, 10 Warning Signs …
TradersChoice.net, Released on 7/5/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several …
via electronicspoint: Amidst the ongoing ‘trade war’ between the U.S. and China, global technology heavyweights are reportedly to move substantial amounts of their production capacity out of China. Several U.S.-based technology giants who include Microsoft, HP, and Dell are reportedly looking …
by asepp Previous blog posts on modern monetary theory (MMT) and helicopter money have led to the following interview with John Adams and Martin North of Digital Finance Analytics, shown on the YouTube channel Interest of The People: The comments following this interview indicate significant misunderstanding about economics …
by SpontaneousDisorder Sources: https://twitter.com/lisaabramowicz1/status/1145978810615173120 https://www.google.com/search?q=greece+debt+to+gdp Spike on the left is euro crisis. Debt to GDP high as ever yet investors treating greek debt like its safe as houses.
Strong job growth is back: Payrolls jump in June well above expectations Nonfarm payrolls rose 224,000 in June, well above market expectations of 165,000, according to the Labor Department. The unemployment rate edged higher to 3.7% but was still near …
Democrat Demands Prosecution Over Jokes, The Left Has Gone Full Authoritarian. A Democrat recently said that anyone making fun of congresswoman should be prosecuted and that they will ‘shut them down.’ This is just another statement in a long …
By Nick Cunningham U.S. natural gas prices have collapsed since the end of winter, even as inventory levels remain below average levels for this time of year. Henry Hub prices spiked in the fourth quarter of 2018 due to record levels of …
by WARREN MOSLER Light vehicle sales peaked a while back: Been helping to support the $US: Eurozone Retail Sales Fall Unexpectedly Retail trade in the Euro Area fell 0.3% in May, following a 0.1% drop in April and missing expectations …
by Amy S. Rumors of a cancer-curing tea originating in the forests of Ontario, Canada, surfaced in the 1920s. The tea’s ingredients remained secret for decades. Canadian nurse Rene M. Caisse held the only recipe, and she protected it until just …
GET WOKE, GO BROKE? Mad Magazine to Effectively Shutter After 67 Years: The beloved satire publication will no longer be sold on newsstands after the August issue, and future editions will no longer feature new content and instead shift to previously published …
DOJ reverses, says it’s trying to find ways to include citizenship question on 2020 census A lawyer with the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that agency officials have been ordered to determine whether there is a way the administration can include …
The economy is contracting. We have seen this all throughout 2018 and it still persists in 2019. Take a look at the imbalances that have formed. Manufacturing down globally, stocks rise. Jobs numbers come out and they were lower …
by DCG Imagine this: A liberal utopia that allows homeless criminals, drug addicts and the mentally ill to freely roam the streets with no consequences for their actions. You taxpayers have coughed up more than a BILLION dollars to help try and “solve” …
by Dana Lyons The broad Russell 3000 Index is one of many indices and funds presently forming potential “Cup-&-Handle” formations on the charts; is the pattern the next bullish catalyst for the market? There are a lot of complex ways of …
Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The American Institute for Economic Research, I’m listening to politicians hock their wares these days. The same ideas keep reappearing. Put them in charge and health care will be free. College education will be free. All …
by Simon Black In October of 2008, a plumber from Ohio named Joseph Wurzelbacher made national headlines when he confronted US Presidential Candidate (then Senator) Barack Obama at a campaign rally: “Your tax plan’s going to tax me more,” Joe told …
Using a combination of scientific research and learning A.I. algorithms, we were able to approximate President Trump’s media coverage if he were a Democrat
The panel discusses today’s political landscape and compares it to the dystopian outlook of Orwell’s ‘1984’. #FoxNews Censorship by any name: http://archive.is/XuLgW
by TFittonJW Here is my discussion with Ramona: And some background: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-former-state-official-testifies-he-warned-state-department-officials-about-clinton-email-issues-concerned-about-interference-on-classified-clinton-benghazi-email-documents/
via Judicial Watch: Judicial Watch announced today that John Hackett, the former Director for Information Programs and Services (IPS), which handles records management at the State Department, testified under oath that he had raised concerns that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s staff …
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Why Hollywood Can’t Quit The Mueller Report. It’s also worth pointing out that many of Saddam Hussien’s generals were convinced that his regime was holding weapons of mass destruction. Of course, he had an active weapons program, and used …