Bubble 3.0: A Blast From A Bubble Past

Authored by David Hay via Evergreen Gavekal blog, “Although macroeconomic forecasting is fraught with hazards, I would not interpret the currently very flat yield curve as indicating a significant economic slowdown to come.” –BEN BERNANKE, Former Fed Chairman in a …

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Robinhood’s Moneymaking Strategy

by vvvelaxtrummm   (a) Create an app which allows “retail investors” with handheld portable computers, to gamble on the Stock Market all day. (b) Sell the trading data of the retail investors, immediately and in real-time, to the Big Institutions, …

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WHO to declare EBOLA international emergency

via Zerohedge: In April, we pointed out that over the prior months, many public health experts had claimed the deadly Ebola virus outbreak that has been ravaging the Congo will not become a global health threat, despite recent events painting a much less optimistic picture. We …

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Democratic National Committee is $6.2M in debt

by Dr. Eowyn Bill Allison reports for Bloomberg, June 13, 2019, that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) “has a money problem,” which “could hurt its nominee’s chances of beating President Donald Trump in 2020.” That’s because whoever wins the party’s nomination …

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FITTON: MONSTER Trump Retweet: Obama-Clinton-Russia: The REAL Collusion Scandal; Emails Show Obama State Dept. Launders Steele Dossier to Target Trump; and Leftists Threaten Electoral College and U.S. Constitution.

by TFittonJW President Trump took notice this am: Obama-Clinton-Russia: The REAL Collusion Scandal; Docs Show Obama State Dept. Launders Steele Dossier to Target @realDonaldTrump; and Leftists Threaten Electoral College and U.S. Constitution. Huge @JudicialWatch Update! https://t.co/JTMAjukmKm pic.twitter.com/LQSz3TTJXr — Tom Fitton …

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Covenant-lite share of US leveraged loan outstandings continue to hold at ~79%. That’s roughly $950B of what’s now a $1.2T market

via @lcdnews: US #leveragedloan segment lost 0.22% in May, pretty much in the middle of the pack, and far better than #highyield and equities https://buff.ly/31oSuDB ht @abnormalreturns From LCD’s monthly private equity report: Avg purchase price multiple on 2019 European LBOs …

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When Underperformance Reaches An Extreme

by Tom McClellan When small cap stocks are outperforming on a relative basis, that is usually a bullish sign for the overall stock market.  And small cap underperformance is usually a bad sign.  This principle works because small cap stocks tend …

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Harry Dent: We are in a blow-off bubble

Goldseek Radio, Released on 6/13/19 Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, new venture investor, noted speaker, bestselling author, and the founder and senior editor at Dent Research, where he dedicates himself to identifying and studying demographic, technological, and geopolitical trends. …

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FITTON: OUTRAGEOUS: Recall John McCain staffer Henry Kerner urged Obama IRS (Lois Lerner) to “audit so many that it becomes financially ruinous.” Kerner nows runs anti-Trump Office of Special Counsel that abused power today to lawlessly attack KellyAnne Conway

by TFittonJW And a vid: Here’s the Judicial Watch background: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-irs-documents-revealing-mccains-subcommittee-staff-director-urged-irs-to-engage-in-financially-ruinous-targeting/ (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today released newly obtained internal IRS documents, including material revealing that Sen. John McCain’s former staff director and chief counsel on the Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee, Henry …

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Policy Misstep Deja Vu?

By Chris Puplava Chief Investment Officer, Financial Sense® Wealth Management Executive Summary US stock and bond markets have been sending conflicting messages all year Last two market peaks coincided with changes in Fed policy projections Futures market pricing in rate cuts …

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