by howmuch A country’s total reserves can have a dramatic impact on its economic policies. In this post, we’ll look at the countries with the top reserves, especially China, and how that should impact China’s trade wars with the U.S. …
by DCG The “professionals” on the SF Board of Supervisors Imagine being so handsomely rewarded for turning your once beautiful city into a sh*thole. It pays well to be a public servant… From SF Gate: San Francisco’s supervisors will be getting a 12% raise …
by Paul Boyce From Mises Institute You’re a twenty-something student and have recently graduated. You’re excited to go and take on the world. However, you owe over $50,000. All you wanted to do is gain an education. This massive debt now …
by TFittonJW Judicial Watch told Congress directly to change the law: And here:
by Martin Armstrong Premier John Horgan of BC in Canada was joined by Finance Minister Carole James and Attorney General David Eby at a press conference in Victoria, BC, where they announced plans to move forward with a public inquiry …
via globaltimes: The US’ theoretical grounds for slapping tariffs on Chinese goods are flawed and China can withstand a tariff war by diversification efforts and its rich box of policy tools, Chinese analysts said on Wednesday. They also warned that the …
by Lew Rockwell from Mises Institute Socialists want socialism for everyone else, but capitalism for themselves, while capitalists want capitalism for everyone else, but socialism for themselves. Neither Ted Kennedy nor Jane Fonda practices a vow of poverty, nor are they taking any …
by DCG Tough call on which lying hack you are to believe… From Daily Mail: Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch told investigators she did not ask former FBI Director James Comey to refer to the Hillary Clinton email review as a ‘matter’ …
by TFittonJW (Washington, DC) — Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice seeking draft copies of FBI charts containing information on potential “statutory violations” committed by Hillary Clinton in the …
Must-see TV. After a decade of justice denied — under Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, John Brennan, James Comey, and others — Bill Whittle thinks he now detects a whiff of fear among those in that cabal. Former CIA …
From Zero Hedge With the entire US agriculture sector facing a 1980s style farm crisis downturn and record debt levels, demand for new tractors is set to collapse as farmers hang on to old Deere & Co. equipment, reported Bloomberg. Heavy flooding …
by howmuch Everyone needs life insurance. But how much each individual needs varies from person to person. You will want to find the right life insurance policy that accounts for how much money you earn and the cost of living …
by David Haggith The graph here shows the point at which I said early last summer housing sales had turned over (for the worst) and would remain on a downtrend indefinitely, and it shows how that prediction has panned out. Existing …
U.S. federal wall funding of US$1.57B yields 1.7 miles of fence U.S. Customs and Border Protection has put up just 1.7 miles of fencing with the US$1.57 billion that Congress appropriated last year for President Donald Trump’s wall along the …
The IMF called Deutsche Bank (DB) the “most systemically dangerous bank” in the world in 2016. It recently hit all-time lows and now sits around $7.50 per share. If DB does break $6.40, do we get a daisy chain of …
While all the focus is on Brexit, the UK faces a currency crisis UK has over $8T in external debt: 2nd largest debtor in world after US True UK government debt exceeds £5 trillion as pension liabilities not in official …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Where are the foreign investors in this phenomenon? Declining home sales in the US is a phenomenon that baffles the industry, given that mortgage rates have dropped sharply from the recent peak in November, and home …
by Lance Roberts “Price is what you pay, value is what you get.” – Warren Buffett Just recently, I discussed the importance of valuations as it relates to investors who are close to retirement age. To wit: “Unless you have contracted ‘vampirism,’ then …
by Captain Ewave of CaptainEwave Captain Ewave US Stock Market: The Meltdown Begins Email: admin@captainewave.com Website: www.captainewave.com May 21, 2019 S&P500: Short Term Update: After starting up strongly early in Fridays trading session the SP500 ending up giving back all of those early …
by Stocks45 Oppenheimer gives Outlooks Therapeutics $12.00 price target(…wtf) View post on imgur.com Oppenheimer commits to buying 26 400 000 shares and warrants from Outlook. View post on imgur.com 424b4 April.10th. View post on imgur.com Chart. Price fell to under …
by John Mauldin Two young fish are swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way. The older fish nods at them and says, “Morning, boys, how’s the water?” The two young fish swim on …
by John Mauldin A decade ago I pointed out that public pension funds were $2 trillion underfunded and getting worse. More than one person told me that couldn’t be right. They were correct: It was actually much worse. It has gotten …
How climate change decided Australia’s election: Labor’s vote collapsed in working class areas, particularly in the state of Queensland, despite the party’s redistributive and populist economic agenda. This demonstrates a backlash from the continuing culture war that has waged for …
by TFittonJW President Trump retweeted my material on Judicial Watch’s anti-Corruption finds. As usual, leftists went crazy and had to resort to attacking my appearance: Never in American history has there been such a spy effort against a candidate (@RealDonaldTrump) …
by Slothman2 Full disclosure: I own a short position. It makes no difference to me if Uber succeeds or fails, I’m not a stakeholder of the company. I’ve never shorted a stock due to high risks but Uber …
by east_off Credit Card debt is a SLIPPERY as hell slope. Manage it from the beginning. Here’s what I wish someone told me but nobody did… 1) DELETE the mindset of “I’ll pay it off later… bc you won’t.” 2) …
by SP Once again we watch as the stage is set for war. Authored by Janine Jackson via Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, Even while feigning reluctance, the foundational attitudes on which the war will be based are set in …
by Harry Dent of Economy & Markets In my Economy & Markets video on Friday, I discussed why the trade deal has been challenging and likely doomed in the end. I also talked about the impact the “sudden” collapse in negotiations has had on the markets. Investors …
by independenttrader Julian Assange, co-founder of the WikiLeaks has been arrested by the British Police, in early april. Over the last 7 years, Assange has been staying in the British embassy of Ecuador, but the government recently refused to further help …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Auto-loan defaults have reached the sky-high rates of the Financial Crisis but are transpiring in the strongest labor market in years. This raises some big issues. (9 minutes)