‘There’s No Money Right Now’: China’s Building Boom Runs Into a Great Wall of Debt A building splurge in this impoverished pocket of rural China ended in half-finished projects and a trail of angry investors from some of the country’s …
by chartr Made this in response to the generally positive feedback on the Apple one I did previously. Thought Nike was an interesting company to visualise. Hilariously, in their SEC filing they spent $900m on what they called “Demand …
by notabot_v1 $VOO Expense Ratio Lowered from 0.04% to 0.03% Congrats to all you Bogleheads — the most boring investment just got a little cheaper. via MarketWatch: Vanguard Group will not be outdone. A fintech start-up offered zero-fee ETFs first, but …
BY SRSROCCO If you’re puzzled by the magnitude of the stock market correction since late December, you can thank the central banks for the rally. Yes, that’s correct… after the Dow Jones suffered the worst Christmas Eve trading day ever, …
via yuantalks: Evergrande Group, one of China’s largest property developers, is trying hard to drive home sales after the company’s contracted homes sales tumbled in January as the housing market in the world’s second largest economy continues a cooling trend in …
by John Rubino In the notoriously hype-ridden junior miner space there’s never a shortage of great-sounding stories. Most fail to pan out, which means investors who survive in this sector are first and foremost cynics. Still, some juniors do end …
by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) By Ioana Erdei Business Review, Bucharest, Romania Parliament leaders want Romanian gold reserves brought home BUCHAREST, Romania — Chamber of Deputies President Liviu Dragnea and Socia Democratic Party Sen. Serban Nicolae have proposed a …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-MhxCos9J4 The Yellow Vest Protestors are finally getting the media coverage they deserve to help spread the movement. Vive la France! (PARIS) — French yellow vests were protesting for a 16th straight weekend in Paris and other cities to show …
by Thinker Words, Actions, and History Opening Doors Like Never Before & The World Is Looking In! How many government officials are connected to the same Universities, and do those institutions serve the U.S. or the U.K.? So much history …
by RMFN Bernie Sanders has been cheated by the dnc and CNN. First they changed the rules making it more difficult for independents to join the party. And now they are sending people into crowds to ask fake questions to …
Right-Wing Activist Laura Loomer Loses CPAC Press Credential After Heckling CNN Reporter (Exclusive) CPAC has revoked the press credential of Laura Loomer, a day after the right-wing activist heckled CNN reporter Oliver Darcy in a media area for the …
What is investment advisor and former Assistant Secretary of Housing Catherine Austin Fitts looking to put money in? She has long been lukewarm on gold, but not any longer. Fitts now says, “The world is choking on debt. . . …
by Martin Armstrong We have a very interesting crisis building in addition to the political chaos we see coming in 2020. By the time we reach 2021, we will have over $2 trillion in investment grade corporate debt maturing. This …
by Brandon Smith It is nearly impossible to traverse web news or popular media today without being assaulted by vast amounts of propaganda on Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is perhaps the fad to end all fads as it supposedly encompasses almost …
by Troy The S&P 500 is still hovering at its 2800 resistance. Meanwhile, the NASDAQ is up 10 weeks in a row while the S&P is up 9 of the past 10 weeks. The bears are looking to short here, …
by TFittonJW High energy Judicial Watch Update: And defending the rule of law at CPAC:
RT, Released on 3/1/19 Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major …
by Jim Grant Last Monday, the Federal Reserve embarked on a yearlong listening tour to discover the concerns of the American people. The whole shebang of modern monetary methods—manipulated interest rates, levitated asset values, the supposed necessity of a 2% inflation …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter How its own online sales, now one-third of its total sales, eat its brick & mortar. But it’s a matter of survival. The largest brick-and-mortar retailers in the US don’t disclose what portion of their revenues …
There’s a big difference in between the STOCK MARKET and the ECONOMY. People need to get that straight. Do you see the divergence? (Particularly in recent decades) Stock markets have risen but the economy continues to weaken. Globally we have …
by kit8642 Shoshana Zuboff talks about her new book on Survallence Capitol. Pretty interesting stuff, and essentially what Googled said they would do in 2016 with an internal video that was leaked last year. https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/17/17344250/google-x-selfish-ledger-video-data-privacy
From Birch Gold Group Corporations have been using buybacks to “rob Peter to pay Paul” since the Reagan administration created laws that allow it. According to a Goldman Sachs chart, 2018 was a record year for buybacks, which neared $800 billion for …
by Brian Maher of Daily Reckoning The president has redrawn his March 1 line in the sand. “Substantial progress” in trade talks with China is the reason he cited. But another March 1 deadline menaces the United States… like a creeping …
Wall St. For Main St., Released on 3/1/19 Jason talks about how much CNBC (CNBS) is spinning financial news and information along with economic data to make almost any piece of news or information, even if it’s really bearish, appear …
By John Mauldin I trust Dave Rosenberg of Gluskin Sheff. He’s been a perpetual speaker at my SIC conference for at least 10 years. Dave is screaming recession every chance he gets, but he is not a perma-bear by any …
The Democratic Socialists of America are preparing to launch a full campaign supporting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary, DSA memos show. The DSA may not support the Democratic nominee if someone other than Sanders wins the primary. …
OMG -> 1Q2019 NYFED GDPNOW COLLAPSE TO .88% pic.twitter.com/OSGM0REqgF — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 1, 2019 🇺🇸Slowdown in personal consumption expenditure is here to stay according to my model. pic.twitter.com/Qah3862Mqr — Mikael Sarwe (@MikaelSarwe) March 1, 2019 This chart from @FactSet …
Arcadia Economics, Released on 2/28/19 Over the past year there have been a series of events that have left many potential #Tesla ($TSLA) investors feeling uncertain. And now with the #SEC asking the Manhattan Federal Court to hold CEO Elon …
by Chris There was nothign but horrible economic news yesterday, last night and today with the sole “exception”, possibly, of China’s PMI coming is under 50.0 but not as much under 50 as projected. Leaving aside the fact that …
TradersChoice.net, Released on 3/1/19 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 …