As of right now, it has been 1,876 trading days since $SPX last saw a -5% day; the 4th longest stretch ever. @nunziato_frank wanted to know about all such days in $SPX history (going back to inception in 1923), so …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Probably now enduring its most protracted period of price suppression since records began.” Here is an interesting and colorful tidbit on the housing market in Prime Central London, one of London’s most expensive areas and once …
by jessefelder Last month, when stocks were tanking, there was a lot of talk about “algos” and how the computers were responsible for the waterfall decline. It’s true that, as recently reported by the Wall Street Journal, “Roughly 85% of all …
Dave Kranzler of Investment Reserach Dynamics interviewed by Elijah Johnson of Silver Doctors The stock market is bouncing, but not based on fundamental strength of the economy. The current volatility in the stock market is a sign of instability. Markets have further to fall, he says, so …
by theinfinitelight There are cows in over 80% of U.S. Dairy farms that have been testing positive for the Bovine Leukemia Virus, and they are doing almost nothing about it except rolling in the profits $$$$$ and probably laughing at …
The China War is real. China is figuring out how to fight it. America is figuring out how to sell it. Our General Petraeus was at the Raisina Dialogue in India. According to a tweet from an attendee, he told …
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via MarketWatch: Overhang of excessive corporate debt may weigh on global economic growth: Oxford Economics As worries rise over the outlook for global growth, excessive debt levels are drawing the eyes of nervous investors worried that more countries will struggle …
by Geoffrey Grider New York has an abortion rate of 23.1 per 1,000 women, twice the national average of 11.8 per 1,000 women. 25 to 27 percent of pregnancies in New York State end in abortion. In New York City, 78 percent of abortions …
Risk of bear market in 2019, Yale’s Shiller says from CNBC. via CNBC: “There is a feeling that the stock market might be due for some deflating now because it’s been a long time, and we’ve seen some hints of …
by OB1_kenobi So what does that mean? It means that everything CNN does is done under the guidance of someone who’s got their eye on the ratings and on profits. The profit motive leaves it’s mark on everything they do. It …
International best-selling author, journalist and counter-intelligence expert Daniel Estulin contends, “First thing you’ve got to understand is you’ve got to back Trump. Trump is not a person. I am not a card carrying Republican. People have to understand that our …
by Michael Snyder It appears to be more likely than ever that the U.S. economy is heading for a recession. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 301 points as investors were rattled by several very important pieces …
via drmalcolmkendrick: Sometimes you read a thing quickly, and then you have to read it again to make sure you read it right. Yesterday I was sent a copy of a ‘Patient page’ from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). …
via Sven Henrich: The government shutdown, the longest in history, comes with a hidden revelation: Millions of Americans are financially unprepared for the next economic downturn. Worse, they are highly vulnerable, with few protections available to them. Ten years after the …
via newsbusters: Before all the facts were known, the media ran with a story accusing pro-life activists from Covington Catholic High School of racism during an altercation with left-wing demonstrators at the Lincoln Memorial after the March for Life on Friday. …
Housing prices are still to high and wages too low, let’s bring it on. The country is like a big old backed up toilet in need of a flush and a plunger to get things moving again. TL
by Daniel Carter We’re almost two years away from the next presidential election, but Democrats have already begun to jostle for the position of Trump’s number one adversary. Gabbard, Harris, Gillibrand, Warren and Castro have already announced their candidacy for …
by Daniel Carter Since October of 2018, the price of oil has been absolutely crushed, down over 22 percent. At one point, the severity of the crash dropped the price of oil by over 45 percent. This steep drop in …
by Daniel Carter Political tensions are clearly getting out of control in the Western world. Whether it’s the topic of Trump, Brexit, the EU, Kavanaugh, taxes, Russia, Mueller, Syria, the wall, etc., people are becoming quicker to lose their minds. …
by howmuch Lots of people make New Year’s resolutions to get their personal financial situation in order, and paying off credit card debt is usually a high priority. Credit card debt is at a $1 trillion. The combination of high borrowing …
via financialpost: Last time ticket prices fell like this was in 2007, right before the recession almost nobody saw coming It is a fascinating anomaly that as the S&P 500, along with its global counterparts, has been off to the races …
via upfina: The stock market is in a unique situation because the government shutdown has delayed many economic reports from being released. The government shutdown has lasted 31 days which is 10 days longer than the previous record long shutdown. It’s …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But first-time buyers cling to hope. Sales of newly built detached houses in Australia plunged 6.7% in December 2018 from November, to just 4,622 houses, according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA), easily whizzing by the …
by John Rubino The business cycle has its stages, and they’re usually both predictable and logical. For example, governments tend to generate a lot of tax revenue late in an expansion as more people get jobs and start paying income …
by John Ward On a point of order, I think Mrs May was out of order by pitching up at the House of Commons this afternoon in contempt of a demand by said House that she must come up with a Plan B …
by Chris If you want to see the “Russia Gate” sausage factory up close and personal, watch as Lee Camp brilliantly takes down one of the more odiferous links when he exposes the who behind the New Knowledge group that …
The Abuse of VIP Military Travel by Pelosi & Rest of Congress–Using YOUR Tax Dollars Judicial Watch announced that it obtained documents through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Air Force detailing $134,587.81 plus $50,000 for an …
Average home price in 2018 fell for first time since 2008, largest decline in the data going back to 2001. By Steve Saretsky, Vancouver, Canada, Vancity Condo Guide: National home sales across Canada slipped for the second consecutive year, dropping 11% …
by NutritionResearch There are giant corporations that astroturf the internet on various social media platforms, Youtube content creators, etc. There are government agencies all over the world that pay agents to argue with you on the internet. I’ll share a few …