by Chris Black Let me begin today’s article with a statement: there will be no blue wave. The dimms will not take over the House. This is not going to happen. It’s all a pollster’s wet-dream, aimed at demoralizing the …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The hail of two-notch downgrades doesn’t help. Wolf here: Shares of General Electric [GE] are down over 3% this beautiful Friday morning, trading at $9.20. If they close at this level, they would mark a new …
By Bob Shanahan In case you haven’t heard, we have an election on Tuesday. All 435 House seats are up for grabs and one third of the 100 Senate seats will be voted on next week. The political pundits are …
by BrokenFireEscape November 1, 2018 – Series I Bonds purchased in the next six months have a fixed rate of 0.50% and a composite rate of 2.83% As the Federal Reserve continues to raise federal lending rates, it is fairly safe …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1058198222630469633 Buyback announcements in: Q1: $242bQ2: $437bQ3: $156b .. via @TrimTabsIR https://t.co/0sf7XqIeO8 — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) November 2, 2018 3-month U.S. Libor rates have surged to a new post-crisis high, of 2.54%, more than double where it was last year. …
BY JARED DILLIAN Everyone strives to be financially independent. By “independent,” we mean not dependent on another person or another entity for our financial well-being. When we are children, we are financially dependent on our parents. At 16, some teenagers …
Extreme poverty has jumped 40%, deaths related to child malnutrition are on the rise, and millions have fled the country in the past two years. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-latin-america-45879534/venezuela-crisis-mothers-giving-away-babies-children-living-on-streets Venezuela crisis : Where families buy rotten meat to eat h/t KOS
CNN still calls themselves “The Most Trusted Name in News” and then cite a survey from 2003! Obviously afraid to commission a survey that isn’t 15 years old. TheHill: CNN boss: If we break away from Trump coverage ‘the audience …
SO BASICALLY, WHAT MAKES THE AD “RACIST” IS THAT IT’S EFFECTIVE: WaPo identifies the man as Luis Bracamontes, who — after he’d been deported twice — killed 2 California law enforcement officers. In the video, Bracamontes laughs about the killings and …
The US is hurting, this is not something that just happened, it happened when politicians sold out and gave control of a monetary system to a private western central bank. Wages and jobs have been declining over the many years, …
by IAM_14U2NV 401(k) contribution limit increases to $19,000 for 2019; IRA limit increases to $6,000 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced cost of living adjustments affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for tax year …
by Jesse Colombo MarketWatch published a piece today called “Here is the ‘true state’ of Americans’ financial lives,” which stated that 42% of Americans have no retirement savings at all and that only 28% of Americans are considered “financially healthy”: The …
Nancy Pelosi says they will calm down rhetoric after they win. As if that excuses it Media more to blame for dividing US than Trump, new poll suggests Since he became president, many in the media have blamed Donald Trump …
More about it here https://www.kmov.com/news/missouri-amendment-explained/article_b4cace6a-d3de-11e8-9470-4b2875ebf73c.html George Soros behind Missouri Amendment 1 Amendment 1, which will be on the November ballot, also known as “Clean Missouri,” sounds good. Who wouldn’t want our state to be “clean”? But there’s a lot more …
by Dana Lyons Global equity markets are testing levels potentially critical to the survival of the bull market. As this stock market correction progresses, it is natural to consider what levels may be effective in halting the decline. We have recently …
WINNING: The American Wage Boom. “Raises for U.S. workers are creating very confident consumers.” Compensation for U.S. workers grew at an accelerating rate in the third quarter, a sign a historically tight labor market is yielding better pay for employees… The increase …
by Geoffrey Grider Crowdfunding sites have made it easy for people to convert feelings of sympathy into monetary gifts. Occasionally, well-meaning attempts to help the victim of targeted mistreatment or random tragedy go viral, bringing the beneficiary a major windfall During …
by Dennis Miller Can the Fed cause a market crash? In 2017 Fed Chair Janet Yellen reassured us: “Would I say there will never, ever be another financial crisis? …. That would be going too far but I do think we’re much safer …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Bloodbath” and similar technical terms crop up in the media. Sales of houses and condos in Greater Sydney, Australia’s largest housing market, plunged 16.7% in October compared to October last year, even as advertised listings surged …
Here is today’s articles mentioned in this news update: 1. Fed proposes easing capital rules, testing of some big banks http://www.startribune.com/fed-propos… 2. Too-big-to-fail banks keep getting bigger https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/21/inve…
by NaturalHedgehog Quick roundup of the top rising and falling stocks today (1 November 2018), as of mid-morning. This list is limited to companies with market cap >$100 million, and also excludes VIX, short ETFs, etc, as these just reflect …
Wow –> is today just a repeat of the Dotcom bust?? pic.twitter.com/v3XJC39nRQ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 31, 2018 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1058021998570455040 You have a tightening of monetary conditions around the world, a slowdown in Chinese demand, and financial market turmoil that affects …
by TheMacroEvent Apple reports Q4 earnings on Thursday, November 1st, after the bell. Here are a few things to watch for: 1. iPhones? iPhones iPhones are it. They are the brain of Apple, making everything else go. iPads? Macs? Accessories? …
by Thinker This week Trevor Loudon exposes Rep. Keith Ellison, who is currently running for Minnesota Attorney General, an office that – being dominated by Democrats for fifty years – is already riddled with corruption. Trevor also exposes California Congressman …
“…But during her NBC interview, Swetnick backtracked from her allegations. Now it emerges that NBC News was aware that there might be other serious problems with her story — but waited until Thursday last week to inform the public….” That …
These are our best and brightest? Wow! The massive stranglehold that the leftists have had on our nation has really destroyed not just the country but the minds of the people. These people are in college and yet they have …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors As the stock market bull potentially nears the end of its run and we head into the last two months of 2018, many investors are making adjustments to their portfolios. Over the course of my …
by Fabius Maximus Summary: This month’s sharp drop in stock prices has raised fears about the US economy. Are they warranted? Is the expansion “old”? How can we predict the next recession? See the answers you won’t find in the news. …
Austria joins Hungary & USA — WILL NOT sign UN migration pact The Global Compact for Sage, Orderly and Regular Migration was approved in July by all 193 UN member nations with the exception of the United States. The US …
by Chris Black Do you remember the “Judge Kavanaugh sexually assaulted me at some point in the eighties, though I can’t remember when and where” extravaganza? Well, neither do I. It feels like it was 10 years ago, and …