by Dr. Eowyn The WIC or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, created in 1974, is a federal welfare program for supposedly low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and children under the age of five — regardless of whether …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQBVuC5pZlY There’s much more to knowing the trend than seeing whether stocks closed in positive or negative territory on any given day. It usually pays to “look under the hood” of the stock market a little deeper. Here’s one of …
by stockboardasset J.P. Morgan’s top quant, Marko Kolanovic, predicts a “Great Liquidity Crisis” will hit financial markets, marked by flash crashes in stock prices and social unrest. The trillion-dollar shift to passive investments, computerized trading strategies and electronic trading desks will …
via thefreethoughtproject: As the Russian hacking conspiracy theorists continue pining away in their relentless attempt to prove Russian interference in the United States 2016 elections, Americans, in general, are unaware of the far more sinister interference taking place right now—in the …
Miami is a city with an ever changing skyline. And those who make it happen — the plumbers, electricians, brick masons and carpenters — earn far above the local median: $55,000-75,000 a year with full benefits and a pension. But …
by Dr. Eowyn The California state legislature is so hell-bent on killing unborn babies that it’s introduced a bill, SB 320, that will require state universities and colleges to provide free abortion to students. SB 320 has a long Orwellian name …
by stockboardasset Tropical Storm Gordon is quickly heading west-northwest at 17 mph with sustained 65 mph winds toward a landfall tonight along the northern Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has declared a hurricane warning from the …
by LV At the beginning of the second century AD, a Roman poet named Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known as Juvenal, wrote his Satires, which contained the famous Latin phrase, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? The literal translation is “Who will guard the guards themselves?” A looser, …
https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/barclays Here is Barclays. h/t @GTCost
Warning sign –> Comex Copper Smashed — maybe ignoring the global slowdown has ended and reality is starting to set in pic.twitter.com/DVtjaJzvzl — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 4, 2018 recessions are bullish — global slowdown continues… pic.twitter.com/BzXd2xdveH — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September …
h/t @David_Schro OECD’s William White (called ’08 Crisis), former head of BIS, interview on RealVision
Monopoly was actually designed as a simulation of modern capitalism and to demonstrate its shortcomings. The fiat monetary system is a broken and stupid system. h/t riversforever
by pinkpolkagirl Poverty of Perspective Introduction When I was a teenager, my family moved to an area of immense wealth to an area of immense poverty. Quite simply, my life and perspective changed forever. Originally, I was actually going to …
by Christopher Casey of The Mises Institute Fans of HBO’s hit series, Game of Thrones, know well the motto of House Stark: “Winter is Coming.” This motto warns of impending doom, whether brought on by the Starks themselves, devastating multi-year, cold weather, …
by Jim Quinn “A variety of investors provided capital to financial companies, with which they made irresponsible loans and took excessive risks. These activities resulted in real losses, which have largely wiped out the shareholder equity of the companies. But …
by Chris Black California used to be an awesome state until Ronald Reagan. Actually, for our younger readers, you must learn that before the Reagan-era, California was a Red State. I bet you did not know that. Almost every …
Typhoon Jebi is expected to make landfall in Japan later today, September 3, or Tuesday morning as the country prepares for the strongest storm so far in 2018. Residents across Japan are urged to make preparations as the storm is …
by Ruby Henley I don’t know why a Michael Avenatti as ‘President’ would shock me – frankly, this Country would just be finished off. It is almost gone now, but that obnoxious man would take any hope left and literally …
The recent $USD curve flattening indicates that markets are in a late-cyclical mindset. But what happens during the 6 months that precede a curve inversion in the US? See picture$NZD usually suffers a lot, while $JPY performs! More in our …
by stockboardasset States deploy reserves and balances to manage budgetary uncertainties, deal with revenue forecasting mistakes, prevent severe spending reductions or tax increases when there are unexpected revenue shortfalls, and cope with unforeseen emergencies. Because reserves and balances are essential to …
by northmantrader Who are you going to believe? The data or the lying highs? This summer markets have again ignored all negative news. Be it trade issues, be it indictments and drama on the political front, you name it. Turkey, Venezuela, …
“An explosion that rocked a cafe in central Donetsk city in eastern Ukraine killed the leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, and injured several other top officials. “The head of the DNR, Alenksandr Zakharchenko, has …
Motivated by inflation? By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. A strange thing just happened in Mexico. The Bank of Mexico (Banxico), announced that it is considering launching a 2,000 peso note (ca. $105), double the highest denomination …
by John Rubino Jim Rogers: “The next equities bear market will be the worst of my lifetime, while gold might become a bubble” … McAlvany: 4 key signals in the gold market happening right now … Jim Rickards: US and …
by Martin Armstrong A very interesting issue has emerged in California. The price of real estate rose so high that the median price for a home reached $600,000 and the price was just too high. Consequently, people began to take up residence …
via fryktelig: I believe Alexa provides this data in real time, or something close to it, so the ranks on that page are subject to variation. I collected the data on June 3. If you have a look with the archive.org …
via spurnburn: Plot created using MATLAB. Blue line shows the difference in yield between 10-year bonds and 2-year bonds. Basically, shows the return on long term versus short term bonds (Source: US Treasury Department, treasury.gov) Orange line shows the price of an …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1035734735681675265 China Exports & Imports to US hit a brick-wall — US $200BLN in tariffs for China coming next week pic.twitter.com/9fo0txiqWE — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 2, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1036053567327686657 Key divergence between two consumer sentiment/confidence indices, now at the highest level …
via Dave Kranzler “Those who see no Lehman-like episode on the horizon did not see the last one.” – highly regarded writer, George Will, in a National Review article titled, “America Is Overdue For Another Economic Disaster.” Lost in the largely meaningless …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A structural shift with some significance for the auto industry. Since we’re keeping a keen eye on the auto industry, this trend could become meaningful. In large urban areas where millions of people are trying to …