by howmuch National debt levels can be hard to understand, not to mention boring. For example, Puerto Rico is making headlines because it is $74 billion in debt, but the United States is about to reach $20 trillion, and that doesn’t seem …
Authored by John Mauldin via MauldinEconomics.com, Since the 2008 financial crisis, there’s been a growing number of ridiculous, inane, and otherwise nonsensical economic interventions from our central bankers that fill the daily economic headlines. I have gone from the occasional smile to …
The Federal Reserve is good at one thing: Keeping their actions a big secret. Some of their data gets released and we can piece it together. Interest rates have been persistently low for a long period of time. Even with …
by Mark Angelides So Prince Harry has gotten engaged to Meghan Markle. A handsome guy getting hitched to a beautiful woman is not exactly news, but an odd thing is happening to the world’s media. Those that have for years denigrated …
by Thinker Wars for land, power, and slaves and nothing more and the U.S. is at the command opening every door. What happened to the word called Peace? War has taken its place for an agenda for a new world …
here’s a partial transcript of their conversation with Joey Marburger, director of product at Washington Post: JOEY: The big thing that I can say with our tagline of “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” which was really driven by Jeff. VERITAS: That …
By Michael Snyder Did you know that the number of retail store closings in 2017 has already tripled the number from all of 2016? Last year, a total of 2,056 store locations were closed down, but this year more than 6,700 stores have been shut down …
Here Richmond takes offense with the argument that weak growth for much of this cycle has prevented “excesses” from building, and hence an already long cycle can last even longer. As he says “we disagree and see excesses all over …
by Ruby Henley President Trump was so concerned over the purchase of Western United States uranium by Russia, he called out Clinton. Of course, it was played down, but what I have to present to you in this report will …
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by Chris Black Taiyesha Baker used to be until very recently a nurse at Riley Children’s Health, which is an affiliate of Indiana University Health in Indianapolis. Baker became an internet sensation after she said on Twitter that, let me …
by Mark Angelides We are hearing arguments for and against the rollback of the Net Neutrality laws, but what is the reality. And more importantly, why are we ignoring the other 30 plus countries in the world that have already tried …
by Lance Roberts It is always refreshing to step away from the keyboard for a few days and hit the “reset button,” which is exactly what I did last week. My wife and I took a quick trip to Mexico to get …
@StockBoardAsset? This, from Citi, is amazing pic.twitter.com/syRj8zbkdi — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 25, 2017 Hedge Funds Haven’t Been This Leveraged to Buy Stocks Since the Bull Market Began Increasing use of borrowed money is a sign of confidence Managers raising longs …
By Michael Snyder Yes, this is a true story. I was completely shocked when I learned about this too, and this just underscores the importance of repealing the individual mandate immediately. Shortly after taking office, President Trump issued an executive …
by John Rubino Corporate share repurchases have turned out to be a great mechanism for converting Federal Reserve easing into higher consumer spending. Just allow public companies to borrow really cheaply and one of the things they do with the …
Trump’s election confirmed one thing for certain: The Deep State is real. Their dedication to removing our president from power is relentless. They will continue to work against him and if Trump backs off from any of his campaign promises, …
By Michael Snyder Why is the west coast shaking so violently? According to the latest data from Earthquake Track, there have been 698 earthquakes in California within the past 30 days. By the time that you read this article, that number …
by Ruby Henley Where are all the indictments we were told were coming? I mean the real indictments – you know the ones on the real criminals, like John and Tony Podesta? And for good measure, let us add Obama …
Here are the sources cited in graphic: Student Loans Food Stamps Federal Debt Money Printing Health Insurance Costs Labor Force Participation Workers’ Share of Economy Median Family Income Home Ownership h/t hyalineye
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the Canadian Federal Deficit which has reached $5.9 billion half way through the fiscal year. As John goes into, Canada’s private debt to GDP has reached 266.89% in 2016 …
Gold and silver expert Rob Kirby says the price suppression of gold and silver is in the process of ending. Kirby says, “In the very near future . . . we are going to experience precious metals to be cryptoized …
By Michael Snyder Should Donald Trump be named “Person of the Year” by Time Magazine just like he was last year? This has become the biggest controversy in the mainstream media over the past couple of days, but there really …
The Rothschild family is one of the most powerful, wealthy, and influential groups in the world. Their dynasty stretches back hundreds of years to every corner of the earth. They’ve been able to maintain their dominance because they were able …
#VIX #XIV #VXX #volatility In 1992, the CBOE hired Robert Whaley to develop a tradeable volatility product on equity index option prices. A year later, in 1993, the VIX was born when the CBOE started publishing real-time quotes on the implied …
by Chris Black Yeah, I know what you’re thinking: yet another article about Sweden reaching unimaginable cuckness levels. But it’s their fault, as every news that comes from Sweden nowadays is increasingly more shocking than the previous; it’s like they’re …
By Michael Snyder If the economy is doing just fine, then why is homelessness at levels not seen “since the Great Depression” in major cities all over the country? If the U.S. economy was actually in good shape, we would …
Merkel is obliviously out of touch with the native German people. I hope she’s forced to resign sometime soon, so the German people can move on without her. AC
Pre-dawn waits for door busters diminish, but Black Friday weekend still important for retailers After paging through the door buster ads, Jean Wendt, her sisters and nieces will head out around 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day to begin their Black …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen who was also born and raised in Norway regarding the bubbles we see expanding in the stock market, housing markets and currency in Norway at an unsustainable rate. Looking back …