Will The Last 2-Weeks Of 2019 Be The Inverse of 2018?

by Erik Lytikainen Every professional investor knows that month-ending, quarter-ending and year-ending timestamps are important. Throughout the year, positions are hedged against these timestamps, and as a result, the year-ending option expirations almost always have the highest open interest. Generally, the higher …

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Where the World Is Going

By Patrick Watson We all want to know the future. Unfortunately, the future isn’t talking. It’s just coming, like it or not. We can, however, make educated forecasts. I think John Mauldin is broadly correct: the future is bright, but …

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POLITICAL PANEL RIPS NEW JOE BIDEN POLITICAL AD: ‘ONE OF THE WORST SLOGANS I’VE EVER HEARD:’

via foxnews: A panel of political experts on Fox Nation’s “Deep Dive” ripped a new political ad released by former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign on Tuesday. “If Donald Trump is reelected, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation,” narrated Biden over images of Trump supporters followed …

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I work in a mid-sized, R&D heavy biotech and the investing climate is terrible at the moment. All of us are really worried about securing funding, is there anyone who can elaborate as to why the market is in this state at the moment?

by ThePirateKing01 I wanted to put this out there because I currently work in a heavy R&D focused biotech and the future looks bleak because the investing market is absolutely terrible for efforts that are pre-clinical. We’ve received global recognition …

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OK Boomer, OK Fed

by Charles Hugh-Smith Eventually the younger generations will connect all the economic injustices implicit in ‘OK Boomer’ with the Fed. Much of the cluelessness and economic inequality behind the OK Boomermeme is the result of Federal Reserve policies that have favored those …

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Is A Bull Brewing In Your 2020 Cup Of Jo?

by TraderStef via CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) by TraderStef | Dec 13, 2019 | Breaking News, Technical Analysis Coffee is one of the most popular beverages consumed worldwide, has received a good amount of press lately about having superfood status, and is currently the number-one beverage in the …

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Stocks Start 2020 In Expensive Territory

by UPFINA 2019 was a costly year for future returns if you believe that when valuations get more expensive, it lowers future returns. That’s because almost all of the gains came from multiple expansion and not from earnings. Earnings barely increased …

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Time To Sell The News?

BY JOHN RUBINO Global stock (and bond and real estate) markets have been on a tear this year, apparently in anticipation of three big events. And last week they got them all, sort of: The US and China announced a “trade …

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All Signs Are Pointing To Civil War—Rand Paul Warning—Proof Included!

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College Enrollment Skids for 8th Year in a Row in 2019, But Student Loans Skyrocket. What Gives?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The stunning decline of men in the student headcount. With college costs blowing through the roof, with “luxury student housing” and not so luxury “student housing” having become asset classes – including, of course, CMBS, now in …

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