by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks US prosecutors have formally filed criminal charges against Huawei Technologies, raising fears about the potential for a breakdown in talks between US and China trade officials Bloomberg suggests the rotation into defensive stocks which started …
by wavecollapse I believe RBG is dead, or close to death i.e. “kept alive” First the facts: RBG is 85 years old. RBG has been a SCOTUS judge since 1993. September 1999, RBG is diagnosed with colon cancer. She undergoes …
Maybe not a bad idea. By John E. McNellis, Principal at McNellis Partners, for The Registry: With major announcements almost daily, WeWork is stealing so many headlines it’s annoying the president. The latest is its name-change to WeCompany, the old name being …
via @OccupyWisdom : 1/ INDEX INVESTING (Log scale & inflation adjusted) All the investment “experts” tout index investing: blindly buying 100s-1000s of minuscule positions, as ideal for the average investor. The below chart shows the sideways movement that this strategy leads to, …
via @UncleRico77: You all saw the move in $GLD today. Given that the geniuses at global central banks are going right back to the well (Fed raises balance sheet by 300% and panics after shrinking it by 10%), this stocks/gold ratio …
leveraged loans index stalling out – bad for stock market pic.twitter.com/KTt21h5yqZ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 28, 2019 Credit Default Swaps reset after a month of declines? pic.twitter.com/xU4LAqo03F — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 28, 2019 Eurozone credit impulse… Despite zero interest rates …
by SP The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite (Fm NYT) DAVOS, Switzerland — They’ll never admit it in public, but many of your bosses want machines to replace you as soon as possible. I know this because, …
BREAKING: Mueller’s indictment of Stone clears Trump of Russia “collusion” on Page 4 by noting senior Trump campaign officials did NOT know WikiLeaks had “stolen DNC emails” or when they would release them, and did NOT know what other information …
Pink or blue? was my first thought when I saw Cuomo’s directive. He chose pink to celebrate the extension of abortion to after viability, but it seems as if New York’s landmarks are lit up to commemorate the passing of …
IT’S NOT DECISIVE, BUT IT SURE HELPS. h/t GR
Economist John Williams warns the Federal Reserve has painted itself into a very tight no win corner. No matter what the Fed does with rates it’s going to be a disaster. Williams explains, “You had some very heavy selling towards …
by dipsis I’ve spent more time than I care to admit battling online poorly conceived notions of risk in investing. Below are excerpts from Howard Mark’s book, The Most Important Thing. This will probably fly in the face of many redditors, …
by Troy The stock market continues to hold at its 50% retracement. This has been one of the fiercest non-stop recoveries after a 20% selloff. Will the stock market continue its V-shaped recovery? Or is a retracement imminent? We think …
THIS IS THE REAL SLAPDOWN https://www.facebook.com/youngamericasfoundation/videos/359321281556915/ h/t Buzzcheeze
ITM Trading, Released on 1/25/19 Link to slides and sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/great… Trade wars continue between the US and China, the two largest global economies. In the US, they say the trade war is having an impact on China’s economy, which is …
by Fwellimort John Bogle was more of a two fund portfolio. 60% US Market. 40% US Bond Market. However, note Bogle was also a S&P500 person until the US Market fund in Vanguard became available. Buffett is also a two fund …
by sleepyguy22 The yield takes compounding into effect, the rate does not. For small rates, e.g. what you get in a savings account, these will be virtually identical. You can start seeing the difference on larger interest rates. Example: a savings account with $10,000 …
Do you think that there will be a new upswing in real estate in the spring? Or is the slowdown here to stay for now? Real estate is having a hard time, not just in the US, but globally. It …
But online sales are hot, now at 20% of total retail. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. It’s a confusing picture. A monthly survey of retailers published by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) indicated that just 4% of …
by throwaway38 This is a response to a post I read here the other day where someone said they had became so obsessed with their finances, and working overtime, that they no longer found joy in any of their hobbies. …
by hammertime84 Marginal tax rates and potential confusion around them have been in the news a bit lately. I’d never actually seen the effective rate and marginal rate plotted together this way and it worked out well. I used the …
by OB1_kenobi First, here’s a link that many of you will remember… since the story only dates back to December. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/10/venezuela-russian-bombers-maduro And the US took a pretty dim view of Russian assistance and strategic bombers visiting Venezuela. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/11/pentagon-knocks-russias-bomber-deployment-to-venezuela-amid-economic-turmoil.html Now, amidst …
by Orangutan Censorship there, here, and everywhere. This trend will continue to whatever degree is necessary to keep control over the population. Frank Zappa had a quote on this about the curtain being pulled away. I don’t know what alternative …
Top of the Drudge Report https://drudgereport.com US GOVT SHUTDOWN AGREEMENT REACHEDANNOUNCEMENT SET FOR 1 PM EST US.GOVT TO REOPEN 'TEMPORARILY'@realDonaldTrump atlast has some sense dawned on you….or r u scared of #MuellerFriday — Adv M Ramiah (@murugesh1234) January 25, 2019 …
by Thinker WASHINGTON – There’s much talk about the partial government shutdown. But if you stop by your local post office, you can still mail those holiday returns. The agencies affected by the shutdown include Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Homeland Security, …
ROFLMAO – These ladies are hilarious…and make very valid points! “If you remember what they looked like at the last SOTU, they all looked like prunes.” “Well now they all gonna be lookin’ like raisins.” h/t KimberGal
by freetvs MIRROR full segment from CBS News CBS is trying to downplay the effectiveness of a wall. They don’t seem to understand that a wall is a deterrent (just like a door on your house) and one layer of …
by Grover President – The president responsible for approving the budget. Fiscal Years – The budget years that the president approved. Years – Total number of budget years approved Debt Inc. – The debt increase (in $billions) during the FYs of the …
Innocent Child Harassed, Threatened by Cops for Shoveling Snow Without a Permit Normandy, MO — Residents in Normandy, Missouri are questioning a new ordinance they are calling ridiculous which requires anyone who wishes to shovel snow for money—to have a permit. To …
by Charles Hugh-Smith No wonder the ruling elites love how easily we’re distracted and divided against ourselves: it’s so easy to dominate a distracted, divided, blinded-by-propaganda and negative emotions populace. Let’s say you’re one of the ruling elites operating the …