Record Junk-Bond Inflows? People are losing it

Record Junk-Bond Inflows? LOL – people are losing it pic.twitter.com/CU6lwtgsZM — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) January 14, 2019 Isn't that odd, the stock market just stopped going up when leveraged loans index hit resistance pic.twitter.com/KSFYhWcqdF — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 15, 2019 CDX …

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On January 3rd 2019 the House Proposed HR 25, ‘‘Fair Tax Act of 2019’’- A Bill That Will Destroy the IRS and the Privately Operated Federal Reserve Forever

by T3Baron 116th Congress, 1st Session To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. HR …

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A Message from your Totalitarian State: “Get NewsGuard for your browser today. NewsGuard’s trained journalists assess news websites for credibility and transparency.”

by salvia_d Keep in mind, from what I understand, that the people behind this project are trying to make this mandatory for all schools, libraries, universities as well as computer/mobile devices sold in the United States (and I’m assuming elsewhere). This …

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FRANCE: The Yellow Vests Are Unstoppable.

via spiked-online: Not only does peripheral France fare badly in the modern economy, it is also culturally misunderstood by the elite. The yellow-vest movement is a truly 21st-century movement in that it is cultural as well as political. Cultural validation is …

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Orwellian

by Nate China is planning on rolling out a nationwide network where all their citizens are graded on a variety of metrics and given a “social credit score.” In this Bloomberg QuickTake video, they explain how it works, what it is, and …

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Why Credit Cards?

by njc2o   For me, its for the rewards and security.   To get more specific: Security. When you use a debit card out in the world, you’re giving the world a more direct line to your actual money. Every time …

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Credit cycle is deteriorating quickly

Anyone notice the Leveraged Loan Index did not break in 1Q18 when the stock market corrected -10%. However, the index broke on the -20% stock market correction in late 2018. Signals to me – credit cycle is deteriorating quickly pic.twitter.com/1p52oA7btO …

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I WANT A WALL JUST LIKE ISRAEL

by Wayne Root I have a simple message to get this wall built. I hope President Trump starts using it, day and night. It’s easy to remember. Easy to understand. “The American people deserve the same wall as Israel.” Israel has a …

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This suggests trouble dead ahead

So what do financials think?$XLF suggests trouble dead ahead pic.twitter.com/7ygP6GFQOB — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) January 12, 2019 2019 S&P 500 earnings expectations nosedive. pic.twitter.com/ESqsyCjk62 — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) January 13, 2019 Dow Global $DJWDragon Fly Doji 200 DMA resistance pic.twitter.com/yAxXIqGR81 — …

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Apparently 91.6% of political donations went to Democrats during 2016 from the American Federation of Government Employees Union.

via fedsmith: Relatively few federal employees make donations to political campaigns. In FedSmith surveys, a majority of those responding normally indicate that they are independent rather than aligned with any political party. How have federal employee unions and federal employees that do …

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Morgan Stanley’s quant team calculates that every $20bn decline in the Fed’s MBS holdings shaves 0.37% off the S&P 500.

Morgan Stanley's quant team calculates that every $20bn decline in the Fed's MBS holdings shaves 0.37% off the S&P 500. pic.twitter.com/SBfKycKeLo — Robin Wigglesworth (@RobinWigg) January 10, 2019 this is probably not good pic.twitter.com/PxYfrnEczx — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 10, 2019 …

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