Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Ironically, after having lamented the flattening yield curve for a year, soothsayers are now lamenting the steepening of the yield curve. On Friday, capping a rough week in the US Treasury market, the 10-year yield closed …
Who will blink first? By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. A serious showdown is brewing in the Eurozone as Italy’s anti-establishment coalition government takes on the EU establishment in a struggle that could have major ramifications for …
via visualcapitalist: The record industry has seen a lot of change over the years. Vinyl gave way to 8-tracks, and cassettes faded away as compact discs took the world by storm, and through it all, the music industry saw its revenue …
by Stucky, TBP We had such a small government when George Washington was President. There were just three Cabinet positions: the honestly named Secretary of War, who was responsible for both canons on the Hudson being aimed at England; the Secretary …
“The reason Kavanaugh is being taken down is because the deep state, which relies heavily on the democrats is terrified of military tribunals. We are still in a state of war, tehcnically the United States is in a state of …
by Thinker How many wars have the children of the U.S. lived through??? How many “Veterans” gave their lives to serve, protect, and defend the freedom of American??? How many have been left behind after they can no longer perform, …
by Amy S. California is the land of beaches, mountains, and all the legal marijuana you can stomach. It’s also, inconveniently, a dangerous minefield riddled with nasty fault lines that rupture without much warning, generating massive earthquakes that can …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwdHqId8wmk U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Oct. 4, that Russia’s violation of an arms control treaty was “untenable” and unless it changed course the United States would respond. http://marygreeley.com/?p=76121
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDhj3-XlBIQ Some 259 people worldwide have died while taking selfies, according to a study published in the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. Researchers scoured news reports on selfie deaths that occurred from October 2011 to November 2017. http://marygreeley.com/?p=76191
by FS This has been a good year for the stock market so far, at least in the U.S., yet many investors are wondering when the other shoe will drop. We spoke with Louis-Vincent Gave, founding partner and CEO at …
by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Global stocks are declining this morning with bond yields inching up higher as traders await the release of September’s payrolls data US stocks index futures are pointing to a neutral open in NY with the Dow Jones …
by Martin Armstrong It is not looking very good for the winter ahead. A reader from Calgary sent this picture in about the early snowfall up there. Indeed, Calgary just experienced the Snowiest Day in More Than Three Decades. It Broke an October …
Transcript: Previously on this show we’ve told you how employees at Google discussed altering search results to undermine the White House’s immigration policies. At the time Google said it has never changed search results for political reasons, and it never …
by Michael Snyder Why would the IMF use the phrase “a second Great Depression” in a report that they know the entire world will read? To be more precise, the IMF stated that “large challenges loom for the global economy to prevent a …
by Michael Snyder After reading the information contained in this article, you will probably find yourself questioning if America is going to be able to survive for much longer, because our young people are a complete and total mess. Yes, …
by Dennis Miller Bob and Ray were close friends; both retired and lived across the street from one another. One fateful morning, each took their coffee into the den, flipped on the computer and checked their brokerage account. As the data …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter This is why the trucking business is so cyclical – and you can see it coming. Trucking is a cyclical business. And there are now signs that the phenomenal surge this year has peaked, and while it remains …
via John Stepek The ten-year US Treasury yield is arguably the most important interest rate in the world. Yesterday, it hit its highest level since 2011. This morning it’s still rising – heading above 3.2%. It’s not so long ago that …
by TFittonJW Here is the big Judicial Watch Update: Background on Soros: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-documents-show-state-department-and-usaid-working-with-soros-group-to-channel-money-to-mercenary-army-of-far-left-activists-in-albania/ And our ammo ban battle: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-atf-for-records-about-obama-administration-attempt-to-restrict-ar-15-ammunition/ (Pic of yours truly prepping for the Update in our DC HQ offices.)
via CNBC: One warning sign in housing market could spell trouble for economy from CNBC. The U.S. economy is growing at a healthy pace, the labor market is its tightest in years and consumer confidence hasn’t been this high since …
by Shaun Richards Today we return to a topic which has been regularly in the headlines in 2018. We started the year with the US administration that looking like it was talking the US Dollar lower in line with its America …
by Chris The number of cases where the FBI has merely operated as the “fixer” for the system is overwhelming. In fact, it seems to be the rule rather than the exception. So I am at a loss for how …
by Thinker Since becoming the 45th president of the United States, it has been a daily battle for Donald Trump to run the country and fight off the men and women who conspired against it and him. A man who …
From Kitco: A rising U.S. deficit, coupled with increased printing of money, should be tailwinds for gold, said Ken Hoffman, senior expert at McKinsey Basic Materials Practice… Continue reading at Kitco…
by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Global stocks are dropping this morning as US treasury yields continue to rally after the yield on the US 10-year hit the highest level since 2011 in yesterday’s trading US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, during a …
by Michael Snyder U.S. bonds have not fallen like this since Donald Trump’s stunning election victory in November 2016. Could this be a sign that big trouble is on the horizon for the stock market? It seems like bonds have …
by Michael Snyder Should men wear stilettos? At one time that would have been unthinkable, but in recent years the trend toward “gender-fluidity” has broken down many of the old barriers that once ruled the fashion world. So now many …
by Chris Black If you are sick and tired of the Kavanaugh nomination for SCOTUS extravaganza, here’s an interesting piece of news that went under the mainstream media’s radar. A weirdly dressed and even weirder-acting soy-boy hit a pro …
by Ruby Henley She must feel so out of control right now. Sad, she could not tell the truth to the person who questioned her. More than that, why has she been trained to help someone to break the law? …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains & Capital More and more “bells are ringing” for this market rally. The microcap index, called the Russell 2000, typically leads the overall market in risk on/ risk off moves. With that in mind, what does the …