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 …
Tess Pennington Ready Gardens Have you ever wondered why you should start your own garden when food is readily available at grocery stores? What about those who would love to be self-sufficient to the point of living off the food they can …
From Brandon Smith Blind faith in the U.S. dollar is perhaps one of the most crippling disabilities economists have in gauging our economic future. Historically speaking, fiat currencies are essentially animals with very short lives, and world reserve currencies are even …
by Geoffrey Grider Ana Maria Archila, one of the two women who confronted Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator on Friday, helps lead a progressive organization funded by billionaire George Soros that heads an $80 million activist effort …
BY DEB SHAW Following spectacular data in Q3, US economy squeezes out another good quarter Trump’s Iran sanctions drive up crude oil prices, sending inflation expectations higher Despite relative weakness in Q3, expect US dollar to begin rallying in earnest this …
via John P. Hussman, Ph.D.: Chuck Prince famously said we have to dance until the music stops. Actually the music had stopped already when he said that. – George Soros In recent days, the combination of extreme valuations and unfavorable market …
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by nowrongturns I see a common strategy that many tend to employ is to pick an index like the s&p and then pick some of the stocks in the top 10 of the index that they think are good companies. …
Do you think we are experiencing similarities with the “Roaring 20’s”? Let me know what you think. When a market behaves according to fundamentals, it’s easy to track. When there is euphoria and manipulation, it becomes quite difficult. Today we …
by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Global stocks are rallying this morning following news that the Italian coalition government is seeking a lower budget deficit after CY2019 & positive comments made by US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell about the outlook for the US …
by Michael Snyder Over 20 major retailers have filed for bankruptcy since the beginning of last year, and in 2018 we may break the all-time record for annual store closings that was established just last year. We are in the midst …
by Michael Snyder Could you imagine the immense devastation that would take place if a giant wall of water 80 feet high slammed into the west coast of the United States? It may not happen today or tomorrow, but scientists …
Authored by Jan Kot via Mingtiandi.com, Hong Kong’s towering home prices took their first dip in nearly two and a half years Hong Kong’s private home prices marked their first decline in 29 months only days after Hong Kong banks …
At this point have to say really tired of this US market bs pic.twitter.com/goX8ey6P7r — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) October 2, 2018 The only time we've seen anything close to this many classic top features was the week of March 24, 2000 …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Ford drops to 4th place. Industry sales in the red for the year. But FCA sales jump. GM stopped giving out monthly numbers of new-vehicle deliveries earlier this year, and switched to quarterly releases. Today it reported its …
via visualcapitalist: In many areas of life, we are often our own worst enemies. The realm of personal finance is no different. What’s the biggest threat to achieving financial independence? Unfortunately, it’s your own brain. You can invest in all …
by Chris Black According to a Tuesday hit piece in the “newspaper of record” (just kidding), President Trump participated in, let me quote, questionable and dubious tax strategies, in order to increase his already huge fortune. The NYT article claims …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZZixKl584 BIOLOGICAL WARFARE EXPOSED! According to the Charlotte Observer, “monstrous” mosquitoes 20 times larger than normal have been swarming in the Carolinas following Hurricane Florence. This “mosquito-pocalypse” (dubbed by USA Today) follows directly after power outages affecting millions in the …
BY JOHN MAULDIN Many good things are happening in China. Businesses are prospering. Living standards rise. The country’s interior is still quite poor but life is improving. This progress is welcome news. The problem is how China is financing it. The …
BY JOHN MAULDIN With all the trade war talk, we all ask the obvious question: Who will win? President Trump says the US will win. Chinese business leaders say no, we will win. Free-traders on both sides say no one will win. But …
by howmuch Wealth and income inequality are growing areas of concern. A report from Oxfam found that 82% of all wealth created throughout the world in 2017 went to the top 1%. 8 individuals literally own as much money as 3.8 billion people. It’s …
This map, a screenshot from The Opportunity Atlas, shows household income in 2014-2015 for people born between 1978 and 1983 to low-income parents. In areas that are more red, people who grew up in low-income households tended to stay low-income. In areas …
image: https://www.wnd.com/images/misc/100128booze.jpg Part of the tab for alcoholic drinks on a congressional trip arranged by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi It reads like a dream order for a wild frat party: Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey …
by Alexander Trigaux, Editor, GoldSilver It’s easy to show that the stock market is extremely overvalued right now. And we have, many times, many ways. What is also true is that attempting to call the top of a wildly overvalued market is guesswork. …
by badpauly These are the latest Schedule 13D forms filed by activist investors in the last 7 days. Activist investors are investors that make an investment with the intention of influencing management in some way. There is evidence that following …
by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Global stocks are declining this morning following yesterday’s positive start to the month as investors shift their focus to a slowing global growth outlook and the start of 3Q earnings season US stocks index futures are pointing to …
by Michael Snyder If we do not change course, our once great nation will be destroyed by a debt that has grown wildly out of control. We are facing an unprecedented debt crisis that literally threatens to bring our country to …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Few conventional-media commentators are willing or able to discuss these factors in the labor shortage / declining participation trends. Is there a labor shortage in the U.S.? Employers are shouting “yes.” Economists keep looking for wage increases as …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But wait — these are the Boom Times! The US gross national debt jumped by $84 billion on September 28, the last business day of fiscal year 2018, the Treasury Department reported Monday afternoon. During the …
by Dr. Eowyn Democrats are the Anti-America Party of Lawlessness. Congressional resolutions are not laws. They are not legislative in character, but are statements of intent or declarations used primarily to express principles, facts, opinions, and purposes. When Congress seeks to …