10 Tricks to Appear Smart During Meetings

via Sarah Cooper: Like everyone, appearing smart during meetings is my top priority. Sometimes this can be difficult if you start daydreaming about your next vacation, your next nap, or bacon. When this happens, it’s good to have some fallback tricks …

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2019: Zombie Markets Before The Fall

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Francis Tattegrain La ramasseuse d’épaves (The Beachcomber) 1880  I haven’t really written about finance since April of this year, and given recent fluctuations in what people persist in calling the markets, maybe it’s time. Then again, nothing has …

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Interest payments about to skyrocket

  via CBS NEWS: The Fed’s interest rate hikes are doing more than hitting consumers in the credit cards. They’re also making it much more expensive for the U.S. to carry its debt load. While they’re not currently a subject of President …

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THE RELENTLESSNESS OF MODERN PARENTING

by GR Raising children has become significantly more time-consuming and expensive, amid a sense that opportunity has grown more elusive. “Parent” as a verb gained widespread use in the 1970s, which is also when parenting books exploded. The 1980s brought …

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If the bull market is intact where is the broad weakness coming from?

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1078187419898470400 2018 Returns…Cash $BIL: +1.7%Bonds $AGG: -0.5%Gold $GLD: -3%High Yield $HYG: -4%Investment Grade $LQD: -4%US REITs $VNQ: -10%S&P 500 $SPY: -11%International REITs $VNQI: -11%Commodities $DBC: -12%MSCI World ex-US $ACWX: -17%Emerging Markets $EEM: -18%Oil $USO: -25% — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) December …

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#JOURNALISM:

via Twitter: #JOURNALISM: Also: UPDATE: Yahoo Lifestyle: Melania Trump gets mocked for wearing Timberland boots while visiting the troops. ANOTHER UPDATE: Flashback: Maher: I’m “Hoping” For “A Crashing Economy” So We Can Get Rid Of Trump, “Bring On The Recession.” The entire …

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Beware the Bear’s Bull Traps!

by David Haggith So, the bull market bounced back, right? Not so fast. When one appreciated reader suggested there would be a huge plunge the day after Christmas, given how badly the market plummeted the day before Christmas, I cautioned against …

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