Share buybacks and corporate bond redemptions are likely to slow considerably, the concentrated condition in the US equity market today is as amusing as it is disturbing…

Corporate Buybacks + record insider sales, it just doesn't get more evident about management motives https://t.co/cTJKYbONtv — Sunchartist (@sunchartist) September 26, 2018 the boost that US repatriation provided to the US equity and bond markets via share buybacks and corporate …

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The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Seattle’s historic spike falters. New York condo prices back where they were last Sept. House-price bubbles in other metros get even more splendid. Home prices in the US surged 6.0% in July compared to a year ago …

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The college conspiracy theory

by gtmaroondragon This is a conspiracy theory that i have made. This is not fact just a theory. Let us begin. ​ as this graph shows,the average college price has grown by 200% in just 40 years. now some people …

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Classic sign of pent-up demand peaking out, Both $SPX & $DJIA have now turned and are facing down, debt to value added ratio at record levels….

Interesting that consumer confidence just hit its 'best' level since Sept. 2000. Classic sign of pent-up demand peaking out. Recession began 7-months later, as a clear contrary signpost. pic.twitter.com/avH6PC8jfB — David Rosenberg (@EconguyRosie) September 25, 2018 https://twitter.com/W_Analytics/status/1044593378556608512 Is corporate debt …

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We are all (mostly) socialists now

From Jacob Hornberger at Hornberger’s Blog: Image by iStock/erhui1979 There is a popular conception among some libertarians that the reason that we live under a massive welfare-warfare state is because government has a natural propensity to grow. The notion is a …

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China’s ‘Digital Dictatorship’…And Ours

Ron Paul Liberty Report, Released on 9/24/18 China’s “social credit” system purports to rank citizens according to their behavior, trustworthiness, and adherence to the law. Political dissent results in a lower “social credit” score and a reduction in privileges. The …

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The New American Dream

by FartfullyYours 40 years of increasing oligarchy have gotten us to this level of debt slavery. 1. (Age 5-18): Spend 12 years in public school becoming indoctrinated in the “benefits” of the police state and ubiquitous surveillance. 2. (Age 18-22) Spend …

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Visualizing Where Tourists Spend the Most Money

by howmuch Mark Twain once quipped, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” But what if people are by and large only traveling to the same places? Our newest map highlights the countries with thriving international tourism industries, and …

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