Is Snopes a reliable source?

Perfect illustration. I find Snopes very rarely outright lies, but they are most always deceptive, usually by turning the question or statement into something that nobody was saying in the first place – but the truth is generally contained at …

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MASSIVE JUMP: Rasmussen Reports: “Today’s @realDonaldTrump approval ratings among black voters: 36% – This day last year: 19%”

Rasmussen Reports Verified account @Rasmussen_Poll Today’s @realDonaldTrump approval ratings among black voters: 36% This day last year: 19% Today’s @realDonaldTrump approval ratings among black voters: 36% This day last year: 19% https://t.co/mazBCWoIMy @POTUS @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/uIqYxoBn6w — Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) August …

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Junk Bond 12-month divergence matter this time?

by Kimble Charting CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Above compares the Pimco High Yield Fund (PHDAX) to the S&P 500 over the past 20-years. Junk bonds diverged from the S&P 500 for nearly 24-months, prior to stocks peaking in 2000. Junk bonds diverged from …

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The U.S. has gone from a big-time net importer of oil to a small-time one. The latest base-case forecast from the EIA is that it will be a “modest net exporter” from 2029 through 2045.

The report says the US will be a net exporter of oil until at least 2049, never thought I’d see the day. https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/pdf/AEO2018.pdf   The oil market has changed a lot over the past decade. Here, for example, is the latest …

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Emerging Market Contagion

via Kevin Muir Wild day in the markets. Emerging markets are getting crushed like a 1980s teenage nerd asking the head cheerleader to prom. As I write this, the EEM ETF is down roughly 3% on the day, and down more …

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Don’t underestimate the modern Democrats’ willingness to double down on economic stupidity. If these new-school Dems actually cared about robust growth, they’d be much more like old-school Dems.

MICHAEL GOODWIN: New York City’s booming economy is bad news for the far left. Gov. Cuomo, for example, is airing television ads attacking Trump while publicly ignoring his primary opponent, Cynthia Nixon, who is pushing him farther and farther to the …

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