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Meanwhile the same Stalwart Media and FBI lament the “hyped-up political climate” THEY continue to fan in the hopes they can save the establishment crooks one more time. If the FBI and DOJ stop lighting political arson fires, and stop their media gaslighting, perhaps responsible persons can put the fires out. The FBI can start … Read more
The United States is learning much from the failed missile explosion in Russia. We have similar, though more advanced, technology. The Russian “Skyfall” explosion has people worried about the air around the facility, and far beyond. Not good! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2019 U.S. Officials Suspect New Nuclear Missile in Explosion That … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Inflation runs hot in housing, medical services, health insurance, other items that are not imported. The consumer price inflation data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which corroborates prior inflation data, says that, yes, prices are rising, but they’re rising sharply in services that are not impacted by imports and … Read more
by WSBConsensus So much for antitrust law
by 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2 Banks announced a 30% chance of recession in the next 12 months. This number obviously is coming from their a**. Where do they get numbers like this? The yield curve inversion confirms a recession. Obviously by “increasing” the odds of recession to 30% they’re trying to get us to continue to baghold our shitty SPY … Read more
by Theorymeltfool1 Info on Jeffrey Epstein Well, first Epstein worked for a Ponzi Scheme for a few years in the 1980s, where he probably learned the ropes and started mingling with investors. Epstein left before it imploded, but he probably made millions during this time. Eventually, the Ponzi Scheme went bust and investors lost upwards of $450 … Read more
Verizon is set to sell the social network Tumblr to Automattic Inc, the owner of online publishing tool WordPress. A source familiar with the deal puts the price-tag “well below” $20 million, while another source puts it below $10 million. The big picture: Tumblr, while unprofitable, hosts more than 450 million blogs and was once considered … Read more
by u—wot—m8 In 2017, a Reuters poll showed that U.S flyers preferred cheap tickets over perks and comfort when traveling. Spirit Airlines is a small, but steadily growing ultra-low-cost airline that capitalized early on this trend by introducing “bare fares” and “no frill” flights, offering relatively cheap base rates for tickets, but charging extra for … Read more
via strategicmacro: I have previously argued that QE repatriation, which I thought would be driven by QT, is a new Plaza Accord that would put the Yen and probably the Euro into 2-3 year structural bull markets. It seems we are now there, via a different driver. With USD Libor above the yields of Treasuries and other fixed … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Suddenly, fears of a full-blown financial crisis in Argentina have once again come rushing to the fore. In the wake of President Mauricio Macri’s stunning rout in primary elections over the weekend, investors dumped its stocks, bonds and currency en masse in a selloff that left much of Wall Street wondering whether the … Read more
via MarkeWatch: A home isn’t guaranteed to appreciate but historically housing has beat the rate of inflation, it’s a form of forced savings, it’s the roof over your head, and it can provide some level of psychic income. Student loans can be taken to the extreme, but they generally offer the potential for higher earningsover the … Read more
Recession Fears Spike To 2011 High As Risk Of Bubbles Spreads Recession fears are spreading among investors at a time when valuations across major assets are looking dangerously stretched following years of monetary stimulus, the latest Bank of America Corp. survey shows. About a third of asset managers polled believe a global recession is likely … Read more
There’s more than meets the eye to most economic processes, and the latest news regarding China’s label by the USA as a ‘currency manipulator’ is no exception. Join Mike Maloney as he revisits a presentation given to a group of private investors in England that that shows another side to the story. Additional Links: The … Read more
by BackRow1 Data was gathered from The World Bank here: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519 To visualise this I used: https://mapchart.net/world.html Info about this map: the * for country is due to The World Bank using the term country interchangeably with economy and does not imply political independence but refers to any territory for which authorities report separate social or economic … Read more
Wow, that’s some sh*t. I’ve never heard anyone say with any authority that Cruz and Rubio were also spied on. Interesting that he throws in that they spied on Hillary too. h/t John
via upfina: For much of this expansion, the Fed has wanted inflation to increase as it would signal economic growth was strong. We can debate whether the economy needs to generate inflation to be strong, but we can’t debate that the Fed’s goal is 2% inflation; core (PCE) inflation has spent much of this cycle below … Read more
by engineeringbigdata Code: https://www.engineeringbigdata.com/boston-dataset-scikit-learn-machine-learning-in-python/ Data Source: Imported Boston home prices from the scikit-learn library.
by LivinAWestLife Tool: Google Sheets Source: http://www.skyscrapercenter.com This is my first amateur post to r/dataisbeautiful! As a Hong Konger, I’ve always had a love for skyscrapers, and I was interested in the development of skyscrapers in various cities over time, especially in regards to economic growth patterns and geographical and demographical factors. The data is completely from http://www.skyscrapercenter.com, … Read more
by Dash3Dot1 Sources: Starlink- https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/wiki/index http://systemarchitect.mit.edu/docs/delportillo19a.pdf http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/SATLOA2016111500118&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number OneWeb- http://systemarchitect.mit.edu/docs/delportillo19a.pdf http://www.circleid.com/posts/20170824_oneweb_satellite_internet_project_status_update/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OneWeb/comments/axfo9j/faq/?st=jsw29003&sh=13efd348 http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/SATLOI2016042800041&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number TeleSat- http://systemarchitect.mit.edu/docs/delportillo19a.pdf https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/110.nsf/vwapj/996_TelesatCanada_4a_EN_CA.pdf https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/oth/0a/0E/R0A0E0000B90001PDFE.pdf https://spacenews.com/telesat-says-ideal-leo-constellation-is-292-satellites-but-could-be-512/ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/SATPDR2016111500108&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number Astrome- https://astrome.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Astrome-YellowPaper.pdf https://astrome.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-07-08-Astrome-ICO-Whitepaper.pdf Tools Used: Inkscape 0.92.4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHX__c317_g When investors go from “full steam ahead” to shunning risk, watch out! This change in investor psychology can show up as rapid price moves in the stock market. With that in mind, consider these two ways to gauge investors’ risk tolerance.