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by Sparky1 It is my understanding that Deutsche Bank (DB) is too important a globally interconnected bank that poses such an acute systemic risk that TPTB will not let it fail. I am not a financial expert, but my “un-educated” guess is that the central banks (CBs), now as the Buyers-of-Last-Resort, will somehow buy/subsume those … Read more
by Michael Snyder We are about to open up a can of worms that could turn our entire country completely upside down by the time it is all said and done. Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific crimes have been well known for a very long time, and I have been writing about them for many years. … Read more
by Michael Snyder Are we about to see some of the biggest names from Hollywood, Wall Street and Washington actually go to prison? As I discussed in the first part of this series, the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein has the potential to erupt into the biggest scandal that America has ever seen. The U.S. Attorney’s Office … Read more
by howmuch 2018 in general was not a great year for stocks, with the S&P 500 down 6.2%. However, the CEO compensation of S&P CEOs continued to rise, reaching a median of $12.4 million in 2018. What explains this unprecedented rise in executive compensation, and is it reason for concern? Our viz highlights the results of … Read more
by Top_P0st Obvious statement is obvious, I know. Here is the deal, though. This topic is SO politically charged and important that your average, honest user, that is blinded by politics, will be here throwing shade one way or the other. There will most certainly be government actors and paid political activists here trying … Read more
by Adam Taggart Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one. ~ Charles Mackay (1841) Like me, you may often feel gobsmacked when looking at the world around you. How did things get so … Read more
global stocks are due for a growth scare – the whole 2h19 rebound is fake news pic.twitter.com/NvJSrXRmtq — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) July 8, 2019 pic.twitter.com/SB54lpmZBs — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) July 8, 2019 nowhere near a trough pic.twitter.com/HDtO72wO6c — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) July 9, 2019 the american industrial slowdown is very real pic.twitter.com/C16SyCw8Hb — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) July 9, 2019 … Read more
by Amy S. Are you ready for a major stock market crash and the next Great Depression? We continue to get more indications that U.S. economic conditions are going to deteriorate rapidly during the second half of this year. Yesterday, I reported on a brand new survey which found that 69 percent of U.S. CFOs … Read more
Getting into prestigious schools is suspiciously easy for some. #Tucker #FoxNews AC
by Simon Black Every time I come to Singapore I can’t help but marvel at its spectacular rise. I have a number of local friends who have been living here since independence in the 1960s, and they tell me the most incredible stories about how impoverished and underdeveloped Singapore was back then. Things were so backward … Read more
By The Phoenix The two biggest catalysts for the stock market rally are over. Those catalysts were: 1) The hope of a Fed rate cut. 2) The hope of a Trade Deal between China and the US. Regarding #1, the Fed June meeting resulted in no rate cuts. And last week’s jobs numbers greatly reduce … Read more
Authored by Tom Luongo, “Bernie Birnbaum is a horse of a different color, ethics-wise that is… …as in he ain’t got none!” — Johnny Caspar, “Miller’s Crossing” Serial pederast Jeffrey Epstein is going to be arrested again. The big questions are why? And why now? I never doubted Donald Trump’s sincerity in wanting Hillary in … Read more
by Amy S. Earthquakes happen anywhere, any time, and without any warning, so preparing is key Earthquakes are abrupt, devastating and disastrous, and what makes them worse is that they happen in an instant, without warning, anytime, anywhere. Originally published: thepreppingguide – By Jennifer It is because of this that many residents in ‘high risk’ areas should know what to … Read more
Shares of one fund plunged 22% on Friday. Other funds under pressure, raising serious questions about just how liquid “equity funds” in the UK are. By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: There’s still no sign of relief for the hundreds of thousands of investors whose money is trapped in one of the UK’s biggest equity funds, the … Read more
via NBC: Adam Mosseri, the head of Facebook-owned Instagram, said the company is willing to make decisions that keep its users safe from online bullying, even if it leads to decreased usage. “We will make decisions that mean people use Instagram less if it keeps people more safe,” Mosseri told Time in an article published Monday. Mosseri … Read more
via local12: AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE/WKRC) – There are no easy answers to the homeless problem. But, other cities are already sending out alarm bells for the crisis. KOMO in Seattle recently released a special documentary on the homeless called “Seattle is Dying,” and it may be a wake-up call for all. The documentary gives us a … Read more
Too little attention is being paid to what happens the day after former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s July 17 public testimony before the House judiciary and intelligence committees, according to Margot Cleveland. Mueller’s deputy, Andrew Weissman, and other Mueller staffers will testify behind closed doors on July 18. “But, far from damaging Trump, Weissmann’s closed-door testimony—if handled … Read more
American billionaire and financier Jeffrey Epstein is facing new charges for the alleged sex trafficking of minors, some as young as 14 years old. At the same time, a court order from last week to unseal roughly 2,000 pages of documents from a defamation case related to 2014 allegations against Epstein could spell trouble for many of the prominent … Read more
Craig Simpson from Radiant Creators and David DuByne of ADAPT 2030 sat down during LeakCon 2019 in Denver to discuss preparing your mind, body and spirit as our societies move into the intensifying Grand Solar Minimum with never ending food price rises and the reset of our civilization. –The base construct of being awake is … Read more
