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I logged in today and got a message from Citi notifying me that Price Rewind was going away on September 22, 2019. Upon further investigation, I found https://onemileatatime.com/citi-benefits-changes/ which lists a ton of other benefits going away. I can’t confirm what’s in that article other than Price Rewind, but something to watch out for. AC
by pokethehippo My mom called me tonight stating she was upset she had to pay $149.00 to activate her new Roku TV. She said she had to pay an invoice through PayPal. I immediately knew she had been scammed, but here is how they did it. When activating the Roku TV, it tells … Read more
by zacce Quicken user for 20+ yrs. My 2016 Quicken expired and I decided to create a spreadsheet to replace Quicken. I replicated everything I need to manage my investments/spending/income. Here’s the bare bone version: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rt14NzYB3OcZ2jLqnJAp3YkhV7R25ipjjkQiyVVmBfs/copy (It will ask you to make a Google Sheet copy.) This basic version has 5 tabs: NET WORTH (or account … Read more
by Jthommygun So I made a dumb mistake, just wanted to share it to hopefully keep others from doing the same. So I recently did a vertical call spread on SPY because I’m a pussy and I wanted to limit my downside risk. Well my short leg was exercised on the 20th and by … Read more
via @Trinhnomics: Sorry, no data for EM. For non-FI firm debt service ratios: a) Euro area good thanks to NIRP (sound like a broke record); b) US worse but still good; gosh Canada is defo worse & Australia way better than Canada. Clearly US weak spot is corps & Australia is households
via @Trinhnomics: a) NIRP pushed up Euro area but best is GERMANY 🇩🇪🥇💪🏻 b) USA still rising, Australia & Canada peaked but rose a lot; Japan rising thanks to NIRP! c) HK off the chart; China, Korea, Singapore 📈 d) India & Indo💪🏻 e) Brazil😮 f) Wow Russia😮 g) Turkey cheaper👌🏻🏖️
by birkswithsocks US and Chinese negotiators continue trade talks in Beijing on Tuesday, April 30 and Wednesday, May 1. Mnuchin calls the talks “productive” and confirms that the two sides will continue negotiations in Washington the next week. May 5, 2019: Trump threatens to raise tariffs on China. Trump says that the tariff increase is being done because … Read more
the hope of a global 2h19 rebound has so far not translated into global macro data beating to the upside. pic.twitter.com/4WVABWpZVX — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 25, 2019 UST10Y likely to go much lower on deterioration of macro data pic.twitter.com/8m1AbzHM9H — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 25, 2019 https://twitter.com/GreekFire23/status/1143205253040525312 we all go down together pic.twitter.com/cdecEwzugd — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) … Read more
via Zerohedge: One trading day after we reported that China was “Hit By “Significant Banking Stress” as SHIBOR tumbled to recession levels, and less than a week after we warned that China’s interbank market was freezing up in the aftermath of the Baoshang Bank collapse and subsequent seizure, which led to a surge in interbank repo rates and a … Read more
BY JOHN RUBINO It’s been a pretty good couple of months for precious metals, but more so for gold than silver. Both are up but gold is up more, and the imbalance that this creates might be one of the major investment themes of the next few years. The gold/silver ratio – that is, how many … Read more
by David Haggith The S&P 500 is up 18% and powering toward its biggest first half since 1997. For bulls, things are great. Will they get any better? To a handful of cross-asset strategists who turned skeptical on stocks before this week’s manic sessions, that’s becoming the most pressing question. Increasingly, their answer is: not likely. However spectacular the real-time reaction … Read more
by visualcapitalist Changing healthcare models, groundbreaking advancements in the health technology sector, and shifting standards of patient care—they’re all contributing to a new era of medicine. But arguably one of the biggest changes will be the faces that greet us at a clinic or hospital. Today’s infographic from Publicis Health illustrates the emerging generation of millennial doctors, and … Read more
Via IMF blog, Where will the next financial crisis come from? The short answer is: We don’t know. We can, however, look for vulnerabilities in the system that, if left untreated, can develop into problems. What do we mean by a vulnerability? It is an area of weakness that can amplify and spread an unexpected economic shock, … Read more
by Kimble Charting The stock market has been on fire of late, rallying up to the edge of price resistance on several indexes. Today, we look at one of those stock market indexes: the Wilshire 5000. The Wilshire 5000 tracks all of the stocks in the US market, so it is a broad-based index that carries significant importance when … Read more
by Ron Paul President Trump did the smart thing last week by calling off a US airstrike on Iran over the downing of an American spy drone near or within Iranian territorial waters. According to press reports, the president over-ruled virtually all his top advisors – Bolton, Pompeo, and Haspel – who all wanted another undeclared … Read more
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton appeared on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” to discuss AG Bill Barr’s review of the origin of the Russia Probe, the FBI feeding the New York Times a story on Jared Kushner, Rep. Nunes’s letter to the FBI about an additional Russia investigation scope memos, and more! Read more HERE https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-strzok-page-emails-reveal-fbi-efforts-to-muddle-comey-testimony-on-clinton-emails-fbi-media-collusion/ … Read more
Heres the original article: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/19/490624225/surveillance-stills-from-border-patrol-facilities-show-crowded-trash-filled-cell Its dated August 19th, 2016 with a pic thats from August 2015. Its all irrelevant because Trump wasnt inaugurated until January of 2017. The article and pic have nothing to do with Trump… AC
