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Microsoft, once considered a stodgy software maker, has outperformed tech unicorns since 2015

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/25/microsoft-has-grown-more-than-a-basket-of-unicorns-since-2015.html Among private companies that were worth $1 billion or more in 2015, Twilio, Okta and Zscaler have produced some of the best returns. Uber, Pinterst and Snap haven’t done much to reward investors since late 2015. Taken as a group, they’ve underperformed a straight bet on Microsoft.

David Morgan: Caution – Stocks Are In Distribution Mode

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David Morgan interviewed on Reluctant Preppers You already know the stock market has been in one of the longest bull phases in history, and that stock valuations are at the highest levels ever seen vs. real earnings. But when veteran investment researcher David Morgan, aka The Silver Guru, offers his perspective on the last year’s significant change … Read more

The Congo Dandies: Living in Poverty and Spending a Fortune to Look Like a Million Dollars

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“La Sape” is a unique movement based in Congo that unites fashion-conscious men who are ready to splurge money they don’t really have on designer clothes. Dressing in stark contrast with their surroundings, these elegant ambiance-makers become true local celebrities… but this fame comes at a price. The Republic of the Congo in Central Africa … Read more

Why Assange Prosecution Is Complete Bullshit.

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Jimmy Dore breaks it down nice and simple for everyone to understand. This is some of the most unambiguously criminal, unconstitutional shit the United States is doing. This nation (and planet) is ruled, unfortunately, by fucking sociopaths that don’t and never have given a sh*t about you, me, or anyone of us as being anything … Read more

Liz Cheney: Statements by agents investigating Trump ‘could well be treason’

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BY REGINA ZILBERMINTS – 05/26/19 10:44 AM EDT Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said on Sunday that statements by FBI agents investigating President Trump sounded “an awful lot like a coup, and it could well be treason.” Cheney told Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week” that the beginnings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation were … Read more

This is Chiraq: 32 shot – 5 fatally – by early Sunday evening of Memorial Day Weekend

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by DCG New Chiraq Mayor Lori Lightfoot is going to have her hands full… Guess the thugs missed the memo that the women of color now in charge of Chiraq are going to fundamentally transform that sh*thole… From MyFoxChicago: At least 32 people have been shot — five fatally — in Chicago so far over Memorial Day weekend, including … Read more

War and Young Americans

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by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Joseph Mallord William Turner Teasing the Donkey 1827  So we’re going to do this all over again? Well, not if I can help it. Not that I have much hope that I can, mind you. As the bastions of war chime on, my voice, like so many others, will be drowned out. The military … Read more

How to get an education that empowers you for life

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by Simon Black http://traffic.libsyn.com/sovman/Podcast_105.mp3 Each year, I invite an incredible mix of young people from more than a dozen countries to join me in Lithuania for an intense week of business, investing and entrepreneurship classes taught by the smartest people I know (it’s also entirely free for the students who attend. I pay out of my own pocket … Read more

Why is BREXIT Important to USA?

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by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Why is Brexit important to USA? HN ANSWER: Besides the fact that the political turmoil in Europe has been sending capital fleeing to the USA making the dollar king, the political trends in Britain has always been linked to the United States. Margaret Thatcher was first elected in 1979 and that trend … Read more

The Demise of the British Conservative Party?

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by Martin Armstrong The term “Conservative” was suggested as a title for the party by a magazine article by J. Wilson Croker in the Quarterly Review in 1830. The name immediately caught on and was officially adopted under the aegis of Sir Robert Peel around 1834. However, it really began to take shape in 1812 … Read more

Doug Casey on the chances of an actual shooting war breaking out with Iran

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via caseyresearch: Justin’s note: Tensions are flaring in the Middle East. If you read yesterday’s Dispatch, you know what I mean. In short, the U.S. and Iran have been exchanging words lately, even threatening one another with force. And neither side’s backing down. But this is more than just tough talk. The U.S. recently sent a carrier strike group … Read more