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by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks European stocks turn positive after a weak start and US stock futures are following pre-market with front-month Dow Jones minis +0.11%, S&P 500 minis +0.16% and Nasdaq 100 minis +0.11% The US and China have agreed on an enforcement mechanism for the trade deal being discussed, according to comments from Treasury Secretary Steve … Read more
by howtoreadspaghetti If you’ve seen The Big Short, he’s one of the investors that was shorting the housing market before the crash of 2007-2008. His hedge fund has stood quiet for a long time and has recently released their 13f and some of the picks are odd but should give ideas into where schmucks … Read more
via MarketWatch: The lights have been green for the baby boomers all their lives. They were born just after World War II, between 1946 and 1964, and raised during the biggest, most sustained economic boom in human history. They were sent to college, and grad school, by their doting parents when it was still cheap … Read more
by Playaguy Turns out that data manipulation corresponds much better to CO2 than the actual temperature record
Social media giants Facebook and Google are testifying before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about the alleged blacklisting of conservative and rightwing media online. Legal and media analyst Lionel of Lionel Media joins Scottie Nell Hughes to weigh in. He likens resistance to the regulation of “private” social media companies to resistance to racial … Read more
by AssuredlyAThrowAway This development is interesting in light of the prior allegations made in open hearings by Rep. Jim Jordan that Peter Strozk (the FBI agent who had sent texts messages indicative of bias against then-candidate Trump while working on both “mid year exam” (the Clinton email investigation ) and “crossfire hurricane” (the Trump-Russia collusion investigation) in … Read more
MEDIA IN FULL PANIC– After AG Barr Drops Bomb on Democrats
If there is a world that remains unexplored – it is the ancient history of man. We have signs hidden in the sands of the desert, smothered by jungle and swallowed under the waves of our oceans. And we have mythology – a time when the world was more beautiful, more dangerous, and more mysterious… … Read more
by Grif The California Senate Health Committee April 3 approved SB 24, a bill to give students on all UC and USC campuses access to free medical abortions on demand. SB 24, titled the “College Student Right to Access Act,” now goes to the full state Senate for a vote. Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER So the question is regarding dividends vs stock buy backs- do stock buy backs cause stocks to be over valued or do dividends cause them to be undervalued? 😉 A Surprising Connection Between the Bull Market and Stock Buybacks (WSJ) A study published last year in the Financial Analysts Journal, “Net Buybacks … Read more
Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, This is all going to end badly, even some ardent bulls will freely admit this, the question is the how, when and the where. Frankly it’s a tragedy that’s unfolding and discerning eyes can see it. Since the December lows markets have taken the scripted route higher salivating at the … Read more
Leftist Media SLAMS Chris Evans For Talking With Conservatives. Far left activists and leftist writers are outraged at Chris Evans dare talk to republicans about complex issues. The far left dog whistle “both sidesism” is dropped to imply that Chris Evans is going to fed fake news and propaganda because the left really believes there … Read more
from Zero Hedge In a move that will surprise exactly nobody, President Trump said on Wednesday that he won’t release his tax returns while he’s under audit, setting up a legal standoff between the White House, the Treasury Department and House Democrats. “I would love to give them, but I’m not going to do it while … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbsWQZVCDk In the 1950s & 60s anxiety was emblematic, and depression was rare.,ask the older generation and we can tell you what changed, God, family values,morals,self respect.the majority has disappeared. I seen it start to change when psychologist started dictating the way to handle ones child, discipline stopped, morals and values followed. SH
I have been told that Julian Assange has arrested by British police and has been removed from the Ecuadorian embassy — James Landale (@BBCJLandale) April 11, 2019 Julian Assange has been arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service https://t.co/yhOIPbmMo2 pic.twitter.com/dUrDp228In — Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) April 11, 2019 Julian Assange, 47, (03.07.71) has today, Thursday … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “They may try to run this poor thing straight up and over a cliff. Recall the 2000 top was in March but they briefly ran it back in Sep 00. Ditto in Oct 07. When warning signs are ignored, the endings are abrupt. Maintain safety nets, but don’t assume stupidity has limits.” – … Read more
by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) CARACAS — Venezuela removed eight tonnes of gold from the central bank’s vaults last week, and the cash-strapped socialist state is expected to sell the bullion abroad as it seeks to raise hard currency in the face of U.S. sanctions, a lawmaker and one government source said. With sanctions … Read more
By Global Risk Insights South Africa is facing an energy crisis. The once distinguished national public energy provider, Eskom, has been driven to the point of collapse by “years of corruption, incompetence and political meddling”. Under the Presidency of Jacob Zuma, Eskom went from making a billion Rand profit in 2008 to making a 2.3 … Read more
by Troy The U.S. stock market has rallied significantly over the past 3.5 months. But do you know what’s rallied even more? JNK, or more colloquially known as JUNK. (JNK = junk bond ETF). Junk bonds often move in the same direction as the stock market, something that Michael Milken discovered in the 1980s. Go … Read more