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by Simon Black By July of last year, just three stocks (Amazon, Netflix and Microsoft) were responsible for 71% of the S&P 500’s returns. Through the third quarter, tech stocks were responsible for 95% of the S&P’s gains. Amazon alone was responsible for about one-third of the index’s move. And we long warned about the follies of blindly … Read more
There are so many indicators to look at but some are more useful than others. I try to bring the indicators to you and constantly track their progress to see the trend. The RSI is an interesting one to keep your eye on. What do you think about it? There are many economic indicators, some … Read more
Microsoft plans to expand Xbox Live to other platforms, including Nintendo Switch and mobile. The company says bringing the network to more consoles will “enable game developers to connect players between iOS, Android, and Switch in addition to Xbox and any game in the Microsoft Store on Windows PCs.” The move was teased in the … Read more
You don’t have to be concerned about the Fed’s balance sheet anymore. Former Fed president, BIll Dudley has literally said “Stop worrying about the Fed’s balance sheet”. I feel better now. Time to buy the dip I guess. Well if you prefer, you can look at the statistics and see that it’s ultra important to … Read more
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyP1NksE7PE POTUS kicked tail…Dems just exposed their heads & hearts. I was very pleased with SOTU. AC
by Kimble Charting Tech stocks have come charging back from the late December stock market lows. The 5-week rally on the NASDAQ 100 (NASDAQ: QQQ) has the look of a “V” shaped bottom and has been very lucrative for those that have been a part of this trade higher. However, if we zoom out a bit, there’s reason for … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — At least five people were missing and unaccounted for folllowing a gas line explosion that started an inferno in a San Francisco neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. There were also an unknown number of rescues in progress, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The incident happened at the corner of Geary … Read more
A veteran Los Angeles City Hall official is one of the latest victims of an epidemic of the infectious disease typhus that continues to worsen across LA County. For months, LA County public health officials have said typhus is mainly hitting the homeless population. But Deputy City Attorney Liz Greenwood, a veteran prosecutor, tells NBC4 … Read more
This super tiny Tokyo apartment may just be one of the smallest places we have seen so far, yet at 8 m2 (82 ft2) it still provides a perfect space to allow Emma (originally from Australia) to live a big life in Japan.
Disgusting Piglosi claps down in his face while that racist Anglo hating Cortez seethes and makes eyes like a demon start @ 38:38 h/t DannyD
Elizabeth Warren on Meet the Press (3-11-2018) said she “never used [Native American status] for anything.” “The Texas Bar card was very damaging because it’s part of the drip, drip, drip of Warren’s obfuscation as to what she did with her false claim to be Native American. Warren never volunteers information, she only reacts when others have … Read more
by Dave A fascinating post by Wolf Richter, quoting an NBER report/model that found lowering rates too far, for too long, gives an undue advantage to the market leader. This reduces competition, which in turn reduces productivity, and also ends up concentrating wealth. The rich get richer. No more competition. Capitalism turns into crony-monopoly-capitalism. Big … Read more
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that state income tax revenues plummeted by $2.3 billion since he introduced his new budget plan last month— a bombshell that will force him to curb spending. Cuomo attributed the revenue drop in December and January largely to the new federal tax code, as well as volatility in the stock market … Read more
by Amy S. Biological properties of garlic and garlic-derived organosulfur compounds. Medicinal properties of garlic (Allium sativum) have been widely known and used since ancient times till the present. Garlic enhances immune functions and has antibacterial, antifungal and antivirus activities. It is known to prevent platelet aggregation, and to have hypotensive and cholesterol- and triglyceride-lowering … Read more
by DCG Spencer Beebe’s got a nice tax-break deal (or two) in Oregon The non-profit firm Ecotrust was just awarded a tax break of $1.3 million because of their promise to create 5 warehouse jobs in a low income area in a suburb of Portland. The founder of Ecotrust, Spencer Beebe, is a 51-year-old man who doesn’t have a … Read more
by Shaun Richards This week has seen a development I have long-expected and forecast. That is that the establishment will respond to the next economic slow down with negative interest-rates. The rationale for that is in one sense simple as in most places interest-rates never went back up again and if they did by not … Read more
by Doug Kass The Bull Market in complacency has reappeared as the markets (again) disassociate from the real economy. An earnings recession appears increasingly likely (Always) listen to Warren Buffett “I didn’t come this far to only come this far, so we’ve still got further to go.”- Tom Brady “You sure that’s the question you … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn J. Kenji Lopez-Alt is the chef-partner of a San Francisco Bay Area restaurant: Wursthall Restaurant & Bierhaus, 310 Baldwin Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401. On Twitter, Lopez-Alt describes himself as: Full-time Dad. Author: The Food Lab. Chef. Feminist. Atheist. On Sunday, January 27, 2019, Lopez-Alt posted a since-deleted tweet saying his restaurant will refuse service to anyone wearing … Read more
by Geoffrey Grider CBS News and CNN released instant polls taken immediately after President Trump’s State of the Union address with both polls finding 76 percent of those who watched approved of the speech. Donald Trump has been president of the most powerful nation on earth for two full years now, and he has been relentlessly … Read more