Retail trading activity in stock and options markets ebbs after surging during pandemic – FT

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Wallstreetbets mania fading away 🚀 pic.twitter.com/WqlTcJYrm0 — Menthor Q (@MenthorQpro) May 15, 2021 Retail trading activity in stock and options markets ebbs after surging during pandemic – FT pic.twitter.com/vRAOjaNZp3 — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) May 15, 2021 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1393182560377839618 $spx put /call ratio pic.twitter.com/2ivQcjIXIz — Álvaro Oviedo (@alvoviedo) May 15, 2021 https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1392842643034488833 $spx earnings pic.twitter.com/4D9KtxgRIM — Álvaro Oviedo … Read more

NOT FUNNY: Musk Has Lost $20 Billion Since Hosting ‘SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’

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Elon Musk’s net worth has plunged roughly $20 billion since he appeared as the host of “SNL” last week, but it’s not because he got some pretty bad reviews for his performance. According to Forbes, which reported Musk’s drop in wealth Thursday, it’s a combination of two of Musk’s big financial interests — cryptocurrencies like … Read more

Why Wage Inflation Will Accelerate

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by Charles Hugh-Smith The Fed has created trillions out of thin air to boost the speculative wealth of Wall Street, but it can’t print experienced workers willing to work for low wages. The Federal Reserve is reassuring us daily that inflation is temporary, but allow me to assure you that wage inflation is just getting started and … Read more

More Criminal Destruction of Evidence Found In AZ… National GOP SILENT … Maricopa Ballot Batches off by 17.5 Percent…

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https://rumble.com/vgzls7-jim-and-joe-hoft-react-to-criminal-destroying-of-voting-machine-evidence-in.html The GOP webpage does not even mention the Maricopa County audit! The GOP Twitter page has NO MENTION of the Arizona audit. This is outrageous! Fortunately, the people of Arizona have real leadership. The Arizona Senate leaders, including Senate Leader Carol Fann, are absolute rockstars! And the Republican leaders in Arizona have excelled all along. REAL LEADERSHIP: Dr. Kelli … Read more

Tax Judge Drops Bomb On Clintons — Demands Response To Criminal Probe

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The Clinton family just can’t stay out of trouble. With allegations of pay-for-play still looming over them, a U.S. Tax Court judge has ordered the Internal Revenue Service to disclose whether it brought a criminal inquiry against the Clinton Foundation for fraud. The tax agency’s Whistleblower Office said in the past that no such inquiry … Read more

Neuroscience Professor Removed From APA Discussion After Saying There Are Only Two Genders

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Interesting times… https://www.newsweek.com/neuroscience-professor-removed-apa-discussion-after-saying-there-are-only-two-genders-1591697 A neuroscience professor was ousted from the American Psychological Association’s (APA) email discussion group by vote after suggesting that there are only two genders as well as past concerns over his posts, the College Fix reported Friday. Psychology and neuroscience professor John Staddon at Duke University was removed from the APA’s Society … Read more

How the Pandemic Is Changing the Labor Market

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by Patrick Watson When it comes to the US jobs situation, the “One of these things is not like the others” song from Sesame Street comes to mind. We have two competing narratives. Official data says millions are unemployed and seeking work. At the same time, businesses say they can’t find enough workers. A skills mismatch between the workers who … Read more

Joe Biden revokes Donald Trump’s order punishing statue vandals

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Donald Trump’s executive order protecting US monuments, memorials and statues has been cancelled by his successor Joe Biden, who also called off the former president’s planned national garden of American heroes. In his own executive order, President Biden revoked Mr Trump’s decree in June 2020 calling for the federal government to “prosecute to the fullest … Read more

NY Fed Issues New Bond Buying Policy PR Stating That Yield Curve Control Has Restarted?

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On Thursday the NY Fed issued a press release updating their bond buying policy for US Treasuries. Read the PR here: BRIEF-NY Fed Issues Statement Regarding Treasury Securities Operations https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/brief-ny-fed-issues-statement-regarding-treasury-securities-operations/ar-BB1gHM8z It seems the Fed will not be “modestly” reducing its US Treasury purchases on the front end of the yield curve and switching its bond … Read more

Biden’s White House Economic Advisor Blames Bad April Jobs Report on Easter Being in March This Year – Easter Was on April 4

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Joe Biden’s incompetent economic advisor Cecilia Rouse on Friday blamed the bad April jobs report on Easter being in March this year… Easter was on April 4. Last Friday the April jobs report was released and it was so bad that it even stunned the talking heads over at CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” CNBC host Steve … Read more

Ted Cruz Goes OFF on Democrat Bill that Would DESTROY Our Country

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF1tuF-7WYs Mike LaChance from American Lookout reports, The Democrats’ ridiculously named ‘For the People Act’ is nothing more than a power grab. Ted Cruz went off on Democrats and the bill this week, calling it out for what it really is. The American people need to understand what Democrats are really trying to do here.

What is the future of money and cash?

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by Shaun Richards The issue of money and what it is considered to be has been something that has undergone quite a few changes in the credit crunch era. For example back then many would have described Quantitative Easing (QE) bond purchases as printing money and therefore being directly inflationary. Whereas we have learnt over … Read more

Dogecoin…man invests 250k life savings in February. now it’s worth 2 million! Will not cash out!

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That guy should cash out! What do think? Glauber Contessoto, a 33-year-old in Los Angeles, used his life savings and borrowed money to invest about $250,000 in Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency started as a joke, in February. The value now? Roughly $2 million. https://t.co/82tqLXbmt5 — The New York Times (@nytimes) May 14, 2021       … Read more