Fed has learned about its limited ability to spur activity.

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This chart taken from Gary Shilling's insight shows why CenBank stimuli has little effect on economy: money velocity, ratio of GDP to M2 money supply, which reflects how rapidly money is spent & re-spent, has collapsed. #Fed has learned about its limited ability to spur activity. pic.twitter.com/RANqnxjhf3 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) September 7, 2020 If … Read more

SAN FRANCISCO’S MASS EXODUS: 53% Of All Storefront Businesses Are Closed Permanently

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RULES ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: San Francisco gym owners livid after discovering gyms in government buildings have been opened for months. Gyms within government buildings in San Francisco have been open for months, despite privately owned establishments being ordered to close due to the coronavirus. “It’s shocking, it’s infuriating,” Daniele Rabkin, of Crossfit Golden Gate, … Read more

Amazon is filled with fake reviews and it’s getting harder to spot them

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Since Amazon’s early days, reviews are the one big metric customers have relied on to determine the quality and authenticity of a product. Amazon’s listings often have hundreds or thousands of reviews, instead of the handful found on competing marketplaces. But many of those reviews can’t be trusted. Thousands of fake reviews have flooded Amazon, Walmart, eBay and others, as … Read more

Kamala Harris Pushes to Make the Rolling Blackouts Taking Place in California a Standard for the Nation

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It’s almost 3 p.m. Time to turn off major appliances, set the thermostat to 78 degrees (or use a fan instead), turn off excess lights and unplug any appliances you’re not using. We need every Californian to help conserve energy. Please do your part. #FlexAlert — Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) September 6, 2020 CA ensures … Read more

Richard Grenell gives the media a well-deserved smackdown

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by DCG On Friday Ric Grenell participated in a press conference to announce a Serbia, Kosovo, and Israel economic deal. Listen to Ric talk about this agreement below: BREAKING: @RichardGrenell, ACLJ’s Special Advisor for Nat'l Security & Foreign Policy, broke news of a Serbia, Kosovo, & Israel economic deal brokered by Pres. Trump. Kosovo will recognize Israel … Read more

Gold Is Lower Due To Economic Recovery…?!?

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by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics and Chris Marcus of Arcadia Economics There was a Reuters headline yesterday suggesting that the gold price was down based on renewed hopes of a faster than expected economic recovery. Which sounds plausible, but leaves an inaccurate perception of what’s really going on. As Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics explained yesterday on his weekly … Read more

Study: Riots Have Hit 48 Out Of 50 Of Largest US Cities

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A new study out of Princeton University reveals that 48 out of the 50 largest cities in the United States have experienced riots associated with the Black Lives Matter movement since late May. Despite the leftist media’s obsession with calling the fiery violence ‘mostly peaceful’, the data indicates that most cities are seeing some violent unrest. … Read more

Russia & China buying a lot of gold

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Russia & China buying a lot of #gold pic.twitter.com/SCqJ1Ac1SL — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 7, 2020 CENTRAL BANKS GOLD ACTIVITY pic.twitter.com/xjRC3OYapo — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 7, 2020

Warren Buffett & Ray Dalio’s Firms Both Adding A Lot of Inflation Hedges Lately?

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For the last few months, the firms of Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) & Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates) have been changing their investment strategies towards more inflation hedges. Buffett has recently increased exposure to energy companies and even a gold miner, Barrick Gold, along with his Japanese company investments that also have mining exposure. “It is … Read more