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by confoundedinterest17 The housing bubble and financial crisis of 2008/2009 crushed the life out of markets. Consider existing home sales that rose from 1998 to 2007. During this time frame, the inventory for sale of Existing Home Sales (yellow line) rose as well … as The Fed tried to douse the asset bubble fire by raising … Read more
By Irina Slav Ultrafast charging, the Holy Grail of batteries, has been elusive for years. It is one big reason—perhaps the biggest—why electric cars have not taken off the way they should have and the way many have hoped. But now, an international team of researchers has uncovered the secret to superbatteries: ones not just … Read more
Cuomo signs NYC restaurants’ death warrant: Governor says he won’t allow city to reopen indoor dining because it ‘doubles amount of bars and there’s no one to enforce the rules’ – so how come other major cities are managing? Cuomo said that he wouldn’t allow indoor dining in NYC to resume until there was a … Read more
by Dana Lyons In recent weeks, we have written about the odd behavior between stocks and volatility, two markets that generally moved in opposite directions. Specifically, though stock indices enjoyed a persistent upward ascent, their corresponding volatility indices remained buoyant, even rising on several days along with the stock indices. What was our takeaway from this unusual standoff? As … Read more
From Brandon Smith With the pandemic dominating the news cycle, the general public has been completely distracted from a much more important crisis; namely, the economic crisis. To be sure, economic decay is not as swift or exciting, but I doubt that’s why the mainstream media mostly ignores the issue. From my experience, the media tends … Read more
"The next 3-5 years are going to be very, very challenging … for the first time in a long, long time I'm actually worried about inflation," says Druckenmiller on the Fed. "I think we could easily see 5-10% inflation in the next 4 or 5 years." pic.twitter.com/Y4qWieNf1R — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 9, 2020 … Read more
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1303752497341902848 https://twitter.com/PuffDragon11/status/1303757931532357634 Gravity still works. pic.twitter.com/fh5Qr1mceX — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) September 8, 2020 Tech junk bond yields are still near record lows. Investment grade for this sector look the same. Tech stocks don’t belong at these valuations. And neither do bonds. The Fed better make sure all these assets have a buyer. pic.twitter.com/RbSRjP8qMK — … Read more
AT&T smartphone users who see their network indicators switch from “4G” to “5G” shouldn’t necessarily expect that they’re about to get faster speeds. In PCMag’s annual mobile-network testing, released today, 5G phones connected to AT&T got slower speeds than 4G phones in 21 out of 22 cities. PCMag concluded that “AT&T 5G right now appears to … Read more
The two women seen in a viral video confronting and taking a red “Make America Great Again” hat from supporters of President Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention in Wilmington last month have been indicted on hate crime charges. Olivia Winslow and Camryn Amy, both 21 and from Wilmington, were indicted by a New … Read more
BREAKING: President Trump announces additions to his list of potential SCOTUS nominees, including Sens. Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley pic.twitter.com/wPlSAWEQkH — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 9, 2020 https://twitter.com/amber_athey/status/1303783421345509377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1303783421345509377%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthedonald.win%2Fp%2FHEgY0sdB%2Flist-of-potential-future-supreme%2Fc%2F
by Dr. Eowyn I had read about this some time ago but didn’t pay much attention to it until it happened to me. Yes, I’m one of many Americans who received in the mail a small package from China containing a plastic bag with mystery seeds, like below: If you’ve received mystery seeds, DO NOT … Read more
At least two Colorado middle school students received visits from local police and were suspended from school in recent weeks after they were seen fiddling with airsoft pistols during online classes. As more kids deal with online classes this year, what can parents do to stop their teachers from overreacting?
by GoldCore Turbulence in financial markets continues with tech equity markets particularly effected. GoldCore CEO Stephen Flood looks at the effect that the buying of equity derivatives by large “Whales” like Softbank, is having on equity markets. With stocks like Tesla recording PE ratios over 1,200 are we looking at the pin that will burst … Read more
by Daniel Lacalle via Mises Misguided lockdowns have destroyed the global economy and the impact is likely to last for years. The fallacy of the “lives or the economy” argument is evident now that we see that countries like Taiwan, South Korea, Austria, Sweden, and Holland have been able to preserve the business fabric and the economy while doing a much better job … Read more
CNBC, Released on 9/8/20 Jim Bianco is President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, L.L.C. Since 1990 Jim’s commentaries have offered a unique perspective on the global economy and financial markets. Unencumbered by the biases of traditional Wall Street research, Jim has built a decades long reputation for objective, incisive commentary that challenges consensus thinking. … Read more
from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network Click Here to Listen to the Audio According to noted columnist Star Parker, there’s nothing as racist as the current welfare system. It embeds low expectations for blacks and encourages absentee fathers and the destruction of the black family. Ms. Parker believes that doing away with welfare will do away with … Read more
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Buongiorno signor martin anche se mi piacerebbe chiamarla professore, è la Bce sta comprando azioni delle banche europee grz AP ANSWER: The ECB is looking into buying bank stocks because nobody else will. It is the only way to pretend they are meeting their capitalization. They are floating the idea of buying stocks, but … Read more
