Bipartisanship’s Last Gasp Or Fresh Breath?

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Some senators and advocacy groups from both sides of the aisle think government should have tougher financial management controls. If the reforms are approved, will be first update since 1990. Major provisions of the proposal include measures for: Standardizing Chief Financial Officers (CFO) responsibilities across the entire executive branch. Providing deputy CFOs new authority to ensure continuity … Read more

Not only can President Trump pardon & commute people, but has also has the power to grant a “respite” to Roger Stone, which delays the sentencing of defendants for however long the President wants.

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The pardon power of the United States Constitution has been broadly interpreted to include a variety of specific powers. Among those powers are: pardons, conditional pardons, commutations of sentence, conditional commutations of sentence, remissions of fines and forfeitures, respites and amnesties.[1] Historically, presidents have granted most respites for periods of 30 to 90 days and have renewed (extended) such delays when it seemed necessary.[2] The … Read more

Do you remember Obama telling workers, your jobs are gone forever? They’re not coming back? Now Obama claims credit for booming economy. One more Obama Con Job

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by Venus230 President Trump responded Monday night, calling Barack Obama’s claim that his prior administration is responsible for the booming US economy a “Con job”. Eleven years ago today, near the bottom of the worst recession in generations, I signed the Recovery Act, paving the way for more than a decade of economic growth and … Read more

Mike Bloomberg Wants 2017 ‘The View’ Segment ERASED From History For ONE HUGE Reason

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbeKPLFGvcc Collin Rugg from Trending Politics reports, Back in 2017 during an interview on “The View,” former New York City mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg told Americans to “get behind” President Trump because “the public has spoken.” “That’s my country. That’s my kids and grandkids,” Bloomberg said. “You have to make it … Read more

HAHA!!! CNN’s Brian Stelter SURRENDERS! FORCED to Report the Obvious About Michael Avenatti

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg_ZLvy-OA4 Nicholas Fondacaro from News Busters reports, Well, it may have taken a while, but CNN host Brian Stelter finally admitted that praising lawyer Michael Avenatti (A.K.A creepy porn lawyer) as a “serious” contender for 2020 wasn’t a smart move. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2020/02/16/stelter-was-i-stupid-say-avenatti-was-serious-2020-contender

The market may very well “fake it until make it” through a 3-6 months bump in economy, and the bull market can continue throughout 2020.

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by cookingboy Over the past few weeks I, along with some others around here or in the investment community in general, are a bit puzzled by the market’s extremely bullish outlook despite the economic impact of nCoV virus turning out to be a lot more severe than initially expected by many. In my original post about the … Read more

Corporate stock buybacks are the dominant source of stock-market demand, but not for long according the Goldman Sachs

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US equity market activity by foreign investors, households, mutual funds, and pension funds ended 2019 as net sellers while corporation’s buybacks are estimated to exceed $480 billion – just in the S&P 500 companies. This source of market growth cannot be counted on to prop up the equity markets in the future. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/buybacks-are-the-dominant-source-of-stock-market-demand-and-they-are-fading-fast-goldman-sachs-2019-11-06 As for … Read more

Why Should You Buy MSFT Calls?

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by UnhandledPromise Let’s break it down based on some research I did while the market was closed yesterday: Let’s look at profitability: with a current Operating Margin for Microsoft Corporation [MSFT] sitting at +33.96 and its Gross Margin at +65.81, this company’s Net Margin is now 31.70%. These measurements indicate that Microsoft Corporation [MSFT] is … Read more

Outside of the big 5 tech companies, earnings growth is zero

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/outside-of-the-big-5-tech-companies-earnings-growth-is-zero.html Just five stocks — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet — account for the S&P 500′s year-over-year EPS growth, according to Goldman Sachs. “Mega-cap earnings strength contrasts with small-cap earnings weakness,” the firm’s analysts led by David Kostin said. The “FAAMG” basket accounts for 18% of the total S&P 500 value. The last time … Read more

Kaitlin Bennett Attacked By Mob At Ohio University

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcP4X-kI8vw I cannot believe a state university behaves this way. I left over a decade ago and it was never this charged but changing. Obama presidency made universities different permanently. It was like no one could tell students no anymore. So the craziness just expanded 10 fold.   AC

2019-nCoV: They say that there’s 73k confirmed, but this puts estimates at 983,006

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They say that there’s around 73k confirmed with Coronavirus, but this assesment puts estimates at 983,006   Abstract Background: Since the first cluster of cases was identified in Wuhan City, China, in December, 2019, 2019-nCoV has rapidly spread across China as well as caused multiple introductions in 25 countries as of February, 2020. Despite the … Read more

China Could Grant Tariff Exemptions On U.S. Oil And LNG

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By Irina Slav China has opened for applications for tariff exemptions on a number of U.S. products and commodities including crude oil and liquefied natural gas, Reuters reported today. Tariffs were blamed for the slump in U.S. oil and LNG exports to China, which is one of the biggest importers for both commodities. They also interfered with … Read more

Where to Get Income in a Low-Yield World

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by Shaun Richards So far in 2020, the yield on the 10-year Treasury has averaged an anemic 0.01 percent when adjusted for inflation. Since the end of January, it’s actually dipped below 0 percent, trading as low as negative 0.14 percent on January 31. What this means is that investors are guaranteed to lose money … Read more

Boy Scouts file for bankruptcy due to sex-abuse lawsuits

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Via Marketwatch Barraged by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the hallowed, 110-year-old organization to carry on. The Chapter 11 filing in federal bankruptcy court in Wilmington, Delaware, sets in motion what could … Read more