Price Extremes, The Trapped Fed and Scapegoats

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Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his. Since 2009 stocks have risen into a bubble fueled by inexpensive debt, buybacks and QE. Most commodities have not matched the price increases. Palladium is an exception—more later. The ratio of the commodity index to the S&P 500 Index sits at a historic low.Commodity prices … Read more

3 Tail Risks That Could Shock The Market

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by UPFINA The stock market has fat tails. Returns aren’t normally distributed. Events such as the crash of 1987 have occurred even though the normal curve says they are almost impossible. Prices are discontinuous which means if you have a stop on a trade, it might not matter because the price can skip that stop. When … Read more

Beware Ally Bank Bill Pay

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by dreadpirate_13​ This morning marked the end of a long and frustrating saga involving Ally bank’s Bill Pay feature. Let me preface by saying that I’ve been a customer for 10 years now and this is the first issue I’ve had, but it was a doozy! I’d been using Ally’s bill pay feature to pay … Read more

15% for retirement is not an absolute Rule. You should check whether it’s still right for you.

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by jeo123​ In just about any retirement related thread you’ll find the suggestion to save 15% of your income for retirement. It’s a great easy to use number and is good to get in the minds of people(especially those starting out) to save appropriately for retirement. However if you try to find the reason it’s 15%, you … Read more

$EXPE is Due for $MSFT Type Run

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by 23therealme23 DD Update 1 — Look who picked up a bunch of shares… maybe they know something 🧐🧐 https://imgur.com/gallery/uMY8RTn Original DD — Just jumped in on $EXPE. Out of $SPCE and $MSFT which I jumped in on about a month ago. Check my comment history. Proof of positions— https://imgur.com/gallery/ZSmD9tD Why? Listen to their latest … Read more

Over the past 2 weeks, options traders spent more than $16 billion buying speculative calls. That’s 60% more than any other 2-week period since 2000.

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Over the past 2 weeks, options traders spent more than $16 billion buying speculative calls. That's 60% more than any other 2-week period since 2000. Maybe this is a nothing-matters-forever kind of market, but holy moly.https://t.co/EE8NcDL1Ou — SentimenTrader (@sentimentrader) February 19, 2020 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1230285293082812416 This is among the most absurd things you'll ever see. A company … Read more

City Council Passes A Bill To Not Arrest Illegal Aliens For Driving Without A License – Will They Still Arrest Americans For Same?

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his is all you need to know about where the Dems stand today. They don’t have a single thought or care about law-abiding, hard-working citizens of the United States, they know they have lost that the majority of that vote. They only cater to their base that is anti-American patriotism, anti-Christian, anti 2A, anti-white, anti-traditional … Read more

It Should Be Criminal For L.A., San Francisco and New York For Them to Have Continued to Host Their Chinese New Year Festivals Despite Knowing Potential Infection Inside Their Cities!

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by 5nordehacedod Los Angeles held their Festival on February 1st. This was ONE WEEK right after China held their festivals, including Wuhan. People left China. Some may have even directly participated in Wuhan’s festivities and then went directly to L.A. the next week. http://www.lagoldendragonparade.com/ San Francisco held their festival February 8th and February 9th. Two weeks after Wuhan. https://chineseparade.com/ … Read more

SOCIALISM: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL LEAVE.

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Study: New York, New Jersey Face Largest Population Decrease In The U.S. “Meanwhile, Arizona, Idaho and Utah were the fastest growing states, according to the study.” NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A new study finds that New York and New Jersey are losing more residents than any other states. The career website Zippia looked at the population data from the Census’ American … Read more

These people aren’t standing up for good government, they are assisting in a coverup

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ALL THE “INSTITUTIONALISM” IS A COVERUP FOR RAMPANT INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION AND MALPRACTICE: Anti-Barr polemics dwell on the parade of horribles that might come from his tenure at Justice, without pausing to consider that a norm-busting violation of the rules targeting a politically inconvenient individual already occurred — it was the abusive FISA surveillance of former Trump … Read more

Jim Rickards: China’s Economy Was Already Slowing, Now It’s Slowly Grinding To A Halt

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by Jim Rickards via Daily Reckoning The U.S. markets were closed Monday for Presidents Day. If you had the day off, I hope you’re enjoyed your long weekend. One event is taking center stage in the world that affects not only basic survival for millions of people, but the health of the global economy overall. Of course, I’m … Read more

“African American unemployment is not the lowest it’s ever been…we were fully employed during slavery.” Stage4 TDS moron James Clyburn (D-SC)

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So slavery was employment according to Democrats? "African American unemployment is not the lowest it's ever been…we were fully employed during slavery."Stage4 TDS moron James Clyburn (D-SC) pic.twitter.com/aGKL5JoRdN — Colt 🇺🇲 (@ar15m4mid) February 18, 2020   h/t dirty_sanchez69

How exactly is this abuse of power?

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by semlaw Fournier: How can the Left get mad at Trump for using his pardon power… The LEAST of any President since the 70’s? – Carter: 556 – Reagan: 406 – H.W. Bush: 77 – Clinton: 459 – G.W. Bush: 200 – Obama: 1,927 – Trump: 26 …. Sit down. How can the Left get … Read more

Let me get this straight… MSM is now trying to push a narrative that Trump offered Assange a pardon, on the condition that Assange would just publicly announce…. something he had already been publicly announcing for over a year?

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by Venus230 How stupid do these journalists think people are? Reminder: Julian Assange Says He’s 1,000% Sure Russia Didn’t Hack the DNC’s Emails https://time.com/4620806/julian-assange-russia-hack-fox-hannity/ On top of Julian Assange saying this, even the Mueller report doesn’t even claim for a fact that Russia gave emails to WikiLeaks. They are still only ‘moderately confident’ that it was … Read more