by visualcapitalist While looking at the top countries by GDP is a useful big picture measure, it can also be informative to look at the components that make up an economy as well. Examining a country’s economic building blocks can tell us a lot about what stage of development the country is in, and where competitive … Read more
Animated James Carville pic.twitter.com/ThZrrW0lUt — Acyn (@Acyn) February 4, 2020 Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville sounded the alarm bells on Tuesday night over what he described as the Democratic Party turning into an “ideological cult,” specifically singling out would-be presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Hell!! it’s to late for turning into….IMHO It’s already happened!! There’s not … Read more
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by WARREN MOSLER Typical collapse prior to recessions: Still working its way lower: Another example of a small move up after a long downtrend that are touted to be a ‘reversal’: Another somewhat misleading headline, as per the year over year chart:
What a petulant child she is…… https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7970209/It-felt-like-Mike-Pence-accuses-Nancy-Pelosi-planning-rip-speech.html?ico=embedded You can even see the rips on the paper… wow, but ‘she didn’t plan it’ AC
State, Incumbent, Year first elected, Last election margin of victory (% points) Alabama, (D) Doug Jones, 2017, 1.7 Alaska, (R) Dan Sullivan, 2014, 2.2 Arizona, (R) Martha McSally, N/A, 13.7 Arkansas, (R) Tom Cotton, 2014, 17.0 Colorado, (R) Cory Gardner, 2014, 1.9 Delaware, (D) Chris Coons, 2010, 13.6 Georgia, (R) David Perdue, 2014, 7.7 Georgia, (R) Kelly Loeffler, … Read more
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Jan. 31, 2020 – 5:03 – Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy’s Michael Osterholm, PhD, argues coronavirus will not be able to be contained and that within months the world will become like China is now. NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Eerie Drone Video Shows Wuhan Is … Read more
By Harry Dent I just saw an update of John Hussman’s infamous model that shows a very clear correlation between stock valuations, defined as stock prices over U.S. economic gross value-added, and 12-year total investment returns. This indicator is similar to stock market capitalization over GDP, which I have shown recently, except it is more predictive and specific … Read more
by The Phoenix Tesla (TSLA) is going to ignite a new stock market mania. In case you’ve missed it, TSLA has soared to nearly $900 per share. It was trading at $200 per share back in June 2019. So we’re talking about a 400%+ gain in the span of roughly seven months. The professional investor crowd … Read more
From Brandon Smith Though it is often referred to by critics and elitist central bankers as a “barbaric relic”, there is no denying that gold is usually the go-to asset during times of crisis and uncertainty. And as much as they pretend to hate it, even the elites secretly stock the precious metal whenever the economy … Read more
by Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity As the Wuhan coronavirus spread worsens, the financial markets are throwing one hell of party, hitting record highs. Yet the world’s #2 economy, China, just hung up a big “CLOSED” sign — stocks should be tanking hard here. How can they shrug off the virus’ threat to global trade? Chris believes that … Read more
by Michael Lebowitz and Jack Scott “Lenin was certainly right. There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a … Read more
In a country where healthcare costs are rising by the day, it can be hard for people to make their health a priority. For many people, amazing wealth seems wealth is the more important thing to focus on – because after all if you have enough money, you can take care of anything, right? Wrong. … Read more
pic.twitter.com/lj8RUqcz37 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 5, 2020 Trump is Victorious! Senate acquits Trump Vote 52 – 48
See if you can spot the difference in the Google autocomplete suggestions for "Should I…" yesterday vs. today https://t.co/7BKXPD2Fc5 $TSLA pic.twitter.com/yjmB6oruoH — Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) February 5, 2020 OPINION: Tesla's stock has now satisfied an objective criteria of a bubble that is about to burst. The probability of a crash is now more than 80%, … Read more
by SP https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/05/802896668/in-quarantined-wuhan-hospital-beds-for-coronavirus-patients-are-scarce Many such cases are being sent to makeshift isolation wards in requisitioned hotels or clinics to keep them apart from family members while they wait to be screened. Even those who test positive can wait days more for a hospital bed, increasing the risk of infection for others. ======================================== U.S. Readies for … Read more
Parabolic markets only happened 3 times in 100 yrs. pic.twitter.com/HuXVEZ0l2e — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) February 5, 2020 5-Year CAPE ratio is officially at its 2nd highest level in 100+ years. Who cares, bulls say: "Valuations can still reach tech bubble levels." Please… Debt imbalances today are incomparable. What we have is a mix of absurd multiples … Read more
china lied to pump stocks https://t.co/z4qfN5Gp07 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 5, 2020 ".. in the last 24 hours we had the most cases in a single day since the outbreak started .." https://t.co/6FykeQzslz — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) February 5, 2020 Record number of Coronavirus cases outside of China and within China today. Overall, the picture … Read more
