Big 5 Healthcare Insurance As Big As FAANG

by SP From Axios today Anthem, Cigna, CVS Health, Humana and UnitedHealth Group cumulatively expect to collect almost $787 billion in 2019, compared with $783 billion of projected revenue for Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google. Any wondering why your hospital bill …

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Antichrist Rising at EU

by TrailDust Eurocrat Suggests Brexiteers Could ’End up on the Guillotine’ The European Parliament’s Brexit Coordinator Guy Verhofstadt has suggested that Tory Brexiteers who reject a soft Brexit deal will be sent to the guillotine like the leaders of the French revolution. …

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Investors Pile Back Into Stocks

by Dana Lyons According to one survey, individual investors poured money back into stocks at a historic pace last month. There is quite a bit of debate stirring regarding the extent to which investors are embracing the current stock market …

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Welcome back to the biggest ever bubble! The next leg down is going to hurt

https://twitter.com/mcm_ct/status/1095507722299166725 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1095482399138422784 Global non-financial corporate debt hit a record high of 92% in Q3 2018. pic.twitter.com/fDyv5HQ5D9 — IIF (@IIF) January 15, 2019 pic.twitter.com/ZeXgeV514k — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) February 13, 2019 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1095445616665219074 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1095658530080768006 Last year 6.9% their forecast for this year 6% …

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Rapid Global slowdown is happening, the global central bank tightening cycle is now ending

NFIB’s faltering small business sentiment points to possible further weakness in manufacturing sector@AndreasSteno @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/tVLrEluE8v — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) February 13, 2019 The plunge! Eurozone industrial production confirms ugly picture individual member states already gave. Massive collapse in production …

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TRAIN DERAILED; QUESTIONS ASKED

“During Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first State of the State speech Tuesday, he surprised listeners by announcing he would put the quest for high-speed rail connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles championed by his predecessor far on the back burner.” Meanwhile, questions …

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UNEXPECTEDLY: The Twin Cities’ ‘affordable housing’ shortage was caused by their politicians.

via americanexperiment: Seeing this problem, many people then demand that the government ‘do something’ about it. Typically, that ‘something’ involves spending more money or issuing a new raft of regulations. Thus, the $40 million Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has earmarked in his 2019 budget for affordable housing and the $71 …

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