BY JOHN RUBINO When people tick off the components of the “everything bubble” they usually omit US housing, for a couple of reasons. First, bubbles don’t normally recur immediately in the same asset class, because memories of past carnage need to fade before investors can be seduced back into irrational optimism. Since housing was the epicenter … Read more
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Two analysts say gold is headed towards $1,700 by the end of February, central banks are expected to continue their gold buying spree, and gold bar worth nearly $1,500 donated to a … Read more
How far will the Chinese Communist Party go to control what Americans think about China? The truth may shock you. For years, the classical Chinese dance show Shen Yun has toured the world bringing traditional Chinese culture to life. And the Chinese government has been trying been trying to sabotage and destroy it.
by The Phoenix Forget everything the mainstream media and economists are telling you about a recession… the U.S. economy is ROARING. To see this, however, you need to look outside the official data, which is so heavily gimmicked that it borders on fiction. Instead, take a look at corporate sales. While there are literally dozens of … Read more
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President Donald Trump criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday, predicting she would lose her majority in 2020. “Pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in the history of the U.S. Congress, and now she is crying for fairness in the Senate, and breaking all rules while doing so,” he wrote on Twitter. “She lost … Read more
via rushlimbaugh RUSH: Remember last week when the news came out that Barack Obama was all over the place saying that it’s obvious that women are much better leaders than men? (paraphrased) “Men have gone south. Men have nothing to of our leadership-wise.” We all thought, “A-ha! There he goes clearing the way for Michelle (My … Read more
by bbennett36 For this discussion, I’ll use Amazon as an example because they received the most scrutiny lately. I want to start by saying it’s a myth that Amazon pays NO taxes. It is true that they have paid no federal taxes in the last 2 years but they have paid payroll taxes, local taxes, state taxes … Read more
Republicans May NEVER Win The House Again Due To Immigration, California Set To Gain ELEVEN Seats. According to a new report from the Center for immigration studies, states that voted for Trump in 2016 are set to lose 24 house seats and electoral college votes and solidly blue states are set to gain 19 seats … Read more
By Harry Dent The central banks’ job of keeping this big, fat ugly bubble going is just going to get harder. Not only are they fighting record debt and falling demographictrends in the developed world – with my hierarchy of indicators all pointing down – they are fighting record debt in the emerging world and slowing … Read more
via rushlimbaugh: RUSH: Independence, Missouri, up next. This is Mark. It’s great to be with you, sir. Hello. CALLER: Hey. Thanks, Rush. Merry Christmas. An open line Monday question for you not directly related to Democrat madness. Great talk to those young people, even if it was only eight minutes, a lot of great advice to … Read more
“Hawkfish will be the “primary digital agency and technology services provider for the campaign,” Julie Wood, a Bloomberg campaign spokeswoman, told CNBC. She added that the firm “is now providing digital ad services, including content creation, ad placement and analytics” for their campaign. It will also help Democratic races across the country in future election … Read more
by Ron Paul The bickering over impeachment did not stop the president and Congress from coming together last week to avert a government shutdown by passing a 1.4 trillion dollar spending package. The bipartisan agreement has something for everyone — a 22 billion dollars increase to bring total spending on militarism to 738 billion dollars, and … Read more
by Lance Roberts Flip on CNBC, pick up a financial paper, or scroll a financial website and you will find a great range of materials discussing the stock market, hot stocks, bad stocks, stock trading tips, and stock investment strategies. Why? Because stocks are sexy, and the Wall Street casino — with all its flickering … Read more
by The_In-Betweener https://np.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/ecm9ja/our_thoughts_on_impeachment/ The Donald was created on June 28th, 2015. The subreddit gained momentum just as Trump did throughout 2015 and the first half of 2016. The Donald began overtaking all of its political rivals, and quickly shot to being one of the most active subreddits on the site, only being matched by the … Read more
by mark000 via forbes ……“Business leaders continue to expect an economic slowdown in the U.S. before or concurrent with the presidential election,” said John Graham, a finance professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and director of the survey. “I’d expect uncertainty about the election itself to cause firms to slow expansion in the … Read more
by mark000 The Bureau of Economic Analysis shows pretax domestic profits down 13% over the past five years, with profit margins also nose-diving. Following this metric, the only thing keeping corporate America in the black are Trump’s tax cuts. At the same time, S&P 500 earnings are at record highs, and earnings reports show fantastic … Read more
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/23/netflix-was-the-top-stock-of-the-decade-delivering-over-4000percent-return.html Netflix was by far the best performer in the S&P 500 during the decade among companies currently in the index. Netflix joined the S&P 500 in 2010, replacing The New York Times, but found itself mired in a deep crisis the following year. Subscriber growth in recent years has been driven by the company’s … Read more
via Thomas Thornton of Hedge Fund Telemetry As the markets grind higher into the year-end the look of what is happening is becoming clear. The Fed is inflating a bubble. Valuation on the S&P is approaching 19x which is up from ~14-15x a year ago. Valuation isn’t a great tool for timing however when multiple expansion is … Read more
