Why does the stock market keep going up when earnings growth is negative? “It’s the liquidity, stupid.”

I get it. Central banks are easing. Why does the stock market keep going up when earnings growth is negative? “It’s the liquidity, stupid.” https://t.co/tbLQy8t47B — David Kudla (@David_Kudla) December 22, 2019 The actual market P/E ratio & company P/E ratios are really DOUBLE what they appear, because both the US + China experienced parabolic … Read more

Of course: Eating out at restaurants and having a large amount of sweets is bad news for your carbon footprint

by DCG At this point, I expect the “experts” to tell us that the only thing that isn’t bad for your carbon footprint is abortion and doctor-assisted suicide. From Daily Mail: Families that often dine out and consume large quantities of sweets and alcohol are likely to have a higher carbon footprint than meat eaters, a study … Read more

A massive scandal: how Assange, his doctors, lawyers and visitors were all spied on for the U.S.

La Repubblica has had access to the video and audio recordings of the Spanish company, UC Global, which spied on the WikiLeaks founder, his team of journalists and all of us who visited Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy for the last seven years. Video footage and audio recordings reveal an appalling violation of privacy. All … Read more

The evidence increasingly suggests that the Federal Reserve, desperate to fix a leak in the hull, is lighting the whole ship on fire in the process by blowing a historic asset bubble, setting up markets to fail

via MarketWatch: Rarely has failure been celebrated so much. But it is of little wonder, after all, as all asset classes rose in 2019 despite slowing economic growth and flat-to-declining earnings. In religious debates, this question is often asked: Why is there something instead of nothing? In financial markets, the corollary may be easier to … Read more

CALIFORNIA: The Homeless Industrial Complex is getting filthy rich, wasting the money, while the homeless population swells.

Every major city in California is spending tens of millions or more on programs for the homeless. But most of the money is being wasted. Why? Because there is a Homeless Industrial Complex that is getting filthy rich, wasting the money, while the homeless population swells. WHAT IS THE HOMELESS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX? Here’s how the … Read more

The Fed Is Entrenched in the Repo Market. How Does It Get Out?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-21/the-fed-is-entrenched-in-the-repo-market-how-does-it-get-out At the Federal Reserve, 2020 will be all about making the repo market boring again. Policy makers will find this easier said than done. The central bank’s liquidity injections — including almost half a trillion dollars earmarked to ensure New Year’s Eve is a snooze — and Treasury bill purchases have nudged the vital … Read more

Politics Aside: What Do We Watch in 2020? The Fed? (Plus Jim Rickards Thoughts)

by Larry White via Lone Star White House By now it has become obvious that the ongoing political war has completely consumed the US media and overtaken virtually every other storyline. This is actually in line with things we have talked about here for some time. Our best guess analysis was that the enormous political divide that exists, … Read more

MEDIA TROUBLES TO ACCELERATE IN 2020

via axios: 2019 was a transformative year for the U.S. news media industry, but it was also one of the most turbulent points in its history. The big picture: There were enormous business challenges, which resulted in an unprecedented number of layoffs, desperate product maneuvers and fire-sale deals. Driving the news: The impeachment of President Trump by the … Read more

Gerald Celente – 2020 Predictions on Trump, Economy, War and Unrest

Gerald Celente, a top trends researcher and Publisher of The Trends Journal, says his magazine motto is “Tomorrow’s news today.” Celente says, “We are the only magazine in the world that tells you history before it happens.” Let’s start with what just happened to President Trump with the House of Representatives voting to impeach. Is … Read more

For the First Time since the French Revolution, no Christmas midnight Mass at Notre Dame in Paris

While the fact bears noting that Notre Dame did not falter in holding Christmas services through 2 world wars, and centuries of time.. I take exception to the word “accidental” in describing the Notre Dame fire this year. there is zero proof of that. from the article: https://www.hotsr.com/news/2019/dec/21/notre-dame-cathedral-to-miss-first-chri/ “This is the first time since the … Read more

YOUR EVERY MOVE IS BEING WATCHED

by Dunagun Kaiser with John Whitehead via Reluctant Preppers “I Always Feel Like… …Somebody’s Watching Me” ~ Rockwell, 1984 “It’s Not Paranoia if They’re Really After You” ~ Enemy of the State, Buena Vista Pictures, 1998 What is the true impact on our liberty and privacy, wrought by sweeping changes imposed by recent and planned government programs, such as The … Read more

Guy gets five years in jail for defrauding google and facebook of $120 million

five years for fraudulently stealing $120 million? and he has to pay back $26 million??? A Lithuanian hacker will spend the next five years behind bars for masterminding a $120m (£92.05m) scam that involved emailing fake IT equipment invoices to Facebook and Google. A US district court in New York on Thursday handed Evaldas Rimasauskas … Read more

First human head transplant may be just a decade away, neurosurgeon says

Bruce Mathew, Neurosurgeon, says there is a plausible way to move the consciousness of one person to another body, and that recent advancements in robotics, stem cell transplants, and nerve surgery now make the prospect achievable within the next decade. Italian professor Sergio Canavero is also currently working on the world’s first head transplant, but … Read more

National Bank Trust Bad Debts Division Managed by Toxic Mikhail Khabarov

The BNA is Ready to Collect with Mikhail Khabarov at the Helm Source: Pixabay No Attribution Required  The National Bank Trust was established after several large-scale credit organizations were reorganized.  To date, some 2 trillion rubles in debt-ridden assets have accumulated, and the Central Bank is intent on ensuring that that money will be returned … Read more

Rev Group is the worst company on the NYSE?!

by Jzsjx9jjq Rev Group ($REVG) is a fucking joke. They should be trading at HALF of what their current stock price is, at best. I have been following them for years, I’ve been right about their whole scheme quarter after quarter. I was right about their earnings yesterday and they fucked me. I’m so mad … Read more

If growth lacks in 1Q20, there will be a disappointment

w/ fed attempting to engineer a mini-cycle trough – their push w/ 'not qe' has forced asset prices to inflate to levels where growth is expected to ramp higher in early '20 – the only problem: if growth lacks in 1Q20, there will be a disappointment pic.twitter.com/CJN9ipkObJ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 20, 2019 Fed Balance … Read more