Visualizing 30 Years of China’s Unstoppable Economic Growth

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by howmuch President Trump constantly warns about China as a threat to the world. China takes American jobs, adds to the national trade deficit and steals intellectual property. But how should we understand the rapid rise of China on the global economic stage? Our visualization puts things in perspective. China’s economy has grown significantly faster than … Read more

Time To Sell The News?

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BY JOHN RUBINO Global stock (and bond and real estate) markets have been on a tear this year, apparently in anticipation of three big events. And last week they got them all, sort of: The US and China announced a “trade deal” that is flimsy but a deal nonetheless; the Fed promised to refrain from raising … Read more

The Absolute Worst Economic Development for Democrats is Happening

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Way back in 1992 — when hopping on the Internet meant using a screeching dial-up modem from Radio Shack (which is thankfully no longer the case because of state-of-the-art hardware from vendors like Edgewater Networks), and thousands of people were shamelessly dancing “The Macarena” — James Carville, a campaign strategist for Bill Clinton, coined a … Read more

Beyond Meat among the stocks set to benefit from ongoing pork shortage, Bernstein says

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/17/beyond-meat-to-benefit-from-ongoing-pork-shortage-bernstein-says.html As African Swine Fever rages on, rising meat prices could lead consumers to favor plant-based alternatives like Beyond Meat, Bernstein said on Tuesday. “Linked to this major dislocation due to African Swine Fever in the global meat industry, we expect that the plant-based meat and other plant-based categories will continue to do well, as … Read more

French authorities fined Bloomberg €5 MILLION for dissemination of fake news

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France’s financial markets watchdog (AMF) fined Bloomberg € 5 million ($5.5 million) for publishing false information about the financial situation at Vinci, a French construction company. The report caused a 18% drop in the company’s shares and a loss of € 6 billion in overall market value. via idahoreporter: France’s financial markets watchdog (AMF) fined Bloomberg € 5 … Read more

All Signs Are Pointing To Civil War—Rand Paul Warning—Proof Included!

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Suffolk University/USA Today Poll: Impeached or not, Trump leads his Democratic rivals for another term

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#NEW National General Election: Trump 44 (+3) Biden 41 Trump 44 (+5) Sanders 39 Trump 45 (+8) Warren 37 Trump 43 (+9) Bloomberg 34 Trump 43 (+10) Buttigieg 33 Suffolk University/USA Today Poll #NEW National General Election: Trump 44 (+3)Biden 41 Trump 44 (+5)Sanders 39 Trump 45 (+8)Warren 37 Trump 43 (+9)Bloomberg 34 Trump 43 … Read more

Vox Media hit hard by regulations they themselves championed, hundreds of their freelancers affected

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Vox Media fires hundreds of freelance writers over California ‘gig economy’ law — and they’re tweeting angrily about it. Hundreds of freelance writers in California got very bad news just ahead of Christmas when Vox Media informed them that they would be losing their jobs because of a new “gig economy” law intended to target Uber and … Read more

Bailing Out Bankers Is All the Rage Again

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(Bloomberg Opinion) — After the financial crisis, Europe’s political leaders put together a complex set of rules to make it harder for future governments to bail out banks. That system is looking so full of holes that one wonders what the point of it is. Two episodes in a fortnight show that taxpayers are still very … Read more

Definition of insanity. Junk bond spreads (ex-energy) now at their lowest since June of 2007 at record corporate leverage!

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Definition of insanity. Junk bond spreads (ex-energy) now at their lowest since June of 2007 at record corporate leverage! pic.twitter.com/VgMDx140wC — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) December 16, 2019 Apple stock jumps on huge sale drop in China Boeing shares jump on production halt in 2020 — Russian Market (@runews) December 17, 2019 According to chart … Read more

Tazewell County Virginia Forms Militia To Protect Its Sheriffs Who Will Not Confiscate

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by SP The Organic Prepper, Daisy Luther, offers an update on the Virginia effort to ban military style rifles.  The county of Tazewell, Virginia, has voted to form its own citizen militia. Tazewell County is taking this threat to the Second Amendment very seriously. Not only did they pass a Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution, but they’ve … Read more

College Enrollment Skids for 8th Year in a Row in 2019, But Student Loans Skyrocket. What Gives?

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The stunning decline of men in the student headcount. With college costs blowing through the roof, with “luxury student housing” and not so luxury “student housing” having become asset classes – including, of course, CMBS, now in rough waters – for global investors, with textbook publishers gouging students to the nth degree, and … Read more