by aceman97 I would do the following: 1) if you are working and your employer offers a 401k plan. Participate. 2) choose funds that have low fees. Normally the funds with lowest fees are your index funds. 3) if your …
by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Global stocks are advancing again today with US-China trade talks ending on what is reported to be a positive note, after the talks were extended an extra day Press reports are that the US and China are …
by oldreddit Below is a list of books I curated from around a dozen “best of” reading lists to become a better investor. Personally, I am interested in a career as a portfolio manager and would like to devour …
by badpauly This is a list of the top 20 companies that experienced the largest change in insider shares in the last seven (7) days. The SEC defines an insider as any officer, director or 10% shareholder. It is …
via vanguard: Beginning January 22, 2019, Vanguard will no longer accept purchases in leveraged or inverse mutual funds, ETFs (exchange-traded funds), or ETNs (exchange-traded notes). If you already own these investments, you can continue to hold them or choose to sell …
Monster rally in U.S. junk-bonds currently underway. pic.twitter.com/W11bqrupdm — Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) January 8, 2019 Gundlach: "By historic standards 62% of Triple B rated bonds should be considered junk status right now BUT are not" — John Caruso 🌐 (@JCarusoRJO) …
via businessinsider: As concerns of a slowdown in global growth swirl, some experts on Wall Street are suggesting investors bulk up on defensive holdings. Goldman Sachs just told clients to “increase portfolio defensiveness,” and Bank of America said investors’ exposure …
Sears is giving Chairman Eddie Lampert another chance to buy the company out of bankruptcy and save roughly 55,000 jobs. Sears on Tuesday had planned to tell the bankruptcy court it had rejected Lampert’s offer to buy the retailer, after …
by northmantrader The cataclysmic action of Q4 left investors shellshocked as stocks plummeted and over 90% of US Dollar based asset classes ran a negative return for 2018 going against all Wall Street forecasts. Macro monsters from trade wars, Brexit, slowing …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter With Seattle’s economy still strong, the downturn isn’t caused by layoffs & defaulting mortgages. The fabulous bubble has run out of steam on its own. Inventory of houses and condos for sale in King County – …
by Charles Hugh-Smith The Gulag Archipelago is not a distant memory; it lives on in every modern state, cloaked with modern-day technologies and the well-worn tools of suppression. The last thing addicts want to hear is the truth: the only thing …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4umTvvMFKI We will not be ok if we follow the same system. Fed and central banks need to go and reset the economy. Doing the same thing again when it failed is the definition of insanity. RC
by Wayne Root I was going to write a column about the wall. It’s certainly the biggest issue in America. But I can end that debate quickly. President Trump should issue a simple challenge: “My fellow Democrats, I have a challenge …
VIDEO!! Channel 4 News Published on Jan 7, 2019 As lorries took to the tarmac of Manston Airport in a test of plans for a no-deal departure from the EU, the Brexit Secretary confirmed to MPs that a meaningful vote …
The stakes are enormous. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. With just 80 days remaining until Brexit Day, March 29, nerves are fraying on both sides of the English Channel. Nowhere is this more true than in …
My most requested table is finally here. Here is every prior Bear Market in $SPX history (-20% drop from a unique All Time High) with dates/notes on the initial bounce after first entering Bear territory and then what it did …
George W. Bush declared 13 emergencies and Barack Obama declared 12 — nearly all of which are still active today. Bill Clinton declared 17 national emergencies, six of which are still active. Ronald Reagan declared six and George H.W. Bush …
by John Rubino Money manager Michael Pento has been bearish on both stocks and bonds for some time. 2019 is the year, he says, when the big crash finally arrives. Some Predictions for 2019 Bond Yields Continue to Fall in First Half …
It is not going well for Theresa May, she has now set the date for vote on Jan 15. The auto apocalypse is now hitting Germany, China and the rest of Europe and don’t forget about the US. People are …
The ever decreasing right to privacy on the Internet is entirely by design, we need the right to compensation for gross violations by companies like Facebook and Google to slow the tide. via eff.org: It is not enough for government to …
Acosta: “Can you promise the president will tell the truth tonight?” Conway: “Yes, Jim. Do you promise that you will? This is why I am one of the only people around here who even gives you the time of day…because …
From Bloomberg: Palladium’s premium to platinum jumped to a record, building on its ranking as the best-performing metal of 2018. Shortages of the metal used in autocatalysts for gasoline-fueled vehicles sent its price to yet another all-time high, widening the price …
via James Rickards In 2017, every prominent economic forecasting entity was shouting from the rooftops about “synchronized global growth.” This was a reference to the fact that not only were certain economies growing, but they were all growing at the same time. …
by Mark M. In the past four years since my retirement I have sent countless e-mails to family and friends about the history and the future of what the international Banksters and their spawn, our own national wealth vampire blood …
Jim Jordan and team wrote a letter to Huber that he needs to hand over material they requested. The DS is catching on that Mueller might not be working for them and that he might come up with nothing. [HRC] …
This is the Navatics Mito: Both units have built-in lighting to overcome the underwater murk, are connected to their remote control via a tether, which, assuming it doesn’t break, will likely come in handy finding the unit if its remote …
By Tom Kool Crude oil prices continued to rise on Tuesday, making the most recent rally the longest in 17 months. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) – The Henry Hub natural gas price …
By Tsvetana Paraskova Oil-related crimes in Nigeria cost the African OPEC producer US$2.8 billion in lost revenues in 2018, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Tuesday, citing a United Nations report on West Africa. “Oil-related crimes resulted in the loss of …
by Jesse “On April 3, Nina Dang, 24, found herself in a position like so many San Francisco bike riders — on the pavement with a broken arm. A bystander saw her fall and called an ambulance. She was semi-lucid …
from Zero Hedge Yesterday, when we reported that Trump would make an impromptu TV appearance at 9pm today to address the nation to make his case for a wall on the southern border, we asked whether Trump would “finally put an end to …