Walmart Wants to Deliver Groceries Right to Your Fridge

https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/12/29/walmart-wants-to-deliver-groceries-right-to-your-f.aspx Amazon.com is probably further along on this idea than anyone. Using a special smart lock set and an Amazon security camera, the Amazon Key system allows packages to be placed inside your home. Using a smartphone, you can watch the …

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The Yield Curve Inversion…and Why It Matters

by Doug Hornig, Contributor, GoldSilver   GoldSilver’s Mike Maloney recently released a video dealing with inversion of the yield curve in the bond market. It’s an excellent introduction to a subject about which all investors should have a basic grasp. And it’s important …

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Leveraged bets on the stock market are starting to unwind; Financial Stress Index rises to the highest level since Feb 2016…. Nomura: The global economy is ‘already on an irreversible path’ to a downturn

via businessinsider: In the life of a decade-long credit cycle, the global economy’s current condition shows it’s firmly heading toward a downturn, according to a new analysis from Nomura. A single cycle is historically a decade long. The beginning is marked …

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Market loves the “big progress” tweet. Meanwhile, copper is in retreat and China’s PMI just hit a contractionary three-year low print of 49.4 in Dec as growth weakens to a 28-year low.

Market loves the "big progress" tweet. Meanwhile, copper is in retreat and China's PMI just hit a contractionary three-year low print of 49.4 in Dec as growth weakens to a 28-year low. — David Rosenberg (@EconguyRosie) December 31, 2018 https://twitter.com/MacroTechnicals/status/1079719892302159873 …

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Beware The Young Stock Market Bear

by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLC Stock markets are forever cyclical, an endless series of alternating bulls and bears.  And after one of the greatest bulls in US history, odds are a young bear is now gathering steam.  It is being fueled by …

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Lindsey Graham curses on CNN again

CNN: Graham to CNN anchor: That’s a bunch of bulls***. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/12/30/lindsey-graham-obama-iraq-war-strategy-trump-syria-bash-sotu-vpx.cnn Starts about 5:30 At least Lindsey Graham was right about Obama creating ISIS, makes me feel a little better about him.     h/t UFS