We're in the midst of the longest bull run for stocks without a major drop on record. Via Goldman: pic.twitter.com/iJOoikPlK6 — Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) December 5, 2019 Bull markets often end with a euphoric rally called a 'blow-off top.' We may have just had one https://t.co/QVFSXOFldb — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) December 5, 2019 Morgan Stanley Wealth … Read more
Negative Rates Are Starting to Worry ECB Officials (Bloomberg) — Five weeks since Mario Draghi retired from running the European Central Bank, finding an outright fan of his legacy of negative interest rates has become a lot harder. Governing Council members, who collectively lowered the key rate to minus 0.5% shortly before Draghi’s term … Read more
The slowing economy is no longer a surprise: Morning Brief The U.S. economy is slowing. This was confirmed by service-sector data and labor market data released on Wednesday. But the economy’s trajectory is no longer a surprise to investors and no longer has markets bracing for a recession to break out just around the corner. … Read more
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This mom got a $3 million hospital bill for her infant son's transplant surgery. How did U.S. healthcare costs get so high? Watch the full video here: https://t.co/ftAGE1HbFe pic.twitter.com/J4YSCo2t5n — CNBC (@CNBC) December 5, 2019
Corp Debt Bubble (BBB/junk) formed by a decade of Fed's 0% rates💉☠️ making it easy to reduce share counts to boost earnings (FIN'L ENGINEERING) and not need to invest or hire. 5% vs 0%🤔@RobSKaplan @neelkashkari @marydalyecon @RaphaelBostic @EricRosengren H/T @themarketear pic.twitter.com/tP5HZGXmE4 — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) December 4, 2019 Distressed percentage accelerates on #BDC loansby @LPCLoans https://t.co/OM3TH3clXL … Read more
by SP The Oligarch Takeover of US Pharma and Healthcare – And the Resulting Human Crisis by Jon Hellevig for The Saker Blog You may have wondered why the EpiPen costs $600 while the ingredients in the simple injection device cost less than $1. It is due to the oligarchical control of every layer of the … Read more
via omfif: The 2008 financial crisis furnished markets with a painful lesson in ‘Minsky moments’, when asset prices collapse following a prolonged period of reckless speculative activity. US economist Hyman Minsky never tired of warning that extended bull markets always end in epic collapses. The prolonged period of exuberance that financial markets are now experiencing would … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbLmH3EInPs The [DS] held their fake impeachment hearing. This hearing was part of the patriots plan, it needed to go mainstream first, the people need to be educated on how administration should never work with a foreign government to interfere with the US elections. The hearing explained it all to the people of the US. … Read more
Most companies rely on marketing campaigns to grow their business. Many marketing and creative departments still operate using outdated technology and poor internal processes. For achieving better creative outcomes, it is vital companies streamline their creative and marketing operations by using the latest software solutions and centralize all their digital assets in one place using … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith And how do we pay for these spiraling out of control costs? By borrowing more, of course. If we had to choose one “big picture” reason why the vast majority of households are losing ground, it would be: the costs of essentials are spiraling out of control. I’ve often covered the dynamics … Read more
by Michael Snyder If you want to waste your life, a great way to do that is to spend tens of thousands of hours watching television. Today, it is so difficult to get people to leave their homes and get active in their communities, because most of us are absolutely glued to one screen or … Read more
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Sarah Kliff Verified account @sarahkliff Investigations and health policy for the @nytimes. Hospitals are suing the federal government to keep their prices secret. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/health/hospitals-trump-prices-transparency.html Hospitals are suing the federal government to keep their prices secret. https://t.co/n9NHkY7Iwr — Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) December 4, 2019 h/t dr0id
by Simon Black For more than a year, I’ve been strongly encouraging readers to consider buying gold. In fact, almost exactly one year ago to the day, I wrote that gold was cheap relative to just about every other asset class in the world. Since then, gold has been one of the best performing investments in … Read more
by Shaun Richards This morning has brought more signs of the economic malaise that is affecting Italy, a subject which just goes on and on and on. Here is the statistics office. In 2019, GDP is expected to increase by 0.2 percent in real terms. The domestic demand will provide a contribution of 0.8 percentage … Read more
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TV ratings for the National Basketball Association have collapsed this year, a season that kicked off with the league bowing to communist China. In October, just as the NBA’s 2019 pre-season was kicking off, Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted a short message in support of the pro-democracy activists in China-controlled Hong Kong. The league … Read more
Peloton lost $942million market value in a single day after its holiday advertisement sparked fierce social media backlash. The exercise equipment company was vilified Monday over the commercial titled ‘The Gift That Gives Back’, which shows a woman receiving a stationary bike from her husband on Christmas morning. She then documents her year-long fitness journey … Read more
