The Making of a Mammoth Merger: Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade

by visualcapitalist In this era of fierce competition in the discount brokerage space, scale might be the best recipe for success. Charles Schwab has once again sent shockwaves through the financial services industry, announcing its intent to acquire TD Ameritrade. The all-stock deal — valued at approximately $26 billion — will see the two biggest publicly-traded discount brokers … Read more

Dan Bongino: Adam Schiff’s Lies Are Piling Up

In this episode, I address the disturbing new tactic being used by sleazy Adam Schiff to attack his political opponents. You may be next if Schiff’s tactics go unchallenged. I also address a list of lies being told by Schiff, Pelosi, and their media pals that I completely debunk. Finally, I address the incredible jobs … Read more

CLOSE THE DANGEROUS TAX-CUT GAP!

Trump’s Tax Cuts Push U.S. Burden Lower in World. “Report says U.S. total tax rate lowest among grouping of major economies except Ireland, Chile and Mexico.” Driven by the federal tax cut that Congress and Mr. Trump enacted at the end of 2017, U.S. taxes at all levels of government fell to 24.3% of gross domestic … Read more

CBC CANADA – THE PRICE OF FAKE NEWS – They have 269k watchers out of 36M Canadians, for a yearly tab of $1.2 Billion

The article tells it all. They have 269k watchers out of 36M Canadians, for a yearly tab of $1.2 Billion, plus whatever their share is of the slush fund Trudeau provided to make sure they toed the party line during the election. Their ad earnings were $58 M, if you remove their umbilical cord, they … Read more

China Set To Launch $105-Billion Oil & Gas Pipeline Firm

By Tsvetana Paraskova China will officially launch on Monday its long-mooted state oil and gas pipeline group combining the infrastructure assets of the state-owned energy majors into one huge midstream group, which analysts say could be worth between US$80 billion and US$105 billion. China has considered for years creating such a company, but only this year has … Read more

Ooops! 60% Of Americans Don’t Even Know About The Bull Market Bull

Via Global Macro Monitor, Interesting piece by the FT today that only one-third of Americans feel the benefits of the great bull market.   Only 40 percent of the population realizes stocks are up for the year.  These are tough numbers for a so-called “populist” president who claims the stock market bull as one of his greatest achievements and … Read more

HOW NOT TO SELL SINGLE-PAYER

via TWITTER: The mask sure has been slipping a lot. UPDATE: Like I said, slipping a lot. ANOTHER UPDATE: Slip, slip, slipping: The Confiscation Is the Point: Progressives Admit It’s About Seizing Wealth, Not Helping People. “The confiscation of wealth alone is the whole point of the progressive enterprise.” As Kurt Schlichter says, they hate you and want you dead. … Read more

IMPEACHMENT IS ABOUT GETTING TRUMP, NOT JUSTICE

Just in case anybody had any remaining doubts, former Obama Solicitor-General makes it clear.  Neal Katyal, an acting solicitor general under Barack Obama, argued Thursday that if the Senate acquits President Donald Trump after the House of Representatives impeaches the president, the next Congress could simply convict Trump again on the same charges. “If the … Read more

Goldman Sachs says that every one of its private equity clients is preparing for recession

Goldman Sachs’ private equity clients are not feeling good about the global economy.  According to the bank’s chairman of investment banking, “Every one of our clients is focused on being prepared for a recession.” Alison Mass, speaking to Bloomberg TV, said that the bank’s clients are creating checklists so that they could cope if a … Read more

It is IMPEACHABLE for the PRESIDENT to INQUIRE about ANY AND ALL ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES of CORRUPT DEMOCRAT GOVERNMENT GANGSTERS

So let me get this straight. It is IMPEACHABLE for the PRESIDENT of the United States to ever “INQUIRE” about ANY AND ALL ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES of CORRUPT DEMOCRAT GOVERNMENT GANGSTERS You can use NATO money to spy on an opponent NO PROBLEM To “INQUIRE” about Using NATO money to spy on an opponent is IMPEACHABLE  … Read more

Is Wall Street Manipulating Gold & Silver Markets?

Is Wall Street Manipulating Gold & Silver Markets? Today we are joined by senior precious metals analyst Bron Suchecki to discuss the history of money, precious metals market cycles, why goldbugs overlooked Bitcoin in 2009, how Wall Street adopted Gold & Silver investing products, what their plans are for adopting Bitcoin & cryptocurrencies, are precious … Read more