Buybacks are the ‘dominant’ source of stock-market demand, and they are fading fast: Goldman Sachs

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/buybacks-are-the-dominant-source-of-stock-market-demand-and-they-are-fading-fast-goldman-sachs-2019-11-06 Corporations are on pace to provide $480 billion in bids for S&P 500 SPX, +0.77% stocks this year, according to an analysis by Goldman Sachs, providing more demand than any other source in 2019, including households, mutual funds or exchange-traded-funds.

Martin Armstrong: This time bomb is worse than subprime mortgages … Marin Katusa: Negative rates have changed the rules of economics …

BY JOHN RUBINO Martin Armstrong: This time bomb is worse than subprime mortgages … Marin Katusa: Negative rates have changed the rules of economics … Peter Hug: Get ready, gold prices in 2020 will rock and roll … Rick Rule: In a resource bull market, just capture the beta … Think Epstein didn’t kill himself? … Read more

Developed-world #CentralBanks, particularly the Fed and the European Central Bank, have resumed the frantic pumping of liquidity into their economies.”With that,US stocks are at record highs. “Emerging-market central banks — China, mostly — are not following suit.”

Per @bopinion :Developed-world #CentralBanks, particularly the Fed and the European Central Bank, have resumed the frantic pumping of liquidity into their economies.”With that,US stocks are at record highs. “Emerging-market central banks — China, mostly — are not following suit.” pic.twitter.com/01V8R9EwHk — Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm) November 16, 2019

Meals on Broken Wheels: Uber Eats, GrubHub, DoorDash & Postmates

The fatal flaw of meal-delivery unicorns. By John E. McNellis, Principal at McNellis Partners, for The Registry: What do DoorDash, GrubHub, Postmates and Uber Eats have in common with Lassie? Nothing. They’re dogs; Lassie’s a superstar. What do they have in common with each other? Everything. They take the world’s second oldest profession — Babylonia had delivery … Read more

China Reports 2 Cases Of The Most Dangerous Type Of Plague

Two patients have been diagnosed in Beijing with the most dangerous form of the plague – the medieval disease also known as the Black Death. The announcement sent shock waves rippling through China’s northeastern capital as authorities attempted to tamp down fears of an epidemic by censoring Chinese-language news of the hospitalization. On Tuesday, Beijing … Read more

You Can Run But You Can’t Hide | Doug Casey

by Dunagun Kaiser with Doug Casey via Reluctant Preppers Doug Casey, outspoken analyst on an expansive range of world and economic affairs, best-selling author of “Crisis Investing,” “Strategic Investing,” “Speculator,” and “Drug Lord,” and founder of InternationalMan and CaseyResearch, visits Finance and Liberty to care his thought-provoking views on: – 5G, – Argentina Financial Crisis and Opportunities, – Fed Bond … Read more

Schiff Gets Majorly Triggered After President Trump Shreds Impeachment Witness On Twitter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmNYKRLC38Q Omg Adam Schiff is off his rocker and he’s getting worse impeachment inquiry goes long we all know the president is innocent and that this is what the Democrats are putting before us to muddy the waters before the IG report comes out and slams democrats for all of their illegal actions Trump for … Read more

Roger Stone was prosecuted more aggressively than Jeffrey Epstein, that tells you all you need to know about the rule of law in America.

Imagine if the same effort put towards prosecuting Roger Stone was put towards prosecuting pedophiles like Epstein. Roger Stone was prosecuted more aggressively than Jeffrey Epstein, that tells you all you need to know about the rule of law in America. — Cernovich (@Cernovich) November 15, 2019   h/t CoolCharacter

Google keeps blacklists of sites and has targeted conservative news sites and blogs’ claims report.

The Wall Street Journal claims Google has been blacklisting sites It also claims that conservative publications have been blacklisted   The WSJ claims that Google made algorithmic changes in favour big businesses over smaller ones including on behalf of a major advertiser, eBay They claim the blacklist policy instructs engineers, known as ‘maintainers’, to focus on … Read more

Another Seattle repeat-offender crime? Man gets knocked unconscious; wakes up in ambulance

by DCG Just last week I reported on a Seattle man who pulled a knife on business employee. He has more than 100 convictions yet is still roaming the streets of Seattle. There are PLENTY of other examples of how Seattle/King County allow repeat offenders to victimize tax-paying and law-abiding citizens. See the following: How many convictions does it take for … Read more

Twitter has suspended me for an entire week for telling the Truth about Nikki Haley and because I was getting too much traction

by Ian56 The tweet I was suspended for: How the hell can this be construed as “Targeted Harassment”. I didn’t include Nikki Haley’s handle in the tweet and I told the 100% honest accurate Truth about Nikki Haley’s support of the War of Aggression in Yemen. You cannot even appeal being falsely suspended, because Twitter … Read more

Millions of acres of Canadian canola freeze, compounding ‘harvest from hell’

Canola futures are down 3% year over year in the world’s biggest canola-growing country despite severe harvest problems that normally would lift prices, adding further pressure to declining farm incomes. This year will be remembered as the “harvest from hell,” said farmer John Guelly, chairman of the Alberta Canola industry group. Canola’s problems may even … Read more