Very worrying signals when a moderate slowdown leads the central bank to change 180 degrees its normalization path.

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A strong economy does not need the Fed to revise rate and balance sheet strategy. Very worrying signals when a moderate slowdown leads the central bank to change 180 degrees its normalization path. pic.twitter.com/JwwmZOupKD — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) February 16, 2019 https://twitter.com/AndysCycles/status/1096800802893524994 Extremely overbought with worse fundamentals. Massive downside here. More than in Oct/Dec of … Read more

The Incredible Shrinking Singapore Stock Market

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his more than two-decade career as a capital-markets lawyer in Singapore, he’d helped more than 30 companies list on the country’s stock exchange, bringing to market everything from a grocery store chain to a pawnbroker. Business had been good, but it was starting to dry up. Lee decided he had to get out. “I saw … Read more

Jeffrey Gundlach interview – Corporate debt is the biggest risk

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DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach joined Yahoo Finance’s The Final Round on Wednesday, February 13 to talk about Fed policy, the state of the economy, risks facing the markets, and developments in American politics ahead of the 2020 elections. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeffrey-gundlach-interview-yahoo-finance-transcript-195148936.html

Stocks don’t do well when monthly retail sales less food service are down 1.5% or more. The average S&P 500 return in the next year is -11.03%.

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via upfina: The December retail sales report was so terrible that it implies a recession is coming soon if the data is accurate. There’s always a chance the data is incorrect because these results are revised. This time there is a cloud over the report because the government was shutdown for part of December. There isn’t … Read more

China’s housing glut casts pall over the economy

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“A building binge leaves cities with 65 million empty apartments” TOKYO/HONG KONG — For many single men in China, buying an apartment is a prerequisite for marriage. Yan Zhong, a 34-year-old resident of the northern city of Jinan, has hopes to do both. But lately, he has started to have second thoughts — at least about … Read more

BIDEN IN EUROPE: AMERICA TODAY IS ‘AN EMBARRASSMENT’

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Former Vice President Joe Biden told a European audience Saturday that America under the current administration is “an embarrassment.” President Obama’s vice president focused his criticism on the United State’s family detention policy, global warming policy, and the Trump Administration’s stricter limits on political refugees. The comments came at the Munich Security Conference, where the … Read more

Occasional Cortex taking MAJOR heat for Amazon debacle…. She is dangerously ignorant, hurting Democrats

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best comment in on the video “and she’s only been in office 6 weeks” think of all the damage she is gonna do She thinks she gets to keep the 3 billion in tax subsidies NY offered Amazon.   Ocasio-Cortez Is Dangerously Ignorant, Hurting Democrats. Her repeated gaffes and protests against Democrat plans is extremely … Read more

Leftist Debunks John Oliver’s Venezuela Episode – To this day there’s been no response via Last Week Tonight staff or John.

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Yet more evidence that John Oliver is a neoliberal weasel who is nothing more than a lackey for corporatists. John doesn’t have the GUTS nor the INTEGRITY to ever counter and/or debate this video. What a shame. John could do so much good for this world instead of propagating neoliberal agendas like a weasel. To … Read more

IRAN and INDIA “TO ATTACK PAKISTAN” in retaliation for bombing attack against their militaries

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The thing is that two massive terror attack against Iran’s army (27 IRGC soldiers killed) and India’s army (41 Indian soldiers killed) that emanated from Pakistan occurred during the last few days. Both countries have said that “enough is enough” and have promised “a high price” to pay for the attack. Consider the following: Iran … Read more

NBC News: No Evidence Of Trump Russia Conspiracy | Senate Intel Cmte uncovers no direct evidence of conspiracy between Trump campaign and Russia

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by Book-of-Saturday Jimmy Dore on NBC News reporting no evidence found of Russiagate conspiracy. Crazy cat lady Rachel Maddow tweets against her own company’s story liknking to a Medium article that in the end did NOT contradict NBC’s story either. After months of investigation and hysteria, Russiagate remains an extreme left-wing hysterical and weak conspiracy … Read more

Pharmaceuticals lower magnesium levels

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Drug/Substance Nutrients Depleted Antibiotics Vitamins A, B-12, C, E, K, Biotin, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium Chelators Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Zinc Anticonvulsants Vitamins B-2, B-12, C, F, K, Folic Acid, Calcium, Magnesium Antidiabetics (Oral) Vitamins B-2, B-12, C, D, Folic Acid Antihistamines Vitamin C Aspirin Calcium, Folic Acid, Iron, Potassium, Vitamins C, B Complex Other drugs … Read more

President Trump Shouldn’t Fear Legal Battles Once He Declares Border Security A National Emergency

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President Trump Shouldn’t Fear Legal Battles If He Declares Border Security A National Emergency Can Congress vote to overturn Trump’s declaration of an emergency? No. If the federal courts actually follow the law, President Trump cannot be prevented from “reprogramming” funds appropriated for the U.S. Department of Defense and actually using the military (such as … Read more

Nancy Pelosi deteriorates further, wishes everyone a ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ on Valentine’s Day, no call for her removal

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Speaker Pelosi must be so thankful for this funding bill she wished those gathered tonight "Happy Thanksgiving" pic.twitter.com/mNYm65QeVI — Bo Erickson Reuters (@BoKnowsNews) February 15, 2019 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wished everyone a “Happy Thanksgiving” — on Valentine’s Day at the bill signing this week. Pelosi was so excited to be signing the new … Read more

PROOFREAD, PEOPLE! PROOFREAD!

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Oops! ‘Meh’ parenthetical ended up in published federal decision. A federal judge’s case dismissal is getting some attention because of an apparent note-to-self that didn’t get removed from the published order. The writer was apparently dissatisfied with a statement summarizing the requirements for a false advertising claim. The parenthetical on page 11 reads: “(Meh I … Read more

ROGER KIMBALL: The deep blob: Beware the suffocating metastasis of the administrative state.

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via spectator: There follows a few hundred words of brow-wrinkled prose about their ‘so alarmed,’ ‘dire concerns’ that the President had just fired their guy, FBI director James ‘higher loyalty’ Comey, that they got together and wondered how they could entice the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet to collude (ooo, there’s that word!) … Read more