The fate of the A380 is sealed. By MC01, a frequent commenter, for WOLF STREET: On February 5, German low-cost carrier Germania announced it has filed for insolvency in Berlin and that all flights will be suspended indefinitely. According to the press release, this was due to unfulfilled “short-term liquidity needs,” meaning the company was struggling to raise … Read more
Tan Liu interviewed by Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity Stocks provide a return to today’s investors via two mechanisms: dividends and capital gains. Dividends provide and income stream which can be qualitatively values. Capital gains result from speculation — an expectation that future dividends will be higher than the market currently expects. But what’s the value of a … Read more
by Lance Roberts On Tuesday, I discussed the issue of the markets being stuck between various short and longer-term moving averages. To wit: “Despite those more macro-concerns, the market has had a phenomenal run from the ‘Christmas Eve’ lows and has moved above both the Oct-Nov lows and the 50-dma. This is clearly bullish in the … Read more
by DCG “I’m not sure what exactly that would entail” was an answer provided to a specific question about this deal. Perfectly sums up this whole boondoggle of a “deal.” h/t Weasel Zippers DCG
by bradok Tulsi Gabbard said in response to a Q&A session after a town hall speech today that she supports Auditing the Federal Reserve and has supported legislation to do so in the past. The connection of the Fed to conspiracy probably doesn’t need a lot of highlighting here.
By Harry Dent In this, the second week of February, we got news that the Federal debt just hit $22 trillion! Can’t say this is news to us. The Federal debt has been doubling about every two administrations (about every eight years): $5 trillion to $10 trillion under President Bush… $10 trillion to $19 trillion … Read more
One after another the Fake News MSM is accepting and spreading these false narratives. If it fits their anti Trump agenda, they just go with it uncritically and hype it up to a frenzy. Facts, evidence, or truth be damned. When TMZ first reported that actor Jussie Smollett was the victim of a vicious hate … Read more
Living off the grid, takes research, planning, and preparation. You will have to research many things such as: where is the best place to live, what resources you will need, how to obtain food, purifying water, herbs and other ingredients to make medicine, ways to protect yourself and your loved ones from assailants, and more. … Read more
Awesome interview! AC
by Migmag360 ” The new EU copyright law is going to have drastic affects on the freedom and openness of the Internet. Beyond banning memes, Article 13 of the European Copyright Directive 2018 will result in automated surveillance and centralized control of the Internet. The directive makes online platforms liable for the content generated by … Read more
Source: Pexels.com Pixabay free for personal and commercial use Money. It makes the world go around. We all want it. We all need it. It is a medium of exchange and a store of value, and provided inflation doesn’t completely degrade its buying power, it is perpetually in demand. I have been fascinated with the … Read more
France has decided that the idea of a father and mother, and not needed in today’s new world. They have opted to replace these terms with the more robotic terms Parent 1 and Parent 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n31gVMUiTJw
by Natura Naturans The figures should be a wake-up call to the government and the socialists in the United States. Socialized medicine is designed to fail. No amount of additional government will fix it either. The UK insists that it’s chronic underfunding in social care and a mounting staffing crisis is creating dangerous pressures in hospitals. … Read more
Do you think most retail investors are watching what others are doing to base their decisions? Warren Buffett is everyone’s favorite investor. They watch his every move. Constantly looking to Buffett to see which stocks are ok to buy. If he bought it, surely it’s good to add to my portfolio. Well, let’s see exactly … Read more
by visualcapitalist Wealth does not always follow fame, but when properly monetized, stardom can be a powerful tool for building a fortune. The act of turning one’s self into a marketing machine is epitomized by 21-year-old Kylie Jenner, who was the fourth highest earning celebrity in 2018. Leveraging her massive social media following, Jenner has turned … Read more
by John Rubino Doug Noland’s weekly Credit Bubble Bulletin is always required reading. The latest – befitting the amazing things that have happened lately – is more necessary than usual. But at 10,000 words it’s also a lot longer than usual. So while everyone should definitely read the whole thing, here are some excerpts to get you started: I … Read more
2/15/2019 This guy has been around. If you have the time, I recommend having a watch. I think the lady does a good job interviewing. I hope everyone can take something away from it. AC
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
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
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
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
“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
via mises: According to many economic experts and commentators, an effective way to generate economic growth is through the lowering of taxes. The lowering of taxes, it is held, is going to place more money in consumer’s pockets thereby setting in motion an economic growth. This way of thinking is based on the popular view that … Read more
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