A controversial law to tackle ‘fake news’ has been passed by French parliament – nearly a year after President Macron vowed to clamp down on what he called – ‘destabilisation’ efforts. https://youtu.be/T1hqysu-qpQ h/t salvia_d
via BI: In the era of peak quantitative easing (QE), there weren’t many options out there for investors seeking a little bit of yield. Government bond yields were ultra-low, corporate debt yields, especially for investment grade, weren’t much higher, while …
via David Yong (Bloomberg) — Signs of credit stress globally are increasing. In Asia, prices for the region’s riskiest debt slid to the lowest level in almost seven years, and the cost to protect against default climbed amid a sell-off in …
Almost 3 in 10 shoppers are going into the holiday season still carrying debt from last year’s festivities. Experts suggest crafting a strategy in two parts: Wrangle your debt and scale back your holiday budget. For some people, opening …
Fireworks coming !!! GAMECHANGER … Trump names hand-picked panel to investigate intelligence community Posted by Kane on November 21, 2018 6:10 pm Categories: Breaking Very interesting new piece from Washington Examiner… Trump names hand-picked panel to supervise, investigate intelligence community …
by sundance [OK, take note – this official Butte County statement now leads me to add a ‘Paradise Fire’ tab to the category listings on the right margin of the page. This evolving story deserves continued and ongoing review.] Today, Butte …
by jessefelder “To achieve superior investment results, you have to hold non-consensus views regarding value, and they have to be right. That’s not easy… The good news is that the prevalence of first level thinkers increases the returns available to …
BY SRSROCCO Global debt increased at the fastest rate at the beginning of 2018. In just one quarter, total global debt jumped by more than $8 trillion. That is quite surprising as total world debt rose by $22 trillion for …
Think back to when you saw that first Star Wars movie from 1977, and how the Death Star – this massive, cold, metal, ruthless, demonic Imperial battle station the size of a moon – was armed, mobilized & brutal enough …
It is said that innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower; that those who are able to successfully adapt to change often use adversity to his or her advantage. Often, when benefits outweigh risks, the end result is success. …
If you haven’t noticed GFL Environmental Inc.’s distinctive green trucks rumbling along your roads in the last few years, just wait. They’re sure to become part of the waste management scene in your area in the not too distant future. …
From Birch Gold Group Home builders across the U.S. are struggling to come to grips with an incredibly toxic combination of rising rates and lack of affordability in the housing market. National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Chairman Randy Noel downplayed the situation, saying customers …
by Dr. Eowyn During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump and his “deplorable” supporters repeatedly called for “locking up” Hillary Clinton for her illegal use of a private email server when she was Obama’s secretary of state. If you’ve wondered …
By Bill Bonner BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Today will be an interesting day. After falling the last two days, stocks should bounce. And the futures market says they will. But now, we will see what the speculators are really thinking. Will …
from Financial Survival Network Gordon T. Long has been watching auto sales for quite some time. Debt keeps going up and now sales are declining. Corporate debt has escalated and it has become a giant equity to debt swap. It can’t keep …
From Medium: I torched all my old tweets at the beginning of this year, using one of the many websites that help you destroy your online past. Like any reasonable person, I’ve never been a virulent racist or sexist. But the …
TESLA ‘Gigafactory 2’ — mostly empty…Built with $750 million in taxpayer funds… After $750 million in subsidies and years of delays, critics say the Tesla CEO hasn’t done enough for the Gigafactory 2 solar panel factory. Just south of downtown Buffalo, …
Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn thought his rock-star status meant the rules didn’t apply to him. Then came his arrest for financial improprieties. From Bloomberg: The apparent downfall of Carlos Ghosn, the celebrity chief executive officer of Renault and board chairman of Nissan, …
From Jim Rickards, Editor, The Daily Reckoning: One of the questions I am asked most frequently in my global travels is what will be the cause of the next financial crisis. This question is asked by those who understand that this …
Free Vacations, $100,000 Discounts: Homebuilders Get Desperate… (Bloomberg Businessweek) — Ram Konara, a real estate broker in suburban Dallas, is raking in freebies this year: trips to Lake Tahoe and Santa Barbara in California, Cabo San Lucas in Mexico, and …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter It gets serious. Margin calls? No one knows what the total leverage in the stock market is. But we know it’s huge and has surged in past years, based on the limited data we have, and …
by John Rubino A recent MarketWatch article notes that: GE was one of Wall Street’s major share buyback operators between 2015 and 2017; it repurchased $40 billion of shares at prices between $20 and $32. The share price is now $8.60, so …
via visualcapitalist: For American retailers, Christmas comes a month earlier. Starting in late-November, the holiday shopping season officially kicks into high gear – and it’s the beginning of a month-long stretch that can either make or break retailers. Black Friday is …
•France will show signs of Grand Solar Minimum first in Europe •Greenland gained 550 billion new tons of ice 2017-2018 •How to identify Atmospheric compression events using global temperature maps •Migrating arctic birds cannot nest too much ice and snow …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_n4kHZuGZU Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Author and columnist Ann Coulter joined FOX News host Laura Ingraham on Friday to discuss the latest news on the illegal migrant caravans marching to the US southern border. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018… …
by Kimble Charting This chart looks at the Nasdaq Composite Index (IXIC) over the past 38-years. It has spent the majority inside of the past 25-years inside of rising channel (1). The Long-term Trend in this index remains up, despite the softness of …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ay1qKWpqM For More Information See: http://strangesounds.org/2018/11/what… https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7682561… http://www.cleveland19.com/2018/10/11… https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weir… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleig… https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/03/ar… http://www.nawmc.org/ http://www.weathermodification.com/in… https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/late… https://archive.org/details/WeatherAs… https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7682561… https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7682561…
Some investors have excellent timing. Most do not. But if you were on the inside and knew what would happen before it does, you would probably have good foresight. Whether or not Soros knew a crash was coming, seems like …
By Bob Shanahan The caravan is here. The invasion has begun. Unfortunately, the judicial branch continues to hamper President Trump’s duty to defend the citizens of the United States. A federal judge stopped the Trump administration from refusing asylum …
