via slashdot: Former TechCrunch writer Sarah Lacy started PandoDaily in 2012. But now she’s “selling the company, quitting journalism, and ditching Silicon Valley after 20 years,” reports Business Insider, citing Lacy’s blog.She says her decision comes from years of sexual harassment and threats in her two decades covering Silicon Valley. “I have absorbed so many more stories … Read more
In Italy, Umbria which has been ruled by the left since the 70s, has flipped to the right. Umbria flipped from left to right. AfD takes 2nd place in Thuringia.
President Trump says he might release video footage of the raid that killed ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi pic.twitter.com/Gxvi3fCZhH — ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) October 28, 2019
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was among the Southern California residents who had to leave their homes as mandatory evacuations were issued early Monday, after a “very dynamic fire” erupted on a hillside near the Getty Center museum, fire officials said. The Los Angeles Fire Department is urging residents to evacuate neighborhoods on the city’s west side., due to the explosive … Read more
Via Marketwatch The top 1% has run out of investing ideas, so they’ve parked $4.7 trillion in the bank For every dollar of capital owned by a typical family in the poorer half, a family in the top 1% has $730. Forget all those phony fairy tales about whether a couple who makes $350,000 is rich or poor (they … Read more
We are glued to our smartphones for many reasons – to stay in touch with friends and family, to take photos and to read the news while waiting for the bus. With so many benefits come costs: Our phones distract us at work and while driving, at the dinner table and during life’s quiet moments, … Read more
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1188642623948505088 https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1188637878760411137 h/t Jim
S&P 500 jumps to record high on strong earnings, trade-deal progress The S&P 500 hit a record high on Monday, breaking above an all-time high set over the summer as investors cheered strong earnings and progress on U.S.-China trade. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% to trade above 3,027.98, the record set on July 26. The Dow Jones Industrial … Read more
Ron Paul, Institute for Peace and Prosperity, Released on 10/28/19 President Trump is reversing his foreign policy decisions so quickly these days that it almost seems like he overturns himself before making the decision in the first place. Last week he was very clear that the US was pulling its troops out of Syria. “Bringing soldiers … Read more
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In a recent weekly newsletter (Subscribe for free e-delivery), I discussed the rather dramatic decline of short-interest in the S&P 500 which suggests a high degree of complacency by investors. As Wolf Richter recently noted: “Of the total shares outstanding of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, only 2.6% were out on loan … Read more
by The Phoenix Stocks broke upwards last week from the consolidation pattern we’ve been watching. Both breadth and credit suggested this move was coming. Stocks had some catching up to do and if you took our analysis from two weeks ago to go long, you’ve done well. So where do we go from here? The answer … Read more
‘We can’t ignore Trump’s bigotry and cruelty’ America’s second-largest teachers union wants to educate its 1.7 million members in how to practice inclusion in the classroom. Namely, by reminding students at every turn how they are different from others. The fall issue of the American Federation of Teachers’ quarterly journal, American Educator, is brimming with calls for incorporating … Read more
Was it Trump’s magic wand that turned the Washington Post into a laughingstock? I’m beginning to think that hidden somewhere in the White House or Trump Tower there’s a magic wand that the president wields which turns his detractors— old Obama hands, make-believe conservative politicians and commentators, Democrats, and the media, into laughingstocks. If so, this weekend … Read more
Who cares about public pension liability? Well, you should – after all, it’s the reason entire cities and even states are facing bankruptcy. Joshua Rauh, professor of finance at Stanford and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, paints a startling picture of just how broken the public pension system really is, and what will happen … Read more
by Michael Snyder Have you noticed that each year the overall tone of Halloween just continues to get darker and darker? The movies keep getting more graphic, the decorations keep getting more gory and even the costumes keep getting more twisted. When I was growing up, I remember watching relatively benign cartoons such as “It’s … Read more
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by Bulldogmasterace I remember a lot of “oh shit”.. “what was going on?”. Sort of defeatist behaviour. Large CMBs and RMBs desks first got merged, then got smaller week by week. Until it was just a handful left as liquidity dried up and those products we’re not worth more than the toilet paper at … Read more
https://twitter.com/thebradfordfile/status/1188455047023222785 Reporter: Did you notify Pelosi ahead of time? President Trump: No, no I didn't. I wanted to make sure this was kept secret. I don't want to have men lost 😎#Baghdadi pic.twitter.com/rHLGK8TlY3 — Wojciech Pawelczyk (@WojPawelczyk) October 27, 2019 President Trump said Sunday morning that he did not tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about the U.S. … Read more
While funding costs are declining, they are failing to stimulate investment and durable good demand, due to a reluctance to make longer-term commitments amid the current uncertainty Durables and long cycle capex have been at the centre of the weakness pic.twitter.com/riEDWzydJm — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) October 28, 2019 As financial conditions ease, capex … Read more
