A bulk of the 24 hour temperature falls

A bulk of the 24 hour temperature falls (as of 8 am Tuesday January 29), which are notable, lie across the central part of the lower 48. Moderation was limited to the Southwest, areas near the Great Lakes, and portions of the East. pic.twitter.com/2qbujpkJn0 — NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) January 29, 2019 Heavy lake … Read more

Sharp slowdown in credit card transaction data, new factory orders suggest that global trade activity will slow further, oil is tanking again on fears of global slowdown

Given the sharp slowdown in credit card transaction data, safe to say that retail sales will miss to the downside. $TLT $SPX pic.twitter.com/vHZErtjEE3 — Teddy Vallee (@TeddyVallee) January 29, 2019 Retail sales from First Merchant not looking great. pic.twitter.com/uK2BbC3tCd — Teddy Vallee (@TeddyVallee) January 29, 2019 New factory orders suggest that global trade activity will … Read more

Thanks, Fed! Top Banks Pay-Out $152 Billion In Buybacks And Dividends During 2018, But Reinvest Only 1.6% Of Profits

via CNBC: Twenty-one of the nation’s largest banks spent $152 billion on buybacks and dividends in the most recent year, analyst Dick Bove says. The money went mostly to people who wanted nothing to do with their banks (sold their stock back to the banks) and the banks received nothing in return. Investors, Bove says, … Read more

All Hands on Deck: China Urges Insurance Companies to Prop up Stock Market

via caixinglobal: China is encouraging insurance companies to invest more of their $2.65 trillion of assets in securities as part of the government’s efforts to bolster liquidity and revitalize the gloomy capital markets. The commission wants insurance institutions to use their long-term funds to invest in more high-quality stocks and bonds and expand their investment through … Read more

Even Fitch starts to see cracks … Wow… Morgan Stanley’s chief equity strategist is telling investors that they need to get out of stocks right now

Fitch Ratings: Global Bank Rating Out-looks More Negative Than In Mid-2018 https://t.co/xdYmpqRT3X — LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) January 29, 2019 Positive S&P500 price action despite fewer beats, more misses, UBS says: Proportion of comps beating/missing expectations has turned neg. 44% of reporters beat on rev, down from 61% in Q3; 61% beat on earnings down from 75% … Read more

I Read The News So You Don’t Have To – Market News (January 29, 2019)

by ogordained UNITED STATES Futures are flat ahead of Apple’s earnings announcement after market close Amazon and Microsoft will be particularly susceptible to any bad news Apple is working to fix a glitch FaceTime which allows users to listen to the recipient before they have answered a call America’s envoy to Afghanistan said the US and the Taliban have forged a … Read more

Global Stocks are mixed this morning as US stocks decline with worries about a potential fallout from criminal charges against Huawei Technologies.

by QuantalyticsResearch   US Stocks US prosecutors have formally filed criminal charges against Huawei Technologies, raising fears about the potential for a breakdown in talks between US and China trade officials Bloomberg suggests the rotation into defensive stocks which started in late CY2018 points to a market bottom and an end to the current correction … Read more

5000 US Troops to Colombia? POSSIBLE MAJOR VENEZUELA CONFLICT ESCALATION

This is a really serious potential development. John Bolton’s notepad caught on camera mentions “5000 troops to Colombia” Quite possibly was intentional. https://twitter.com/intellipus/status/1090011297750700032 #UPDATE: A not-so veiled threat against Venezuela from John Bolton there- suggesting 5,000 US soldiers may be sent to Colombia https://t.co/fu8VVQ6SYr — ELINT News (@ELINTNews) January 28, 2019 I stated back in … Read more

“You’re Just As Accountable Because You Reported On Wikileaks” Sarah Sanders DESTROYS Reporter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkVu6XZdrKE “You’re Just As Accountable Because You Reported On Wikileaks” Sarah Sanders DESTROYS Reporter Today During white house press briefing, sarah sanders press briefing happened, it was on government shutdown and trump shutdown this is current events and latest news and breaking news in business from the white house briefing this is also news in … Read more

Politicians are using coded language to “manipulate people” into making decisions they wouldn’t normally be “morally comfortable with,” a political language expert has told the BBC.

by zenmasterzen3 Politicians are using coded language to “manipulate people” into making decisions they wouldn’t normally be “morally comfortable with,” a political language expert has told the BBC. This kind of political message – which only a particular target audience is meant to understand – is known as a “dog whistle,” Professor Jennifer says. Some … Read more

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a brief timeline

by wavecollapse I believe RBG is dead, or close to death i.e. “kept alive” First the facts: RBG is 85 years old. RBG has been a SCOTUS judge since 1993. September 1999, RBG is diagnosed with colon cancer. She undergoes therapy/surgery but never misses a day on the bench.2 February 5, 2009, RBG underwent surgery … Read more

NYTimes gets called out on Twitter by Wikileaks for having a long history of knowingly conspiring with intelligence communities and having paid agents on their staff.

by outlawcross Not even the US government alleges such nonsense, NYT. However, it has long been shown that the New York Times and its owners knowingly conspired with intelligence agencies and accepted paid intelligence officers on its staff using journalism as cover. https://t.co/kNk6EGePzZ — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 26, 2019 NYTimes: Could the Trump campaign really … Read more

GERMAN LANDESBANK BANKRUPT

NORDLB is a big German Landesbank, now they are bankrupt and MerkHell idiot will have taxpayer billions wasted to save the idiots   Lower Saxony’s Minister of Finance Hilbers (CDU), wants to rehabilitate the Nord/LB with tax funds. In the balance sheet of the Landesbank a billion there is severe capital shortfall. There is a … Read more

Venezuela Will Continue Exporting Crude To U.S.: Maduro

By Irina Slav Venezuela will continue trading with the United States despite the fact Washington broke off diplomatic relations following president Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration for a second term in office, which the U.S. and a host of other countries decried as illegitimate. Turkey’s Anadolu Agency quoted Maduro as saying, “We have multifaceted relations with the … Read more

Mapped: Every Power Plant in the United States

by visualcapitalist Every year, the United States generates 4,000 million MWh of electricity from utility-scale sources. While the majority comes from fossil fuels like natural gas (32.1%) and coal (29.9%), there are also many other minor sources that feed into the grid, ranging from biomass to geothermal. Do you know where your electricity comes from? THE … Read more

RECALL: Peaches, Plums, and Nectarines Could Be Tainted with Listeria

by Daisy Luther Yet another recall has hit the shelves of a store near you. This time, it’s something really surprising. It’s fresh fruit. The FDA has announced that peaches, nectarines, and plums sold in more than a dozen states could potentially be tainted with Listeria monocytogenes. Jac. Vandenberg, Inc. of Yonkers, New York has recalled 1,727 cartons … Read more