Kass: A Divided Nation We Stand

by Lance Roberts “As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it, Words are to confuse, so at election time people will solemnly vote …

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The Midterm Elections

by Martin Armstrong The computer was correct. There was no Blue Wave. The real interesting aspect is it appears we may have a Bearish Reversal elected in the Senate for the Democrats. While the Democrats won the House, they did not …

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America’s halfway house

via Michael Roberts: The mid-term Congressional elections saw a swing to the opposition Democrats in the Lower House and the Republicans were ousted as the majority party.  This is a blow to President Trump who mounted a campaign based on fear …

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A risky resurgence? Leveraged finance has doubled in size since the Great Financial Crisis, debt costs…

A risky resurgence? Leveraged finance has doubled in size since the Great Financial Crisis, but vulnerabilities may arise with the normalisation of monetary policy #LeveragedLoans https://t.co/GE9d9Ag8iX pic.twitter.com/p8xrmX1DHR — Bank for International Settlements (@BIS_org) November 7, 2018 US debt costs continue …

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BOOM: Holiday sales predicted to surpass $1 Trillion for first time…. BUST: Americans take out $50 billion in payday loans a year

Total retail sales in the U.S will hit $1.002 trillion during the Christmas holiday period, marking the “strongest growth since 2011,” according to eMarketer. In-store sales are forecast to rise 4.4 percent year-on-year, while e-commerce sales are predicted to grow …

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Robert Shiller: ‘This is a very different midterm election,’ historical market patterns may not apply this time

Professor Robert Shiller says midterms could make US markets more vulnerable from CNBC. Professor Robert Shiller of Yale University gives his take on the market and U.S. midterm elections with Mike Santoli. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/11/05/professor-robert-shiller-says-the-markets-could-be-vulnerable-after-u-s-midterms.html?&qsearchterm=robert%20shiller

2018 Elections! Here we go

by flyawayhigh LIVE STREAMS: C-SPAN starts 8:00 ET Fox News MSNBC Democracy Now starts 7:00 ET Let me know about others. =================================================== =================================================== RESULTS AS THEY COME IN (Latest at top): 7:00 PM Governor – Florida – Ron DeSantis v. …

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