Market outlook: will the stock market continue its V-shaped recovery? Or is a retracement imminent?

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by Troy The stock market continues to hold at its 50% retracement. This has been one of the fiercest non-stop recoveries after a 20% selloff. Will the stock market continue its V-shaped recovery? Or is a retracement imminent? We think a retracement is more likely due to the macro context right now. Source: Investing.com The … Read more

What Shutdown? Federal Spending Only Down 7%

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via mises: In our Principles of Microeconomics courses, we sometimes consider whether a firm should shutdown some line of production. A firm shuts down when it ceases operations, when it closes down and stops its production. The firm stops spending money on everything except its fixed costs. A federal government “shutdown” has a completely different meaning. … Read more

Low-Cost Airlines Are Crashing into Bankruptcy One After the Other as Financial Conditions Tighten in Europe

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But traffic is up, and these are still the good times. By MC01, a frequent commenter, for WOLF STREET: Ryanair lowered its 2018 profit guidance from a range between €1.1 billion and €1.2 billion to a range of €1.0 billion to €1.1 billion, in what Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary called “a disappointment.” While over one billion euro in profit … Read more

“Ax falls quickly at BuzzFeed and Huffpost!” Headline, New York Post. Fake News and bad journalism have caused a big downturn. Sadly, many others will follow. The people want the Truth!

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“Ax falls quickly at BuzzFeed and Huffpost!” Headline, New York Post. Fake News and bad journalism have caused a big downturn. Sadly, many others will follow. The people want the Truth! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2019 IMAGE: Laid Off Buzzfeed/HuffPo “Journalists” Flood Twitter Begging for Jobs as They are Trolled Hard by … Read more

THE GREAT WALL CONTINUES TO CRACK: China’s Golden Solution

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ITM Trading, Released on 1/25/19 Link to slides and sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/great… Trade wars continue between the US and China, the two largest global economies. In the US, they say the trade war is having an impact on China’s economy, which is certainly true, but on May 11, 2017, China’s shorter-term debt interest rates rose above longer … Read more

The Fed Is Desperate! – This WILL NOT End Well!

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by Josh Sigurdson and John Sneisen of World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the most recent moves by the Federal Reserve to desperately prop up the US economy as it reaches its inevitable end. Janet Yellen, former chair of the Fed said recently that it’s very likely that the Fed has made … Read more

Monitoring YouTube comment deletions

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My girlfriend came up with the idea for this awesome program. It’s currently monitoring the following channels for any comment deletions: Planet X News, Planet X Physicist, Jeranism, M Bens, Nathan Oakley, Anthony Riley, Phuket Word, Dahboo77, Crrow777 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS73X1QnrrA    

Bogle vs Buffett?

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by Fwellimort John Bogle was more of a two fund portfolio. 60% US Market. 40% US Bond Market. However, note Bogle was also a S&P500 person until the US Market fund in Vanguard became available. Buffett is also a two fund portfolio. He wanted 90% S&P500. 10% US Bond Market. as a legacy. ​ The US … Read more

BAD, PRESS: How the media fail.

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via nationalreview: To watch Stelter’s show, Reliable Sources, after a reporting debacle is to watch a master class in whataboutism and faux-persecution, followed by the insistence that even the most egregious lapses in judgment or professionalism are to be expected from time to time and that we should actually be worrying about the real victim here: the … Read more

Trade Wars Are Fun And Easy To Win

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Thanks to Trump, China’s economy is rapidly decelerating. By adopting a tough stance on trade with Beijing, President Trump was able to expose the weakness of China’s economy and demonstrate that its growth is far more fragile than it appears. In fact, the tariffs began worrying China’s elite last summer – a clear sign that … Read more

Upward Momentum: Charting a Year of Skyscraper Construction

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by visualcapitalist Ever since the first towering spires broke through the clouds in New York and Chicago, skyscrapers have remained a potent symbol of economic might. The tallest buildings require vast amounts of materials, expertise, and capital to make them a reality, but the cities that add these landmarks to their skylines gain prestige and send a powerful … Read more

ELI5: The difference between APR and APY.

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by sleepyguy22   The yield takes compounding into effect, the rate does not. For small rates, e.g. what you get in a savings account, these will be virtually identical. You can start seeing the difference on larger interest rates. Example: a savings account with $10,000 and a 10% APR (rate). Let us assume you deposit it at the beginning of … Read more

Trump Betrays MAGA Over Venezuela

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by Tom Luongo The U.S. backed a coup in Venezuela that has failed. And President Trump was the architect of it. This is a farce surrounding an intrigue contained within a tragedy. What has happened in Venezuela is tragic. Nicolas Maduro is a comical figure straight out of central casting for a South American leader of … Read more

Martin Armstrong: Government is Collapsing

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by Martin Armstrong It is interesting to watch how the press spins the fact that Trump has agreed to fund the government for three weeks. Our computer strangely was picking the week of February 11th the first week of January. I was wondering what possible event will surface for that target. Now we have it. … Read more

Andrew Zatlin – Employment Decline on the Way

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Financial Survival Network, Released on 1/25/19 Andrew Zatlin has turned bearish on the economy and employment. We’ve plateaued and that means it’s down from here. How we get there is the question. Obviously, central banks will be pumping in liquidity like crazy. China is already doing it now. A new infrastructure bill is coming to … Read more

The Telegraph corrects false statements and offers an apology to our First Lady

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by DCG #FakeNews apologizing? Has hell frozen over? Wonder if the US media will follow suit (that is rhetorical, of course). From The Telegraph: Following last Saturday’s (Jan 19) Telegraph magazine cover story “The mystery of Melania”, we have been asked to make clear that the article contained a number of false statements which we accept should … Read more