“It’s Different This Time” Takes Root in the Junk-Bond Market Amid Parallels to Post-Lehman 2008

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter And so far, so good. The Fed and other central banks have done an endlessly mind-boggling job in killing off any notion of risk – and therefore the pricing of risk – in the bond market, which just veers from curious to curiouser. All kinds of entities, metrics, bond-market watchers, and … Read more

Generation Rent: How Millennials are Fueling the Rental Economy

by visualcapitalist It’s long been said that millennials have the power to disrupt and reshape entire industries. Most recently, this effect has been seen in the retail landscape, where millennial spending habits are setting the tone for the market’s future. Not only does the millennial generation demand the convenience of making instant purchases—but they can now … Read more

U.S. nonfinancial corporate debt of large companies now stands at about $10 trillion dollars

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how highly leveraged zombie companies threaten the global economy. After spending the last few days analyzing data and reports from the Federal Reserve, the Institute of International Finance, Fitch Ratings, Debtwire, and S&P Global Market Intelligence, unfortunately, I am even more worried. U.S. nonfinancial corporate debt of large companies now stands at about $10 trillion … Read more

Federal Reserve Repo Operations is Quantitative Easing

by JDTAS I keep hearing that these are just overnight operations and only involve treasuries. They are not all overnight loans. Looking at the Federal Reserves website there is numerous longer repo loans “term repos”. https://apps.newyorkfed.org/markets/autorates/tomo-results-display?SHOWMORE=TRUE&startDate=01/01/2000&enddate=01/01/2000 In fact, looking at the last 25 Repo operations 25% has been longer than 1 day (not counting the Friday … Read more

First they DENIED IT, then they insist it’s a ‘CONSPIRACY’, finally,they just IGNORE IT. That’s how NBC executives react after they were exposed for KILLING THE WEISTEIN STORY.

by cordycepssinensis   Quotes from the video: So when Ronan Farrow began an investigation into Weinstein’s behavior, it didn’t take long to unearth a mother load of evidence, that in fact, the famed movie producer was,a monster. It was remarkable scope that kind reporters dream about. So Farrow and his producer took their story to … Read more

This won’t be a surprise to anyone here but this is a great example of the “media” generating fake news to push for war with a NATO ally.

ABC News uses footage of a Kentucky Gun Range to criticize President Trump’s policy toward… Syria? Michael Knowles show how this is another example of fake news from the mainstream media. Watch full episodes of The Michael Knowles Show here: http://bit.ly/2YOOeev   h/t testu_nagouchi

ILYA SHAPIRO: The Supreme Court Is Poised to Strike Down a Major Obama-Era Agency.

via nationalreview: The CFPB is the most independent of independent agencies, with power to make rules, enforce them, adjudicate violations in its own administrative hearings, and punish wrongdoers. And yet a single director heads the agency, one who can be removed only “for cause” — malfeasance rather than, say, a change in presidential policy priorities. The … Read more

Wow! $71,000 a year and they are on strike

7 billion dollar budget and you fat, overpaid slobs still can’t keep 25% of children from dropping out before graduation. Right now your average salary is $71,000. In 5 years your average salaries will be increased to $100,000, for barely 170 days of work. And you still are demanding housing subsidies? And a Gofundme for food … Read more

Healthcare Scam

by Jim A middle-class family of four with employer insurance now spends an average of $12,500 per year on health care. Their employer kicks in an additional $13,050 in premiums.https://t.co/Haxbbs8Ozb pic.twitter.com/zKfrn8FXyY — Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) October 21, 2019 “Family health coverage costs an average of $25,550 per year”. That’s a better headline. If the employer … Read more

Michael Pento: You Need to Protect Yourself from the Fed’s Reckless Policy

Palisade Radio, Released on 10/23/19 Michael says the “Fed has no idea what they are doing.” Last year they said they would be quietly conducting quantitative tightening to lower their balance sheet and would be raising rates. Then a year later, having never reached 3.5%, they are now sending rates much lower. Their quantitative tightening … Read more

Elizabeth Warren pushes Treasury Secretary Mnuchin for answers on overnight lending issues

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pressing Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for answers on recent events in the overnight lending, or repo, markets. In a letter, the Democratic presidential candidate says she worries banks will use the issue as an excuse to get financial regulations eased. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she is worried that banks may try … Read more