They’re supposed to do this to pull an economy out of crisis yet we’re being told that everything is awesome?! Something is not right here. For those willing to connect the dots, this is truly a historic time right now. Some are impatient that “it’s taking forever to happen”. In my opinion, for those who … Read more
And people accuse Trump of being authoritarian? AC
by Arkadiusz Sieron of Sunshine Profits Yesterday, the Nobel prizes in economics were awarded. Unfortunately, gold has been omitted and got nothing. How unfair! But looking at the Dutch central bank press release, gold would have much higher chances if they were the ones granting the prizes and not the Swedish central bank! 2019 Nobel in Economics and … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn How heartless and grubbing can a business be. Isabel Albright was born on September 11, 1916 in Oakland, California. She lived through 18 presidents and two world wars, and left behind a huge family. When she died last December at the remarkable age of 102, her family was shocked when satellite television provider … Read more
By Nick Cunningham Oil prices rose on Friday after the U.S. and China seemed to hammer out a trade deal that postponed tariffs. But after studying the details – or lack thereof – investors lost much of their enthusiasm. Crude prices were down at the start of trading on Monday, a reflection of disappointment following last … Read more
Dems Pour Money Into Virginia Ahead of Crucial Elections. Prominent Democratic donors and groups have pushed more than $13 million into Virginia in an attempt to oust Republican politicians from the control of the legislature. Virginia, one of four states that have legislative elections in November, has been viewed as a pivotal state to recapture … Read more
by Wayne Root Democrats are delusional. They try to destroy Trump. They try to ruin Trump. It never works. No matter how hard they try, they can’t beat Trump. Let me give you a great example. Three Sundays ago, I was busy watching NFL football, when my phone rang. “Are you watching Fox News?” my buddy … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) holds more than 600 tonnes of gold. A bar of gold always retains its value, crisis or no crisis. This creates a sense of security. A central bank’s gold stock is therefore regarded as a symbol of solidity Shares, bonds and other securities are not without risk, … Read more
via TIME: Nestled in an armchair in a high-ceilinged London reception room, the Nobel laureate Robert Shiller is asking me about the Streisand Effect. The term is used to describe a phenomenon whereby an attempt to remove a piece of information from the Internet actually has the opposite effect — bringing it to greater attention. … Read more
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1183916587579068416?s=20 https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1183900710955450368?s=20 h/t Voluntaryist
Mark Zuckerberg Teases AI ‘Brain Chip’—But It Will Be Different Than Elon Musk’s If Silicon Valley were to put a team of tech bros together on a project to merge computers and people, the lineup wouldn’t be complete without car and rocket man Elon Musk and the Valley’s most dubious robot, Mark Zuckerberg. In all fairness, Musk has already … Read more
by Josh Sigurdson and John Sneisen via World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the recent desperate move made by the calm and cool Mario Draghi at the ECB as he looks to European governments to “work with” the central bank in order to “benefit” the economy. Now of course Draghi has acted … Read more
LEBRON BOWS TO COMMUNISTS Los Angeles (AFP) – Basketball superstar LeBron James was accused of turning a blind eye to Chinese repression on Tuesday after he criticized a Houston Rockets executive for angering China with a “misinformed” tweet supporting protesters in Hong Kong. James told reporters that Rockets general manager Daryl Morey “wasn’t educated” on Hong Kong and should … Read more
by Michael Snyder The things that I am going to share with you in this article are definitely very alarming. But if you live in a wealthy neighborhood and are always surrounded by other wealthy individuals that never have to worry about missing a meal, then some of the numbers in this article may not … Read more
by Michael Snyder An unprecedented October blizzard that hit just before harvest time has absolutely devastated farms all across the U.S. heartland. As you will see below, one state lawmaker in North Dakota is saying that the crop losses will be “as devastating as we’ve ever seen”. This is the exact scenario that I have … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Cleveland Fed’s Underlying Inflation Measure Hits 3.0%, Hottest in the Data. “Soft inflation?” The inflation measure by the Cleveland Fed — the “Median CPI,” which is based on Consumer Price Index data but removes the outliers in the data to reveal underlying inflation trends — jumped 3.0% for September, the highest … Read more
Yesterday, we learned that our suspicions were correct, and that the US-China “Phase One” deal purportedly hashed out between the two sides last week appears to be more of the same disingenuous stalling, and that, fundamentally, the situation hasn’t really changed. And on Tuesday, with the US back from the long holiday weekend, Chinese officials … Read more
Via Global Macro Monitor, Very little to the upside. Very much to the downside. Macro Valuation Metrics Lots of incoming over our S&P Shooting Star post, most of which can mostly be summed up to the effect, “Why so bearish?” Seriously? Our predisposition to the market is always anchored in time tested valuation metrics, which are hard … Read more
