by Geoffrey Grider The fast food giant is launching a green-bun sandwich for Halloween that the company claims has been scientifically proven to cause nightmares. Hopefully the forest-hued bread won’t also haunt customers the way Burger King’s previous Halloween tinted …
Watch the videos that prompted Senator McCaskill’s outrageous response: 1. https://youtu.be/Doh0d78lin4 2. https://youtu.be/iPFE9jTByBE
The National goes undercover to investigate some of Apple’s controversial business practices including allegations of overpriced repair charges and the battery/slowdown scandal.
A U.S. Treasury employee has been arrested and charged with leaking to a BuzzFeed News reporter multiple secret reports about suspicious financial transactions. The documents relate to former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort, Trump campaign official Richard Gates, accused Russian …
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics A colleague/friend asked today how I thought the “FANG saga” would end. I replied that I don’t know about GOOG and FB, but AMZN is maybe worth $50/share as it burns cash every quarter despite manufacturing …
By Francis Marion, TBP The Canadian government is looking for feedback from the public on their idea of a national ban on handguns and “assault-style” weapons (whatever the hell those are). The problem is the questionnaire they’ve provided can be …
by TFittonJW I am the large person standing with Ramona Cotca, the excellent Judicial Watch attorney who represented us before Judge Lamberth last week. Here is the press release: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-federal-judge-shocked-clinton-aide-granted-immunity-by-justice-department/ A link to the court hearing transcript: https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-benghazi-talking-points-transcript-01242-2/ My Judicial Watch discussion …
by Jesse “Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.” W. Shakespeare, The Tempest “The easiest way to steal a man’s wallet is to tell him you’re going to steal his watch.” Leigh Bardugoh “They support freedom for themselves and …
by Simon Black Shares of Netflix soared today on news the company lost a record $859 million in cash in the third quarter. Why are investors applauding this egregious destruction of capital? Well, it’s because investors only look at one number …
by Kevin Muir of Macro Tourist If someone had asked me to name the driving factors influencing US stock market performance return over the past year, I might have guessed the cut in the tax rate, but I would then be at loss …
“Facebook knew of problems with how it measured viewership of video ads for more than a year before it revealed them in 2016, according to a complaint filed by advertisers.” via WSJ: Damping marketers’ concerns is important for Facebook as …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter During the stock market selloff last week, I appeared on “Off the Cuff” with Chris Martenson of PeakProsperity.com. While I’m a fairly regular guest on Off the Cuff — thank you, Chris! — these podcasts are normally reserved …
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From Birch Gold Group In many ways, the current U.S. budget deficit represents uncharted territory. Investopedia defines a budget deficit when “expenses exceed revenue and it is an indicator of financial health.” Referring to the U.S. they added “Accrued government deficits form the …
by Dr. Eowyn Two days before his inauguration, during an interview with the Washington “fake news” Post on Jan. 18, 2017, Donald John Trump already had the slogan for his re-election campaign in 2020. He asked the Post, “Are you ready?,” then announced his 2020 …
by Chris Here’s one from 2008: Statement by the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets 10/6/2008 HP-1177 Washington, DC– The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets issued the following statement today: Conditions in U.S. and global financial markets remain extremely strained. The …
A couple weeks ago a spokesperson for the CA “high speed” rail poohed poohed critics of the project and promised that this rail project would provide noticeable dividends in reducing traffic congestion. These bureaucrats live in a bubble, and CA …
WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to withdraw from a 144-year-old postal treaty that has allowed Chinese companies to ship small packages to the United States at a steeply discounted rate, undercutting American competitors and flooding the market with cheap consumer …
via usni.org: The link takes you to a US Naval Institute commentary on a Centers for Strategic and International Studies panel addressing Chinese navy actions in the contested sea area. There is an embedded video of the panel. The video doesn’t …
Despite progress in reducing extreme poverty, nearly half the world’s population lives on less than $5.50 a day, with a rising share of the poor in wealthier economies, the World Bank said Wednesday. In a twice-yearly report, the bank took …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1052517674557816833 … high debt levels of American corporations @SoberLook h/t @ennovance @DiMartinoBooth @lcdnews pic.twitter.com/67XojJWZwt — Mo Hossain (@MoHossain) October 17, 2018
via ericwcharmon: https://i.redd.it/9tt313o4qir11.jpg ((SMALL AUTHOR’S NOTE–Although the title says NEW INVESTOR FRIENDLY, I think it’s worth mentioning that I actually do not recommend options trading for individuals who are brand new to investing. Cut your teeth and learn as much as you can …
by ya_yea_yeah A couple years ago when interest rates bottomed out I made the choice of refinancing my 30 year into a 15 year at a 2.75% rate. I was borrowing at a rate of 4.375% prior to this. But …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zim5RbTR7UI NPC means “nonplayable character” or “nonplayer character.” It’s a term, borrowed from the world of video games, for a character that is controlled by the computer rather than by a player. Twitter has declared the use of this meme …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGpoWIZ0oOo The Bay Area may be the center of the global technology industry, but that hasn’t stopped one wealthy enclave from protecting itself from the future. The city council of Mill Valley, a small town located just a few miles …
Make no mistake: A lawsuit against Harvard that's purported to represent the interests of Asian-Americans would, if successful, primarily benefit white students. #DefendDiversity pic.twitter.com/f7ssda9O9c — ACLU (@ACLU) October 15, 2018 Comments on Twitter show people are furious about the ACLU’s …
History Says Market Sell-Off Isn’t over and This Drop Will Be Sharper Stocks could see another swoosh before the market is able to build on, or even hold, this week’s gains. The S&P 500 is about half way back from …
by Kimble Charting CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE The left chart above looks at the Bank Index (BKX) over the past 13-years. In 2007, the index diverged with the broad market as it was creating a bearish descending triangle. Once support of the descending …
by Dave If you take the model Rob is talking about to its logical endpoint, then you basically have the central banks buying everything. The price of money drops to 0%, and the central bank owns large shares of the …
From Kitco: Gold’s greatest merit is still its reliability as an instrument for wealth preservation, said Ani Markova, Vice-President & Portfolio Manager, AGF Investments. “Gold is an asset class that investors should have in their portfolios to diversify them, especially at …