Anyone familiar with NYC commercial real estate?? I am… idea- Shorting brokerage firms CBRE or MMI

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by bsd65 If anyone is familiar with what happened in June to the NYC commercial real estate market, they know there’s been major panic and major drops in pricing / much lower transactions.. funds and investors are simply sitting on the side line as the new rent laws completely diminished all future upside / value … Read more

Goldman Sachs says antitrust to heat up in 2020, pressure Facebook, Google shares for ‘years’

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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/01/goldman-sachs-says-antitrust-concerns-will-pressure-facebook-google.html Goldman Sachs downgrades the communications services sector to a neutral rating based on regulatory pressure and expected lackluster performance. “Antitrust lawsuits typically take years to resolve but ultimately result in lower valuation,” writes David Kostin, chief equity strategist at Goldman Sachs. Whether Kostin’s caution is called for will depend on coordination between lawmakers on … Read more

Berkshire Profit Hits a Record as Buffett’s Cash Pile Grows

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/berkshire-profit-climbs-record-buffett-120912867.html (Bloomberg) — Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s operating profit jumped 14% to a record as Warren Buffett’s conglomerate saw gains from its railroad and got some long-awaited earnings from Kraft Heinz Co. Operating earnings climbed to $7.86 billion in the third quarter as investment income rose and Berkshire’s reinsurance group had the first underwriting profit in … Read more

Japan Either Open Up To Foreigners Or Face Economic Collapse: Forbes

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Japan faces a stark choice these days: Either open up to gaijins—foreigners—or face economic collapse. There was a time Japan was the world’s second largest economy, on track to bypass the world’s largest economy, the US. Scores of books and editorials praised the country’s advantages. Like its state of the art management, hard working and well-disciplined labor … Read more

Jim Bianco warns the Fed’s liquidity injections could make the problems in the short-term funding markets even worse.

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Deutsche Version Investors are hearing encouraging news. The trade dispute between the US and China seems to cool off. The risk of a chaotic Brexit is receding. The yield-curve is back to normal. Nevertheless, the reaction of equities and bonds remains relatively modest. «The markets are still kind of in this no-man’s-land trying to figure … Read more

Demorat-run Los Angeles County: Homeless death rate jumps by more than a third

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by DCG The street of LA… This will not surprise anyone who has followed the homeless crisis news of progressive-run cities (LA, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, New York, etc.). These cities spend BILLIONS trying to “solve” a problem they help to create. Yet they do NOTHING to actually help people in crisis situations and the law-abiding citizens who … Read more

Impeach Them All! F-35 Bipartisan Boondoggle Is The Real Crime!

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by Ron Paul via Ron Paul Liberty Report With broad bi-partisan support, the Pentagon announced a massive purchase of the practically useless F-35 fighter jets. The deeply troubled aircraft might not do much to actually defend this country, but the hundreds of billions spent on development and acquisition go a long way to feathering the nests of the … Read more

Now they want to limit free speech? Trump’s use of social media has destroyed the Dems ability to control the narrative thru the corrupt legacy media

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Democrats Want to Limit Free Speech, Regain an Iron Grip on ‘The Narrative’ Twitter has caved to the pressure from the left and announced that it will no longer run political advertisements, including any for candidates running for president in 2020. That’s because Democrats view free speech as a threat and want to regain their … Read more

CRIMINAL DEEP STATE: Corrupt DOJ Admits FBI LOST AND DESTROYED Original 302 Report from Michael Flynn Interview

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The Justice Department on Friday responded to Flynn’s lawyer Sidney Powell’s motion to compel production of Brady Material and to hold prosecutors in contempt. Sidney Powell filed a motion a couple weeks ago revealing that General Flynn was indeed set up by the FBI with an ambush, damaging leaks and altered 302 reports. Powell revealed that former … Read more

Californians’ anger at politicians and PG&E intensifies as wildfires and blackouts continue…. Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats have turned California into a problem-plagued burning nightmare.

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via legalinsurrection: Another wildfire has erupted near Los Angeles, forcing thousands to evacuate and more power blackouts. Mandatory evacuations for about 8,000 people in the Los Angeles area are in place after a wildfire began late Thursday before quickly spreading overnight. The Maria Fire is the latest addition to California’s busy 2019 fire season. In a press … Read more

ANOTHER TORPEDO READY TO CIRCLE BACK? Polls Suggest Impeachment Will Help Trump Reelection in Swing States…. Nancy Pelosi Expresses Concern That Democrats’ Left-Wing Base Could Cost Them The Election

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via pjmedia: Democrats took a tremendous gamble by formally voting for an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Thursday. While polls suggest Americans support the inquiry, the general public is divided on whether or not Trump should be impeached and removed from office. Those in key swing states are more likely to oppose impeachment and … Read more

THE ABA’S OPINIONS ON JUDGES ARE BASED ON POLITICS, NOT EXPERTISE:

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"60 interviewees delivered the opinion that VanDyke was an entitled partisan."@mjs_DC this claim is false. That's total number of interviewees, many of whom have come forward to claim the opposite. We have no idea what % said critical things. https://t.co/AnGRsNXAEY — Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) November 2, 2019 The Trump administration should end all judicial … Read more