By Nick Cunningham Oil prices continued to slide on Wednesday, falling on a string of worrying economic news. Markets were peppered with troubling data from September at the start of the week, with each new release compounding fears that cracks in the global economy are growing. Global manufacturing activity declined for the fifth consecutive month in September, … Read more
by Simon Black In early May in the year 878 AD, Alfred the Great of the Kingdom of Wessex fought a decisive battle against a massive Viking army at a place called Ethandun in southwest England. Alfred won the battle, defeated the Vikings, recaptured London, and united England under his rule; he’s generally considered to be … Read more
https://twitter.com/love4thegameAK/status/1179828437956980736 #BREAKING: 30 dead and more than a thousand wounded in #Iraq protests https://t.co/4SX5jWiD2C — Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) October 3, 2019 #BREAKING: Iraq, tonight: Heavy gunfire in central #Baghdad – @BarzanSadiqhttps://t.co/shbqCqn19f — Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) October 3, 2019 #BREAKING @LizSly: Unrest in #Iraq escalating quickly. Protests continue despite a curfew, internet blackout. Security use live … Read more
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Our research team has been all over this longer-term Pennant/Flag setup and the potential for the breakdown in the US/Global markets. The US manufacturing data released today confirmed what we believed would be the outcome of the extended trade issues between the US and China – a moderate slowdown in US … Read more
By Dagny Taggart Over 90 percent of people who become infected with it are hospitalized. It carries a mortality rate of 20 to 30 percent. Symptoms can appear as early as the same day of exposure, or as late as 70 to 90 days after infection. It can live in cold temperatures, multiplies rapidly, and … Read more
by Simon Black of Sovereign Man On Friday evening, the government here in Puerto Rico made an announcement to local retirees that many of them would have their pensions cut. Poof. Just like that. The pension cut is part of a debt restructuring plan to help Puerto Rico emerge from bankruptcy, which they declared in May 2017. Bankruptcy … Read more
By John Mauldin I often say a writer is nothing without readers. I am blessed to have some of the world’s greatest. Your feedback never fails to inspire and enlighten me. My last week’s That Time Keynes Had a Point letter brought many more comments than usual. Apparently Keynes is still provocative 73 years after his death, … Read more
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The Newseum, a self-congratulatory monument to the media located in our nation’s capital, will close at the end of the year amid longstanding financial difficulties, proving once again that President Donald J. Trump cannot stop winning and will never stop owning the libs. The organization said it “has struggled financially for a number of years and continuing … Read more
by Apartment_List Data from the US Census Bureau’s Current Population Surveys, 1968-2018 Data queried using IPUMS-CPS and analyzed using R dplyr Animated gif created using R ggplot2 and gganimate Full analysis/data available here.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/bank-of-america-says-this-is-a-make-or-break-quarter-for-netflix.html “Heading into 3Q earnings, we see a make or break quarter for Netflix,” Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Nat Schindler tells clients. The more cautious tone comes on the heels of a tough summer for Netflix, which has seen the price of its stock fall nearly 30% in under three months. Netflix, which … Read more
by chaney3 Just trying to get y’all the best price / Fee structure for your needs. Brokerage Stock ETF Options Futures TD Ameritrade $0 $0 $0.65/Contract $2.25/Contract Interactive Brokers $0.0035/Share $0.0035/Share $0.25 to $0.65/Contract $0.85/Contract Robinhood $0 $0 $0/Contract N/A WeBull $0 $0 N/A N/A Charles Schwab $0 $0 to $4.95/Trade $4.95 + $0.65/Contract $1.50/Contract … Read more
US debts bigger than 2008 on a new all time high. Auto loans nearly doubled since 2008 from $740 million to $1.3 trillion. Student loans surged to $1.6 trillion and credit card debts will cross the $1 trillion soon. @DiMartinoBooth @Trinhnomics @zerohedge @HenrikZeberg @JoeSquawk pic.twitter.com/f58ra3cqc1 — marc friedrich (@marcfriedrich7) October 3, 2019
Countdown to 18 Oct has begun >>#France vows retaliatory measures if US sticks by EU sanctionshttps://t.co/yvHj2GVDpz pic.twitter.com/jVYnOpCXvH — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) October 3, 2019 Dear US single malt whiskey lovers..enjoy a new 25% tariff on EU imports List of new EU tariffs>> https://t.co/AYuytxrI1G — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) October 2, 2019
Hmmm starting to look serious! Hello Central Bankers….. https://t.co/O6mKZpSK5C — CrossBorder Capital/ GLIndexes (@crossbordercap) October 3, 2019 Just to be clear. This chart hints that equities will drop more than 30% in Q4. Lets see whether it gets that bad.. But I am certainly leaned that way. Our latest Nordea View here -> https://t.co/W4CDqjNsfv https://t.co/j7V8w3nlmK … Read more
CBS Poll Shows Majority Of Americans Across All Parties Think Latest Impeachment Talk Just To Hurt Trump’s Re-Election Left out of the headlines were other statistics from the poll. From Attkisson: The CBS poll shows 58 percent say Trump does not deserve to be impeached or that it’s “too soon to say.” Using the same … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nXp2veaaVg I wish I could say that never before in the history of our country has there been such blatantly fake, phony and false lies spewed about a duly elected president of the United States, but, unfortunately, as we all know, there has been. First there was #SpyGate and now we have #ChinaJoe (#JoeBiden) knee … Read more
An iPhone user is suing Apple after claiming an app on his phone turned him gay. The plaintiff, identified only as D Razumilov, argues he became “mired in same-sex relationships” this summer after getting involved in a cryptocurrency app. He is seeking one million rubles (£12,459) in damages, the Moscow Times reported. In a complaint … Read more
Introduction Ethereum is the second most popular cryptocurrency after Bitcoin and it is the second-largest token by market cap. Ethereum was created in July 2015 by Russian Canadian programmer Vitalik Buterin. Ethereum was designed to be a decentralized global supercomputer on which people can build different kinds of Blockchain applications called dApps. Ethereum also popularized the idea … Read more
