By Vanand Meliksetian The Chinese Communist Party is well aware of the challenges its rise poses to the established order and primarily the United States. Beijing has, therefore, been following Deng Xiaoping’sfamous dictum “hide your strength, bide your time.” The Chinese would like to avoid Thucydides’ trap from happening earlier then they’re prepared for, which means a conflict between a … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBPAPUxnYYY Molly Prince from The Daily Wire reports, Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) questioned on Wednesday why Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) would wait until only hours before the White House released a transcript of a potentially damning phone call to move forward with impeachment proceedings. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-…
Never EVER underestimate the reckless power of stupid people in large crowds.
by James Anderson of SD Bullion It was a mostly down week for the precious metals complex. The spot silver price closes the week at $17.50 fiat Federal Reserve notes per troy ounce, down about 50¢ on the week. The spot gold price ran up thirty bucks an ounce closing right below $1,500 fiat Fed notes per ounce. The spot platinum price finished flat … Read more
The Federal Reserve may be lowering federal interest rates again these days, but credit card interest rates are rising. Credit card interest rates increased 3.4 percentage points since 2015, according to data from the Federal Reserve of St. Louis, and have been rising since 2011. And for Americans carrying credit card balances month over month, … Read more
Two tribes: Culture wars rage on the Paris catwalk Paris (AFP) – The culture war has come to the catwalk. Divisions over race, gender and the climate crisis are bubbling to the surface in a world where political debate is usually about as welcome as bingo wings. Two of Paris fashion’s biggest stars, Hedi Slimane … Read more
From the WSJ So says a class-action lawsuit filed this month against H-E-B LP, which alleges that the San Antonio-based company has been overpaying for index funds in its employees’ retirement plan. Annual expenses on some of those market-matching funds run between 0.11% and 0.14%—but should instead be as low as 0.015%, the lawsuit argues. It’s … Read more
by JGordon2020 I finally had to file a complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which oversees companies such as Bank of America. I suggest you do the same if you’re having problems with BoA’s non-Customer Service. https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ I’m also taking to social media (starting with Bank of America’s own Facebook page as well as Reddit … Read more
GLOBAL OVERVIEW Global auto sales fell by 3.6% y/y (nsa) in August marking the twelfth month of consecutive declines. Year-to-date [global] sales are down by 6.0% y/y (nsa), not far from where we expect global purchases to close out the year. The sales rate picked up modestly (by 1.5% m/m sa) for a second month … Read more
via indiatimes: MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India has ordered Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank not to do any business for six months and capped depositor withdrawals at Rs 1,000, throwing the lives of thousands of traders, self-employed and daily wage earners into disarray. The regulator has also appointed an administrator for the bank. Defaults … Read more
Houthis have launched a major operation against Saudi forces near the kingdom’s southern region of Najran, capturing or killing a significant number of troops, their spokesman said. Riyadh has yet to confirm or deny the claim. In a televised address on Saturday, the group’s spokesman said they’d inflicted heavy losses on the Saudi forces, capturing … Read more
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=870GmGyBKDc Everything changes, always. Trump represents positive energy; paradigm shift towards Order & Stability. Walt
https://twitter.com/JBCBreaking/status/1177831384498479107?s=20 🇰🇷 #SouthKorea #Fire An explosion occurred on one oil tanker at the southern port of Ulsan, South Korea at around 10.50am, 28 Sept. The fire spread to another unspecified oil tanker docked nearby. 9 sailors were wounded including one in critical condition.VCG Pic pic.twitter.com/9JcGecv97u — CCTV Asia Pacific (@CCTVAsiaPacific) September 28, 2019 🇺🇸USA moment・World … Read more
by no1113 Easy way for conspirator PTB to manufacture a consensus reality that is utterly separated from how things really are. Very insidious, this is.
During the first half of this year, 23 million credit cards were stolen worldwide, according to cyber threat intelligence company Sixgill. About two-thirds of those stolen card numbers were issued in the U.S. But what can a cyber criminal really do with a stolen credit card number? For many, gaining credit card numbers is about more … Read more
by SpontaneousDisorder Got the title from this tweet https://twitter.com/lisaabramowicz1/status/1177029332608409600 And if you’re paywalled…………… The emergence of racier high-yield bond deals in Europe may be pointing to a market that’s reaching its top. Take Blackstone Group LP as an example. The private equity sponsor plans to leverage off investor hunger for yield and pay itself a … Read more
by Robert P. Murphy The Fed met market expectations by cutting its target for the fed funds rate by 25 basis points, down to the range of 1.75 – 2.00 percent. In this post I want to demonstrate just how boxed in the Fed has now become, with the help of 3 charts. First, let’s review just how … Read more
via UPFINA: Markets are about to face an onslaught of news in October, with most of it occurring within 2 weeks. It was just announced that President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will meet in Washington D.C. on October 10th and the 11th. Liu came to America as a special envoy on behalf of President … Read more