Investment Watch Blog

via Zerohedge: In a likely effort to satisfy the hawks and keep up “maximum pressure” on Iran in the wake of its alleged attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities (by Saudi and US accounts), President Trump on Friday has announced the “highest sanctions ever imposed on a country”. This is the long awaited “response” coordinated with the Saudis … Read more

“Speaking before a Congressional subcommittee on Wednesday, 18 September 2019, Kenneth Bowersox, Acting Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, said NASA is doing everything in its power to meet the deadline set by the White House, but admitted that it might be too short. “What’s important is that we launch when we’re ready, that … Read more

Anthony Mayo, of Pennsylvania, became ill last week after two years of vaping Doctors found his lungs had become severely congested with solidified vape oil The medics said he had ‘the lungs of a 60-year-old, two-pack-a-day, smoker’ Anthony is now recovering in hospital while medics work to clear his lungs Shocking scans show how smoking … Read more

Don’t Upgrade!   The iOS13 software reportedly allows hackers to raid a customer’s contacts list The bug was revealed by private cybersecurity expert Jose Rodriguez in July  Once in possession of someone’s device, a person can bypass the password    Apple has been rocked by accusations that it failed to stamp out a privacy-compromising flaw in … Read more

Trump’s economic advantage within the Democratic base. While those figures wrote the headlines, overlooked ones told the broader economic story. The unemployment rate stayed at historically low levels of just 3.7 percent. Simultaneously, labor force participation continued to rise, reaching 63.2 percent, while average hourly earnings have increased by 3.2 percent over the last year. … Read more

Facebook and Google are currently playing their toxic Endgame. Last week Bob Ferguson the State’s attorney general for Washington launched an anti-trust probe into Google and Facebook. Amongst the many allegations, he claimed that the Duopoly had not only formed an unfair monopoly to squeeze publishers and “squash competition”, but also that Google and Facebook … Read more

via freebeacon: Top Democratic presidential candidates took more than $100,000 from United Auto Workers and rushed to show solidarity with striking GM employees despite an ongoing federal probe into allegations of corruption at the union. Former vice president Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) have received more than $100,000 … Read more

via hongkongfp: Hong Kong’s government has cancelled an annual October 1 fireworks display to mark National Day citing public safety concerns. “In view of the latest situation and having regard to public safety, the National Day Fireworks Display originally scheduled to take place at Victoria Harbour in the evening of October 1 (Tuesday) will be cancelled,” … Read more

via WSJ: Funds that track broad U.S. equity indexes hit $4.27 trillion in assets as of Aug. 31, according to research firm Morningstar Inc., giving them more money than stock-picking rivals for the first-ever monthly reporting period. Funds that try to beat the market had $4.25 trillion as of that date.