The 60/40 Portfolio Is Riskier Than Ever

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By John Mauldin As investors we have to make assumptions about the future. We know they will likely prove wrong, but something has to guide our asset allocation decisions. Many long-term investors assume stocks will give them 6–8% real annual returns if they simply buy and hold long enough. Pension fund trustees hire consultants to … Read more

HOME DEPOT, LOWE’S ACCUSED OF SCANNING MILLIONS OF FACES

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via massprivatei: Home improvement stores like Home Depot and Lowe’s have become partners in Big Brother’s ever expanding public surveillance program. Home Depot’s “You Can Do It. We Can Help” slogan should really say, “We Can Do It. We Can Help Big Brother.” And Lowe’s “Do It Right For Less. Start At Lowe’s” slogan should say, “Doing It Right And Identifying … Read more

PEGGY NOONAN: Why They’ll Never Stop Targeting Kavanaugh: The continuing assault reflects both a fixation and an effort to deprive the court of its legitimacy.

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via WSJ: Here are the reasons, in no certain order, that the accusations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh will never stop and his foes on the progressive left never let up. Because progressives have to prove they were right to advance the sexual-assault accusations of Christine Blasey Ford. They lost that battle; Justice Kavanaugh sits on … Read more

Trump Unveils “Highest Sanctions Ever Imposed On A Country”

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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

Area 51 raid day: UFO & alien hunters descending on Nevada as US military calls in reinforcements & declares no-fly zone

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Alien enthusiasts are descending on rural Nevada en masse for a pair of festivals celebrating Area 51 and the UFOs it could be hiding – but locals don’t want them there and neither do the military, who’ve called in reinforcements. UFO enthusiasts have begun making the pilgrimage out to Rachel and Hiko, Nevada, sites of … Read more

Top NASA Manager Says the 2024 Moon Landing by Astronauts might not Happen

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“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

Yield Curve and Small Caps

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by Tom McClellan   Back on August 22, I wrote here about how the spread between the 10-year T-Note yield and the 3-month T-Bill yield gives us a leading indication that is relevant for small cap relative performance.  This time, I look at the “yield curve” in a different way, via the spread between 10-year and 2-year … Read more

Shocking scans show how vaping e-cigarettes left a 19-year-old’s lungs filled with solidified oil

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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

Do NOT update your iPhone software! Apple releases iOS 13 operating system that can still expose your contact details without a passcode!

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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

This Doesn’t Get Much Play In The Press; Why Is Hardly A Mystery

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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

Google And Facebook Are So Unpopular That Even The Chive Is Dissing Them

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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

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: 2020 Dems Rally Around Union Amid Corruption Probe.

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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

NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR BEIJING: Hong Kong cancels National Day fireworks on Oct 1 as protests continue. “The upcoming National Day celebrations⁠ which include a flag-raising event⁠ will mark 70 years of the People’s Republic of China.”

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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

$75B A Day! Liquidity Scramble: Fed Announces Overnight Repos Every Day Next Week, Introduces Term Repos

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via Zerohedge: Yesterday we reported that Goldman now expects the Fed to restart Permanent Open Market Operations, i.e., bond purchases, i.e., QE some time in November. For those who missed it, Goldman assumes a roughly $15bn/month rate of permanent OMOs, “enough to support trend growth of the balance sheet plus some additional padding over the first two … Read more

Why are all mass shooters, past and present, always on some similar type of prescription drugs, most notably antidepressants?

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by Arjun Walia, Collective Evolution: The Facts:It was recently disclosed that Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly paid millions of dollars to the victims of a mass shooter to cover up the connection between the mass shooter and prozac. Reflect On:Why are all mass shooters, past and present, always on some similar type of prescription drugs, most notably … Read more