by Ruby Henley We have been witnessing the attempts to silence conservative voices and alternative media, so it was no surprise that Alex Jones and InfoWars were shut down by Apple, Facebook and YouTube in an orchestrated attack. That …
by stockboardasset A series of African Swine Fever outbreaks in China is “here to stay,” the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday, adding that it could spread to neighboring countries in Asia. The FAO assembled an emergency meeting in Bangkok …
via Shawn Langlois Is this bull market finally running on fumes? Nobody really knows, of course, but, up to this point, no amount of hand-wringing over politics, valuations, Fed tightening, etc., has managed to kill what many, including the president, believe …
via Sean Williams Chances are that if you invested at any point during the Great Recession, you’re sitting pretty right now, assuming you’ve held onto your positions. The U.S. economy is in the middle of its second-longest economic expansion in history, going …
by visualcapitalist If you pay any attention to financial media, chances are that you’ve heard increased chatter about the flattening “yield curve” in the past few weeks. For professional investors, talking about the yield curve is close to second nature – …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM4xhhr3BpA The Patriot Beat reports, Democrats have nothing to offer the American people. The only thing they have to give is divisiveness, obstruction, and hate. And nowhere was that more on display, than at the Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing. …
The payments industry deplores it, but cash is starting to look pretty good, and central banks agree: “We do not foresee a totally cashless society”: ECB By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. This has not been a …
we're going into a weekend with sour global mood + USD267BLN trade war escalation by Washington + threat of China retaliation pic.twitter.com/yfxrzPZNfO — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 7, 2018 E P I C T R A D E W A R …
via @ByRosenberg: % of income spent on rent (vs historical average) LA 47% (36%) Miami 42% (29%) San Francisco 39% (31%) NY 38% (26%) Boston 33% (26%) Denver 32% (24%) Seattle 31% (24%) Portland 30% (24%) US avg 28.4% (25.8%) https://www.zillow.com/research/q2-2018-affordability-21286/
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Orders for Class 8 trucks in August jumped 153% from a year ago to 52,400 trucks, beating by a smidgen the orders in July, which had been the highest number of monthly orders ever recorded. These …
This Week in Enron – Up in Smoke Edition$TSLA$TSLAQ pic.twitter.com/KR4cTRRH6b — TC (@TESLAcharts) September 7, 2018 Aside from that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?$TSLA pic.twitter.com/bv5yDrJYOh — TC (@TESLAcharts) September 7, 2018
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BY SRSROCCO The U.S. Government’s balance sheet is one step closer to blowing up as its debt, and interest expense hit new record highs. And when I say “new record highs,” I am not exaggerating. It’s been a while since …
via Marketwatch: One of China’s largest conglomerates intends to completely exit its stake in Deutsche Bank AG and unload the vast majority of overseas investments it made in recent years, according to people familiar with the matter, a significant comedown …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the recent warnings by JP Morgan’s top quant (quantitative analyst) Marko Kolanovic who claims we will soon see flash crashes and a great liquidity crisis. Kolanovic claims that this …
by Nate 1. The key to successful investing is having everyone agree with you — LATER. The most popular investment of the day is rarely the best investment. If you want to know what’s popular, look no further than the front page …
by Dave I’m waiting to see what it says in the next day or so. If I start to see that rash of “red” sell signals, I’ll bail out. Otherwise, maybe there’s a 20% move in the near future, the …
by TFittonJW Here is Judicial Watch’s recent take:
The Wall Street Journal publishes an obvious question about Amazon employees requiring assistance in a headline, and then they never answer the question.
by Lance Roberts Doug Kass made an interesting observation about the market yesterday: “The month of September started with optimism. That optimism has faded in the last two trading days. The most notable winners (year to date), FANG, have been …
by David Robertson Here we are, ten years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, and one would be hard pressed to find evidence of meaningful lessons learned. “As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and …
by RMFN Are tech giants like google, facebook and twitter doing the bidding of the “corporate media”? Is CNN behind the deplatforming of Alex Jones? Are they colluding to stifle the economic expression of a competitor? I think so. Collilusion …
by Dana Lyons September of the 2nd year of the Presidential Cycle is historically the weakest month of the 4-year cycle. Since working off its early year correction, the U.S. stock market has been on one of those inexorable runs that …
by RMFN Two years ago protect veritas released this video of a high level DNC member discussing how protesters are paid and used to disrupt events. Rigging the Election – Video I: Clinton Campaign and DNC Incite Violence at Trump …
via techdirt: Telecom monopolies have a pretty good racket going. They’ll consistently demand all manner of tax cuts, subsidies, and other government perks in exchange for broadband networks they only half or partially deploy–or jobs that never materialize. The nation’s telcos in …
h/t SocialJudgmntWarrior
From Kitco: With the U.S. dollar stealing the safe-haven status from gold this summer, a potential “win-win situation” for the precious metal could be just around the corner, according to the ScotiaMocatta bank. “Gold continues not to attract safe-haven interest, even …
by Tom McClellan Every chart of price data is a depiction of a ratio. If you look at a chart of your favorite stock, what you are really looking at is the ratio of the value of your stock to …
What was Nike thinking? What was Nike thinking? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2018 It was me. That’s what you get for claiming “anonymous sources” disproved my birth certificate. pic.twitter.com/EwcOVQWA3T — Barack Obama ____________________________🇺🇸Fan (@ThePresObama) September 7, …
by Daniel Carter America’s political sphere is becoming a place where outcomes considered unthinkable in the past are becoming reality. This can almost entirely be attributed to the rise of populism. In recent decades, the ruling-class has presided over a disastrous …