by Martin Armstrong IRS: Hello; This is the IRS helpline. What is your problem? Obviously, you owe us money or you would not be calling. CITIZEN: Can you explain why I owe you money? IRS: Its called taxes. CITIZEN: Well how much do I owe? IRS: That is your job to figure it out. CITIZEN: … Read more
by damien008 Ever wondered how Zillow/Trulia works? Its a simple website aggregator that gets 95% of its data from the local MLS (Multiple Listing Service Listings) and rest from direct postings. They sell overpriced ads that most agents do buy because they simply dont work and have crappy ROI. They basically sell ads to the … Read more
by soup_nazi1 I thought this was a really good article by Forbes about Beyond Meat. Main points: La Croix was a cultural phenomenon a few years ago and its parent company’s stock FIZZ shot up 550%. Coke, Pepsi, etc. released their own competing sparkling water products. Today, FIZZ trades at 60% of its high in … Read more
CNBC, Released on 9/4/19 Sam Zell is an American businessman. He is chairman of Equity Group Investments (EGI), a private investment firm he founded in the 1960s. The firm’s equity interests are often in asset-intensive industries such as real estate, energy, logistics, transportation, media, and health care. EGI’s holdings also include fixed-income investments in public … Read more
by econimica Summary The age segments that make up the working age population are at levels typically associated with full employment. The primary source of workforce slack over the past 50 years, females, are now experiencing declining percentages of employment. With minimal working age population growth, full employment, no further female labor force slack; there is … Read more
by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch The past few months have been an exciting time for gold investors, as the precious metal has seen a spike in demand after serious economic concerns and geopolitical tensions unsettled the markets. Many mainstream analysts have pointed to a number of recent events, from the US-China trade war escalations to the inverted yield … Read more
Today’s guest, Harley Schlanger, sits down with Mike Manwell to share his thoughts on the U.S economy. Harley listed several reasons as to why he believes the US economy is heading off the cliff. During our discussion he shares his thoughts on how President Trump could turn the economy around and thwart the plans of the banking cartel. … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-6m5_m06I8 “Brain data is the ultimate refuge of privacy. When that goes, everything goes.”
via Zerohedge: Now that trade war with China has escalated substantially yet again following a weekend in which both the US and China hiked the tariff rate on billions of imports, Deutsche Bank is revisiting how China’s stance towards the trade war has evolved over the past 1½ years, and how it may change in … Read more
New York (CNN Business)Despite instituting a more stringent policy around hateful content in June, YouTube has been criticized for doing too little and not providing enough transparency. In a blog post on Tuesday, YouTube said it had removed more than 100,000 videos and over 17,000 channels for violating its hate speech rules in April through … Read more
by printingious I went over to r/HongKong to see how actual HKers are reacting to Carrie Lam promising to withdraw the extradition bill. Turns out they are very skeptical. Key points: She hasn’t actually withdrawn it; just promised to propose withdrawing it the next time their legislative body reconvenes in October She is rejecting the protestors’ … Read more
9 sectors still growing: Textile Mills; Furniture; Food & Bev; Wood Products; Petroleum & Coal Products; Nonmetallic Mineral Products; Machinery; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; & Chemical Products. People cite tariffs, Brexit, & supply chain key challenges esp for ELECTRONICS 👇🏻👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/oWGrwfv9n9 — Trinh (@Trinhnomics) September 4, 2019 This chart also tells u that this is a massive … Read more
Weekly reminder that equities have been pricing in a pick up not a slowdown. Our leads have ISM lower for next 5-7 months….. https://t.co/S30hCxOQd6 — Teddy Vallee (@TeddyVallee) September 3, 2019 The Conference Board CEO confidence measure has been warning that the manufacturing ISM was set to plunge for some time now. more to come? … Read more
by TFittonJW All you need to know about the IG report (I get a bit heated):
by TFittonJW This is a big Update that will get you heated up: No one is doing more heavy lifting than Judicial Watch… https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-victory-court-grants-significant-new-discovery-in-clinton-email-case/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-statement-on-doj-ig-report-on-james-comey/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-federal-judge-orders-fbi-to-search-for-steele-documents/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-files-lawsuit-against-santa-clara-county-sanctuary-city-policy-that-enabled-illegal-alien-to-kill-an-american-citizen/
Climate engineering researcher Dane Wigington says you can see real time, conclusive evidence that these storms (such as hurricane Dorian) are being manipulated. . . . “We can speculate on the agenda, but the fact that that storm is being manipulated and stalled is absolute indisputable fact. The U.S. military started their hurricane manipulation operations … Read more
A “servant class” that serves the needs of the country’s top one percent is among one of the fastest-growing job markets in the United States, economic analysis finds. As about 1.2 million mostly low-skilled legal immigrants are admitted to the U.S. every year to take primarily low-wage jobs, an underclass of servants for the wealthy … Read more
by howmuch Most people assume the U.S. dollar holds the top spot for currencies. But by how much? Have you ever wondered which of the world’s reserve currencies are the most powerful? Reserve currencies are currencies that a country holds in its foreign exchange reserve. These can be used for international payments and to support … Read more
