Elite billionaires referring to themselves as using tech to join a ‘class of immortal overlords’ that live twice as long as everyone else? Gee, sounds super fun, can’t wait. Crazy what they’re blatantly admitting to people these days…
via Jeff Sommer The chances of a recession by the end of 2020 are mounting. And the prospects for the American stock market in the next decade have worsened appreciably. Those are prognoses, not facts. But they’re not just offhand projections, …
via 720 Global Despite the volatility and brief correction earlier this year, the U.S. stock market is back to making record highs in the past couple weeks. To many observers, this market now seems downright bulletproof as it keeps going higher …
via dataandmedia: Source for data is Nike Created using Tableau There is an interactive version of this data viz that also includes a bit of insight too!
News article: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/04/fidelity-offers-first-ever-free-index-funds-and-1-billion-follows.html Link to the funds: Fidelity ZERO Total Market Index Fund (FZROX) Fidelity ZERO International Index Fund (FZILX) Technically they only had $753.5M+$234.18M=$987.68M on August 31 but according to CNBC that’s good enough to round up to a billion. …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfnzsbyGBvo
via Topdown Charts Something has been happening in the global economy this year – and I say *this year* for good reason. Both the developed and emerging market composite manufacturing PMIs peaked in December last year, and have both seen an almost consistent …
by Jesse “The courage we need is not the fortitude to be obedient in the service of an unjust war, to help conceal lies, to do our job for a boss who has usurped power and is acting as an …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hello Martin … I follow emerging markets closely and one thing I note is that the size of the sovereign forex-denominated debt burdens are quite small relative to GDP except in the case of Argentina (48%). …
by Martin Armstrong There has never been a President of the United States who is so hated by the political establishment which is absolutely determined to remove him from office, destroy his empire, and imprison his family while they are at it. …
by Lynette Zang of ITM Trading Lynette is proud to announce a brand new series called “Boots on the Ground”. In this first episode of the new series, Lynette speaks with Yaniv (sp?) from Israel who lived through the Israeli hyperinflation. What does …
David Moadel interviewed on Press For Truth In the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis most people were completely unaware that there was anything to be concerned about! According to the media and top economic and financial analysts at the time …
Millions of Trump supporters and members of the Silent Majority who are fed up with your lies and censorship.
by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper Disasters come in all shapes and sizes, and so do your preps. There are four different levels of disasters, from personal emergencies to a full-on SHTF end-of-the-world kind of thing. The good news is, …
via Bloomberg: Some of the world’s wealthiest clans have been throwing their money into an esoteric piece of financial engineering that has Wall Street in its thrall. They’re called collateralized loan obligations, and they transform riskier company loans into bonds …
The Japanese authorities have acknowledged for the first time that a man died from cancer resulting from acute radiation poisoning at the Fukushima nuclear plant that went into meltdown following an earthquake back in 2011. A Japanese man in his …
by SP Bloomberg carried the following article about wealthy US “tech titans” plotting bolt holes in New Zealand to escape the Zombie Apocalypse. “If you’re the sort of person that says ‘I’m going to have an alternative plan when Armageddon strikes,’ …
via thezman: Anyone who has been through a change in software platforms for their company knows that it starts out as a lot of fun, but then turns into drudgery. Initially, thoughts of all the new stuff and better programs makes …
via cnbc: Businesses should integrate ocean sustainability into strategy, according to Norges Bank Investment Management. Firms should also disclose how ocean sustainability forms part of their strategies, policies and commitments. Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund has said that it …
via @OccupyWisdom : https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037128314358571009 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037128320872325121 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037128326601682947 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037128336256974854
via illinoispolicy: According to a new report by Moody’s Investors Service, Illinois’ unfunded pension liabilities equaled 601 percent of state revenues in 2017, a U.S. record. Illinois’ pension debt has set a new record to which no state should aspire. Credit …
via hussmanfunds: Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, they rise, they break, and to that sea return. – Alexander Pope Last week, the stock market recorded the most offensive valuation extreme in history, on the basis of measures best …
via stuff.co.nz: OPINION: London in 2007 and 2008 was a wonderful time and place to be a Kiwi journalist. Everyone knows the term “global financial crisis”, but what defined the crisis was the incredible boom which came before it. As informative as …
ADP Big Miss pic.twitter.com/7DeJzHz5Tb — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 6, 2018 https://twitter.com/FerroTV/status/1037634872632860677 The Social Media Bubble Is About To Pop $FB $TWTR $SNAP pic.twitter.com/5bw5DDySH2 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 6, 2018 Default fears mount for "BATS" as emerging-market rout deepens. #Turkey’s implied …
by stockboardasset Americans’ relationship with Facebook has shifted to “It’s Complicated” More than 25 percent of millennials who use Facebook say they have deleted the app from their smartphones in the last 12 months, according to new data from Pew Research Center. …
by DCG Race profiteer Colin Kaepernick has an endorsement deal with Nike. It has caused A LOT of debate. The former NFL player is featured in Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign in an ad with the statement, “Believe in something. Even …
via thefreethoughtproject: Savannah, GA — A rather shocking, but not surprising report this week out of Georgia reveals the unsettling state of America’s election and voting system. Voters in Georgia are now reporting that after they confirm their votes, they watch …
by WARREN MOSLER Highlights A solid rise in residential spending offset a mixed showing for non-housing components and made for a 0.1 percent July rise in overall construction spending to barely come within Econoday’s consensus range. Residential spending rose 0.6 percent …
