When Xi meets Trump, this’ll be on his mind

#China Nov manufacturing PMI slows to 50 (from 50.2) – note that below 50 is contraction from the previous month. We are here: NO GROWTH of manufacturing. Services slow too. Composite to 52.8 from 53.1 – activity definitive slower. So when Xi meets Trump, this'll be on his mind pic.twitter.com/pcpIrXbzuQ — Trinh (@Trinhnomics) November 30, … Read more

How has EU development funding been shared out across its members states?

via UKHouseOfCommons: Sources: European Commission data Tools: PyQGIS API, GIMP, Adobe Illustrator This graphic shows the distribution of European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Cohesion Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development from 1989 to 2015. If you want more information on EU funding for regions within its member states, you can find it … Read more

Potential tax loss harvesters: gentle reminder to re-examine any relevant automatic investments.

by DESTWOY Now that we’re approaching 31 days before the last trading day of 2018, it’s a good time to examine and/or temporarily pause/modify any automated investments to avoid triggering the wash sale rule. If you aren’t familiar with TLH, it’s (at a high level) the practice of selling losing investments as a way of … Read more

Buy Walmart, Target as online sales growth starts to outpace Amazon’s, Bank of America says

Bank of American Merrill Lynch says Target and Walmart online sales are outpacing those at Amazon and urges clients to buy the stocks. Analyst Robert Ohmes says Walmart saw its U.S.-owned e-commerce growth accelerate to 43 percent in the third quarter, while Target jumped 49 percent year-over-year. Ohmes adds that the snowballing growth has been … Read more

Kass Calls the Next Black Swan, and It’s Derivatives Death Star Deutsche Bank

via thestreet: Stocks quotes in this article: SHLD, DB, C, JPM, BAC, WFC * Large U.S. banks are rapidly gaining share in fixed income trading and retail and corporate lending Deutsche Bank’s shares hit another new low overnight. As I have written in the past, I view (DB) as the next Black Swan in Europe: “Like Sears (SHLD) , Deutsche Bank has … Read more

Personal income and spending, Pending home sales

by WARREN MOSLER No drama here: More housing weakness news: Highlights This has not been a good run for housing data. Pending home sales fell a very steep 2.6 percent in October which is far below Econoday’s consensus range. Existing home sales did end a long downturn in last week’s report but today’s results point strongly … Read more

Does HRC Think She Can Defeat Trump In 2020? See Here As This Should Set The Record Straight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9by-2y6eww Hillary thinks that by running for president again..that money will start pouring back into the Clinton foundation again …by other world leaders and corrupt elites as they donate millions to Hillary in order to get favors onces Hillary’s. elected into office again….play for pay…Hillary is planning on the dirty money rolling in from her … Read more

The concept of the Deep State is being pushed to the public to distract from the existence of the Shadow Government.

by TIMOTHY_TRISMEGISTUS One of my early introductions to conspiracy thought was the Deep Politics of Peter Scott Dale. I was very impressed with the cohesive argument that power is wielded in private and that the public facing heirarchies are nothing more than puppets parroting the will of occulted sources. I then found the Institute for … Read more

Watch This ATM Go HAYWIRE, Spit Out Free Money! The Bank’s Response is PRICELESS!

Hank Berrien for the Daily Wire reports, Some customers of a bank in Houston got an early Christmas gift on Sunday night: an ATM at a Bank of America dispensed $100 bills instead of $10s, and the word was spread on social media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olSESQAA6AE Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/38717/…    

Weekend Reading: The Powell Put

by Lance Robert All it took was two 10% stock market corrections in a single year and some heavy “browbeating” from President Trump to reverse Jerome Powell’s hawkish stance on hiking interest rates. On Wednesday, Powell took to the microphone to give the markets what they have been longing for – the “Powell Put.” During his speech, Powell took … Read more

Trade, New home sales, Federal interest payments

by WARREN MOSLER Trade deficit still increasing: Highlights The goods portion of October’s trade deficit is deeper than expected, at $77.2 billion vs expectations for $76.9 billion and compared with a monthly average in the third-quarter of $74.6 billion. October’s data opens fourth-quarter net exports on a negative note following the third quarter when trade … Read more

Your Blood Will Boil When You Hear What Millenials Have To Say About Birthright Citizenship

Cillian Zeal for the Conservative Tribune reports, So, birthright citizenship has been very much in the news as of late, with President Donald Trump saying he’s planning to end birthright citizenship — the policy of conferring American citizenship on anyone born on American soil no matter what the legal status of their parents — by … Read more

‘Yellow Vests’ now riot in Brussels!

The demonstrators in Belgium, dressed in the yellow jackets that have become a symbol of the protests in France, have gathered close to the district where the Belgian government and parliament are based. https://sputniknews.com/europe/201811301070274770-protest-yellow-vest-brussels/ Police cars are burening, Live: https://www.hln.be/nieuws/binnenland/live-protest-gele-hesjes-in-brussel-escaleert-combi-s-in-brand-gestoken-politie-zet-waterkanon-en-extra-manschappen-in~afa5221c/?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godlikeproductions.com%2Fforum1%2Fmessage3938546%2Fpg1  

MARRIOTT database breached on 500 million guests – Passport numbers stolen…

This event is pretty damn scary if one stops to contemplate what can be done with stolen passport numbers. Marriott’s Starwood database was breached, potentially exposing 500 million guests from CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/30/marriott-says-its-starwood-database-was-breached-onapproximately-500-million-guests-.html 500 Million Affected In Massive Marriott Data Breach; Names, Passport Numbers Stolen By Hackers https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-30/500-million-affected-massive-marriott-data-breach-names-passport-numbers-stolen SNIP “The information compromised includes sensitive details including … Read more