by Josh Sigurdson and John Sneisen of World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the massive loan crisis happening world wide as investors, banks and government get up to the same risky activity we saw leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. Of all organizations, the IMF has warned of this ticking debt … Read more
via dailysignal: Much of today’s incivility and contempt for personal liberty has its roots on college campuses, and most of the uncivil and contemptuous are people with college backgrounds. Let’s look at a few highly publicized recent examples of incivility and attacks on free speech. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and his wife, U.S. Transportation … Read more
Vague diplomatic rambling doesn’t unseat dictators. Give some disgruntled former soldiers an air drop and let them handle it: http://archive.is/XQOxp
by AlexPitti The October industrial production report was positive as industrial production growth was 4.1% year over year and manufacturing growth was 2.7% year over year. Both hit a 10 year high. About 70% of industrial production growth was due to oil related line items this cycle, but some think the decline in oil won’t hurt industrial … Read more
After blaming everyone but herself for her embarrassing upset loss to Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election, Hillary Clinton has finally admitted what millions of Americans have known for years now: Maybe Trump made some good points. ( YES RED AND BOLD ON ME. THE OP) In an interview with the Guardian … Read more
Central Bankers appear to be either clueless or have designed a plan to crash the world pic.twitter.com/niY1xpc1iR — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) November 23, 2018 short positions in Italian banks are exploding pic.twitter.com/lb9FuM4nek — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 23, 2018 China's real national debt: $46 trillion, 330% of GDP pic.twitter.com/ePqFSTnGgp — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 22, 2018 Latest nowcasting … Read more
This chap is flat out calling a crash for this Black Friday, today or tomorrow for some of you… h/t 2012Portal
by Brian Maher of Daily Reckoning Are we verging on another “Bear Stearns” moment? That is, is the canary in the coal mine of the next crisis ready to keel over? Today we don our mining gear… descend into the dark, doomy shaft… and report worrisome findings. First we throw a penetrating beam of light down … Read more
With an endless powerful lobby in both government and big teach, there is no doubt that the future will be 5g. But what are some of the health risk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TghoYPyiOcc All links can be found here: http://dailyrabbithole.com/thread-85….
Whilst many will have heard mention of Bitcoin in recent years as the revolutionary new currency sweeping through the globe, how much do we really know about Bitcoin? As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies become even more popular, we, at RCPro.com delve deeper into the history of Bitcoin. Through learning more about the history of this … Read more
by northmantrader Have I committed a chart crime? It’s possible, but perhaps not, in either case I’ll put myself at the mercy of readers. What I’m referring to is a chart and tagline I tweeted out a few days ago that has stirred a bit of debate and discussion and I welcome the debate as it … Read more
Migrants defy Trump at Mexico border as US forces flex muscle Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) – Hundreds of Central American migrants staged a boisterous demonstration on the US Mexico border Thursday, screaming for President Donald Trump to let them in as US soldiers and riot police put on a menacing show of force. The increased tension … Read more
by SP Fire From the Sky by NC Reed American Apocalypse: The Collapse Begins by Nova (a slow moving collapse) L.A. Dark: Jeremy’s Run by G.F. Gustav Walking in the Rain by William Allen Tribulation: A Novel of the Near Future by Thomas Lewis Dark Titan Journey by Thomas Watson Patriots and Survivors by John Wesley Rawles One Second After and sequels by William Forstchen Stars … Read more
via mises.org: When politicians and bureaucrats fail to deliver what they promise — which happens a lot — we’re often told that the problem can be solved if only we get the right people to run the government instead. We’re told that the old crop of government agents were trying hard enough. Or that they didn’t have the … Read more
Kids don’t need much. Lots of great memories can be had without digging into debt. 3 in 10 Americans Are Still Paying for Last Year’s Holiday Expenditures But that won’t stop them from tacking on still more debt. “Holiday shoppers are expected to spend generously this year, with the National Retail Federation estimating the … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Bloodletting beneath the surface. Big names too. Here they are. It’s barely a correction, technically speaking, with the S&P 500 down 9.9% from its all-time closing high, the Dow down 9.2%, the Nasdaq down 14%, and the Russell 2000 small-caps index down 15%. But beneath the surface, there has been some … Read more
by Michael Snyder Your cellphone is a gold mine of information about where you have been, who you have been talking to, and what you have been doing online. And now a “mysterious new tool” is enabling law enforcement authorities all over the nation to get access to that information on virtually any phone. So … Read more
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065340939378614272 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065342202526732298 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065411704023072768 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065439246864003072 Here is the history of Black Friday pic.twitter.com/p288F5IS7w — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 22, 2018 New Lows Coming While US cash markets are closed the futures continue to trade, with all of them red at the moment including, notably, oil. Also notably any corresponding bounce in US Treasury paper is missing in … Read more
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Credit market, stock markets, carry trades, blow up just on this little move….. pic.twitter.com/uslkej6c6e — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) November 22, 2018 When credit initially starts contracting it leads to more credit contracting NOT LESS until there is sufficient free credit or cash to offset Agree… problem is credit contraction implies liquidation & requires new available … Read more
via tobefrankj: The full article is here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2018/nov/20/revealed-one-in-four-europeans-vote-populist Graphics are made in d3 and animated with css. To conduct the research, the Guardian enlisted the help of more than 30 political scientists to assess which European parties could be considered populist, under academic definitions of the word, at various points over the past 20 years. … Read more
A $9 trillion corporate debt bomb is ‘bubbling’ in the US economy Companies are carrying a $9 trillion debt load, posing a potential threat should rates continue to rise and the economy weaken. Most Wall Street bond experts think the issue is contained for the next 12 to 18 months, though one says the market’s … Read more
Investors Pulled $29 Billion in October, Most in Three Years From Funds Investors pulled more money out of stock and bond funds in October than in any month in more than three years. Mutual and exchange-traded funds had net redemptions of $29.1 billion last month, the biggest outflows since August 2015, according to a report … Read more
With no major move in interest rates and continued weakness in home affordability, there was not a lot of incentive for homebuyers to make a move last week, and there was even less for homeowners looking to save money on their mortgages. Total mortgage application volume moved 0.1 percent lower last week from the previous … Read more
via marketwatch: A year ago, I wrote about the worrying increase in leverage among America’s blue chips caused by share repurchases (“Hollowed-out blue chips are the next subprime”). Today I want to return to the subject, because the travails of General Electric are a reliable signal of the trouble ahead for the large corporate sector of the … Read more