Chinese office buildings now falling the most since Great Financial Crisis 2008!

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Commercialized retail also plunged by 13%. Residential is likely next. As they all tend to be strongly correlated. China’s multi-trillion housing market holds the key to its failing growth model. Adding to the mess. Chinese office buildings now falling the most since GFC! Commercialized retail also plunged by 13%. Residential is likely next.As they all … Read more

Americans are increasingly not free to choose

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🍺Two corporations control 90% of the beer Americans drink 🥩 Four players control the entire U.S. beef market 🏦Five banks control about half of the U.S.’s banking assets   Americans are increasingly not free to choose: 🍺Two corporations control 90% of the beer Americans drink🥩 Four players control the entire U.S. beef market🏦Five banks control … Read more

The yield curve’s slope signals lower corporate profits ahead… Hedge funds have moved toward defense and lowered overall exposure

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'The yield curve's slope signals lower corporate profits ahead.' https://t.co/D0feyLd8qG via @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/40qmqxcCI7 — Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) September 11, 2019 Hedge funds have moved toward defense and lowered overall exposure @BofAML @WallStJesus @HFRinc @FactSet @jpmorgan @SoberLook @QDS_Lion @carlquintanilla pic.twitter.com/b19a57clEP — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) September 12, 2019

Saudis wanted oil higher. They’ll get it inadvertently. But the global economy isn’t ready to weather a significant oil price surge.

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Saudis wanted oil higher. They’ll get it inadvertently. But the global economy isn’t ready to weather a significant oil price surge. The inability of oil to rise this year is in large part due to weak growth (chart in subtweet). An oil price surge will rapidly turn on itself. https://t.co/OJM3LdEQyR — Gaurav Saroliya (@GauravSaroliya) September … Read more

“Free Stuff” Grand Prize Leader Harris Ahead of Sanders and Warren

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via mishtalk: Kamela Harris is currently in first place in the “Free Stuff” giveaway contest. Never before have so many politicians promised to spend so much. Among some candidates, the 2020 presidential campaign has turned into a contest to see who can offer the most “free stuff.” Will tonight's debate be more of "Free Stuff 2020"? … Read more

‘The Most Important Chart in the World’ Offers a Warning Sign for Stocks

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Government bond yields recently held above an important level, but the next test may prove dangerous for the stock market. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield tested 1.5% in late August and early September, bouncing off that level and most recently trading around 1.8%. That’s the third time the barrier has been broken since the … Read more

Ron Paul: A Bigger Debt Bubble: Will It Burst & End The Empire?

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Once again, President Trump has ripped into the Federal Reserve. Unfortunately, the president isn’t criticizing the Fed for artificially suppressing interest rates, and creating the biggest debt bubble in the history of mankind. Instead, the president wants interest rates fixed down to zero (or even negative)! The president has embraced the idea that the disease … Read more

Houthi rebels in Yemen claim responsibility for drone strike on oil in Saudi Arabia, Mike Pompeo wants to pin responsibility on Iran.

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by hopelessbookworm Uh oh, could be that Pompeo and Washington hawks have found a window for a false flag. The Houthis claim responsibility for this drone attack but Pompeo claims there’s no evidence of Yemen origins for the drone. They are calling it an “unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply.” Not reassuring rhetoric there. They … Read more

Liz Cheney TORCHES Do-Nothing Dems, EXPOSES What They’re ACTUALLY Doing for America

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1glK2Y1afKU Molly Prince from the Daily Wire reports, House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney criticized her Democratic House colleagues on Tuesday for shirking their constitutional responsibilities in their pursuit of impeaching President Donald Trump. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/51600/…

The Democratic Party Has Become A Parody Of Itself, Pushing INSANE Versions Of Past Policy

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The Democratic Party Has Become A Parody Of Itself, Pushing INSANE Versions Of Past Policy. Looking at several policy positions of many top 2020 Democrats you might conclude they have gone “far left.” While this is true of many of the democrats policies, embracing woke social justice ideology and socialist government programs, the real issue … Read more

De-Dollarization: Europe Joins the Party

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This article was written by Ronald-Peter Stöferle and originally published at Mises.org The ongoing “World War of Currencies”, as the German journalist Daniel D. Eckert called it, the battle for the future of the world monetary system is not a shallow action film but more like Game of Thrones – a complex series with hundreds of actors and locations, … Read more

QE, Monetization; Just Symptoms. What Of The Disease?

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by Econimica Summary This week, the Federal Reserve added another $6 billion to their Treasury holdings and maintained their MBS holdings. Interestingly, Bank Excess Reserves held at the Federal Reserve continue to tumble, down by $25 billion this week.unmatched by balance sheet reductions. Since QE ended, Bank Excess Reserves have fallen twice that of combined Fed … Read more