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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcP9p-5CgXo Scott Morefield from The Daily Caller reports, Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard continued her criticism of fellow 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris during a Thursday night appearance on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/01/tulsi-gabbard-kamala-harris-answer/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo6YMOx8zIY Charlie Goetzman from The Daily Caller reports, New York Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio made fellow airplane passengers wait on the tarmac Thursday, so that he and his security detail could deplane first. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/01/de…
Grant’s Interest Rate Observer Podcast, Released on 8/4/19 Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research, calls in to discuss the state of markets and central banking following Wednesday’s rate cut. 2:25 Press conference post-mortem 8:01 Inverted yield curve: predictor of recession, or cause? 14:10 Negative rates on the way for the U.S.? 21:41 Jim’s interview at … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: The Republicans see the Democrats’ presidential candidates and plan a victory party. But the Dems have two levers that might bring them victory. If not in 2020, in the next decade. “A man’s foes will be they of his own household.” — Matthew 10:36. ID 86092871 © Michaeljayberlin, Dreamstime. The 2020 election … Read more
by Lance Roberts It’s Bullish…Always Last Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced the latest decision concerning monetary policy which contained three primary components: A cut of 25bps Stopping balance sheet reductions (or Quantitative Tightening or Q.T.) An outlook suggestive this may be the only rate cut for a while. While stocks dropped on disappointment they Fed … Read more
by Jim Quinn “In retrospect, the spark might seem as ominous as a financial crash, as ordinary as a national election, or as trivial as a Tea Party. The catalyst will unfold according to a basic Crisis dynamic that underlies all of these scenarios: An initial spark will trigger a chain reaction of unyielding responses … Read more
by long_AMZN Commentary: As expected, large outflow on Friday: $3.1bn left the SPY ETF fund on Friday. Thesis remains unchanged from my posts on previous days, but obviously with SPY going from 300 to sub 290 in 3 sessions we run risk of silly pops to the upside for no reason. I would only … Read more
Via History.com On August 5, 1981, President Ronald Reagan begins firing 11,359 air-traffic controllers striking in violation of his order for them to return to work. The executive action, regarded as extreme by many, significantly slowed air travel for months. Two days earlier, on August 3, almost 13,000 air-traffic controllers went on strike after negotiations … Read more
by Kurt Schlichter You look at the Democratic debaters and you despair. It’s a hackneyed collection of motley mediocrities that includes, among other things, an unrepentant crusty commie, an ersatz squaw, a golddigging narc, a handsy grandpa, a furry, and a New Age weirdo who unironically channels Oddball from Kelly’s Heroes. To quote the gender fluidity pioneers … Read more
by Ryan McMaken via Mises Wire On Wednesday, the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee lowered the target federal funds rate by 25 basis points, dropping it to 2.5 percent. The Fed had last changed its target rate in December of 2018, when it raised the rate from 2.25 percent to 2.50 percent. It now looks like 2.5 percent … Read more
by entropiceggplant …we’ve had the most devastating crashes in history. The past isn’t the future, but, this has only happened twice before. We are currently 68% above the EMA. Have fun telling me why I’m wrong! Seriously, tell me I’m wrong. I’m scared. Somebody hold me.
by Throwaway1546320 US-China have been moving towards a “war” scenario for quite some time. There are two great ways to model this. The first being the Thucydedes Trap. The story is a small one. But as China challenges America’s predominance, misunderstandings about each other’s actions and intentions could lead them into a deadly trap … Read more
by EsteevTrabajos1 APOLOGIES FOR THE LONG POST – If you’re here just for the picks, scroll down and skip my scattered musings on the state of the markets for the week What a week for the stock market we just had! JPOW, earnings/guidance all over the place (I’m looking at you, $SQ, $ETSY), new tariffs … Read more
by noah8597
via innovationexcellence: While there is no one magic indicator of the market’s future, these three may provide some of the best insights into the current and future state of the economy. Warren Buffett once said, “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.” In August of 2007, I had a meeting with … Read more
via Otavio (Tavi) Costa: Bond market clearly spelling trouble ahead for stocks. Can’t believe investors are still buying into this bullish insurance cut thesis.
by saxplayer00o1 Bloomberg Traders Brace for Full-Blown Currency War as China’s Yuan Sinks Traders in Asia are bracing for a full-fledged currency war, after a slide in China’s yuan past the 7 per dollar mark raised the prospect of policy makers allowing … 9 hours ago The Guardian Markets fall sharply amid fears of full-scale US-China … Read more
via Alastair Williamson: the industrial slowdown is now spreading into services
via Otavio (Tavi) Costa: Gold in yuan terms breaking out while stocks are selling off. Credit bubbles always burst.
U.S. stock market futures were sliding on Monday morning after China’s central bank set the yuan’s daily reference rate below 7 per dollar for the first time in over a decade. The Chinese government has also asked its state-owned firms to suspend imports of U.S. agricultural products, according to Bloomberg. The People’s Bank of China … Read more