by SpontaneousDisorder Just thought I’d put this here as an update to a previous post I did. Jerome Powell has testified to congress and the market got excited again. The previous post I made was when the Fed had a meeting …
by Thinker It’s time to put parties aside Americans and start looking at the content of character that is destroying and dividing parties. Men and women who have shown that the people aren’t their prime objective, but self gain by …
by TFittonJW JW Update discussion. Judicial Watch keeps pushing: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-begins-releasing-strzok-page-communications-doj-objects-to-preservation-order/
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Glenn Greenwald is scathing about the CIA as he speaks to Emily Maitlis about the publication of memos which claim that Russia has compromising material on Donald Trump.
#JOURNALISM: WRONG: Reporter Deletes Tweet Claiming Russian Spy Was in Oval Office with Trump. Talk about getting it wrong. There are mistakes, and then there are mistakes, and this is the latter. On Monday, a woman, Maria Butina, was arrested and charged, federal …
by stockboardasset It has been almost 70 years since George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published, but now, some of his forward-looking warnings are starting to be realized in 2018. Take this stunning letter from Senators Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, …
The United States has spent a lot of money on counterterrorism since the 9/11 attacks. But nobody has been keeping good track of just how much, until now. A bipartisan group of national security and budget experts convened by the …
by dying_to_be_vain As the Reuters’ headline says, Omnicom’s organic growth misses estimates as U.S. clients curb spending. Omnicom reported a 2 percent rise in organic revenue – a closely watched measure that excludes foreign exchange rate changes and mergers. Analysts, on …
via americanbanker: hen Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell faces lawmakers this week, one big question will almost certainly be: Is the central bank playing favorites among the big banks? Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, ranking member on the …
More than $1 trillion in stock-backed loans close to margin call eruption — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) July 17, 2018 Morgan Stanley is cashing in on risky, stock-backed loans (2017) Morgan Stanley revealed Tuesday that it’s making a bundle selling risky …
via businesscycle: Stealth Slowdown Unfolding Wall Street is too optimistic on the economy, veteran forecaster warns from CNBC. As the chart shows, real personal income and consumer spending growth are both in cyclical downturns. Contrary to the notion of a “strengthening” economy, consumer spending …
by GoldSilver If you are a dedicated precious metals investor, you might be sick and tired of being told to be happy about falling prices. You don’t want to hear that Warren Buffett famously opined that the one and only time …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Eurozone growth could be derailed by escalating trade wars and the threat of more tariffs on goods from the US. via PAUL WITHERS The fund said it had cut its 2018 growth forecasts for Eurozone countries, …
by WARREN MOSLER Mixed bag again, as auto sales contributions are volatile in a generally softening auto market. And the Fed estimates the tax cuts and spending increases will add about .4-.5% to GDP this year. Also, the spending numbers …
They aren’t even trying to hide it any more, the Deep State wants a Civil War and Coup De Etat to overthrow a democratically elected President and re-capture power over the American People. They are openly calling for a Coup, …
Industrial Metals & CRB Index slammed
From CNBC: Billionaire hedge-fund founder Ray Dalio says artificial intelligence and automation are improving productivity but also causing such a dramatic wealth gap that “a national emergency should be declared.” The co-chief investment officer and co-chairman of Bridgewater Associates shared his thoughts in …
via metro.co.uk: Don’t tell the Hatton Garden gang: scientists just unearthed an eye-watering hoard of diamonds, so valuable it would completely destroy the world’s economy. The scientists reckon there’s a quadrillion tonnes of diamond buried in the ‘cratonic roots’ in continents. …
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was summoned to the @WhiteHouse this morning, reports @NBCNews. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was summoned to the @WhiteHouse this morning, reports @NBCNews. — Steve Herman (@W7VOA) July 17, 2018 UPDATE— #BREAKING @PressSec says President …
by stock_throwaway_123 Throwaway account since I’m giving actual dollar values here. I do data-driven short-term trading via a homegrown system, and I got burned by brokerage behavior I hadn’t known was possible. So, last month my system told me to …
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S&P 500 dividend yield less 3-month T-bill yield – 3-Month Treasury Bill yield closes above 2% for the first time since June 2008. 10-year high.
“Eurodollar curve inverted e.g. in 2020 (Dec20 vs Dec!9). Since the start of the Greenspan era in 1987 this has either preceded a US recession, a pause in the Fed’s hiking pace, or both,” h/t @enlundm https://ndea.mk/2NiABOW People want to …
by Ian Shilling The Full Press Conference https://www.pscp.tv/w/1BRJjeoqEYBGw?t=1h19m53s Click on the date (July 16,2018) on each tweet below to view the short extracted video clip for that tweet. Trump declared: As of today the Cold War is over. So far it …
by Adam Taggart Shutterstock Our good friend John Rubino over at DollarCollapse.com just released an analysis titled US Housing Bubble Enters Stage Two: Suddenly Motivated Sellers. He reminds us that housing bubbles follow a predictable progression: Stage One: Mania — Prices rise …
by Simon Black It was only a few day ago that Netflix was riding high. The streaming company had been nominated for a whopping 112 Emmy awards, more than any other network. And they’d further managed to unseat HBO’s 17-year reign …
In the 1980-1990s velocity was healthy and debt was manageable. In the mid 1990s velocity began its long collapse as government debt took over, accelerating after 2008. Concept request via @MI_Investments
Ocasio-Cortez Credits Prosperity Under Capitalism to ‘Course of Human Evolution.’ She granted that capitalism was temporarily the “most efficient and best” system, but that it must change “as we evolve.” “We’re starting to see that the people who create value …
