How to Make Your PC Virtually Hacker-Proof

via Mark Nestmann One of the key points of asset protection planning is to have multiple lines of defense in place. For instance, when our team reviews ways to protect a client’s bank and securities accounts, we may suggest conveying ownership of the accounts from the client’s name to an LLC. The LLC, in turn, could … Read more

The Electric Surtax

via Eric Peters Porsches have never been inexpensive – but they’re about to become more so. You could call it the electric surtax – because that’s what it amounts to. And it’s probably going to be applied to us all, eventually. Porsche corporate – the company –  just announced that it will expect all 190 of its U.S. stores to … Read more

ANALYSIS: No Job’s comfort in the Brave New World

by John Ward Each of us has his or her own Big Political Lie that we think should be Top of the Pops. For me, the Number 1 slot – by a country mile, an EU kilometre, or a Chinese Yuan Juli – must surely go to the issue of Human Employment. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ The very fact … Read more

No economy is as dependent on a trade surplus as Germany.

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) named names and pointed fingers: Its Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany in October dropped by 14.1 points, to a level of negative -24.7, matching July 2018, both the lowest levels since August 2012, when the Eurozone was still trying to not dig itself deeper into … Read more

BOOM! They Just Got CAUGHT HIDING Key Evidence From Trump! Top GOP Rep Blows Story WIDE OPEN!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjYg361NHL4 Chuck Ross for the Western Journal reports, A Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee said Sunday that Fusion GPS co-founder is “in real legal jeopardy” over inconsistent testimony that he gave to Congress regarding his work on the infamous Steele dossier. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/fusion…

It seems possible that Khashoggi was murdered in order to embarrass Crown Prince bin Salman rather than to protect him

HMM: What the media aren’t telling you about Jamal Khashoggi. The fate of Khashoggi has at least provoked global outrage, but it’s for all the wrong reasons. We are told he was a liberal, Saudi progressive voice fighting for freedom and democracy, and a martyr who paid the ultimate price for telling the truth to power. … Read more

BLUE WAVE? Polarization Seems to Be Helping Republicans in Run-Up to Midterms. “Energized voters on the right dim prospects for big Democratic gains in red districts and states.”

Nate Cohn: The fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court seems to have contributed to polarizing the electorate, helping Republicans gain in red states and districts even as Democrats cement their strong position elsewhere. The trend might fade, but if it holds it will be an abrupt change from earlier polls and last … Read more

This is typical bear market rally – WAY WAY WAY too strong – gets people way too optimistic and in a fractal loop of raising of all their price expectations

This is typical bear market rally – WAY WAY WAY too strong – gets people way too optimistic and in a fractal loop of raising of all their price expectations — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) October 16, 2018 2630s was main geometric target but when we held 2740s plus the x-Ticks became clear they try to get … Read more

Is A Year-End Rally Still Possible?

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, For the last few months, we have repeatedly warned about the mounting risks which were being ignored by an increasingly overly complacent, overly exuberant market. Doug Kass had a good compilation of those concerns on Friday: The Fed Chairman seemed more hawkish in tone recently Rising interest rates provide … Read more

Anatomy Of A Global Rescue

by Chris What does a rescue look like in a hyper-interconnected world of global “markets?” Well it looks like this…just for fun I’ve lined up the “markets” for Japan, the US, Europe generally and Germany specifically so that their times line up. Notice anything? Now the headlines this morning are all going to be about … Read more

Dissention in the markets

Dissention in the markets pic.twitter.com/AfKUoiiV9L — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) October 16, 2018 Seller exhaustion is setting up at 2792 a top 40 percentile event over the last 20 years. Should find support there and bounce but failure at this price would set up further downside#ticktools — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) October 16, 2018 Future business conditions pic.twitter.com/hok3M0AJ3F — … Read more

Robinhood Gets Almost Half Its Revenue in Controversial Bargain With High-Speed Traders

Article strongly comes off as a hit piece, but fwiw: “… The startup, valued at $5.6 billion, was bringing in more than 40 percent of its revenue earlier this year from selling its customers’ orders to high-frequency trading firms, or market makers, like Citadel Securities and Two Sigma Securities, according to three people with knowledge … Read more

3 reasons why now is the worst time to buy a house

by JasonMckennan Unemployment is at historic low levels. This means people have money to buy homes, which pushes the prices higher as they currently are. The best time to buy is when unemployment is high…which means lots of buyers fall out of the market. At the same time, people are losing their homes due to … Read more