Stock Market Nears the Moment of Truth

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by Kimble Charting As investors prepare for the Federal Reserve announcement today, they are feeling pretty good. That’s mostly due to the performance of the “big 3” stock market indexes: the S&P 500 IndexINDEXSP: .INX, Dow Jones IndustrialsINDEXDJX: DJI, and the NasdaqINDEXNASDAQ: .IXIC. As you can see in the upper half of today’s chart, all three are at all-time … Read more

Strongest Economy Ever? Just Ignore The Negative Revisions

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Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the last 18-months, there has been a continual drone of political punditry touting the success of “Trumponomics” as measured by various economic data points. Even the President himself has several times taken the opportunity to tweet about the “strongest economy ever.” But if it is the “strongest economy ever,” then why the … Read more

New Tariffs, Stocks Plunge, Manufacturing Falls Again And More Layoffs – But Everything Is “Fine”?

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by Michael Snyder Things are starting to go downhill rather quickly now.  A day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade, we received a whole bunch more bad economic news.  Most Americans don’t realize it yet, but our economy is in serious trouble.  We haven’t seen anything … Read more

Degradation of literally EVERYTHING

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Seems that way, doesn’t it. Everything in today’s society seems to be treated with or practiced in a half assed, not as good, neglected and indifferent way. Examples I’ve noticed (Observations noticed here in NW OHIO): 1. Restaurants. Once fancy, high end restaurants now feel like run of the mill burger joints these days. Restaurants … Read more

Time Magazine Reports That Quinnipiac Poll Out Wednesday Found That 33% Of Americans See Barack Obama As The Worst President Since WWII

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by Geoffrey Grider More Americans consider Barack Obama to be the worst President since World War II than they do any other president, according to a new poll. It is less than 3 years since Barack Obama left office, and already Liberal media outlets are forced to report the truth that he is considered to be the … Read more

Why Oil Prices Plunged Today

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By Nick Cunningham Oil traders – along with financial markets everywhere – were disappointed with the decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve despite the first interest rate cut since the global financial crisis a decade ago. The Fed cut rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday, and one would think that the monetary easing would … Read more

Forecasts showing a VERY LARGE hurricane possibly making landfall near Jacksonville, FL

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https://gfycat.com/scholarlyidealisticaardwolf Just saw this from the latest forecast. It travels through the Bahamas and eventually either makes land fall or sits just off the coast for an extended period. This forecast actually has it strengthening and gaining size considerably after approaching the coast! Heads up East Coast!   h/t I’m with Trump.

America’s Poverty Trap: How A Small Financial Setback Can Spiral Into an Inescapable Disaster

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by Daisy Luther The problem with poverty in America is that the system is designed to keep you poor. Maybe it’s just because poor people are easier to control. I have written before about how to survive when you’re so broke that you can’t pay your bills and while the comments were largely supportive, there are always … Read more

Congress to Make 401(k)’s Riskier For Your Retirement Savings

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From Birch Gold Group In June 2018, the White House let a piece of legislation known as the “fiduciary rule” drop, according to Bloomberg: The “fiduciary rule” is officially dead. The Labor Department rule, conceived by the Obama administration, was meant to ensure that advisers put their clients’ financial interests ahead of their own when … Read more