Charts: Everything That Disney Owns

via anewspost: The Walt Disney Company has been furiously acquiring various entertainment studios and businesses in recent decades, and has just expanded its media empire with the acquisition of Fox. As a part of the FOX deal, Disney acquired, Fox Family and Fox Animation, Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Fox 2000 Pictures; Fox’s television creative units, … Read more

Field of methane bubbling plumes discovered off North Carolina coast

Two sources of same info. https://strangesounds.org/2019/07/north-carolina-methane-field-activity-video.html “Evidence of a “seep field” off the island was first detected on sonar in 2012, but the expedition this month marked the first time visual proof was established that the seeps remains active and plentiful, officials said.” or Start at 1:55 to skip all the intro stuff.   h/t IJumpInIt

Is an armed society a safe society?

by Fabius Maximus Summary: As the gun lobby moves from the expanding the right to concealed carry to the open carry of guns, let’s examine the stories about guns that so many believe. This is one of the beliefs that form the foundation of the New America being built by Republicans on the ruins of the America-that-once-was, overturning a century … Read more

Why The Fed Could Cut By 50bps & Why It Won’t Matter

by Lance Roberts Market Review & Update Last week, we laid out the bull and bear case for the market: The Bull Case For 3300 Momentum Stock Buybacks Fed Rate Cuts Stoppage of QT Trade Deal The Bear Case Against 3300 Earnings Deterioration Recession No Trade Deal/Higher Tariffs Credit-Related Event (Junk Bonds) Mean Reversion Volatility / … Read more

Netflix loses $17 billion in one day, 126,000 subscribers in second quarter

via Yahoo: It was a record-setting day in the worst way for Netflix on Thursday, with the streaming giant’s valuation dropping $17 billion after the company reported disappointing second quarter subscriber growth after the market close on Wednesday. Netflix’s stock slumped 10.3% to $325.21 per share during Thursday trading, marking its worst single-day percentage drop … Read more

US Stock Market Showing Tech-Bubble Divergence

By Chris Puplava, FS The technical picture of the US stock market isn’t all that healthy right now. In fact, the only other time we have seen divergences in breadth this large was during the blow-off years of the tech bubble. Bottom line: Breadth levels are warning of a possible market top. Let’s first start … Read more

Interest rate hikes, interest rate cuts and US recessions… You decide

https://twitter.com/Occupy_Wisdom/status/1152683919311065088 how will central banks and world gov't trough out global pmi? pic.twitter.com/TqbDBY1aHf — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) July 21, 2019 #US $SPYLeading Eco Indicator vs. Financial ConditionsInteresting…🤔 pic.twitter.com/8wtWPcjhPm — Tim 🇦🇺 (@MillennialMacro) July 21, 2019 Global stocks have lost $174bn in mkt cap this wk as investors continue to position in wake of 19%ytd gain for … Read more

32, Black Woman, Single Mom, Raised in Hood, Drug Addicted & Absentee Parents, Once Was Homeless & Preggo Just Crossed 100K Net Worth Living in NY

by nevion03   As the title states…. ​ I’ve been a long time lurker and just crunched the numbers tonight and wanted to share. I am so happy. I did it. Brings tears to my eyes. ​ I’m 32, African American and a single mom of 1 teenager. I was born and raised in a … Read more

The market is fundamentally and technically overvalued to an extreme

The market is fundamentally and technically overvalued to an extreme. Beware the idea that the Fed has repealed the business cycle. Instead they have created the biggest asset bubbles yet. The unwind portends a nasty recession on the horizon.$DIA $INDU $DJIA pic.twitter.com/ZlKKbEtol8 — Kevin C. Smith, CFA (@crescatkevin) July 19, 2019 Interesting. Without the effect … Read more

One thing I did not understand about Chinese corporate debt was how short-term it was! Short-term as % of total liabilites is ominous.

One thing I did not understand about Chinese corporate debt was how short-term it was! Short-term as % of total liabilites is ominous. @IIF via @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/5CiX7iACjb — Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) July 18, 2019 "Beijing is forcing large banks to lend short-term money to risky NBFIs to prevent contagion from spreading." https://t.co/fYg3Enq480 @rhodium_group — MacroPru😷 … Read more