Californians Sour on Tesla Model S and Model X

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In their most important market, the plunge in registrations far outpaced their already stunning global decline. Which opens a whole new question. The Model S and the Model X are Tesla’s high-dollar high-margin vehicles. Some versions clock in at over $100,000. Sales of them have been declining globally ever since the … Read more

Still think this is just going to be one single “insurance” Fed rate cut?

Richmond Fed Manufacturing survey order backlog index collapses to its lowest level since April 2009 and has contracted now for eight months in a row for the first time in five years. Still think this is just going to be one single “insurance” Fed rate cut? pic.twitter.com/llppFBO89t — David Rosenberg (@EconguyRosie) July 23, 2019 PHLX … Read more

Why is Apple buying Intel modems?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eenv6SUw3ag Apple may be closing a billion-dollar deal to buy Intel’s modem business. RT America’s Michele Greenstein joins Rick Sanchez to discuss how the deal will position Apple to develop its own 5G modem in the future, giving it the patents, IP and talent hitherto belonging to Intel.

The US Economy Is Not Fake, It’s Unsustainable

by Keith Weiner of Monetary-Metals Folks in the liberty movement often say that the economy is fake. But this does not persuade anyone. It’s just preaching to the choir! We hope that this series on GDP provides more effective ammunition to argue with the Left-Right-Wall-Street-Main-Street-Capitalists-Socialists. We frame it that way, because nearly everyone loves to tout GDP (though some do so only when it … Read more

UBS CEO Warns of ‘Dangerous’ Bubbles

UBS CEO Warns of ‘Dangerous’ Bubbles Spurred by Central Banks (Bloomberg) — UBS Group AG’s chief executive officer is sounding the alarm on fresh monetary easing just as European policy makers appear poised to deliver another helping to stimulus-hungry markets. “I’d be very, very careful about growing further the balance sheet of central banks,’’ Sergio … Read more

Illinois police department tells criminals to stay inside during heat wave

by DCG This is not from The Onion. From MyFoxChicago: Criminal activity has been officially canceled in one suburban Chicago town due to the extreme heat that’s cooking most of the country. “It is just too hot to be outside committing crimes,” the Park Forest Police Department said on Facebook Friday. “We’re asking all aspiring criminals, seasoned veterans, … Read more

Tucker Carlson: Dems say no one is above the law – except illegal immigrants. And that could cost them in 2020

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Maybe you’ve noticed this from watching TV in the past couple of years. When it’s about tax returns or executive orders, or of course, Russia, the left strikes a law and order pose. Nobody, they’ll remind you — finger wagging in your face — is above the law in this … Read more

China Is Building Their Strategic Pork Reserve

China June pork imports surge 62.8% from a year earlier. BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s pork imports in June surged from the previous year, customs data showed on Tuesday, as the world’s top consumer of the meat stocked up on supplies after African swine fever has decimated domestic pig herds. China brought in 160,467 tonnes of … Read more

Is it happening? DOJ to open antitrust review of Big Tech…

Just one week after the tech world’s most visible conservative and entrepreneur to back President Donald Trump, Peter Thiel, slammed “treasonous” Google for agreeing to work closely with China, trying to get its search engine back into the Chinese market, while deciding to let a US defense department contract that gave the military access to its artificial intelligence … Read more