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via Zerohedge: Rarely a week goes by without President Trump trying to open a new front in the trade war (Europe, Japan, South Korea and Mexico have all been threatened with new levies), and this sleepy post-holiday week is no exception. In a tweet, President Trump hinted at the possibility of new tariffs on Indian imports, … Read more
by David Haggith Stock market investors, hungry for more pork, are demanding Fed Chair, Jerome Powell, land on their table on a silver platter with an apple in his mouth at this week’s congressional hearings. Will he deliver? Powell has a thin red line to talk, or this overFed market that he and is cronies have … Read more
The entire Russia gate conspiracy theory has just been one big contradiction. AC
by visualcapitalist To the average person, cloud computing must seem quite magical. All at once, the cloud provides instant access to all of your data, photos, music, and applications, without you having to store any of that data locally. In fact, users can access the cloud from practically anywhere in the world, and across multiple devices … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggKd3cf4pLI NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies has detected 1,120 Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) so far this year. RT America’s Trinity Chavez reports for the News with Rick Sanchez on the likelihood of Earth being struck by one of these objects. She also discusses known asteroids that are particularly worrisome to astronomers and how humankind … Read more
Border Patrol agents are fighting back after Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) created a media firestorm last week after accusing agents of forcing migrants to drink water from toilets at detention facilities. In a video posted to the @CBPArizona Twitter account last week, Tucson sector Chief Patrol Agent Roy Villareal gives a tour of the city’s … Read more
Jim Hoft from The Gateway Pundit reports, On Sunday Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) joined Charles Payne on Sunday Morning Futures. During their discussion Rep. Biggs reminded the audience that Obama was the first president to omit the nationality question entirely from the US Census. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G3WvyeaqtA Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019…
If you believe you are a victim of Jeffrey Epstein, or have information about the conduct alleged in the Indictment unsealed today, please call 1-800-CALL FBI pic.twitter.com/f3ZMThOxJX — US Attorney SDNY (@SDNYnews) July 8, 2019
via investopedia: As stock prices climb to new record highs, an overlooked trend has been the large amounts of money being poured into real estate investments. Big U.S.-based institutional investors, notably pension funds, now have about $1 trillion in real estate, or roughly 10% of their portfolios, according to a report in Business Insider. Moreover, a record 22.5% of … Read more
via MarketWatch: S&P 500 earnings set to decline for a second straight quarter, and maybe a third The S&P 500 looks set to suffer its first earnings recession in three years, as the number of companies cutting guidance is among the highest seen in the past 13 years. The unofficial start of the second-quarter earnings … Read more
via publicfinanceinternational: Funding shortfalls for state and local pension funds are a key source of fiscal fragility in the United States. Research by IMF economists indicates that government employee pension fund assets are significantly smaller than their rapidly growing liabilities. A severe shock in the future could affect resources significantly, making fiscal adjustment necessary, the research indicates. … Read more
by confoundedinterest My Kuroda! Yes, The Bank of Japan’s Haruhiko Kuroda (the current governor) has greatly expanded the BOJ’s balance sheet of assets. Starting in 2012, Japan’s house price index has soared along with BOJ’s total assets p;urchases. In a similar fashion, the US Federal Reserve embarked on a historic market intervention starting in late 2012 affectionately … Read more
via @adam_tooze: Great graphic from @DeutscheBank via @SoberLook
