Muh Establishment Opinion

by Yojimbo Remember the immortal words of Sam Hyde regarding journalists. Wah, wah, wah, when muh precious journalists were crying about losing their worthless jobs and incomes, Sam Hyde had some valuable advice for them. I only began to listen to Nick Fuentes. Holy shit, this 20 year old guy is sharp as a tack and … Read more

“We’re All Socialists Now”

by Antonius Aquinas Despite being probably robbed of the Democratic Party’s nomination by the Clinton political machine, the success of the Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign with his advocacy of “democratic socialism” was an ominous sign of things to come and, in some sense, more telling of the political climate than Donald Trump’s improbable victory in November, … Read more

Swelling US corporate debt raises risk of global financial meltdown

via nikkei: NEW YORK — Surging U.S. business debt, already at historic levels, is posing a potentially huge risk for the global financial system and the world economy, raising concerns among market players and policymakers. Experts are growing increasingly uneasy about both the quality and quantity of debt in the U.S. corporate sector as the amount … Read more

MAJOR Inconsistencies In The DNC Server Story

VERY interesting document was released recently as a result of the United States of America v. Roger Stone which has exposed a MAJOR INCONSISTENCY in the “Russian hacking” allegations. https://youtu.be/DRYcgnYC-LA Link to document: https://www.scribd.com/document/413428947/Stone-De-123-DOJ-Response-to-MTC-Crowdstrike-Reports

The Fed isn’t expected to cut rates in June, but there’s a chance it will guide for a cut this year to appease the market.

by AlexPitti   When the market projects at least a 70% chance or more of a specific action/inaction on rates, it is almost always correct. As of Tuesday, the market sees a 22.5% chance of a cut in June which means there won’t be one. The Fed will maintain rates. The table below lists Oxford Economics’ expectations … Read more

Overweight and Obesity around the globe

by k1next https://raw.githubusercontent.com/camminady/overweight/master/bmi.mp4 Data: The data is taken from https://ourworldindata.org/obesity People with a BMI >= 25 are defined as overweight. People with a BMI >= 30 are defined as obese. Data is available for the years 1975-2016 for many countries around the globe. Tools: python, matplotlib and geopands. More information is here on my blog together with the source … Read more

Tired of living paycheck to paycheck? Need some advice on how to start out and also tools to help you stick to it?

by PM_ME_YOUR_RATTIES OK, so you’re going to want to build a budget. You can either use prebuilt tools (like Mint or YNAB) or you can roll your own (spreadsheet). Either way, you want to capture all of your set expenses (rent, utilities, transportation, debts, cell phone, car/life/renter’s insurance, etc.) as well as have maximums for your … Read more

S&P 500 Buybacks Now Outpace All R&D Spending in the US

via thesoundingline: The United States engaged in roughly $608 billion worth of research and development in 2018. That figure includes R&D by all entities in the US, from universities to private and public corporations. During the same year, corporations in the S&P 500 spent $806 billion buying back their own stock. In other words, the 500 largest companies … Read more

20 Most Widely Held Stocks on Robinhood

Aurora Cannabis GE Ford Apple Microsoft Cronos Group Fitbit GoPro Tesla AMD Canopy Growth Snap Facebook Hexo Disney Alibaba Amazon Plug Power Zynga Nvidia   https://www.investors.com/news/marijuana-stocks-aurora-canopy-growth-hexo-cronos-lead-millennial-investors/

2019 Returns…

via @charliebilello: Bitcoin $BTC: +143% REITs $VNQ: +22% Nasdaq 100 $QQQ: +21% S&P 500 $SPY: +18% Oil $USO: +16% Small Caps $IWM: +16% EAFE $EFA: +12% Investment Grade $LQD: +10% High Yield $HYG: +9% EM $EEM: +8% Commodities $DBC: +6% Bonds $AGG: +5% Gold $GLD: +5% Cash $BIL: +1%    

Left in the dark, ECB policymakers divided on stimulus options.

Left in the dark, ECB policymakers divided on stimulus options. "Conversations w/sources on sidelines of ECB’s Sintra symposium showed that rate-setters had not expected such a strong message and that there was no consensus on the path ahead," RTRS reports https://t.co/x8nB71o4Mt pic.twitter.com/JG5By5ABrk — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) June 18, 2019

This market will go a lot higher before it goes lower and it does not matter how crap the data looks (and yes it looks horrible) but other factors are in the driving seat

Look at this plot from @Callum_Thomas . This market will go a lot higher before it goes lower and it does not matter how crap the data looks (and yes it looks horrible) but other factors are in the driving seat pic.twitter.com/64UQyBZWIp — M vestergaard (@mvesterg) June 18, 2019 Cass Freight index deteriotes further now … Read more