Robert Smith’s Student Loan Pledge Sends the Wrong Message
By Rodney Johnson Vista Equity Partners Chairman Robert Smith made quite a splash over the weekend when, during a commencement speech at Morehouse College, he pledged to pay off the student loan debt of every member of the class of 2019 who had accrued a tab. Smith is worth $5 billion, so he can afford to be … Read more
Without This Tool in Your Hurricane Supplies, You Could Be Screwed
by Jeremiah Johnson I wrote several articles (a series, a few years back) about my family’s experiences in Hurricane Katrina (Editor’s Notes: Links to these articles will be provided at the end of this article). With hurricane season about to crop up again in a few months, it’s important to remember how important tools are for hurricane preparedness … Read more
Dear Investor: Unless You Have 100 Years To Wait—Get Out Of The Casino And Stay Out!
by Lance Roberts “Price is what you pay, value is what you get.” – Warren Buffett Just recently, I discussed the importance of valuations as it relates to investors who are close to retirement age. To wit: “Unless you have contracted ‘vampirism,’ then you do NOT have 90, 100, or more, years to invest to gain ‘average historical … Read more
Donald Trump unveils new – ‘Keep America Great’ – 2020 election slogan
DONALD Trump greeted a cheering crowd of thousands on Monday night, fresh with a new slogan for his forthcoming reelection campaign. Trump sailed to victory in 2016 with much of the success attributed to his famous ‘Make America Great Again’ slogan. And now the 45th US President has unveiled a new trademark phrase that will no doubt … Read more
Japan adds sharply falling imports to its continuing real wages problem
by Shaun Richards Today gives an opportunity to head east and look at what is sometimes considered to be the engine room of the world economy looking forwards. We can do so via an old friend which is Nihon the land of the rising sun. It is facing a situation where central banks in Malaysia, … Read more
CHINA AND TURKEY TO GET RUSSIA’S NEW MISSILE SYSTEM, WHO ELSE IS BUYING THIS WEAPON U.S. – Multibillion-dollar Weapon Sale Between Turkey, Russia and the US Just got More Complicated
by Amy S. Russia: Turkey can produce components of S-400 Components of S-400 air defense systems can be produced in Turkey, Russia’s presidential spokesman said on April 11. “We are not talking about the complete production chain, as it is a new type of weapons. But the production of some components can be organized,” Dmitry Peskov … Read more
Dem-pushed probe into Betsy DeVos’ personal email finds no misconduct
by DCG From Fox News: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos did not make “active or extensive” use of her personal email accounts to conduct official business, according to an internal watchdog inquiry long pushed by House Democrats that concluded with a whimper on Monday. Congressional Democrats for months have aggressively pursued a variety of probes into DeVos, who … Read more
As the stock market makes a comeback, the bond market flashes a ‘dire’ warning about the economy
via CNBC: The S&P 500 is up 1% since a massive sell-off to start last week. The broad index also remains about 3.8% from an intraday record reached on May 1. Bond yields, however, have not been as resilient. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield is trading at 2.4%, about 40 basis points below its 2019 … Read more
1984 turns 70. Instead of a warning we have a world that in many ways looks just like the book
Authored by John Vibes via ActivistPost.com, This month, George Orwell’s legendary novel Nineteen Eighty-Four turns 70 years old, and the warnings contained within the story are now more relevant than ever. Orwell’s predictions were so spot on that it almost seems like it was used as some type of accidental instruction manual for would-be tyrants. In the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four, … Read more
Doug Collins: “Democrats want the work of Mueller, but don’t want to talk to Mueller”
by sundance House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member, Doug Collins, points out how Jerry Nadler wants the “theater but doesn’t want the truth”. Specifically highlighting how the Democrats in congress conspicuously don’t want to present Robert Mueller for testimony. . Jerry Nadler has not demanded testimony from presumed author of the special counsel report, Robert Mueller. It … Read more
This Ultimate Formula Will Help You Avoid Dividend Cutters
By Robert Ross Many of you probably don’t have a telephone at home. I’m not talking about a cell phone. I’m talking about a phone plugged into the wall. The US Health Department reports that only 6.5% of homes are landline only, and most of them are in rural areas. One company that services these stalwart … Read more
TraderStef: Gold & Silver DOUBLE TROUBLE With Dave Janda & SGTreport
by TraderStef via TraderStef.wordpress.com (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) Last week was a busy week. The interview with SGTreport is a chartfest on all things gold and a brief analysis on bitcoin at the end. Sean was a great host and made my maiden voyage with SGTreport a smooth sailing experience. A big shoutout goes to Kenneth Ameduri at CrushTheStreet for making this cruise … Read more
David Horowitz – What is it with the Left?
from Financial Survival Network According to David Horowitz, the far-Left has gone off the reservation. They’re anti-American, pro-Communist and are trying to destroy everything that once made America great. They’ve had a multi-year war on Christianity and their emerging leaders have no idea what they’re doing, or perhaps they do. Either way, they need to be defeated … Read more
John Rubino – Making Spying Great Again
from Financial Survival Network John Rubino returns… Google just drive a spike through the heart of Huawei’s hearth. No more Android phone operating system for them! Everyone spies, especially the US. Is it better to have Alexa spying on you or the US Government. Neither of them have any concern for your privacy or your rights. Privacy … Read more
Nancy Pelosi ‘isn’t going to be able to hold off’ impeachment push from inside her party, senior House Dem tells Fox News
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com “Our Speaker is our Speaker, elected by our colleagues and we have a Caucus where we share our views… I think the Speaker is very responsive to the caucus https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nancy-pelosi-impeachment-trump-democrats
STUPID LEFTIST Journalists Break Into Home ON CAMERA!! MEDIA SILENT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j04vZ3D2oM Lani Levine – “Hey Elle, ratings are down what should we do?” Elle – “Let’s break into the 8chan owners house and try to dig up some dirt.” CNN ((SILENT)) Twitter – ((no deplatforming for Manifest Observable Behavior)) Silicon Valley ((SILENT))
Jaguar Land Rover Books its Biggest-Ever Annual Loss. Sales Collapse in China
China deliveries in its fiscal year: -34%. And not getting better: in April, -45%. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Britain’s largest automaker, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), owned by India’s Tata Motors, plunged £3.6 billion into the red in its fiscal year 2018, ended March 31, as the financial fallout from slumping Chinese demand and sinking … Read more
St Louis Fed Promotes Still More Free Money For Banks (And Hiding It All)
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, St Louis Fed researchers concocted a scheme to pay banks still more free money, but this time hiding all of it. At the current rate of 2.35%, the Fed hands out about $33.58 billion in free money to the banks. Interest Rate on Excess Reserves The two charts show the moving target. … Read more