Papadopoulos: Intel agents tried to get my wife to wear a wire
Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos reveals new details about intelligence agencies spying on him.
Attack on Syria now underway
🇸🇾 — REPORTS — Targets were attacked in the area of al-Keswa an area that Iranians have a broad foothold in. 5 explosions were heard in Damascus #Syria #Israel pic.twitter.com/pjGvaMVdHn — Belaaz News (@TheBelaaz) May 17, 2019 AC
Trump’s ‘merit-based’ plan would require future immigrants to learn English
Former acting ICE Director Thomas Homan discusses whether immigrants should be required to learn English.
Liquidity Stress Fractures Begin to Show in the Federal Reserve System
by David Haggith In my January Premium Post, “An Interesting Interest Conundrum,” I laid out how the Federal Reserve was losing control over the Fed funds rate — a loss of control over its bedrock interest rate that indicates financial stresses are building in the banking system that increase the risks from runs on the … Read more
California ready to ban gas-powered cars?
LOS ANGELES — California without gasoline-burning cars? The idea is starting to be floated. A top regulator came close Thursday, but ultimately backed away from directly raising the notion of giving the boot to exhaust-belching automobiles, a staple of life in the freeway-happy Golden State for more than a century. Speaking at an air-quality workshop … Read more
ICE To Move 225,000 Illegals Across Country, Thousands More To South Florida
ICE to hire contractor to transport 225,000 migrants to shelters across the US Watch the latest video at foxnews.com The Trump administration is looking to hire a private contractor that will be responsible for transporting approximately 225,000 migrant children and families to shelters across the country over the next five years as they wait for their asylum claims to be … Read more
Baidu, Chinese search engine, posts first ever quarterly loss.
Company’s American depositary receipts drop more than 7% Board authorizes new $1 billion share repurchase program Baidu Inc. posted a loss for the first time since going public in 2005 as China’s biggest online search engine struggles with a changing local market and slowing economy. The net loss was 327 million yuan ($47.5 million) for the … Read more
The Ultimate Investing Checklist
by Shanemonksobyrne Below is the complete version of the well-received value investing cheat sheet. As mentioned before, it is nearly impossible for a company to tick all of these boxes in the current market, but they are useful guidelines. This took me a long time to compile… I hope you derive value from it. … Read more
Another rally in stocks completely rejected by the credit market.
Another rally in stocks completely rejected by the credit market. One of them is right.The 2-year yield rarely lies. pic.twitter.com/kWQjvmcw5G — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) May 15, 2019
Credit card interest rates are soaring
via @SullyCNBC There’s nearly $1 trillion in outstanding card debt in America. You’re paying for those ‘rewards’, folks. This is a story nearly no one is talking about.
Twitter Refuses to Clarify Their Own Community Guidelines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA679Ln034s
Animation: How Billionaires are Preparing for the Next Bear Market
by visualcapitalist No one likes to lose money, even if you have billions to spare. It’s why the prospect of a bear market – a prolonged downturn which sees stock prices fall by at least 20% over two months or more – is something that keeps even the world’s most elite investors awake at night. To … Read more
A spreadsheet for people who don’t know how to budget
by Celesmeh Hey guys! last year I made a spreadsheet to help myself budget- I’m terrible at sticking to a budget so I made a sheet that breaks it down so that I just have the ability to break it down to a daily manageable amount. Heres what it looks like View post on imgur.com I … Read more
UNDERSTAND INFLATION
via @OccupyWisdom : 1/ Falsely reported consumer inflation & asset inflation create bubbles. If consumer inflation is considered “low” it will keep the rate of interest low. This creates relaxed lending & easier borrowing, leading to investment in equities & real 2/ estate. These asset prices will rise as a result, so lenders becoming even more willing … Read more
Pull back the lens and the US economy has actually become TSLA
via @MI_Investments Anybody claiming 2 or 3% GDP today is equivalent to what it was in the 70/80/90/00’s is wrong, because it was ORGANIC back then. $12T in new nat’l debt. @realDonaldTrump is like Elon, tweeting to keep charade going
This is one of the most honest interview out there Gold Price Being Manipulated, Should Be $2,900 – Keiser UNCENSORED
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1129094523236302853
Remember to regularly audit your subscription services! You may be letting anywhere from $5 to $20 slip out of your wallet each month
by believe0101 This video about the hidden costs of monthly subscription services by the Wall Street Journal just popped up on my YouTube recommended videos list. Ironically, the top comment is from someone joking about how they need to cancel their digital subscription to the WSJ! This video prompted me to do a self-audit, generating a master … Read more
Husband and I just went car-free, reducing our transportation expenses by 75%.
by spriteking2012 Long-time listener, first-time caller. Yesterday, we completed the sale of our only car and have fully committed to a life free of car ownership. Now, I say this knowing that for a good number of Americans, life without a car, even two, would be either 1) impossible or 2) deeply impracticable/impractical because of … Read more
Walmart Q1 Free Cash Flow: $1.4 Billion; Walmart Q1 Dividends and Buybacks: $3.7 Billion
Walmart Q1 Free Cash Flow: $1.4 BillionWalmart Q1 Dividends and Buybacks: $3.7 Billion pic.twitter.com/qlTPLvreuS — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 16, 2019 U.S. companies are still buying back their shares at a near record pace. Firms in the S&P 500 that have reported Q1 results repurchased $180 billion worth of their own stock in the period, on … Read more