Downward Mobility Matters More Than Liberal-Conservative Labels

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by Charles Hugh-Smith The real heresy here is the American economy is now rigged for downward mobility. In the conventional narrative, one’s economic class is overshadowed by one’s political belief structure: liberal, conservative, libertarian, etc. In terms of economic class, the conventional narrative divides people into their ideological beliefs about economic ideologies: free market capitalism, socialism, … Read more

The Top 5 Best U.S. States To Live In

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Where you live makes a huge difference in your quality of life. Many people live in massive cities to be close to work, to have modern conveniences, live near family, and enjoy themselves. But the same person could have a drastic difference in their current situation by living in a different area. Let’s take a … Read more

Examining the Impact of Tariffs

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by FS Markets are rebounding today after yesterday’s precipitous fall, in which the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrials both experienced their worst day in four months. But make no mistake – the short-term trend remains down. Source: Stockcharts.com. Note: Past performance is no guarantee of future results Yesterday’s decline halted at a key technical … Read more

Steve Hilton: China Imports Are Less Than 3% of US Economy – We Don’t Need China!

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From last night's #SteveSays: "The snooty establishment call Trump the ignoramus. He was right about China. The entire establishment got it wrong. Now as president, Donald Trump is delivering exactly the tough stance he called for as a private citizen two decades ago…" pic.twitter.com/H5Q2F43CMg — The Next Revolution (@NextRevFNC) May 13, 2019 President @realDonaldTrump is … Read more

The World Is Fed UP With Expensive Renewable Energy

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by Natura Naturans The EU statistics show a dramatic decline in Renewable energy projects. German cities and towns have rebelled against wind farms destroying old growth forests for bird killing, ugly, noisy wind turbines: The rate of renewable energy installations in the EU in 2018 was less than half the maximum level achieved in 2010. Both … Read more

Bolton Is Choking On Foreign Policy, Here’s Who Should Replace Him

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by disobedientmedia It’s been a bad year on the job for John Bolton. Whether it is blowing up the Hanoi Summit with a memo, embarrassing the US abroad by backing a Venezuelan coup which fizzled out or getting American forces into a potential war with Iran based solely on non-specific Israeli intelligence the National Security Advisor has shown himself … Read more

Walmart earnings beat as investments fuel sales growth, says in ‘good position’ to hit 2019 goals

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via cnbc: ​ * Earnings per share: $1.13, adjusted, vs. $1.02 expected * Revenue: $123.93 billion vs. $125.03 billion expected * U.S. same-store sales: growth of 3.4% vs. increase of 3.3% expected “We’re continuing our transformation to become more of a digital enterprise,” CEO Doug McMillon said in prepared remarks. E-commerce sales grew 37%, boosted by … Read more

BIG Docs Find by Judicial Watch Exposes Ohr-Deep State Collusion Targeting Trump

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by TFittonJW Massive: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-releases-email-exchange-between-state-department-official-and-bruce-ohr-targeting-trump-with-steele-dossier-material/ (Washington, DC)- Judicial Watch today released four pages of documents from the U.S. Department of Justice showing a conversation between former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Kathleen Kavalec and former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr, discussing the targeting of Donald Trump with Steele dossier material. In … Read more

Buffett Made a Mistake That Cost Him $4.3 Billion This Year—Here’s What Every Investor Can Learn fro

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By Robert Ross Even the best investors have bad days. Warren Buffett is no exception. In February, he watched one of his biggest acquisitions quickly sour. I’m talking about Kraft Heinz, an American food giant that makes everything from ketchup to Oscar Mayer hot dogs to Kool-Aid. The stock plunged 30% in one day after … Read more

Global Economy Cooling—New Signs Everywhere

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To be sure, even before the latest trade war round, global growth and trade were already suffering, confirmed most recently by last night’s dismal China economic data, which showed industrial output, retail sales and investment all sliding in April by more than economists forecast. A similar deterioration was observed in the US, where retail sales … Read more

Is someone secretly smashing the stock market at night?

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by Troy The stock market has been rallying throughout the day and selling off at night throughout the recent stock market decline. Is this the sign of something more sinister that’s going on in the stock market. Meanwhile, interest rates are falling. Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. Let’s determine the stock market’s … Read more

Snow! California will look more like winter than spring

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Tfc0zTL6o It might be May but there is a winter storm warning for part of California, where up to 3 feet of snow might fall. In what is more like a January weather pattern, a strong storm will push through California over the next couple of days. https://marygreeley.com/?p=85672