Why the Wave of Mega-IPOs Won’t Bail Out the San Francisco & Silicon Valley Housing Bubbles, Despite All the Hype.
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The Wave of Mega-IPOs is already baked into the cake.
How is it that even Germany needs an economic stimulus?
by Shaun Richards Sometimes we have an opportunity like the image of Janus with two heads to look at an event from two different perspectives. This morning’s trade data for Germany is an example of that. If we look at the overall theme of the Euro era then the way that Germany engineered a competitive … Read more
UK to levy “huge fines” on websites that don’t remove “disinformation and fake news”
The UK government is taking a hard line when it comes to online safety, appointing what it claims is the world’s first independent regulator to keep social media companies in check. Companies that fail to live up to requirements will face huge fines, with senior directors who are proven to have been negligent of their … Read more
Bizarre ‘Mukbang’ YouTube trend sees women scoff 20,000-calorie McDonalds meals earning $$$$
A FREAKY trend that has taken YouTube by storm involves guzzling huge volumes of food in front of total strangers. Known as mukbang videos, the viral clips show young women and men scoffing enormous meals in front of hoards of people online… The phrase comes from combining the Korean words for eating (muok-da) and broadcast (bang … Read more
Possible Civil War unfolding in Sudan now.
https://twitter.com/Deven_Intel/status/1115063573934292992 https://www.facebook.com/Abdoulmalik136/videos/2915326238692598/ https://twitter.com/hashtag/sudanuprising https://youtu.be/1Z3rjFcut7s https://youtu.be/jVAkvULSZzo AC
SocGen: Beware the Squeeze VIX
SocGen: Beware the Squeeze $VIX pic.twitter.com/bomZXVfOUq — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) April 7, 2019 https://twitter.com/TommyThornton/status/1114249577945817090 #HedgeFunds net short 141.5k contracts in $VIX futures. This is higher than 140.4k early Oct last year, when cash began to rally and $SPX fell apart. pic.twitter.com/Icha0zEWbp — hedgopia (@hedgopia) April 5, 2019 $SVXY $SPX $VIX Divergence at the … Read more
Things Teens Should Know About How Their Parents May Steal from Them
by texdroid Personal documents: Birth certificates, Passport, Social Security Card, etc… If you don’t know where they are kept or parents won’t let you have them at 18 or access them, that could be a red flag since these are the foundation of identity and financial identity. 2) Joint accounts A) Closing / transferring … Read more
Far from #oil fields..but something watch — Eastern #Libyan forces conduct air strikes on #Tripoli as U.N. fails to reach truce
https://twitter.com/chigrl/status/1114958746269179905 TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Eastern Libyan forces carried out air strikes on the southern part of Tripoli on Sunday and made progress toward the city center, residents said, escalating an operation to take the capital as the United Nations failed to achieve a truce. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-strike-idUSKCN1RJ0CU
NOT HEALTHY: 13% of developed-country public companies are ‘zombies’ that don’t make enough to cover interest payments on their debts.
New York (CNN Business)1. Easy money: The past decade of ultra-low interest rates has spawned the rise of “zombie” companies. These debt-laden firms don’t make enough to even cover their interest payments. That’s never a good sign. The number of zombie companies in advanced economies last year stood at 536, or 13% of the total, … Read more
American Airlines extends flight cancellations through June 5 as Boeing 737 Max remains grounded
American previously announced it would cancel approximately 90 flights a day through April 24. Boeing is working to fix software shortcomings on the planes after two fatal crashes and international probe. Customers affected by the cancellations will be contacted by American representatives with available re-bookings. American Airlines will extend flight cancellations through June 5, more than … Read more
The Senate Is Convening Hearings on Google FBook Censorship of Conservatives LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNsisPnkrqU Plenty of swampland in DC and all the small creatures occupy to Rob and steal from the people… EC
TREASON: The True Legacy Of John McCain
John McCain made several propaganda tapes for the Vietnamese, betrayed the families of POWs as a Senator, covertly supported ISIS terrorists in Syria, and seditiously undermined President Trump with his “repeal and replace” vote while shopping the fake Russian Dossier to the FBI and various news outlets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5jpIiDc8dQ
The Unemployment Rate Will Skyrocket Off The Charts
Here is the article and video mentioned in this RTD Quick Take 1. Job Layoffs Surge 35% To Highest Level To Start A Year In A Decade https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/04/job-l… 2. (Video) Greedy And Dumb Wall Street Thinks The Market Goes Up Forever https://youtu.be/ytewknXwm9g
The Reasoning For The Upcoming Bear Market
by cbus20122 Earnings are set to decelerate over the next few quarters. This comes at a time where we are seeing much more difficult YOY comps after a 3 year earnings bull market accelerated by unprecedented late cycle tax cuts. There are still huge builds in semiconductor inventory as prices are shitting the bed. This comes … Read more
What’s the Difference Between Democrats and Communists?
by Wayne Allyn Root I’m starting to think Joe McCarthy wasn’t wrong, just early. I wasn’t even born when McCarthy was going after communists in our government and political class. I wasn’t there, so I have no idea what really happened. But history says he was wrong. Okay, let’s go by that assessment. That was then. … Read more
Can Testimony From This Former Senior HSBC Executive Put Away Half Of The Deep State?
by Dave Hodges via Silver Bear Cafe In one of the most important interviews in the history of The Common Sense Show, I recently interviewed John Cruz, a former Senior Vice-President at HSBC Bank. After being honorably discharged from the military, John Cruz had obtained what he thought was his dream position as the Senior VP at HSBC … Read more
Secretary for Homeland Security Nielsen expected to resign (or has just resigned) to President Trump in WH
#BREAKING: Secretary for Homeland Security Nielsen expected to resign (or has just resigned) to President Trump in WH https://t.co/grQPkqrXCB — ELINT News (@ELINTNews) April 7, 2019 JUST IN: Two US officials tell @CBSNews DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen meeting with President Trump at 5pm, expected to resign. — Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCNN) April 7, 2019 https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1114999698845097984 #BREAKING: … Read more
Trade Deal Follies: The U.S. Has Embraced the World’s Worst Negotiating Tactics
by Charles Hugh-Smith The world’s worst negotiating strategy is to make a crazy tulip-bubble stock market rally dependent on a trade deal that harms the interests of the U.S. The world’s worst negotiating tactics, the equivalent of handing the other side a loaded gun while waving a squirt gun around, are: 1. Declare a de … Read more
Forbes: Federal Policies Are Making Houses Unaffordable
via forbes: The Senate Banking Committee held two hearings on housing finance reform last week, proving once again the truth of that old adage: The more things change, the more they stay the same. If the Senate witnesses looked familiar, that’s because they were. Many of them had testified in the House last December, and virtually all have long been … Read more