by FS Welcome to the Gilded Age of digital disruption where wealth, influence, and power are radically shifting to new players upending traditional business, economic, and social paradigms. To hear the podcast related to this article, see The Meltup Before the …
Can capitalism continue without consumption of goods and services? The rate at which money exchanges hands is collapsing https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V SPY/VIX Ratio pushing extremes pic.twitter.com/tdr7jrYPW5 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 31, 2017 rent ate up more disposable income than at any …
by GordonTLong I argued in 110 pages that US Economic growth is not as reported because the GDP formula is both archaic and misleading. I recently posted at MATASII.com on September 29, 2017 an article entitled “An Archaic GDP Formula Hides …
by Robert Carbery Something has been going on this past month that has as usual been lost in the shuffle of other mainstream media prioritized news. Lost in the hysteria around the Vegas shooting (of which we still have many …
by Michael Snyder Terror has just struck New York City once again. On Tuesday afternoon, a “Middle Eastern man” shouting “Allahu Akbar” used his truck as a weapon in Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center. After careening on to a bike path …
By Michael Snyder Are we about to see chaos in the streets in major cities all over America? Antifa and other radical leftist groups are promising that a series of protests will begin on November 4th that will never end …
http://moslereconomics.com/2017/10/29/credit-check-34/ A Look at NYSE Margin Debt and the Market The NYSE has released new data for margin debt, now available through September. The latest debt level is up 1.6% month-over-month. The September data gives us an additional sense …
by Geoffrey Grider IS THE MERE ACT OF WEARING MINSTREL STAGE MAKEUP FROM A HUNDRED YEARS AGO A RACIST ACT? My intern Haley and I were walking back to the car after lunch this afternoon here in America’s oldest city, when we …
Why is this not front page news in the west? So it must be looking good, as super-loose monetary policy seems to have peaked and central banks are “talking the talk” and “walking the walk” for normalisation and tighter policy …
by Ruby Henley The American people have been betrayed by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, so it is time to move on. In fact, there is no time to waste. There is too much work to be done right now, and …
Irrefutable proof Podesta Group lobbied on behalf of Uranium One. 2012: https://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=getFilingDetails&filingID=2a6bc321-f7aa-413d-bd53-3b1f96b7f6e7&filingTypeID=62 2015: https://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=getFilingDetails&filingID=e2f7e742-f91b-4244-a805-237a020f220f&filingTypeID=51 to keep data intact… 2012 archive 2015 archive Sources: Podesta Group, Mercury Are Companies ‘A’ and ‘B’ in Indictment WASHINGTON — Lobbying firms the Podesta Group and Mercury …
By Michael Snyder Are you ready to pay 37 percent more for health insurance in 2018? Obamacare is imploding faster than most of us imagined, and these rate increases are absolutely killing hard working middle class families all across the …
by Ian Shilling Viktor Pinchuk is a $10m donor to the Clinton Foundation. His self confessed spokeswoman just got her propaganda puff piece advocating for more war in Ukraine, published on Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/10/23/america-must-stand-up-to-putins-aggression-and-support-ukraine.html So how does that work? I thought …
WB Concerned Over Global Debt Overhang The World Bank has warned that unless countries across the globe address issues relating to borrowing, the world could be heading for another financial crisis. In its World Economic Outlook report for October 2017, …
by Mark Angelides The governor of Ohio, John Kasich is rumored to be making plans for his thirds (and hopefully final) Presidential bid in 2020. Whilst he has publically stated when questioned that “That’s not where my head’s at right …
by Mark Angelides Former Campaign manager to the Trump team, Paul Manafort has turned himself into the authorities after the long-awaited charges were finally filed on Friday. It is not our place to judge his guilt, but we can ask …
In your opinion, is Japan the model for the success of central bank monetary easing (QE)? Every country has decided to follow in the footsteps of the Fed and their actions. They set the precedent to print money to save …
by Thinker Peoples Politician Trey Gowdy is showing Americans that there are politician who care about truth, honor, justice, and the oaths that other politicians have fallen to to greed, and corruption that surround the life of so many in …
Bubble trouble? Infamous FANG stocks have gained almost 45% ytd, ~3times S&P 500 & ~4times S&P Equal Weight! https://t.co/icqjKyswS7 pic.twitter.com/dGHMunjJW1 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) October 29, 2017 #housing #mortgages# unaffordability – US Homes Have Never Been More #Unaffordable @zerohedge https://t.co/sxUga08rvM …
by Michael Snyder A civil war for control of the future of the Republican Party is raging, and pro-Trump forces are winning. In recent weeks, we have seen Senator Jeff Flake and Senator Bob Corker both announce that they will not …
By Michael Snyder The federal government is now 20.4 trillion dollars in debt, and most Americans don’t seem to care that the economic prosperity that we are enjoying today could be completely destroyed by our exploding national debt. Over the past …
Honestly this is ridiculous. We’re heading back into the housing bubble all over again. I didn’t realize these people were goldfish and their memory was that terrible! Do you think this is dangerous? No money? No problem. The government is …
by Trivirus Long post and food for thought for those willing to read into the numbers instead of relying “experts” for counsel. , I will include some real investment tips for those who think long term and rightfully view the “consensus” mentality with …
A big difference between the market today and that of the 1987 crash is unfunded pensions. Renowned investor Dr. Marc Faber, who holds a PhD in economics, says, “The unfunded liabilities have gone up. They did not go down. So, …
House Intel Committee Reaches “Deal” Securing Fusion GPS Bank Records — Will Remain Confidential NEW: House Intel Committee reaches deal to secure Fusion GPS' bank records; the company produced dossier alleging Trump-Russia links. pic.twitter.com/6VkzRkpf4t — ABC News (@ABC) October 28, …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_X0_759smo Justice with Judge Jeanine Pirro October 28, 2017 – Fox News October 28, 2017 President Trump Press Conference With Mitch McConnell – President Trump Speech to UN General Assembly, Trump DACA decision, TRUMP PARDONS JOE ARPAIO, FAKE NEWS MEDIA, …
The House Intelligence Committee announced Saturday that it has reached a settlement to obtain bank records from the private intelligence firm that produced a controversial dossier alleging ties between President Trump and Russia. http://thehill.com/homenews/house/357650-house-intel-panel-says-it-will-get-access-to-fusion-gps-bank-records https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-dossier/u-s-house-panel-says-agreement-reached-over-fusion-gps-bank-records Let the games begin… …
by David Haggith Is the Federal Reserve’s Great Unwind already coming unwound? I thought it would be good to check up on Federal Reserve balance sheet reduction since the Fed is supposed to be up and running on the move out …
by Dr. Eowyn Last month, it came to light that a West Point graduate and infantry officer in the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y., 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone, is a communist and an “official socialist organizer” of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Rapone‘s …
WTF??? Lawyers for the conservative publication Washington Free Beacon informed the House Intelligence Committee Friday that the organization was the original funder for the anti-Trump opposition research project with Fusion GPS. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-free-beacon-funded-original-fusion-gps-anti-trump-opposition-effort/article/2638850 Now it makes more sense: The Free Beacon …