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by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Student loan debt has reached record level highs and its impacts are being felt throughout the entire economy. This crisis will be hard on those deeply indebted, but it is also a drag on the nation’s economy as a whole. For an entire generation of Americans, who were told they would amount to … Read more
Trump on the discrimination of conservatives on social media: President Trump said Tuesday that “something” needs to be done to stop the anti-conservative bias seen on Twitter and other social media platforms, but didn’t say what his administration might do about it. “Something is happening with those groups of folks that are running Facebook and … Read more
By John Mauldin Every investor knows that “past performance is not indicative of future results.” Yet many embrace century-long averages as a reasonable guess for future returns. Back in the late 1990s, we were told that the long-term average return (~10%) was a reasonable long-term assumption. Instead, the S&P 500 Index has only gained about 3% … Read more
by thrilldirectorial https://twitter.com/CaptalismCrime/status/1108010388908576771 Investment Banks own the entire world. To go even deeper, let’s take a look at the majority shareholders of each of these six corporations: They’re all the same. Institutional investment banks like BlackRock, The Vanguard Group, State Street, Wellington, and some others. Each of those banks has trillions in Assets Under Management … Read more
Oh, who could’ve seen that coming. 🙃 https://t.co/AiqObkipDU — Michael Krieger (@LibertyBlitz) March 19, 2019 Stocks gyrated on Tuesday as investors puzzled over conflicting reports over the progress of U.S.-China trade negotiations. Bloomberg News initially reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that U.S. officials are worried China may be pushing back against U.S. demands in … Read more
By Jared Dillian You have some money. Do you pay down the mortgage, or do you invest in the stock market? You can use math to make this decision, but math is not much help because there is uncertainty. The stock market allegedly returns 8%, but sometimes a lot less. Your house will hopefully appreciate, but by … Read more
by John Ward With every day, every vote and every hour, the options for Brexit are reduced….and thus (as always applies among the wise) the creativity applied to the problem increases in due proportion to the steamrollering process. It’s a slim chance, but it’s worth shooting for. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ It is fascinating to read the optimism of … Read more
by FS https://static.financialsense.com/audio/2019-03/fsn2019-0318-morgan-8eb1c04b77.mp3 Mar 18 – On this edition of Lifetime Income, Financial Sense’s Paul Horn CFP speaks with Elizabeth Morgan of Elizabeth Morgan & Associates on what to consider if you’re retiring abroad. They discuss the most popular locations they’ve seen clients move to such as Italy and New Zealand as well as the … Read more
by Chris Edwards Are rich people idle “rentiers,” as economist Thomas Piketty calls them, who inherit wealth and add no social value? In supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders’ plan for higher estate taxes, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich claimed that “America is creating a new aristocracy of the non-working super rich.” And in plugging Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax, … Read more
by Lance Roberts A Different Way To Look At Market Cycles In this past weekend’s newsletter we noted the issues of similarities between the current market environment and previous market peaks in the past. To wit: “It isn’t just the economy that is reminiscent of the 2007 landscape. As noted above, the markets also reflect the same. … Read more
by Ron Paul Last week Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the last of the US diplomats out of Venezuela, saying their presence was a “constraint” on US policy toward the country. The wording seemed intended to convey the idea that the US is about to launch military action to place a Washington-backed, self-appointed politician to … Read more
Democratic Superstars Get Away with Questioning the Integrity of Elections. Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams were 2018 runner-up candidates for governor in the country’s third- and ninth-largest states, are considered “rising stars” in the Democratic Party, and are engaging in “horrifying,” “shocking” rhetoric that is “threatening our democracy.” That’s according to Hillary Clinton and Tim … Read more
F*ckin told you. F*ck FOX. Source: Bret Baier secretly worked with producers to get Judge Jeanine suspended at Fox The original complaint came from Bret Baier’s team. Bret saw an opportunity to make Fox News acceptable enough to the left, so he could get himself a job of hosting the Democratic Debates. Bret supported … Read more
by R3gusPhilbun And over the last 5-6 years, they have been “turning up the heat” so to speak. I believe the masses have a natural inclination to befriend one another and work as a group to develop a convenient, safe, and fair way to satisfy our needs in a team effort. However, the ruling class, … Read more
Breaking down Employment, Wages, and the Participation Rate (Link to article below) https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/jobs…
This is Sibel Edmonds with Newsbud reporting on the ground from Turkey. This will be another quick video for those of you with a keen eye and critical mind for geopolitical indicators, games and warning signs. I am going to provide you with the most important 5 indicators telling me, as a geopolitical analyst with … Read more
by Spencer P Morrison, NEE From Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Cost You a Penny: The big reason why so many Americans oppose tariffs is because they don’t understand them. They think tariffs are just another sales tax, and assume that imposing a 10 percent tariff on a product will increase said product’s price by 10 percent. That’s … Read more
BY SRSROCCO Have you noticed the absolute carnage taking place in the U.S. shale oil stocks? It seems as if Wall Street and investors are finally starting to grow weary of an industry that hasn’t made money in the past decade. Unfortunately, it took a longer than I expected, but the shale stocks have significantly … Read more
by Martin Armstrong Paris on Saturday saw a second major uprising of Yellow Vest protests. Many are now arguing that the rioting on the Champs-Elysees has been instigated by extreme elements that have infiltrated the movement to further a second French Revolution. Some 20 stores were looted or set on fire as well as one bank. Needless … Read more
by Martin Armstrong People have no idea that the Justice Democrats really stand for injustice. Their platform is the subjugation of everyone who disagrees and to force their beliefs upon the rest of society. They were founded by Kyle Kulinski (born 1988), who is at least an American, and Zack Exley (born December 5, 1969) who was the Chief Revenue … Read more