via visualcapitalist: Growing levels of public sector corruption can stifle a country’s economic growth while also chipping away at political freedom. Which parts of the world are perceived to be most corrupt – and further, how does this data differ between regions, and how has it trended over time? THE CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX (CPI) Today’s chart … Read more
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by Troy With the stock market rallying to its 61.8% retracement, our medium term market studies are mixed. They are no longer consistently bullish. And while the odds favor a pullback/retest right now, it is not impossible for the market to go higher before making a pullback/retest. Meanwhile, the economic data is mixed. This means … Read more
by Troy By now everyone is aware that these “crash & rally” patterns are usually followed by a pullback or retest. Most of these pullbacks/retests occur once the S&P has reached its 50% retracement. But with the S&P now having retraced 60% of its Q4 2018 decline, many traders are doubting whether or not the S&P … Read more
by Jesse The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised up from +176,000 to +196,000, and the change for December was revised down from +312,000 to +222,000.… (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors. The annual benchmark processalso contributed to … Read more
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via theamericanconservative: Earlier this week, the collective leadership of the United States intelligence community briefed Congress on the Worldwide Threat Assessment Report. In doing so, they provided testimony that seemed to contradict virtually every aspect of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, including the decision to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan, the threat posed by Iran, North Korean … Read more
via marketwatch: The stock market today mirrors the years 2000 and 2007, when prices peaked The bulls are back. The S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.09% rose nearly 8% in January and was 14% off the December lows. Which begs the questions: What slowing global growth? What reduced earnings expectations? What trade wars? Who cares. It’ll all sort itself out. … Read more
by Tom McClellan The stock market’s relationship to its normal seasonality has gotten wacky lately. October to December is supposed to be an up period for stock prices, and instead we saw a very sharp correction. In recent years, January has typically seen a meaningful decline, but the stock market instead powered higher. In fact, the … Read more
by Golem XIV While everyone is endlessly told about the world-ending dangers of Brexit, I wonder if we should be paying a little more attention to “Deutsche-it”. If the UK leaves the EU the EU will survive. But what happens when – and surely it’s no longer if – but when Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest … Read more
by Thinker Patriots to arms and tweets! Let your president know that there are those who have put laws in place to allow immunity for LIES!!! How low can a politician go when the people aren’t looking??? What laws to they pass to allow them to live above the laws? We wait for the next … Read more
You can read the details from his backup account, which uses his real name: Just got an e-mail from Twitter Support. I'm suspended for this. People are spreading a lie about Mike Pence, and I pointed out that it was a lie. So now I'm suspended. pic.twitter.com/dteI9SCcRs — Sean Medlock (@Sean_Medlock) February 2, 2019 h/t … Read more
2 HOURS INTERNET CUT-OFF FOR KIDS… SWITCH OFF Government urges parents to limit their children’s social media use to TWO hours at a time Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies’s formal guidelines come after content promoting suicide and self-harm was linked to death of Molly Russell, 14 CHILDREN should be limited to just two hours-a-time … Read more
Via The Babylon Bee WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate advanced a measure this week to rebuke President Trump for withdrawing troops from Syria and Afghanistan in a bipartisan effort to defend the only thing the left and the right still agree on: endless foreign wars. While the left and the right barely ever manage to eke out … Read more
by John Ward The black night of journalism ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ I bring good news; Greece ventured out onto the Sovereign debt markets earlier this week, and sold all €10billion worth at a stroke. Athens is saved. Let the bells ring out for our glorious European Union. What, we wonder will Greece do with the money? In … Read more
by John Rubino We Baby Boomers timed it perfectly. We came of age during in an era of plentiful jobs and relatively high wages. Public pensions were generous. Stock, bond and home prices were low, and have since risen strongly, enriching anyone who managed to save regularly. College was (by current standards) insanely cheap, allowing … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “I prefer not to scare you at this point, okay. But it’s something that we’ve been able to withstand”: CEO David Simon. Mall-landlord Simon Property Group – as it says, the largest real estate investment trust “in the world” by market capitalization, with 234 “destinations” for shopping, dining, entertainment, and mixed-use … Read more
by chartr Made this in response to the (mostly positive) feedback on the supermarket margin chart. A few people requested doing one on a higher margin, slightly more interesting company. Apple reported results yesterday evening so I thought this might be of interest. Original: https://www.instagram.com/chartrdaily/ Data: Apple’s 8K SEC filing. https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000320193/51268dba-b785-4694-a936-beae1f4e72a9.pdf Tool: Sankey Matic. … Read more
For More Information See: http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/is-she-the-next-obama-why-is-the-mainstream-media-working-so-hard-to-promote-kamala-harris https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/01/27/next-barack-obama-2020-224179 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/its-kamala-harris-race-right-now/ar-BBSU20K https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/01/21/kamala-harris-announces-presidential-campaign/2632083002/ https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/28/18187024/2020-us-presidential-election-who-is-running-for-president-cory-booker https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/30/kamala-harris-2020-democratic-voters-1135956 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/kamala-harris-new-2020-democratic-frontrunner-oakland-speech https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-kamala-harris-takes-early-round-race-front/story?id=60680906 https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/12/politics/2020-rankings-democrats/index.html https://www.salon.com/2019/01/22/kamala-harris-crowned-instant-democratic-frontrunner-following-2020-announcement/ https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/five-reasons-kamala-harris-is-the-brand-new-2020-democratic-party-frontrunner https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/29/18201965/abc-wapo-poll-democrats-biden-kamala-harris https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/new-obama-kamala-harris-is-trumps-biggest-2020-threat/news-story/69f4f7049b195772a33bd74770bf4551
This is an audio segment from my tri-weekly podcast Mini Ice Age Conversations* MIAC #175 When Growing Seasons Won’t Produce Enough Food to Feed the World http://adapt2030.libsyn.com/miac-175-when-growing-seasons-wont-produce-enough-food-to-feed-the-world