Trump Says He Has Around 8 Billion Dollars For New Wall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyHs3aIr2ro Trump Says He Has Around 8 Billion Dollars For New Wall President Trump national emergency declared over the wall and signed today this is president trump press conference and national emergency trump and national emergency president trump and trump national emergency this is also latest news and breaking news video in politics and in … Read more

Just 1-in-4 AMERICANS pass US citizenship test… MOST South Carolinians couldn’t

D’oh: Only 1 state passes US citizenship test, DC fails big A majority in every state except Vermont has failed the U.S. Citizenship test, the latest sign that Americans aren’t very good history students. In the multiple choice version of the test given to immigrants seeking citizenship, 53 percent of Vermonters passed. More than half of … Read more

Will ‘basic income’ become the California norm? Town starts $500 no-strings payments…

After months of planning, Stockton is sending debit cards loaded with $500 to a select group of residents starting Friday as part of a closely watched experiment in universal basic income, the first led by a U.S. city. Stockton, once dubbed “America’s foreclosure capital,” was the largest city to seek bankruptcyprotection before Detroit’s 2013 filing. During the … Read more

VIX is doing exactly what it did right before it exploded in 2008. This time its more concentrated and happening faster. $VIX to 145 this spring.

via @hks55: Financials did the same thing in 2008. 20 week crossed the 50 week and $XLF back tested the trend line and those moving averages. Exact same now. $oil is double topping 38% retrace. classic bear transports are weak, semiconductors are weak, tech is weak. energy and financials are very strong and they are both … Read more

Something is VERY wrong with this picture – VIX is getting hammered while FAANG looks like garbage?

Something is VERY wrong with this picture pic.twitter.com/m4QLPF7kFV — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) February 15, 2019 https://twitter.com/farrisbaba/status/1096453542079094785 pic.twitter.com/BLTTMTwLBW — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 15, 2019 $SPX is pricing in a nearly 80% growth rate in earnings just for the next quarter – BUT THERE WILL BE 80% contraction into 4 quarters from now – good luck with that … Read more

Bears are right. About what? Well, everything.

by northmantrader After 8 weeks of non stop rallying the bear mocking is back which is ironic. Why? Well, because bears are right. About what? Well, everything. Yes stock markets have been screaming higher in recent weeks on hopium and central banks turning dovish, but ironically that’s as a reaction to bears being right. How can … Read more

Retail Apocalypse and Carmageddon Continue to Pick up Speed as Predicted Here

by David Haggith We now know that the Retail Apocalypse took another trip downhill during the all-important holiday season. December reports show retail sales declined more in one month than they have since … the Great Recession. Notice what a common refrain that comparison has become. Retail Apocalypse snowballs downhill Retail sales dropped 1.2% month-over-month in … Read more

Buffett’s firm sees something in Canadian energy, buys stake in Suncor

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/buffett-takes-new-stake-in-suncor-trims-apple-investment-1.1214660?fbclid=IwAR1KpNqCXwSQTKeY7PRc5DKFCem7meGZyzLsCt7toOrbe-s00KHcQ-vAu4Q “Billionaire Warren Buffett’s company has taken a new stake in Canadian firm Suncor Energy () and trimmed its huge Apple () stake. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N) filed a quarterly update on holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company said it owned 10.76 million Suncor shares at the end … Read more

Confused About Buybacks? Here’s a Useful Primer.

by ApostrophePosse From Credit Suisse: “Disbursing Cash to ShareholdersFrequently Asked Questions about Buybacks and Dividends” “Investors are all over the map. Some swear by dividends,and others want buybacks only. Few have carefully and rigorously thought through their positions. Executives are buffeted by the strong views of investors, leaving them in doubt of the best course.”   … Read more

West Coast USA Snow Records Verify Jet Stream Shift

Most snow in 70 year across Seattle and parts of Washington State, Record snow pack Mammoth Mtn, California, new wind record set Mauna Kea Hawaii, tornado in Guatemala mid-winter and more snow n the way to break all totals in Seattle back to 1915. More storm warnings for west coast USA and B.C.