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via visualcapitalist: It’s hard for most stakeholders to get excited about replacing an aging bridge. Chaotic construction can disrupt the flow of traffic for many years, while annoying many of the local residents. Even worse, such projects usually go over budget, ultimately costing millions or even billions in taxpayer dollars. At the end of the day, … Read more
by John Rubino The key insight of the Austrian School of Economics (maybe the key insight of ALL economics) is that the amount you borrow matters, but so does the use to which you put the money. A case in point is US corporate debt, which has changed structurally lately in very scary ways. The … Read more
by Daniel Carter The last year has been an absolutely wild ride for stock prices. If you are a long-term investor, which I hope you are, there may not have been a point so turbulent to induce you to sell all your stocks. After all, if you’ve been holding stocks for years, you’re still up … Read more
Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, There’s no risk of a recession. Everybody says so. Fed Chair Jay Powell says so. Mario Draghi says so. The IMF says so. There seems to be a lot of coordinated certainty out there about one thing: No matter how uncertain things may be we are certain that nothing bad will happen. … Read more
by Daniel Carter The US propaganda machine, also known as the mainstream media, has been incredibly successful at shaping the thoughts and behavior of the US public. Just think about it. Every war the ruling elites have wanted, they have gotten. The elites have largely gotten the US public to forget about the egregious crimes … Read more
Reporter Millie Weaver challenges the Democrat talking point that “late-term abortions are only available for medical emergencies” by showing she was able to schedule an abortion appointment in her 9th month of pregnancy simply using the vague excuse of depression. h/t Voluntaryist
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital While the media focuses on the political hot topic du jour, major corporations are telling us that a recession is fast approaching. Economic bellwether and industrial Caterpillar missed estimates and downgraded its guidance for 2019. It now joins Amazon, Apple, Samsung, LG, Fed Ex, Johnson & Johnson, Nautilus, Tesla, Tailored … Read more
via theguardian: Its populist leaders said they were on the cusp of an economic miracle to rival the 1960s, but debt and uncertainty intervened Sharing his predictions on the economy less than a month ago, Luigi Di Maio, the Italian deputy prime minister, believed the country was on the cusp of an economic miracle akin to the … Read more
Via Investment Research Dynamics Last month the Government’s Bureau of Lies And Statistics served up an employment report purporting 312,000 new jobs in December. This despite massive seasonal retail lay-offs in the latter half of the month. The BLS happily counts those jobs when hired in October but forgets to remove them when are dismissed … Read more
Stephanie Hamill on President Trump and Campaign 2020 Stephanie Hamill of the Daily Caller talked about the future of the Trump presidency and the 2020 presidential election.
via foxnews: No rhetorical sleight of hand, such as Zuckerberg’s disingenuous claim that “we don’t sell your data,” can obfuscate that fact. His claim makes a technical distinction. Obviously, Facebook does not part ways with the data we give it in exchange for money from advertisers. They hold onto this precious commodity and sell insights into … Read more
Venezuela latest news. More information on the coup in Venezuela from human intel sources as well as from a few books and globalist publications. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhyAoXe5PzI
Terresa Monroe-Hamilton for RWN official reports, Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ripped Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and those embracing socialism instead of capitalism. I believe he’s an Independent currently, but he changes parties frequently and you’ll pardon my amusement at someone I consider to be a soft … Read more
When two people share the same goals, they can disagree – even strongly disagree – and still have a productive discussion about how to reach those shared objectives. As comedian and author Owen Benjamin explains, the problem with America today is we no longer share the same goals, and that’s tearing us apart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuBHJbEEVUA … Read more
by Shaun Richards Today what we are going to be taking the advice of the Jam and Going Underground. Specifically we are looking into the problems and travails of the German banking system. One factor in this is the deteriorating economic situation which the German IFO has kindly elaborated on this morning. #World #Economic #Survey … Read more
by Lance Roberts What a difference just a couple of months can make. Since the financial crisis, there has been much commentary written about the low forward returns on stocks over the subsequent 10-year period from high valuation levels. The chart below shows the forward 10-year returns from previously valuation levels. However, just a couple … Read more
by Martin Armstrong The latest on the global warming front is a UN report on the “emissions gap” that admits the Paris Accord would never work. The UN has admitted that the environmentalists have made dire forecasts that assumed whatever trend was in motion would remain in motion. They ignored all other evidence and cycles. … Read more
by Martin Armstrong The Patriots beat the Rams but only a score of 13-3. Superbowl LIII (53) at half-time was the second lowest scoring game in history. The first half of Sunday’s game between the Patriots and the Rams ended in the second lowest scoring first half in a Super Bowl at 3–0, New England. It was 44 … Read more
via thediplomat: At a meeting in July 2018, the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo analyzed the current economic situation and proposed stabilizing employment, finance, foreign trade, and investment to tackle external changes and ensure stable economic operations effectively. Within that list, the Politburo ranked “stabilizing employment” as the first and most important task. In addition, the report … Read more