Forget earnings or macro. This is why markets have rallied.

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Since Powell backtracked and the PBOC stepped up liquidity injections, global money supply has roundtripped to March 18 levels. Forget earnings or macro. This is why markets have rallied. pic.twitter.com/ANxj0EcdD1 — Daniel Lacalle Official Account (@dlacalle_IA) February 5, 2019 https://twitter.com/BrentCarlileFX/status/1092754783402905605 global euphoria continues in EU & US pic.twitter.com/2AtqW8boiN — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 5, 2019 Dr … Read more

Stock buybacks have only been legal since 1982. Look beyond the messenger and realize there’s maybe some good reasons to restrict buybacks.

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Buybacks were illegal throughout most of the 20th century because they were considered a form of stock market manipulation. But in 1982, the Securities and Exchange Commission passed rule 10b-18, which created a legal process for buybacks and opened the floodgates for companies to start repurchasing their stock en masse. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/22/17144870/stock-buybacks-republican-tax-cuts Beyond the equity issue, there’s serious evidence … Read more

Government Contractor vs Government Employee?

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by Nolan_Knight So I have an opportunity to convert from a federal government contractor to a federal government civilian employee. My issue is that I’ll have to take a pay cut in order to do so. Here’s some of the key details: ​ Edit: Current salary is about $105K. The max I can start at … Read more

Can America Fight Off the Socialist Mind Virus?

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by Daniel Carter In the early 1990’s, the famous biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an essay entitled Viruses of the Mind. In this essay, Dawkins describes religion as a mind virus that spreads from human to human for the sake of its own survival. Think whatever you want about Dawkins or his theories on religion. I … Read more

Consensus is Not Science

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by Playaguy The late Michael Crichton, MD, author, film producer, put it this way: “I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, … Read more

On-going Canadian Crypto Exchange scandal — #1 Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX shuts down amid sole director’s sudden “death” in India, losing $150-250m in funds — lots of twists and turns, things aren’t adding up.

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by RDS QuadrigaCX was the #1 canadian crypto exchange, had over 100,000 active accounts and has lost approx $150-$250M dollars of creditor’s funds (~$70M fiat and $150M crypto). For more information, see here: https://www.coindesk.com/quadriga-creditor-protection-filing CBC coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RO9-DcCP0c&feature=youtu.be (thousands of clients is wrong, too low) Affidavid from his widow Jen Robertson: https://www.scribd.com/document/398721572/Jennifer-Robertson-Affidavit Summary of relief filing: https://np.reddit.com/r/BitcoinCA/comments/amyhkr/summary_of_quadrigacx_creditors_relief_ccaa_filing/ … Read more

Precious Metals Analyst Says 2019 Could Be Gold’s Year

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From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: 2019 could be gold’s year, silver’s versatility could boost prices in 2019, and long gold is Goldman’s favorite commodity play. After a lengthy slumber, 2019 could be gold’s year With only a month into … Read more

TWITTER: Purged 2,000 Accounts for Challenging Official Narrative on Coup in Venezuela

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Twitter has announced that it took down about 2,000 accounts in Venezuela, most of which it claimed were “engaged in a state-backed influence campaign.” This comes amid accusations of a US-led coup attempt. The San Francisco-based social media giant released a blog post on Thursday saying that it removed 1,196 accounts located in Venezuela which … Read more

Is The Bank Of International Settlements Using Swaps to Recover Central Bank Gold?

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by Robert Lambourne via the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Disclosures in the recent monthly statements of account published by the Bank for International Settlements show that the bank is still actively trading in gold swaps, which the bank uses to gain access to gold held by commercial banks. There is not enough information in the monthly reports to … Read more

Fund Manager: There Are Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics…Then There’s The Govt Jobs Report

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by Dave Kranzler of 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

Seattle’s Mayor Wants to Offer a $15,000 Hiring Bonus for Police Officers

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Gee, I wonder why nobody wants to be a cop there? via usnews: SEATTLE MAYOR JENNY Durkan announced her plans Thursday to help recruit and retain experienced police officers by offering new hires a $15,000 bonus. Durkan, who sent her proposed legislation to the City Council, said in a press release that the bonus would also help officers with … Read more

The racist history of the Republican Party

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This is absolute gold. 1. Republicans passed the 13 Amendment, which ended slavery. 2. Republicans passed the 14th Amendment, which made black people citizens. 3. Republicans passed the 15th Amendment, which gave black people the right to vote. 4. Republicans started Howard University for blacks. (White Republican Oliver Howard started Howard University) 5. Republicans started … Read more

For a service built on sharing, Facebook certainly doesn’t like to do much of that itself.

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PROPUBLICA: Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools — Including Ours. “Our tool had let the public see exactly how users were being targeted by advertisers. The social media giant urged us to shut it down last year.” ProPublica, Mozilla and Who Targets Me have all noticed their tools stopped working this month after Facebook inserted code … Read more

Robert Mueller Is A Coward And A Liar

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by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Rembrandt van Rijn Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer 1653  That statement is going to make me real popular, right? Any criticism of Robert Mueller for many people equals support for President Trump. But it doesn’t, and Mueller really is a coward and a liar, and it’s not hard to make that case, … Read more

Beware of ‘Can you hear me’ phone scam

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by Dr. Eowyn There is a phone scam that you need to know. As the video below explains, phone calls are made from people you don’t know. When you answer, a voice may ask: “This is (name). Can you hear me?” If you answer, “Yes,” your voice is secretly recorded. Then you’ll get another phone … Read more