Upward Momentum: Charting a Year of Skyscraper Construction

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by visualcapitalist Ever since the first towering spires broke through the clouds in New York and Chicago, skyscrapers have remained a potent symbol of economic might. The tallest buildings require vast amounts of materials, expertise, and capital to make them a reality, but the cities that add these landmarks to their skylines gain prestige and send a powerful … Read more

ELI5: The difference between APR and APY.

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by sleepyguy22   The yield takes compounding into effect, the rate does not. For small rates, e.g. what you get in a savings account, these will be virtually identical. You can start seeing the difference on larger interest rates. Example: a savings account with $10,000 and a 10% APR (rate). Let us assume you deposit it at the beginning of … Read more

Trump Betrays MAGA Over Venezuela

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by Tom Luongo The U.S. backed a coup in Venezuela that has failed. And President Trump was the architect of it. This is a farce surrounding an intrigue contained within a tragedy. What has happened in Venezuela is tragic. Nicolas Maduro is a comical figure straight out of central casting for a South American leader of … Read more

Martin Armstrong: Government is Collapsing

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by Martin Armstrong It is interesting to watch how the press spins the fact that Trump has agreed to fund the government for three weeks. Our computer strangely was picking the week of February 11th the first week of January. I was wondering what possible event will surface for that target. Now we have it. … Read more

Andrew Zatlin – Employment Decline on the Way

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Financial Survival Network, Released on 1/25/19 Andrew Zatlin has turned bearish on the economy and employment. We’ve plateaued and that means it’s down from here. How we get there is the question. Obviously, central banks will be pumping in liquidity like crazy. China is already doing it now. A new infrastructure bill is coming to … Read more

The Telegraph corrects false statements and offers an apology to our First Lady

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by DCG #FakeNews apologizing? Has hell frozen over? Wonder if the US media will follow suit (that is rhetorical, of course). From The Telegraph: Following last Saturday’s (Jan 19) Telegraph magazine cover story “The mystery of Melania”, we have been asked to make clear that the article contained a number of false statements which we accept should … Read more

Shocking Police Brutality at Yellow Vests Protests. Under Macron, France is regressing into a third world police state.

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by Sabremesh   The conspiracy here is that western media is simply not reporting the savage repression of the Gilets Jaunes protesters. Mindless, unprovoked, unconscionable police brutality. It’s absolutely horrific. https://youtu.be/h869zfG4BlE   ‘Yellow Vest’ protests could become mainstream, survey warns Look how CNBC divvies the public into “the mass population” and “the informed public.” Also … Read more

The Great Recovery Rewind: How the Federal Reserve’s Balance-Sheet Unwind is Unwinding Recovery

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by David Haggith We are in the end time of an unprecedented era of financial expansion — the greatest expansion of the world’s money supply ever attempted, expansion of the Federal Reserve’s vast and unchecked powers far beyond what the Fed could do before the financial crisis, and super-sizing expansion of banks that were already way … Read more

Visualizing 200 Years of U.S. Stock Market Sectors

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by visualcapitalist If you could travel back in time to the 19th century, it would be very difficult to convince anyone that railroad investments were not the future of the stock market. Governments were offering subsidies and land grants to stimulate rapid industry growth – and in the period of 1868-1873, just after the American Civil … Read more

Muller Swallows Wrong Man

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by TrailDust WARNING: May Cause Indigestion! Unlike eating a nice tasty corrupt lawyer, some victims may cause injury, and in some cases, death. Note to Deep State: You just gave a national platform to a man who has the goods on you. When this man talks, he will tell all about the Hillary Clinton email scandal. He … Read more

FITTON:BIG Month: California has to clean 1.56 million voters, Court opens up Clinton email/Benghazi, and Air Pelosi exposed.

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by TFittonJW Heavy lifting getting great results — it is going be a good year for Judicial Watch and the rule of law: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/in-the-news/tom-fitton-air-pelosi-what-you-dont-know-about-the-lucrative-travel-our-leaders-enjoy-on-your-dime/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/federal-court-orders-discovery-on-clinton-email-benghazi-scandal-top-obama-clinton-officials-susan-rice-and-ben-rhodes-to-respond-to-judicial-watch-questions-under-oath/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/california-and-los-angeles-county-to-remove-1-5-million-inactive-voters-from-voter-rolls-settle-judicial-watch-federal-lawsuit/

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez FAILS! – Why Her Ideas Are Terrible

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Josh Sigurdson and John Sneisen break down the absurdity of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s comments and why they’re not only no rooted in reality but also incredibly coercive and historically terrible. Ocaio-Cortez who can better be described as an idealistic 12 year old who doesn’t quite understand how money work despite going to university for that very … Read more

“Worst December in 10 Years”: Brick-and-Mortar Retail in the UK Faces Overindebted Consumers

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But online sales are hot, now at 20% of total retail.  By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. It’s a confusing picture. A monthly survey of retailers published by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) indicated that just 4% of retailers reported good sales volumes for January, whereas 41% said they were poor, giving a … Read more