We provide unfiltered news and market signals for people who have no time to search.
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
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
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
Tax preparers warn refund may be smaller than usual this year… Doing your taxes isn’t just about placing the correct numbers in the boxes of a form and then, as many hope, collecting a refund. There’s also how you feel about your taxes. “It’s a very emotional transaction,” said Kathy Pickering, executive director of the … Read more
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/
Do you think that there will be a new upswing in real estate in the spring? Or is the slowdown here to stay for now? Real estate is having a hard time, not just in the US, but globally. It has slowed down everywhere from Manhattan to Hong Kong. First they said that the issue … Read more
The economy itself is slowing down. Markets remain supported by quantitative easing. Is complacency acceptable after what we saw throughout 2018 as well as in the Financial Crisis? All throughout 2017, there was a foolproof strategy. Buy anything and everything and you will see profit. No problem. Too easy. Then 2018 came and the … Read more
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
Phil LeBeau for CNBC reports, Boeing is coming closer to making its flying taxis for Uber a reality with its first successful test flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybJKxLtYQ38 Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/boein…
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
via Bloomberg: The U.S. government produces data—a lot of data, from figures about the economy to steel to crops to commodity trading. And the partial federal shutdown has slowed the flow of data to a trickle, thanks to the closure of various agencies. That makes things difficult for the many people who depend on such … Read more
via outline: Remember the subprime mortgage mess? $1.2 trillion in risky corporate debt is flashing similar warning signs Indebted borrowers increasingly take out high-interest, adjustable-rate loans that are packaged into securities and sold to investors eager for a better rate of return. Everything’s fine while the economy is growing. But when it slows, those borrowers could … Read more
by throwaway38 This is a response to a post I read here the other day where someone said they had became so obsessed with their finances, and working overtime, that they no longer found joy in any of their hobbies. While it is obviously important to be fiscal, have an emergency fund, and save for … Read more
by hammertime84 Marginal tax rates and potential confusion around them have been in the news a bit lately. I’d never actually seen the effective rate and marginal rate plotted together this way and it worked out well. I used the single-filer rates, and assumed the only deduction being used is the standard deduction. I also … Read more
via businessinsider: The US housing market took a dark turn in 2018 as homebuying fell off a cliff and mortgage lenders saw a steep decline in applications, originations, and profits. Interest rates are partly to blame for the slide in housing, but that’s only half of the equation, according to analysts. It’s too soon to panic, … Read more
by AssaultOfTruth Evidently a lot of people still do not understand how annual bonuses work. Now, there are multiple ways they work, but in a lot of cases, such as mine, such as a guy I know who just gave notice this week to his employer, they work like this: In the first couple of … Read more
via ktla: A man among a group of migrants detained in a desolate part of New Mexico near the border with Mexico has been diagnosed as infected with flesh-eating bacteria, the U.S. Border Patrol said Friday. The man was taken to a hospital in recent days after telling a federal agent that he had a growing … Read more
by DCG You can never hear enough about these types of happy endings… From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A homeowner shot and killed one of three men trying to break into a St. Louis home late Wednesday, police said. Police received a call for help about 11 p.m. from a home in the 3900 block of Alberta Street, … Read more
by Amy S. Several nations, including China and Russia, are building powerful nuclear bombs designed to produce super-electromagnetic pulse (EMP) waves capable of devastating all electronics—from computers to electric grids—for hundreds of miles, according to a newly-released congressional study. According to The Washington Free Beacon, the countries have nuclear EMP weapons built into their military plans. A … Read more
The Kremlin loves shadow wars. (bumped) Private military contractors who do secret missions for Russia flew into Venezuela in the past few days to beef up security for President Nicolas Maduro in the face of U.S.-backed opposition protests, according to two people close to them. A third source close to the Russian contractors also told … Read more