Wall Street sees risks everywhere

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From the Wall Street Journal: When a trade war broke out between the world’s two largest economies in June, investors barely blinked. After the Federal Reserve raised interest rates — often a reason for investors to sell stocks — the markets kept climbing. As some of the world’s largest economies began to slow down, American markets … Read more

A New Wrinkle in the U.S.-China Trade Dispute

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by Shaun Richards Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) parliamentary intelligence forum in Washington, D.C. More than 200 members of parliaments from as many as 60 European countries joined us to hear from such dignitaries as Congressmen Robert Pittenger (R-NC) and Mike McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the Homeland … Read more

Project Veritas Can Now Legally Conduct Undercover Investigations in Massachusetts!

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via projectveritas: Massachusetts Law Prohibiting Secret Recording of Public Officials Deemed Unconstitutional US District Court for the District of Massachusetts Rules in Veritas’ Favor “[T]he Court holds that [Massachusetts law] may not constitutionally prohibit the secret audio recording of government officials…” Secretly Recording Government Officials in Public Places Now Protected by First Amendment   (Boston) Project Veritas … Read more

French President Macron Declares “Social and Economic” State of Emergency….

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by sundance With massive civil unrest overwhelming many parts of French society, President Emmanuel Macron made a televised speech to the nation attempting to calm the anger. Macron declared a social and economic state of emergency and attempted to stop the ongoing Yellow Vest protests by announcing a special year-end bonus. In addition to the year-end … Read more

AI Researchers Closing In On Being Able To Read Your Thoughts Through Something Called ‘Brain Transparency’

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by Geoffrey Grider Reading someone’s mind is not possible, or is it? Recent advances in AI technology have made the living human brain transparent and is already now able to link patterns of brain activity to thoughts. The futurist sci-fi movie ‘Minority Report‘ is on the verge of becoming a documentary as advances in science and … Read more

Here we go…Japan to block use of Huawei, ZTE

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via nationmultimedia: THE JAPANESE government intends to effectively ban products of two major Chinese telecommunications equipment makers – Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp – from telecommunications devices at government ministries and agencies, the Self-Defence Forces and other entities, as their products have been described as posing a national security risk, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. … Read more

Gold to Benefit if Fed Rethinks its Policy

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From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest stories involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: Gold prices to jump as Fed rethinks path, silver ready to take the spotlight from its peers, and rare gold coins found in Israeli city of Caesarea. Gold prices will jump as Fed rethinks … Read more

58% Adults NEVER Do Muscle-Strengthening… 8 In 10 Lie To Doctors About Their Health

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The Big Number: 58 percent of U.S. adults never do muscle-strengthening exercise at all It’s not just getting moving that is important for better health. Health experts say people should have a muscle-strengthening component to their exercise, too. Yet 58 percent of American adults don’t do any muscle-strengthening exercise, according to research. Among the activities … Read more

Patent Wars: Who is Winning the Battle for Tech Innovation Supremacy?

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via visualcapitalist: In the technology industry, the imperative to innovate is never-ending. After all, the speed of technological change is exponential – and if a company like Microsoft or Google misses one important trend, it can drastically alter the direction of future prospects. For the above reasons, both tech giants and unicorns are laser-focused on hiring the best … Read more

Lots of technical levels breaking down. We are on the precipice.

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Lots of technical levels breaking down. We are on the precipice. https://t.co/qv4u3r61q1 — Paranoid Bull (@paranoidbull) December 10, 2018 https://twitter.com/i/status/1072017914897809408 The forward 12-month P/E ratio for $SPX is 15.4. This P/E ratio is below the 5-year average (16.4) but above the 10-year average (14.5). https://t.co/vBvAfpjIif pic.twitter.com/g61FpCzaL7 — FactSet (@FactSet) December 9, 2018 Equities have fallen … Read more

The World Is Diving Head First Into A 2019 Crisis, Russell 2000 Small Cap Index Hits A 52-week Low, Hedge Funds Still Have Stocks To Dump…

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the world is diving head first into a 2019 crisis pic.twitter.com/16piQJ6kA7 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 10, 2018 Russell 2000 Small Cap Index hits a 52-week low, down 18% from its all-time high in September. $RUT pic.twitter.com/0dLfQho7wP — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) December 10, 2018 The Bloomberg World Index is in danger of breaking support this morning. … Read more

NYSE facing critical 20-year support test!

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by Kimble Charting This chart looks at the NYSE index over the past 20-years. During this time frame, this broad index has spent the majority of the past quarter-century, inside of rising channel (1). It broke above the top of the channel in 2016 and it experienced a very strong 12-month rally. Since the first of this year, … Read more

Nomi Prins: Jerome Powell Can’t Win

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via dailyreckoning: One of the major drags on the market, besides trade wars, has been uncertainty about whether the Fed will raise rates this month. Despite the verbal bravado of Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, over how strong the U.S. economy is, he doesn’t live in a vacuum. Powell’s borne the brunt of President Trump’s recent … Read more