SenatorRandPaul, Released on 12/4/18 Dr. Rand Paul is the junior United States Senator for Kentucky. Elected in 2010, he has proven to be an outspoken champion for constitutional liberties and fiscal responsibility, and a warrior against government overreach. A graduate of Duke University School of Medicine, Rand was a practicing ophthalmologist in Bowling Green, Ky., … Read more
by Troy The stock market tanked -3% today as the yield curve started to invert. Let’s determine the stock market’s most probable direction by objectively quantifying technical analysis. For reference, here’s the random probability of the U.S. stock market going up on any given day, week, or month. *Probability ≠ certainty. Past performance ≠ future performance. But if you … Read more
via Sputnik News: On today’s episode of Double Down, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert talk to Nomi Prins, author of Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World. https://video.img.ria.ru/Out/MP3/20181204/2018_12_04_DOUBLEDOWN141041218_mnei0kek.cvh.mp3
Relevant bit at 5:01 but the whole video is worth a watch. When discussing the media’s treatment of HW following his death, Jimmy Dore brings up an interesting idea regarding the psyche of our nation, the sycophantic nature of our culture and the general unwillingness to break from the official narrative of TPTB: “The United … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Imports are real benefits, exports real costs. Seems everyone of consequence has it backwards? A collapse in global trade can make 2008 look tame:
Via The Daily Caller Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said the deep state is exerting power over Congress and keeping information from him regarding the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Paul was discussing the highly anticipated Senate testimony of CIA Director Gina Haspel on “America’s Newsroom” Tuesday and said he and other lawmakers are being kept … Read more
With the tragic demise of local newspapers, places like Mic have become the entry point into the craft for a lot of young journalists. What’s more, their newsrooms have been admirably diverse, a diversity that their journalism has admirably reflected. As they go under, such entry points disappear. And the journalists who have been through … Read more
via @OddStats: Red years had as many or more than we have had in 2018 so far (does not include today).
CDXIG5Y led this $VIX explosion – please be careful there is a credit problem developing in US pic.twitter.com/PfrPIUs7EO — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 4, 2018 JPMORGAN'S DIMON SAYS SHARE BUYBACKS SHOULD NOT BE DONE WHEN STOCK IS EXPENSIVE now he tells us — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 4, 2018 BofA's favorite chart implies VIX 40 pic.twitter.com/kerIqE0kuQ — … Read more
via marketwatch: We’re due for a prolonged bear market I often read articles, along with the comments, to gauge the stock market’s sentiment from an anecdotal perspective. I recently noticed a quote by investor Sir John Templeton: “For 100 years optimists have carried the day in U.S. stocks. Even in the dark ’70s, many professional money … Read more
Mike Maloney covers all the trouble brewing in the global economy in this 11-minute video – including data he promised to show you last week.
by Chris Well, there’s a dozen reasons for why the markets are falling hard right now, so it’s hard to really pinpoint any one of them as being the most important. Flat yield curve, housing in rapid decline, trade “decisions” with China that turned out to be anything but and very prematurely announced. Add it … Read more
Just when we thought the bogus Assange smear couldn’t get worse, Politico asks the world to hold their beer. It appears that a certain segment of American society hate Donald Trump more than they love their own country. They would rather see America burn down to the ground (metaphorically speaking), than accept the fact they … Read more
by Thinker Bill and Hillary Clinton are on their book tour, just like Michelle Obama, and some people are getting a steal of a deal on tickets while others aren’t. One thing for sure that the authors are feeling is a lack of buyers or listeners. As more and more people in the world go … Read more
from Zero Hedge Earlier this morning, Nomura’s Charlie McElligott noted something which in retrospect was quite prophetic: the cross-asset strategist highlighted that his Risk Parity model showed that the market’s most important strategy is in “de-risking” mode as the economic cycle turns sharply: In a positioning confirmation / “nod” then to this growth- and inflation- slowdown scenario, it … Read more
Dick’s Sporting Goods is warning investors that its decision to remove certain “assault-style” weapons from its Field & Stream stores cost it dearly and may limit its future gains. The sporting goods retailer was forced to confront angry shareholders late last week after its stocks tanked more than 4.5% and financial conglomerate J.P. Morgan Chase … Read more
By Bill Bonner BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – The historic powwow at the G20 in Buenos Aires last weekend could turn out to produce some positive results. At least the Chinese and the Americans are thrashing around. Maybe they’ll knock down a trade barrier or two by accident. But the good news this week is that nothing … Read more
Despite the topic sounding highly complicated for those of us who are new to the whole stock trading game, once you get a handle on the basics of how the stock rates flow, you will understand the relationship between demographics and the stock market. As you probably know, the European Union’s stock exchange, also known … Read more