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Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the massive bubble ready to burst at any moment in Hong Kong as the city continues to face declines. Following HSBC’s announcement in October that they planned to raise their prime lending rate, Hong Kong faced its first decline in 29 months. Hong Kong … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch4VYYRp0Kc More reason to vote them people out and keep out!!   AC

by moneymetals U.S. government agencies could run out of operating funds starting on midnight this Friday, December 7th. At issue: President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. He wants Congress to commit $5 billion for construction of a wall along portions of the U.S.-Mexico border. The migrant caravan that recently attempted to crash the border near Tijuana … Read more

by Geoffrey Grider After a decade long absence, the U.S. has regained the distinction of most competitive economy in the world, according to the World Economic Forum. In fact, only Japan made a bigger improvement of all 140 countries in the survey. Under President Donald J. Trump, the United States economy has regained the crown as … Read more

BY ROBERT ROSS I don’t blame you. The yields on energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) are very tempting. If you’re not sure what these are, energy MLPs are companies that own the pipelines that transport oil and natural gas around the US. And they often pay huge dividend yields. The top five oil MLPs have an average dividend yield of … Read more

After more than 200 people fall ill, raw beef recall expands to 12 million pounds (WTXL) – As the U.S. Department of Agriculture investigated an October recall on beef, officials realized some patients were falling ill from products not included in the initial recall, so they decided to expand it. More than 12 million pounds of … Read more

by John Rubino A quick recap of the past couple of months: Stocks plunge. The politicians, bureaucrats and bankers who depend on artificially-elevated financial asset prices start to panic. The Fed announces that maybe it won’t have to raise interest rates any more, and the president announces a truce in the trade war with China. The … Read more

Most adults living unhealthy lifestyles d as those who smoke, drink more than 14 units of alcohol, eat fewer than five portions of fruit and vegetables, are obese or have low rates of physical activity. Half of adults have two or more of these risk factors. Although there are signs some people are giving up … Read more

by LV Several Wall Street investment bank traders are munching on their lunch, which was hand-delivered from Delmonico’s Restaurant directly to their desks. The topic of discussion du jour is a recent Bloomberg interview with JP Morgan’s Marko Kolanovic, the so-called “half god, half man” of quantitative and derivatives research.  Kolanovic fears that the growth in computer … Read more

Canadian Housing Slow Down Worse Than Late 80’s Early 90’s Time has come for the real estate boards to have no choice but admit that prices are falling fast and far. Evidence is becoming overwhelming. Denial not an option anymore   Time