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2018 is the first year since Dot Com bust where "BTFD" has failed pic.twitter.com/vaGKmrdI9a — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 4, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1069990045925470208 pic.twitter.com/k5F1aTaqTV — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 4, 2018 Yesterday's U.S. yield-curve inversions do not appear to be a fluke, as they are deepening today. Here's the gap between 5-year & 3-year U.S. yields: pic.twitter.com/dTb3hobYlC — … Read more

by badpauly This is a list of the top 40 companies that experienced the largest change in insider shares in the last seven (7) days. The SEC defines an insider as any officer, director or 10% shareholder. It is not illegal for these people to buy or sell their own shares. In fact, since most … Read more

by badpauly These are the latest Schedule 13D forms filed by activist investors in the last 7 days. Activist investors are investors that make an investment with the intention of influencing management in some way. There is evidence that following activist investors into investments can generate excess returns. Schedule 13G forms, in contrast, are filed … Read more

Maduro Orders Price of Venezuela’s ‘Cryptocurrency’ to More Than Double. Following Maduro’s Thursday announcement, Venezuelan economist Leonardo Buniak explained that the petro “was worth 3,600 Bs.s because the Dicom dollar cost 60 and the oil cost 60,” Atodomomento publication reported. He added, “now a petro is decreed at 9,000 Bs.s … you have just devalued … Read more

Antifa vandalizes Purdue College Republicans adviser’s home with ‘Nazi lives here.’ A College Republicans adviser claimed that Antifa activists vandalized his house with the words “Nazi lives here.” David Bridges, adviser to the Purdue University College Republicans student group, woke up on Nov. 18 to red dye covering his driveway and the words, “Nazi lives … Read more

After a Twitter user hacked over 50,000 printers last week to promote PewDiePie’s YouTube channel as part of a guerilla marketing campaign, a new service has spawned over the weekend advertising the same type of functionality, but for everyone. Going under the generic term of “Printer Advertising,” this new service claims it can hack printers … Read more

By Daisy Luther In New York (the state, not just the city) there’s a rather Orwellian gun bill on the table that would require would-be firearm purchasers to turn over 3 years of their social media history and one year of their internet search history if they want to buy a gun. “A three-year review … Read more

From CNBC: Many people who wind up with a smaller Social Security check because they claim their benefit early could have waited longer to file, thanks to funds in their IRA. That’s the finding from a recently published study in the Journal of Pension Economics & Finance. “It seems like there is a significant portion of the population … Read more

HSBC downgrades Apple to hold from buy and cuts its 12-month price target to $200 from $205. Apple shares fall after the downgrade, which cites Apple’s dependence on a single product and slowing emerging markets economies. Apple shares fell Tuesday after HSBC downgraded the stock, citing too much dependence on a single product and slowing … Read more

Security failings, including a series of leaks of sensitive information, are bedeviling French officials, who fear the country is failing to protect its security forces from criminal gangs, terrorist groups and hostile foreign powers. The most recent case was revealed last week when a top aide to Parliament was arrested and charged with spying for … Read more

Obama’s new DOJ executive orders -January 13, 2017, PROVIDING AN ORDER OF SUCCESSION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE to all Obama appointees https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/13/executive-order-providing-order-succession-within-department-justice Department of Justice EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – PROVIDING AN ORDER OF SUCCESSION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE By the authority vested in me as President by the … Read more