The Economic Calamity Underway

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By Bob Shanahan There are a number of growing storm clouds overhead. The U.S. economy is undergoing the beginning of a calamity that will only accelerate into 2019 when the rain will start to fall on what will be a very cold winter, likely worse than 2008.   Red lights have been flashing in our … Read more

Visualizing the Most Innovative Companies in 2018

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by howmuch “Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.” So said Mark Zuckerberg, back when Facebook was still growing rapidly and not engulfed in so many public problems. Zuckerberg meant that innovation is messy, and as it turns out, expensive. PwC’s 2018 Global Innovation Study analyzed the top 1,000 companies spending … Read more

Artificially low rates hide a lot of sins, for a while.

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Artificially low rates hide a lot of sins, for a while. pic.twitter.com/O2Mi2rOZom — Rudy Havenstein, Senior Markets Commentator. (@RudyHavenstein) November 27, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1067800291674923009 the trend…. pic.twitter.com/aVB7n2lOuS — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) November 28, 2018 For the first time since May 2016200MA> 50MA on the NASDAQ – death cross#NASDAQ $amzn $aapl $fb $tsla $NFLX pic.twitter.com/FNZZ1VbM8I — Amit Noam … Read more

Glenn Greenwald on the Manafort/Assange story: “There are a lot more reasons than the valid ones to be “cautious” about the Guardian story. For now, I’ll say: The Guardian & Luke Harding better hope this story pans out – and it might – because that’s a huge, huge thing to print without being sure.”

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by axolotl_peyotl Green Greenwald states the obvious with this Tweet. It’s unconscionable that the Mockingbird MSM is more interested in publishing “hit” pieces and capitalizing on clickbait trends than publishing actual, verifiable news. The evolution of the Guardian’s report yesterday on the alleged meeting between Manafort and Assange is the perfect example of this speculation-masquerading-as-news. Will the real … Read more

Ron Paul: Government doesn’t know what what should be created in the marketplace. Subsidies are all political. End all government subsidies.

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I’d recommend everyone check out his books, End The Fed, Revolution: A Manifesto, and Liberty Defined. These books really opened up my eyes and his recommendations at the end of the books lead me to studying free-market economics. I read Mises, read Hayek, read Hazlitt, and never went back.   AC

John Grace – Black Friday Credit Boom

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from Financial Survival Network John Grace joins us again… Black Friday – Retailers earn 40% of their sales in this short holiday season time frame. And many of us never cast a shadow in the doorway of a store. We shop online. Seeing the pictures of Black Friday, with people pressed up against the outside of store … Read more

China warns USA trade war could escalate into ‘Great Depression, World War’… Showdown at G20…

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China Warns Trade War With US Could Escalate Into ‘Great Depression & World War’ Washington is considering sanctions against companies and officials linked to China’s alleged crackdown on the country’s minority Muslims. Speaking to Reuters before heading to join Chinese President Xi Jinping’s delegation at this week’s G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Cui Tiankai said China was going to the Argentinean … Read more

Darryl Schoon – The Collapse is About to Resume, Bigly

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from Financial Survival Network One of our favorite guests Darryl Schoon joined us for a continuing dialog about the financial collapse that never really ended. We’re about done with intermission and then things are really going to get interesting. Capitalism requires that interest be paid on investments, which means that profits must continue to increase just to pay … Read more

Germany implements new internet hate speech crackdown – will force social media sites to delete offensive content soon #NetzDG

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Germany implements new internet hate speech crackdown A new German law named NetzDG that will force social media sites to delete offensive content has come into effect with the New Year. There are plenty of critics on both the far-right and among internet activists. Facebook, Twitter, and Google will need to get used to new … Read more

Stocks Will COLLAPSE if the Fed Increases Interest Rates! Stock Market Can’t Handle Another Hike!

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Do you think the Fed will increase interest rates in December? Yes or No? FANG stocks fell into a bear market. GE stock as well. Banks are completely destroyed, desperately hiding their contagion risk. But he market is ignoring all of this and focusing with intent on the Fed and their December meeting. Should they … Read more