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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter What, first down-tick in Seattle? The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index for September, released today, jumped 6.2% year-over-year (not-seasonally-adjusted). By comparison, consumers’ nominal disposable income (not adjusted for inflation) rose only 2.9%. When population growth is factored in, this disposable income on a “per-capita” basis, hence for consumers as individuals, grew about … Read more

From Jeff Clark, Editor, Delta Report: Cryptocurrency stocks just had their “K-Tel” moment. Those of us who are old enough to know what a record player looks like, or who can reminisce about playing our favorite cassette tape on the car stereo system, remember K-Tel. The company is best known for its compilation music albums, such … Read more

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Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the recent plunge in Chinese stocks. The Chinese blue-chip index suffered the worst day in 17 months after a MASSIVE plunge. Investors cited rising bond yields and regulatory burdens regarding corporate debt following a strengthening but bubbling equities market throughout the majority of the … Read more

by Chris Black This is hardly news, or at least it should not be for the informed reader. We all know that the European Union, a colossus with feet of clay (read Euro) has absolutely no strategy to deal with the consequences of its immigration policy some call suicidal. However, what’s actually very interesting is … Read more

by howmuch National debt levels can be hard to understand, not to mention boring. For example, Puerto Rico is making headlines because it is $74 billion in debt, but the United States is about to reach $20 trillion, and that doesn’t seem like a big deal. How can this make sense, and who cares about all this stuff … Read more

Authored by John Mauldin via MauldinEconomics.com, Since the 2008 financial crisis, there’s been a growing number of ridiculous, inane, and otherwise nonsensical economic interventions from our central bankers that fill the daily economic headlines. I have gone from the occasional smile to scratching my head now and then to “WTF” moments. All that said, the economists who designed … Read more

The Federal Reserve is good at one thing: Keeping their actions a big secret. Some of their data gets released and we can piece it together. Interest rates have been persistently low for a long period of time. Even with the recent small hikes, they are still well below previous cycles… or are they?   … Read more

by Thinker Wars for land, power, and slaves and nothing more and the U.S. is at the command opening every door. What happened to the word called Peace? War has taken its place for an agenda for a new world order at any cost. In China they are putting them away for life for less … Read more

here’s a partial transcript of their conversation with Joey Marburger, director of product at Washington Post: JOEY: The big thing that I can say with our tagline of “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” which was really driven by Jeff. VERITAS: That was driven by Jeff? JOEY: Yeah. (cut) JOEY: We narrowed it down to three different … Read more

By Michael Snyder Did you know that the number of retail store closings in 2017 has already tripled the number from all of 2016?  Last year, a total of 2,056 store locations were closed down, but this year more than 6,700 stores have been shut down so far.  That absolutely shatters the all-time record for store closings in a single year, and yet … Read more

Here Richmond takes offense with the argument that weak growth for much of this cycle has prevented “excesses” from building, and hence an already long cycle can last even longer. As he says “we disagree and see excesses all over the place, driven in part by years of ultra-low rates.” He notes the following specific … Read more

by Ruby Henley President Trump was so concerned over the purchase of Western United States uranium by Russia, he called out Clinton.  Of course, it was played down, but what I have to present to you in this report will chill you to the bone. There is a company based out of Toronto called Energy … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHFr7JnW36w Military contracting companies are being told to prepare for DOMESTIC deployment in the near future, meaning a large-scale operation is being planned in the continental United States. “Mass civil unrest” is being planned.

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by Chris Black Taiyesha Baker used to be until very recently a nurse at Riley Children’s Health, which is an affiliate of Indiana University Health in Indianapolis. Baker became an internet sensation after she said on Twitter that, let me quote:   “Every white woman raises a detriment to society when they raise a son. … Read more

by Mark Angelides We are hearing arguments for and against the rollback of the Net Neutrality laws, but what is the reality. And more importantly, why are we ignoring the other 30 plus countries in the world that have already tried this? As FCC chairman Ajit Pai seeks to repeal the latest regulations on how the … Read more

by Lance Roberts It is always refreshing to step away from the keyboard for a few days and hit the “reset button,” which is exactly what I did last week. My wife and I took a quick trip to Mexico to get a little sun on our face while we wiggled our toes in the sand. I … Read more

@StockBoardAsset?  This, from Citi, is amazing pic.twitter.com/syRj8zbkdi — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 25, 2017 Hedge Funds Haven’t Been This Leveraged to Buy Stocks Since the Bull Market Began Increasing use of borrowed money is a sign of confidence Managers raising longs while cutting back on short positions     Hedge funds are borrowing more to buy … Read more

By Michael Snyder Yes, this is a true story.  I was completely shocked when I learned about this too, and this just underscores the importance of repealing the individual mandate immediately.  Shortly after taking office, President Trump issued an executive order which was intended to move the IRS away from enforcing Obamacare’s individual mandate, but … Read more

by John Rubino Corporate share repurchases have turned out to be a great mechanism for converting Federal Reserve easing into higher consumer spending. Just allow public companies to borrow really cheaply and one of the things they do with the resulting found money is repurchase their stock. This pushes up equity prices, making investors feel … Read more

By Michael Snyder Why is the west coast shaking so violently?  According to the latest data from Earthquake Track, there have been 698 earthquakes in California within the past 30 days.  By the time that you read this article, that number will undoubtedly have changed.  In recent days I have felt such an urgency to write about … Read more

Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the Canadian Federal Deficit which has reached $5.9 billion half way through the fiscal year. As John goes into, Canada’s private debt to GDP has reached 266.89% in 2016 (the 2017 numbers are yet to be released and are likely to be much higher). … Read more