Patient Privacy Concerns as GOOGLE Absorbs Health Division… ‘Smart City of Surveillance’ Faces New Resistance

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Privacy concerns as Google absorbs DeepMind’s health division  Privacy advocates have raised concerns about patients’ data after Google said it would take control of its subsidiary DeepMind’s healthcare division. Google, which acquired London-based artificial intelligence lab DeepMind in 2014, said on Tuesday that the DeepMind Health brand, which uses NHS patient data, will cease to exist … Read more

ASHE SCHOW: 462 Financial Journalists Were Asked Their Political Leanings. Guess How Many Said They Were Conservative.

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Less than five percent. But there’s also this: “First, financial journalists have stronger incentives to produce original information and analysis than to disseminate information already in the public domain, and they rely heavily on private communication with company management for information. Second, sell-side analysts play an important role in informing financial journalists, many of whom … Read more

The Economy Is Booming But The Sex Recession Is Here.

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via hotair: Fisher, like many other experts, attributes the sex decline to a decline in couplehood among young people. For a quarter century, fewer people have been marrying, and those who do have been marrying later. At first, many observers figured that the decline in marriage was explained by an increase in unmarried cohabitation—yet the share … Read more

John Rubino – Elite Terrified of 1930’s Depression or Weimar Hyperinflation, At Some Point the Whole Thing Blows Up

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Financial writer John Rubino contends massive bailouts will explode in the next economic downturn, and they will have grave consequences for interest rates and the U.S. dollar. Rubino says, “They would say, hey here’s $5 trillion to bail out states and localities across the country. People will see that and will worry about what that … Read more

Goldman Sachs Bear Market Indicator Predicts 0% 12-Month Stock Market Return

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Goldman’s bear market indicator is at a rare 73 percent, its highest level since the late 1960s and early 1970s. At such levels, the tool predicts a zero average return over the next 12 months and a “substantial” risk of drawdown. The indicator is “flashing red,” wrote Goldman chief global equity strategist Peter Oppenheimer. “Historically, … Read more

Global Fund Managers More Bearish on World Economy Than at Any Time Since 2008

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via Yahoo: Fund managers haven’t been this bearish about the global economy’s outlook since November 2008, according to the latest Bank of America Lynch survey of global fund managers, an important measure of investor sentiment. According to the survey, 44% of the fund managers expect global growth to decelerate in the next year, the worst … Read more

Canada’s housing market is imploding, growth is slowing and it will eventually go negative like it did back in the 80’s.

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Canada’s housing market is imploding, growth is slowing and it will eventually go negative like it did back in the 80’s. Caterpillar once again is reporting weakening sales. The manipulation is coming to an end. Conspiracy no more for gold. JP Morgan trader turns states evidence and points to others. This is not just a … Read more

The Welfare Generation: Over Half Of America’s Kids Live In Households Getting Govt Assistance

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Authored by Terence Jeffrey via CNSNews.com, The Census Bureau has released new data that strengthens the case for calling the current generation of American children “The Welfare Generation.” Among American residents under 18 years of age in 2017, according to the Census Bureau, 51.7 percent lived in households in which one or more persons received benefits … Read more

I Read The News So You Don’t Have To – Market News (Nov. 13, 2018)

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by ogordained UNITED STATES A strengthening dollar is weakening the outlook of corporate earnings The Bear/Bull Market Index might be signaling the end of a long bull market Small banks are experiencing an uptick in credit card delinquencies, sending rates higher Despite low gas prices, truckload hauling rates have skyrocketed Futures point to a higher opening today OTHER Defense stocks and REITs are benefiting from a semiconductor selloff spurred by anticipated weak … Read more

China’s latest financial data paints a bleak economic outlook amid trade war with US

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China’s financial condition weakened in October, pointing to a further deceleration in the world’s second-biggest economy amid the trade war with the United States. While Beijing has been pressing the country’s banks to boost lending to the “real economy”, newly granted loans nearly halved to 677 billion yuan (US$97.32 billion) in October, from 1.38 trillion … Read more