US Single-Family Home Inventory up 86% Y-o-Y in October; Condominium Inventory up 188%

via zerohedge: This is how housing markets turn. Slowly, then all at once. Seven years of Seattle home prices outpacing wage growth because of low rates; bidding wars replaced by sales at the asking price; days or weeks on the market turning into months; sellers reduce home prices; surging mortgage rates; buyers disappear, and wallah- a … Read more

Breaking: DOJ and DHS Issue New Asylum Rule

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doj-and-dhs-issue-new-asylum-rule Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen today announced an Interim Final Rule declaring that those aliens who contravene a presidential suspension or limitation on entry into the United States through the southern border with Mexico issued under section 212(f) or 215(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act … Read more

The ‘smart money’ isn’t buying the stock-market bounce, and that could mean a test of the lows: analyst

via marketwatch: Debt-fueled corporate buybacks will be crucial to sustained stock-market rebound: Canaccord Genuity Stocks may have ripped higher Wednesday in a bout of post-midterm relief, but the “smart money” doesn’t appear to be buying into the November bounce, noted one analyst, who argued that equities, as a result, could yet retest their October lows and … Read more

You Can’t Do It Quietly Top Democrat Overheard Discussing Kavanaugh Impeachment Plans

by Thinker The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee was overheard Wednesday discussing Democrats’ plans to investigate and try to impeach Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. New York Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler took a series of phone calls while riding the Acela train from New York to Washington, D.C, not knowing that The Federalist’s … Read more

FEDERAL COURT RULES AGAINST MARYLAND GERRYMANDERING GOP VOTERS INTO OBLIVION

by Mark Tapscott It got lost in the election news this week, but Walter Olson points it out in a tweet late yesterday. The Federal District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that when Maryland’s Democratic establishment redrew congressional districts in 2011, they: •  “The state specifically targeted voters in the sixth congressional district … Read more

China Opens 13th Police Station In South Africa

by Thinker Once again, you can’t fault the Chinese for playing the game of “RISK” and buying instead of fighting to get what they want. Thanks to the U.S. troops and wars, they opened the doors for most nations to welcome China, they don’t want to bomb, but bringing cash. How many Africans are taking … Read more

Here are all the ways inflation is happening today

by Simon Black Something strange happened in the markets last month that signals trouble ahead… When stocks fell from their September highs, you would have expected investors to run for cover in the world’s safe-haven asset – US Treasurys. But that’s not what happened. While stocks were plunging, Treasurys also fell. Yields on 30-year Treasurys increased … Read more

Remember that time Obama kicked someone out of a press conference, saying ‘You’re in my house’, and the media cheered?

Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama is used to hecklers stopping him during speeches — but he draws the line when the audience interrupts him in his own house. As Obama was speaking at a White House event honoring LGBT Pride Month on Wednesday, an accented voice rang out from the crowd. Obama wasn’t amused. “Shame on … Read more

Stephen Colbert: Fighting Tucker Carlson’s ideas is an American right. Targeting his home and terrorizing his family is an act of monstrous cowardice. Obviously don’t do this, but also, take no pleasure in it happening. Feeding monsters just makes more monsters.

Fighting Tucker Carlson’s ideas is an American right. Targeting his home and terrorizing his family is an act of monstrous cowardice. Obviously don’t do this, but also, take no pleasure in it happening. Feeding monsters just makes more monsters. — Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) November 8, 2018 https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1060590182464872448

Identifying The Next Relative Strength Leaders

by Dana Lyons Stocks that were the quickest to recover from correction losses may be new relative strength leaders going forward. If you read our piece yesterday, “Are Stocks Out Of The Woods?“, you know that, despite the big rally, we don’t believe the stock market is in the clear just yet following its October swoon. … Read more

Consumer credit, Employment

by WARREN MOSLER Highlights Consumer credit growth slowed more than expected to just $10.9 billion in September, below Econoday’s consensus range and less than half of the upwardly revised $22.9 billion August increase. Growth slowed in nonrevolving credit, which rose $11.2 billion in September versus $18.3 billion previously, while growth in revolving credit stalled completely … Read more