Type 2 Diabetes In Grid Down Environment–Fasting, Exercise

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by SP The major medical scourges of developed western society are 1) obesity, 2) diabetes (type 2), 3) hypertension, and 4) atherosclerosis.   Arthritis deserves a (dis)honorable mention.  All of these are closely related to insulin resistance. (This discussion does NOT include type 1 diabetes.  In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas is damaged and does not make insulin. Most … Read more

How gradual has monetary tightening been?

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https://twitter.com/greg_ip/status/1055529416028250115 tightened financial conditions pic.twitter.com/I6PKXqEocg — Sam Ro 📈 (@SamRo) October 25, 2018 Rising Rates Fan Equity Fears Over $14 Trillion of Company Debt Bloomberg–3 hours ago Over the past decade, non-financial corporate debt worldwide has swelled 68 percent to $14 trillion, according to Sanford C. Bernstein. As economic growth .. Gold to replace US Treasuries as the ‘ultimate risk-off asset’ – strategist RT–28 … Read more

PPT In The House!

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by Chris Look, I know that rallies happen, and that not every shadow behind every bush is the PPT, but there are times when the “”market”” action is just too convenient for the powers that be to seem legitimate. When gold gets sold and stocks get bought that’s very convenient for TPTB. Looking at today’s … Read more

YAHOO Data Breach Victims Get $100. Lawyers Get $35 Million

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Yahoo will pay up to $85 million to settle a class action lawsuit over its massive data breach, reports the Recorder, a legal publication. That includes $50 million for compensation for up to 200 million affected users plus another $35 million for lawyers’ fees and expenses. People who had Yahoo accounts between 2012 and 2016 and experienced out-of-pocket costs tied … Read more

Sad Announcement From 1st Woman Supreme Court Justice Raises New Questions About Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2QOywjnO1E Chris Agee for the Western Journal reports, Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced her withdrawal from public life in a letter this week that detailed her advancing cognitive difficulties. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/suprem…

Canada Is Spending A FORTUNE! – Debt SKYROCKETS!

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Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the stunning level of spending by the Canadian government as the number breaches $300B pushing up Canada’s debt ratio. The deficit has been ranked at $19B. The overall spending by Ottawa hit $332B in Canada allegedly due to new categorization of debt liabilities being … Read more

Indicator Suggesting Another 20% Decline?

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by Kimble Charting Many savvy investors look at the NYSE Composite to gauge the health of the broader market. With the markets in correction mode, we will look at this broad-based stock index for clues about the stock market correction. In the chart below, you can see that the NYSE Composite has foretold stock market correction with “hanging … Read more

It only just begun…and already “Markets in Turmoil” specials. You can’t put a $20T plug under markets (supply & demand) and expect it won’t have opposite effects removing it

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It only just begun…and already "Markets in Turmoil" specials. You can't put a $20T plug under markets (supply & demand) and expect it won't have opposite effects removing it. We also have no idea how much QE was levered up w/ derivatives + options + other forms of leverage⚠️ pic.twitter.com/KL1FwHNDk6 — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) October 25, … Read more

Read The News So You Don’t Have To – Market News (October 25, 2018)

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by ogordained UNITED STATES The Markit PMI manufacturing activity index is trending higher Markit PMI price indices keep strengthening, pointing to higher inflation ahead New home sales are near the 2-year lows while inventories are climbing The S&P 500 gave up 3% and is now down for the year Concerns are growing about a slowdown in earnings growth, tariffs, higher rates, a stronger US dollar, … Read more

America’s Foreignest Presidents

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via Udzu: Visualization details Ancestry information from Wikipedia and wikitree.com. Foreign-born means born outside the US (or 13 Colonies) without inheriting citizenship from parents. Note that inheriting US citizenship through just one parent only became possible in 1855 for fathers and 1934 for mothers. Colors indicate party affiliation (just noticed I forgot to put a legend, … Read more

61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience

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via talent.works: Jr. Marketing Assistant. Perfect for new grads! Requirements: 3 years of digital marketing experience. Compensation: $12/hour. The job search can feel like one big Catch-22: “How the hell am I supposed to get experience if I can’t get a job to get experience?” In fact, after analyzing a random sample of 95,363 jobs, we discovered that 61% of all full-time “entry-level” jobs … Read more

Fundamental indexing when prices are rich and 6 stocks generate 98% of 2018 S&P 500 gains

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by Daendrew 98% of S&P 500 gains come from just 6 companies. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/10/amazon-netflix-and-microsoft-hold-most-of-the-markets-gain-in-2018.html When you take that into account, it is even more impressive that SFLNX, the Schwab Fundamental US Large Company Index Fund has held up the way it did vs S&P 500 and Russell 1000 as the fundamental indexes have significantly less exposure … Read more

Is The Market Predicting A Recession?

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by Lance Roberts There has been lot’s of analysis lately on what message the recent gyrations in the market are sending. Is this just a correction in an ongoing, and seemingly never-ending, bull market? Maybe. Anything is possible. Or, is the financial market starting to pick up on what we have been warning about for … Read more

The News Media Was Caught Faking Wind Speeds During Hurricane Florence in Order to Manipulate Public Opinion. Why is it So Far Fetched and Frowned Upon to Ask If They’re Doing the Same Exact Thing Today With These Supposed Pipe Bombs?

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by WeAreTheResistance So dramatic! Dude from the weather channel bracing for his life, as 2 dudes just stroll past. #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/8FRyM4NLbL — Tony scar. (@gourdnibler) September 14, 2018 The viral video of Mike Seidel hoaxing millions of Americans live on television during Hurricane Florence, proved beyond question that the news media absolutely does use lies and … Read more