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by Thinker Better late, than “NEVER!!!” For the prime minister of Australia, at least he exceeds the leaders of the U.S. and U.K. for acknowledging failure. There are children crying all over the world and for the majority of nations the heads of state remain quiet, and the guilty continue to assault. How long will … Read more
After five days of early voting in North Carolina, turnout resembles early voting from the presidential election in 2016 – not a mid-term election. Even though there is no Senate race on the ballot, both Republicans and Democrats seem eager to cast a vote in a mid-term election that President Trump has said is a … Read more
BY JARED DILLIAN A friend of mine from a former life recently resurfaced. He asked if I would look at his portfolio, which I was happy to do. I felt a bit like an emergency room doctor who got a patient with a very obvious problem, like, a missing arm. My friend started out years ago … Read more
via Bespoke The S&P Regional Banks have gotten battered once again today, down 3.01%. But that is purely a continuation of what has been a rough Fall. The index has fallen 16.58% from its high back in early June and has fallen 7.05% since the start of October. The stocks in the index are down … Read more
via Ben Leubsdorf The economic expansion that began in mid-2009 and already ranks as the second-longest in American history most likely will end in 2020 as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to cool off an overheating economy, according to forecasters surveyed by The Wall Street Journal. Some 59% of private-sector economists surveyed in recent days … Read more
via Natasha Doff The U.K.’s largest active manager is taking up arms against what it sees as an imminent liquidity crunch coming to credit markets. As bouts of late-cycle volatility prompt fears of an impending race for the exits, Aberdeen Standard Investments has been scooping up securities with greater liquidity relative to cash bonds, like credit … Read more
China’s burst of local bond issuance is supposed to fund roads, affordable homes and other infrastructure developments that will help support its flagging economy. But there don’t seem to be enough projects around to spend the money on. Provincial authorities had by the end of September already raised 92 percent of the 1.35 trillion yuan … Read more
Netflix Inc. NFLX, -0.94% said Monday it plans to raise $2 billion through the offering of U.S. dollar- and euro-denominated bonds to qualified institutional buyers. The streaming video service said the interest rate and maturity of the bonds will be determined later, after negotiations with initial purchasers. The company plans to use the proceeds from the offering for … Read more
The difference is category. A derivative is a type of security and a type of financial instrument. Aside from that, financial asset, security and instrument are roughly the same. The only difference is that they are used to describe slightly different things by convention. A security is usually an individual instrument like a stock or … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WRv-HVDAu0 Ryan Saavedra for the Daily Wire reports, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley made fun of Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a charity dinner on Thursday night after the Massachusetts Democrat released the results of her DNA test, which blew up in her face. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/37337/…
Here is the track of Hurricane Willa and it is poised to wipe out the Migrant Caravan as it marches North through Mexico: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/10/22/c…ms-mexico/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KoV8gcmDTk h/t Natura Naturans
The illegal migrant caravan is making its way up to the US, this is a Soros deep state plan. Rosenstein is going to be questioned, why only two D’s and two R’s. Just because you don’t see it happening doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. The deep state is projecting what they are going to do … Read more
from Financial Survival Network Ned Schmidt‘s thinking that gold and silver have put in their cycle lows. Now they’re out performing the stock market, which he was expecting. Will this be gold’s moment in the spotlight? Perhaps. Ned’s also bullish on soybeans, not in spite of the Chinese tariff actions, but because of them. He stated … Read more
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via godfatherpolitics: One of the most prominent “research” groups behind the attacks on conservative free speech on the Internet this year is a company called “New Knowledge.” But now a new review of the company shows that one of its biggest backers is one of our biggest international opponents, the Chinese Government. New Knowledge co-founder Jonathon … Read more
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains & Capital It is looking increasingly likely that the bull market is OVER. The Russell 2000 (IWM) has lead the S&P 500 throughout the bull market begun January 2016. Over that time period, the Russell 2000 rose 54% compared to the S&P 500’s performance of 42%. This is of major importance because … Read more
by Chris Black Motto: I’m ready but the waiting is taking a toll. They promised me nuclear war when I was a kid, they promised me robots too and Mars colonies. This news went mostly under the radar, but President Trump announced on Saturday that he’s withdrawing the US from the INF Treaty … Read more
CNBC, Released on 10/22/18 Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz chief economic advisor, speaks with CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” about his take on the global economy and how investors should approach markets that can no longer count on consistent support from central banks.
