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by Kevin Muir of Macro Tourist If someone had asked me to name the driving factors influencing US stock market performance return over the past year, I might have guessed the cut in the tax rate, but I would then be at loss to further explain what has been moving stocks. Lucky for me, Bloomberg has this great … Read more
“Facebook knew of problems with how it measured viewership of video ads for more than a year before it revealed them in 2016, according to a complaint filed by advertisers.” via WSJ: Damping marketers’ concerns is important for Facebook as it seeks a bigger piece of U.S. spending on online video ads, which is projected … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter During the stock market selloff last week, I appeared on “Off the Cuff” with Chris Martenson of PeakProsperity.com. While I’m a fairly regular guest on Off the Cuff — thank you, Chris! — these podcasts are normally reserved for premium subscribers of PeakProsperity.com. But this time, Chris released it to the public. Below is a … Read more
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From Birch Gold Group In many ways, the current U.S. budget deficit represents uncharted territory. Investopedia defines a budget deficit when “expenses exceed revenue and it is an indicator of financial health.” Referring to the U.S. they added “Accrued government deficits form the national debt.” According to an official statement released by Steve Mnuchin and Mick Mulvaney at the Treasury, … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn Two days before his inauguration, during an interview with the Washington “fake news” Post on Jan. 18, 2017, Donald John Trump already had the slogan for his re-election campaign in 2020. He asked the Post, “Are you ready?,” then announced his 2020 campaign slogan: “Keep America Great!” Trump called his lawyer into his office to trademark the … Read more
by Chris Here’s one from 2008: Statement by the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets 10/6/2008 HP-1177 Washington, DC– The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets issued the following statement today: Conditions in U.S. and global financial markets remain extremely strained. The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) is working with market participants and regulators globally … Read more
A couple weeks ago a spokesperson for the CA “high speed” rail poohed poohed critics of the project and promised that this rail project would provide noticeable dividends in reducing traffic congestion. These bureaucrats live in a bubble, and CA has evolved into a highly segregated state with extreme income disparity. PR
WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to withdraw from a 144-year-old postal treaty that has allowed Chinese companies to ship small packages to the United States at a steeply discounted rate, undercutting American competitors and flooding the market with cheap consumer goods. The withdrawal, announced by the White House on Wednesday, is part of a concerted … Read more
via usni.org: The link takes you to a US Naval Institute commentary on a Centers for Strategic and International Studies panel addressing Chinese navy actions in the contested sea area. There is an embedded video of the panel. The video doesn’t begin until 18:09. (Skip to it, otherwise you’ll see the intro for 18 minutes.) There … Read more
Despite progress in reducing extreme poverty, nearly half the world’s population lives on less than $5.50 a day, with a rising share of the poor in wealthier economies, the World Bank said Wednesday. In a twice-yearly report, the bank took a broader look at poverty to see where countries were lagging, even though the share … Read more
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1052517674557816833 … high debt levels of American corporations @SoberLook h/t @ennovance @DiMartinoBooth @lcdnews pic.twitter.com/67XojJWZwt — Mo Hossain (@MoHossain) October 17, 2018
via ericwcharmon: https://i.redd.it/9tt313o4qir11.jpg ((SMALL AUTHOR’S NOTE–Although the title says NEW INVESTOR FRIENDLY, I think it’s worth mentioning that I actually do not recommend options trading for individuals who are brand new to investing. Cut your teeth and learn as much as you can with traditional trading first, and after you feel comfortable with terminology, examining charts, collecting research, … Read more
by ya_yea_yeah A couple years ago when interest rates bottomed out I made the choice of refinancing my 30 year into a 15 year at a 2.75% rate. I was borrowing at a rate of 4.375% prior to this. But I had the option of 3.5% if I wanted to refinance back into a 30 … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zim5RbTR7UI NPC means “nonplayable character” or “nonplayer character.” It’s a term, borrowed from the world of video games, for a character that is controlled by the computer rather than by a player. Twitter has declared the use of this meme ““intentionally misleading election-related content,” – and its use is said to break twitters terms of … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGpoWIZ0oOo The Bay Area may be the center of the global technology industry, but that hasn’t stopped one wealthy enclave from protecting itself from the future. The city council of Mill Valley, a small town located just a few miles north of San Francisco, voted unanimously late last week to effectively block deployments of small-cell … Read more
Make no mistake: A lawsuit against Harvard that's purported to represent the interests of Asian-Americans would, if successful, primarily benefit white students. #DefendDiversity pic.twitter.com/f7ssda9O9c — ACLU (@ACLU) October 15, 2018 Comments on Twitter show people are furious about the ACLU’s blatant support of racism. Tim Pool: “The ACLU Supports Discrimination and I’m PISSED” https://twitter.com/BryanLunduke/status/1052285356425457664 ACLU: … Read more
History Says Market Sell-Off Isn’t over and This Drop Will Be Sharper Stocks could see another swoosh before the market is able to build on, or even hold, this week’s gains. The S&P 500 is about half way back from its October lows, but it could retest that level again before rallying into the end … Read more
by Kimble Charting CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE The left chart above looks at the Bank Index (BKX) over the past 13-years. In 2007, the index diverged with the broad market as it was creating a bearish descending triangle. Once support of the descending triangle broke, selling pressure ramped up. This pattern took place while “interest rates were actually moving … Read more
by Dave If you take the model Rob is talking about to its logical endpoint, then you basically have the central banks buying everything. The price of money drops to 0%, and the central bank owns large shares of the stock and bond markets. That’s where Japan is, and so let’s imagine that the rest … Read more