IT’S A GOOD START: Trump smashes regs, cuts $33 billion vs. $245 billion added by Obama.

via washingtonexaminer: President Trump’s promise to cut Obama-era regulations has gone into overdrive, with the slashing generating $33 billion in savings, far more than expected. A new report from the White House budget office said that $23 billion in savings has occurred this year alone, with the total at $33 billion since the president took … Read more

More signs of a bull market top and start of a bear market in 2019

by Troy More than 1 month ago I explained my main long term worry for the U.S. stock market: The economy & the stock market move in the same direction in the medium-long term. Key economic indicators tend to deteriorate BEFORE bull markets end. But here’s the tricky part. Sometimes leading economic indicators deteriorate JUST before bull markets … Read more

ALAN GREENSPAN NOW: ” This is the tightest labor market I’ve EVER SEEN” TRUMP FULL OF WINNING AGAIN.

Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman Adam Jeffery | CNBC Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told CNBC on Thursday the United States currently has the tightest labor market he’s ever seen. IF I WERE AMERICAN, I VOTE TRUMP WITH BOTH HANDS AGAIN “MR PRESIDENT I AM TIRED OF SO … Read more

ISIS Took Nearly 700 Hostages Including Several US & European Citizens In US-Controlled Part Of Syria, Threatens To Kill 10 A Day

“The 700 hostages captured in Syria by Islamic State terrorists include US and European citizens and are being killed off 10 people a day, Russia’a Vladimir Putin said, criticizing American forces for “catastrophic” failure. Islamic State terrorists “have delivered ultimatums and made certain demands, threatening … to shoot ten people every day,” the Russian leader … Read more

I Keep Reading That Trump Is Bringing Fascism To America, But It Always Seems To Be Democrats Wearing The Brown Shirts.

THE NEW CIVILITY: Soros-backed group fires operative after arrest over alleged battery against GOP campaign manager. American Bridge 21st Century announced Wednesday night that it had fired one of its operatives a day after he was arrested and accused of battery against the female campaign manager for Nevada GOP gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt. In a statement, … Read more

Is China already in a recession?

Is China already in a recession? About half of Chinese equity sectors have lost over 40% of their value in the last year. Just like 2015, the PBOC should soon come to the rescue making another yuan devaluation inevitable; but this time it should be much worse. pic.twitter.com/ED2AaMGu8V — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) October 18, … Read more

Rising interest rates, peak earnings and spiraling debt and pundits can’t find a bear market thesis

#Peakearnings + decelerating growth. If GOP loses the House, no Tax Cut 2.0 possible =may not be already -> see -5% budget cuts yesterday – does it also remove infrastructure, too? Rising interest rates, peak earnings and spiraling debt and pundits can't find a bear market thesis pic.twitter.com/Hzlq5NhlN9 — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) October 18, 2018 A … Read more

REPORT: US Union Steel Workers Set to Receive ‘BIGGEST PAY RAISE’ in Years

Just months after the mainstream media slammed President Trump’s stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum for provoking a devastating “trade war” with China and Canada, US steel workers are now poised to receive their “biggest pay raise” in years. According to Reuters, “United States Steel Corp workers are set to get the biggest wage jump … Read more

State Department provided ‘clearly false’ statements to derail requests for Clinton docs, ‘shocked’ federal judge says

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com In a combative exchange at a hearing Friday in Washington, D.C., a federal judge unabashedly accused career State Department officials of lying and signing “clearly false” affidavits to derail a series of lawsuits seeking information about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server and her handling of the 2012 … Read more

Obama IRS Appointee Arrested for Leaking Trump Campaign Officials Financial Data!

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com A Treasury employee has been arrested and charged with leaking multiple reports about financial transactions relating to former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort, campaign official Richard Gates, accused Russian agent Maria Butina and the Russian Embassy, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards is accused of … Read more

Five Things Every Woman Should Know About Social Security

by FS Regardless of gender, Social Security is a complicated topic. For women who are or were married, there are some important things to consider when drawing benefits. We spoke with Yolanda York, a public affairs specialist with the Social Security Administration, about what women need to know regarding Social Security benefits as they approach … Read more

Study shows 2/3 of Americans are not as polarized as the media wants you to think

RT, Released on 10/17/18 A recent study called “Hidden Tribes: A Study of America’s Polarized Landscape” shows that about 2/3 of Americans have views far outside what the media promotes as our “national conversation.” They polled 8,000 Americans about issues like immigration, white privilege, sexual harassment, and a bunch of other stuff that the media … Read more

WikiLeaks paper reveals Congressional think tank specific techniques for ‘persuading’ audiences

via failedevolution: his document was obtained by WikiLeaks from the United States Congressional Research Service. The CRS is a Congressional “think tank” with a staff of around 700. Reports are commissioned by members of Congress on topics relevant to current political events. Despite CRS costs to the tax payer of over $100M a year, its electronic … Read more

The Weighted Average Cost Of Capital – When it goes up, prices go down. It’s going up…

by Adam Taggart ittybiz.com This is a revisitation of a report I wrote back in late 2016, predicting the imminent end of zero-bound interest rates and warning of the downward pressure that rising rates, mathematically, must place on today’s elevated asset prices. Since the publication of that report, interest rates have indeed vaulted higher. Look at … Read more