An index-plus strategy where you buy the S&P and then buy the top performers in it would not have significantly improved your performance and in fact would have hurt it in the last 30 years.

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by nowrongturns I see a common strategy that many tend to employ is to pick an index like the s&p and then pick some of the stocks in the top 10 of the index that they think are good companies. The idea behind this is to get a boost by increasing the concentration of the … Read more

Yes, Italy Is Greece All Over Again…Only the Crisis Is 7x Larger

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Could Italy be the next Greece? “Italy to Bow to EU and Cut Deficit Targets, Corriere Says” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-03/italy-to-bow-to-eu-and-cut-deficit-to-2-in-2021-corriere-says?srnd=premium-europe Despite bowing down to the EU and cutting the budget deficit, do you guys think that their populist government will become more fiscally responsible? Imo we might see a scenario similar to the 2010 Greek debt crisis … Read more

CDC: Steep increases in sexually-transmitted diseases, esp. syphilis

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by Dr. Eowyn Despite sex ed classes in public schools and a wealth of information on the Internet about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), increasing numbers of Americans still manage to get infected. So much for human rationality, which is the necessary foundation for a republic in which citizens supposedly employ their capacity for reason to … Read more

The worst totalitarian since Mao

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From the American Conservative: This summer, a UN panel received reports of a human rights crisis unfolding in China’s far western Xinjiang province. The information showed that as many as two million people had been subjected to an intense political indoctrination and reeducation program. The backlash has largely focused on the ethno-religious nature of this crisis. Pakistan, China’s … Read more

Why self-checkout will lead to less privacy

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From Vox: Rochester, New York, is a notorious model of terrible urban planning and idiotic corporate sponsorship. On the underdeveloped side of the Genesee River, next to the bus station, sits the “National Museum of Play,” an odd institution founded by Margaret Woodbury Strong — a Rochester native who inherited millions of dollars and used it to collect thousands … Read more

As Seen On Forbes: Higher Volatility Is Likely Ahead

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by Jesse Colombo As seen on Forbes by RealInvestmentAdvice.com’s Jesse Colombo: “Why Another Market Volatility Surge Is Likely Ahead“: The U.S. stock market is climbing to record highs once again and volatility has calmed down dramatically from its panic-induced levels reached earlier this year. Traders have become complacent as they passively ride the stock market higher and … Read more

Sick Leftists Attack Trump’s Motorcade In NYC, He Rolls Down Window And Gives Shock Of Their Lives

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3ZMMuy8-2s Jorge Washington for Right Wing News Reports, There is literally no escaping the liberal madness. In what is a hilarious outburst of TDS, someone caught President Trump’s motorcade going through New York City as protesters screamed at him. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://rwnofficial.com/sick-leftists…

Trump – One Accuser Turned Down $750,000!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyLHDDpqN6k Synopsis: Shortly before the 2016 election, the desperate Dems did to then candidate Trump exactly what they are now doing to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh – have George Soros-funded groups pay women to accuse him of a variety of misconduct. These anarchist leftists behind this illicit funding know that even if their smears … Read more

They get their pay raised to $15 an hour but they lose out on the employee stock purchase plan, and will no longer recieve bonuses based on performance.

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by flying_panini_press So in the end Amazon is actually saving a bunch of money as well on top of killing mom and pop shops. For the many low wage Amazon workers – both full time and temporary – set to receive a raise thanks to the just announced boost in minimum pay to $15/hour, the … Read more

Artificial sweeteners have repeatedly been linked to obesity, cancer, type 2 diabetes, migraines and even liver toxicity.

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A new study shows that 6 artificial sweeteners (aspartame, sucralose, saccharine, neotame, advantame and acesulfame potassium-k) are all toxic to gut bacteria. For years, aspartame and other artificial sweeteners have been associated with an increase in diabetes and other obesity-related conditions. Marketed as a “healthy alternative” to sugar, because they contain virtually no calories, it … Read more

No, The Canadian Dollar Is Not Soaring – IT IS CRASHING

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by Josh Sigurdson and John Sneisen of World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the fall of the Canadian economy as media claims that the loonie is soaring. It’s quite incredible how people cannot seem to comprehend that the Canadian dollar and the US dollar are both devaluing rapidly. No fiat currencies are … Read more

HUGE DEVELOPMENT: FEINSTEIN Moves to SEAL FBI Investigation as Case Collapses!

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For the past several weeks, Democrats and their liberal media allies have publicly excoriated Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over a number of uncorroborated allegations and unverifiable rumors of criminal wrongdoing, essentially convicting and sentencing him to political death in the court of public opinion. Obviously intent on derailing Kavanaugh’s nomination by creating a massive … Read more

Christine Blasey-Ford Friend In Delaware Was Career FBI Agent and Likely Together During Accusation Letter Construct…

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by sundance In a letter released last night from a former boyfriend of Christine Blasey-Ford, there was a name curiously not redacted. The name of Monica L McLean was revealed as a life-long friend who Ms. Ford helped with polygraph preparation. The media has begun to focus on the letter as outlining a lie told by Ms. Ford during recent congressional … Read more

Things that make you go “Hmmmmm?”

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by Deplorable Patriot “It always comes out in the wash”  A phrase that I have used many times.  A phrase that many others have used many times. For those that are not familiar with this phrase it basic meaning is ” truth will always prevail.”  I would never use this phrase when it came to anything government related.  … Read more