China May Skip Trade Talks, Cripple US Supply Chains After New Trump Tariffs

Via ZeroHedge When discussing yesterday’s WSJ report that the Trump admin may slap the new, $200BN round of tariffs on Chinese imports as soon as tomorrow, we said that such an escalation would likely derail talks with top Chinese officials, currently scheduled in Washington for Sept. 27 and Sept. 28. Now, in a follow up report, the WSJ … Read more

Australian property prices have started falling. If they crash, a financial crisis will follow for their banks

by mark000 It’s all so bloody predictable. Via the AFR: Selling agents are starting to reveal the truth behind recent listings in Sydney’s west with Belle Property Strathfield’s Jimmy Kang saying up to 50 per cent of his clients were asking him to sell their homes in Sydney’s western suburbs because they can no longer afford … Read more

Largest Companies in the World by Market Cap, 1980 to Today

by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmWxoc9XcAAluHi.jpg By definition, the largest companies by market cap are the most valued by investors in absolute terms. Of course, these companies change all the time. Secular trends rise and fall, and economic cycles rinse and repeat. New companies are built, while former “blue chips” may struggle. For every Enron … Read more

Places people use Facebook the most

via Brainmouth: Data pulled from Facebook “Were Here” API (Source) Plotted using web-based Firebase App (Google web app) (Tool) Data in table for and some analysis here if you’re interested: https://media.thinknum.com/articles/movie-theaters-top-20-facebook-were-here/

Check out the massive gap between $SPX & ECRI Index

checkout the massive gap between $SPX & ECRI Index pic.twitter.com/ks93D6zpwq — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 14, 2018 ECRI Weekly Leading Index Growth does not look healthy pic.twitter.com/bhpYWFQMmR — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 15, 2018 US Retail Sales MM does not look like a roaring economy pic.twitter.com/4Eq1aysQJm — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 14, 2018 August retail sales rose by … Read more

Political Uncertainty is the New Contagion?

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I understand how the chaos with Trump is the wildcard for the stock market going forward which is something we need to follow here even from Europe. But we have chaos in Germany with Merkel who looks like a dictator who will only leave office if you drag her out by … Read more

Top Dem BUSTED in SICK Act Against Children And LOOK Who Paid Her To Do It!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgiM578Mdh4 Ryan Saavedra for the Daily Wire reports, Arizona Democratic Senate candidate Kyrsten Sinema fought to protect criminals who had sex with child prostitutes and later took tens of thousands of dollars from the founders of an alleged sex trafficking website. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/35797/…

It’s As If The Whole Thing Was Made Up To Excuse Hillary’s Humiliating Defeat

How the Russian collusion myth was hatched by Team Hillary immediately after her loss Woodward: No Evidence Of Trump-Russia Collusion, I Searched For Two Years. Flashback: We don’t live in a healthy polity. Plus: And the people claiming the most concern with Russian machinations have contributed the most to the damage. And this was all … Read more

IF ONLY THERE HAD BEEN SOME SORT OF WARNING: Five Reasons Why Student Loans Are a Looming Disaster.

via mindingthecampus: Federal efforts to alleviate the high and rising cost of attending college through student loans have morphed from a policy challenge to a fiscal time bomb threatening to blow up the financial future of tens of millions of Americans and the government’s own solvency. Dressed up as a progressive achievement, it is actually a … Read more

The Coast Guard just fired a guy for making the OK sign during a news cast.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it “removed” a member from its Hurricane Florence response team Friday after he made an “OK” hand gesture on live TV that the service branch deemed “offensive.” The unidentified team member was caught looking into the camera and then swiftly making the hand gesture, prompting a backlash on social media. … Read more