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via 720 Global Despite the volatility and brief correction earlier this year, the U.S. stock market is back to making record highs in the past couple weeks. To many observers, this market now seems downright bulletproof as it keeps going higher and higher as it has for nearly a decade in direct defiance of the naysayers’ warnings. … Read more
via dataandmedia: Source for data is Nike Created using Tableau There is an interactive version of this data viz that also includes a bit of insight too!
News article: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/04/fidelity-offers-first-ever-free-index-funds-and-1-billion-follows.html Link to the funds: Fidelity ZERO Total Market Index Fund (FZROX) Fidelity ZERO International Index Fund (FZILX) Technically they only had $753.5M+$234.18M=$987.68M on August 31 but according to CNBC that’s good enough to round up to a billion. h/t notafeg
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via Topdown Charts Something has been happening in the global economy this year – and I say *this year* for good reason. Both the developed and emerging market composite manufacturing PMIs peaked in December last year, and have both seen an almost consistent and synchronized slowdown. We can definitely blame tighter financial conditions and increased market volatility, but political risk … Read more
by Jesse “The courage we need is not the fortitude to be obedient in the service of an unjust war, to help conceal lies, to do our job for a boss who has usurped power and is acting as an outlaw government. It is the courage at last to face honestly the truth and reality … Read more
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hello Martin … I follow emerging markets closely and one thing I note is that the size of the sovereign forex-denominated debt burdens are quite small relative to GDP except in the case of Argentina (48%). Everybody else, including Turkey and Indonesia) is 11% or less. How can you have a … Read more
by Martin Armstrong There has never been a President of the United States who is so hated by the political establishment which is absolutely determined to remove him from office, destroy his empire, and imprison his family while they are at it. The claimed New York Times Op_ed which is supposedly by a high ranking official in … Read more
by Lynette Zang of ITM Trading Lynette is proud to announce a brand new series called “Boots on the Ground”. In this first episode of the new series, Lynette speaks with Yaniv (sp?) from Israel who lived through the Israeli hyperinflation. What does hyperinflation look like, and what about the reset? Tune in to the interview in its … Read more
David Moadel interviewed on Press For Truth In the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis most people were completely unaware that there was anything to be concerned about! According to the media and top economic and financial analysts at the time the economy was doing just fine in fact it was thriving and all was good … Read more
Millions of Trump supporters and members of the Silent Majority who are fed up with your lies and censorship.
by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper Disasters come in all shapes and sizes, and so do your preps. There are four different levels of disasters, from personal emergencies to a full-on SHTF end-of-the-world kind of thing. The good news is, no matter what your level of preparedness or your budget is like, there are things … Read more
via Bloomberg: Some of the world’s wealthiest clans have been throwing their money into an esoteric piece of financial engineering that has Wall Street in its thrall. They’re called collateralized loan obligations, and they transform riskier company loans into bonds of varying risk and reward. Buyers have included affiliates of the Pritzker family, Bill and … Read more
The Japanese authorities have acknowledged for the first time that a man died from cancer resulting from acute radiation poisoning at the Fukushima nuclear plant that went into meltdown following an earthquake back in 2011. A Japanese man in his 50s, who previously worked at the crippled Fukushima power plant, has recently died of a … Read more
by SP Bloomberg carried the following article about wealthy US “tech titans” plotting bolt holes in New Zealand to escape the Zombie Apocalypse. “If you’re the sort of person that says ‘I’m going to have an alternative plan when Armageddon strikes,’ then you would pick the farthest location and the safest environment — and that equals … Read more
via thezman: Anyone who has been through a change in software platforms for their company knows that it starts out as a lot of fun, but then turns into drudgery. Initially, thoughts of all the new stuff and better programs makes it feel like Christmas. Then the reality of going through every single business process of … Read more
via cnbc: Businesses should integrate ocean sustainability into strategy, according to Norges Bank Investment Management. Firms should also disclose how ocean sustainability forms part of their strategies, policies and commitments. Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund has said that it expects businesses to “manage the challenges and opportunities related to sustainable uses of the ocean.” … Read more
via @OccupyWisdom : https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037128314358571009 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037128320872325121 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037128326601682947 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1037128336256974854
via illinoispolicy: According to a new report by Moody’s Investors Service, Illinois’ unfunded pension liabilities equaled 601 percent of state revenues in 2017, a U.S. record. Illinois’ pension debt has set a new record to which no state should aspire. Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service released a report Aug. 27 comparing unfunded pension liabilities across all U.S. … Read more
