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via realclearmarkets: For nearly two decades, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has deployed negative interest rates, asset purchases and other unorthodox monetary policy tools to battle moribund inflation. Today, that policy toolkit is showing signs of exhaustion – a warning to central banks which have followed Japan’s policy lead. In its much-anticipated July 2018 meeting, … Read more
via knowledge.wharton: Sanitation workers, firefighters, teachers and other state and local government employees have performed their duties in the public sector for decades with the understanding that their often lackluster salaries were propped up by excellent benefits, including an ironclad pension. But Moody’s Investors Service recently estimated that public pensions are underfunded by $4.4 trillion. That … Read more
Let me know where you live and what people are paying for real estate. In Toronto, it’s ridiculously expensive. Million dollar mortgages are VERY common. Looking at real estate prices in the U.S. and Canada, we can see that is has become literally unaffordable to the majority of people. The so-called middle class is vanishing … Read more
Compass makes losing-money-in-real-estate cool, with $800 million in venture capital and a $2.2 billion “valuation.” By John E. McNellis, Principal at McNellis Partners, for The Registry: Does outspending your competition buy you the best talent? Of course. Does it guarantee you the World Series championship? Not so much. Just ask last year’s Los Angeles Dodgers. Compass Inc., a … Read more
Do you think that the situation for Turkey and Brazil will be better or worse, next year at this time? Emerging markets are still in PANIC MODE. The meltdown is still occurring and doesn’t seem likely to end any time soon. Currencies are extremely weak versus the US dollar. Stocks are in a bear market. … Read more
https://youtu.be/csD4yd2gKD4 Finally we hear about South Africa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPvk7i7uS4A Randy DeSoto for the Western Journal reports, The Republican National Committee dinged socialist Democrat candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement beginning earlier this summer after the agency deported a former Nazi SS guard on Tuesday from the district she seeks to represent. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/gop-mo…
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Govenor Doug Ducey will appoint someone to replace him. Arizona state law requires that the governor of the state appoint someone to fill a vacant U.S. Senate or U.S. House seat. That is Nov. 6 in this case. Whoever wins the election in November would serve the remainder of the term through 2020. “Last summer, … Read more
by Daniel Carter A “Double Top” is a chart pattern commonly used in Technical Analysis to identify a reversal to the downside. It is exactly as it sounds: two attempts to break above resistance that ultimately fail, triggering bullish investors/traders to capitulate. Double Tops are significant because they signal a strong move lower in prices, either … Read more
"#ITALY is facing a SILENT #CAPITALFLIGHT. The 2 month cumulated capital outflows of €76 Bn : the biggest since 1997". Rising #TARGET2 liabilities reminds us of #GREEKCRISIS even if Italy runs a primary surplus. UNTILL NOW. Care the #Italianbudget in Sep! #EUR. Courtesy of #CITI pic.twitter.com/FosGuFIsYz — Marscat (@etiennedemarsac) August 24, 2018 Good night. And … Read more
19 handle! 2s10s pic.twitter.com/eoT6C7Qum9 — Randy Woodward (@TheBondFreak) August 24, 2018 🌍😎 Week ahead: Curve confusion – Curve confusion prompting a late-cyclical mindset– But yield curve apologists are in control of the Fed– US macro momentum the next shoe to drophttps://t.co/KkZCyQtWl4 pic.twitter.com/Y0sr1SkD6S — Martin Enlund ⚡️🦆🚁 (@enlundm) August 24, 2018 do not look pic.twitter.com/lSqxgeqM04 — … Read more
via thehill: President Trump on Thursday threw cold water on a criminal-justice reform package being crafted in the Senate, according to an administration official familiar with the situation. During a closed-door meeting at the White House, Trump said he has problems with the prison and sentencing overhaul and made it clear he wants to revisit the politically charged … Read more
For months now a growing movement on social media is highlighting the thousands of people leaving the Democrat Party as leftist leaders continue to embrace more progressive ideologies. Its called the #WalkAway movement and it could spell good news for Republicans come November. Jack Posobiec sits down with their founder to learn more about the … Read more
https://twitter.com/GlobalProTrader/status/1032660908407959552 WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese officials ended two days of talks on Thursday with no major breakthrough as their trade war escalated with activation of another round of dueling tariffs on $16 billion worth of each country’s goods. “We concluded two days of discussions with counterparts from China and exchanged views on how … Read more
by Daniel Carter President Trump appears to have received the worst news of his presidency this week. Within a matter of moments apart, Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign chairman, was found guilty of tax fraud, while Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, plead guilty to campaign-finance violations. These penalties did not directly implicate Trump in any crimes. But … Read more
by visualcapitalist If you’ve ever paid attention to any report on financial literacy from around the world, you’ll likely know that the results aren’t exactly awe-inspiring. For example, according to one global survey, only about 33% of adults are financially literate. Americans tend to fare better on average, but not as much as you might imagine. In fact, … Read more
Journalists are up in arms that Trump is “dog whistling” with his tweet about white farmers in South Africa. Which is strange because not even a year ago many mainstream sources including the Associated press were covering this story. Even Newsweek wrote about it and they are a left wing publication. So what changed? Why … Read more
Kinda laughable. I really dont think they wanted to go public though. Will keep watching them for a couple years if they are still not bankrupt. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-08-22/nobody-trusts-facebook-twitter-is-a-hot-mess-what-is-snap-s-evan-spiegel-doing On the second floor of the new headquarters of Snap Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif., is a room dedicated to helping employees open up. It’s round and lined with potted … Read more
US Economy Showing Deteriorating Signals As we mentioned, the NFIB small business index is looking great and the S&P 500 earnings growth is strong. However, the Merrill Lynch chart below shows not all companies are prospering. It shows the percentage of Russell 2000 members which aren’t making any money. It’s remarkable to see that the percentage has increased even … Read more