Real-Estate-Brokerage Unicorn Disrupts – Itself?

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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

Ocasio-Cortez BRUTALY MOCKED By GOP After ICE Walks Into Her District And Deports MAJOR Criminal

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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…

Something Very Strange Is Happening Everywhere…

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Is This the (Double) Top?

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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”

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"#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

US macro momentum the next shoe to drop?

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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

THIS SEEMS LIKE A MISTAKE: Trump: No action on criminal-justice reform before midterms.

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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

Thousands Leaving Democrat Party in #Walkaway Movement

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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

Idea that US has more bullets than China in trade war is nonsense.

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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

Trump Isn’t Going Anywhere… Yet

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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

How Financially Literate Are You With Investing?

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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

Snap’s “first annual meeting, held on Aug. 2, involved no public questions. It lasted 2 minutes and 46 seconds.”

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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

Over 25% of Russell 2000 firms don’t make any money, yet the index is at a record high and it is up 12.18% year to date.

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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

You don’t get a 7-8% annual return by waiting to collect Social Security, you get a 7-8% annual increase in each SS check by waiting.

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by KillingTime56 The Internet is a buzz with financial advisers and other so called experts talking about the glories of waiting to collect Social Security. DELAY, DELAY, DELAY, they say. They promise a 7-8% “annual return.” But it is not a true annual return. Instead your monthly checks will be 7-8% higher if you delay collecting … Read more

Australia bans Huawei from 5G network

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Chinese-owned telecommunications giant Huawei has been blocked from rolling out Australia’s 5G network due to security concerns. The government said Thursday that the involvement of a company “likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government” presented too much risk. … The decision also affects ZTE Corp, a Chinese maker of mobile devices. … Read more