China Dethroned by Japan as World’s Second-Biggest Stock Market

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-03/china-dethroned-by-japan-as-world-s-second-biggest-stock-market China just lost its ranking as the world’s number two stock market. After a Thursday slump, Chinese equities were worth $6.09 trillion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That compares with $6.17 trillion in Japan. The U.S. has the world’s largest stock market at just over $31 trillion. China’s stock market overtook Japan’s in … Read more

HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN STOCKS – ANIMATED

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by dmwes4 The CAN SLIM model for selecting stocks was developed by William J. O’Neil, founder and chairman of Investor’s Business Daily. The system is described in his best-selling book, “How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times and Bad” – now in its fourth edition. The goal of the strategy … Read more

Facebook: Heartwarming Ad ‘Shocking, Disrespectful, Sensational’

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FACEBOOK: HEARTWARMING AD ‘SHOCKING, DISRESPECTFUL, SENSATIONAL’ “Facebook banned a pro-life video ad by a judicial candidate, explaining it violated the social-media company’s policy of not allowing ‘shocking, disrespectful or sensational content.’” https://www.wnd.com/2018/08/facebook-heartwarming-ad-shocking-disrespectful-sensational/ You can see the ad at the link above. I can’t seem to find a Youtube video that I can embed for this. … Read more

Trade War starting to take its toll on manufacturing, China’s capital flight is getting worse, The Euro is about to break a key support against the USD….

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#TradeWar starting to take its toll on manufacturing (seen notably in new orders component of ISM) @SoberLook https://twitter.com/LizAnnSonders/status/1024969700399374336 China’s capital flight is getting worse The dollar is jumping against most of the currency #DXY #Yuan #EURUSD https://twitter.com/amital13/status/1025097412594073600 https://twitter.com/StockBoardAsset/status/1025339582232100864 The Euro is about to break a key support against the USD…. 1. ECB keeps loose policy … Read more

Jim Bianco: “Next Year 20% of Bank Profits Could Come Directly From the Fed”

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via thesoundingline: CNBC’s Rick Santelli recently spoke with Bianco Research President Jim Bianco about global central bank balance sheets and the increasingly massive profits banks are generating due to the Fed’s decision to pay banks interest on their excess reserves. Santelli Exchange: Central bank balance sheets from CNBC. Referencing the following chart, Jim Bianco notes: “So you take … Read more

Investor Alert: Less Than 3% Of The Index Is At A New 52-week High While Wage Growth, Construction, Jobs Added, Auto Sales, Home Sales Has Been Slowing.

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For those out there who are getting overly excited over the S&P 500, this one’s for you. Less than 3% of the index is at a new 52-week high. https://twitter.com/DavidInglesTV/status/1025185689090981888 Wage growth has been slowing. Construction has been slowing. Jobs added has been slowing. Auto sales have been slowing. Home sales have been slowing. Home … Read more

Kevin O’leary Warns Apple Investors After Value Reaches $1 Trillion

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via etf trends Shares of Apple crossed the $1 trillion market capitalization mark on Thursday, causing investors to board the tech giant’s titanic boat party to rejoice, but Canadian businessman and “Shark Tank” television personality Kevin O’Leary shouted down the celebration with a warning of a potential iceberg ahead–in particular, the stock’s high price-to-earnings ratio. Apple is … Read more

Just How Unhealthy And Unsafe Are Disaster Shelters?

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via readynutrition: There has been much evidence to support preparing for an emergency and disaster scenario on your own without putting your hopes in crowded shelters or government-operated camps.  Even though FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) has come out and said they are not efficient nor are they even effective at helping people, most just don’t seem … Read more

Bill Binney In His Own Words: ‘A Collaborative Conspiracy to Subvert the Government of the US’

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by Jesse “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe William Edward Binney is a former highly placed intelligence official with the United States National Security Agency (NSA) turned whistleblower who resigned on October 31, 2001, after more than 30 years with the agency. He was … Read more

Why Trump Won’t Start a Real Trade War

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by Bill Bonner NORMANDY, FRANCE – Oh boy… the plot thickens. The New York Times reports: President Trump escalated his trade war with China on Wednesday, ordering his administration to consider more than doubling proposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25 percent from 10 percent, as talks between Washington and Beijing remain at … Read more

The original trillion-dollar company was made in China

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Hey Apple, congrats on the big $1T! So the original trillion-dollar company was made in China – PetroChina’s market cap hit $1.1T in 2007 – By the end-2008 it had lost $800b – That was the biggest destruction of shareholder wealth in history (feel better $FB?) #lifecomesatyoufast https://twitter.com/HaidiLun/status/1025220455349682176   “Here are the last two companies … Read more

CULTURE OF CONTEMPT: Politico Reporter Apologizes for ‘Caustic Remarks’ After Mocking Trump Supporters at Florida Rally…. CNN contributor (wrongly) accuses Trump of treason.

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Politico Reporter Apologizes for ‘Caustic Remarks’ After Mocking Trump Supporters at Florida Rally. Politico reporter Marc Caputo faced backlash on Twitter after he mocked President Donald Trump’s supporters for heckling CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta, calling the president’s supporters “garbage” and saying they didn’t have any teeth. Acosta checked in with CNN host Wolf … Read more

Update on the Rental Bubbles & Crashes in US Cities

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Asking rents spiral down in Chicago & Honolulu, come unglued in Washington DC, drift lower in New York City, but see double-digit surges in Southern California and many less expensive markets. Let’s start with Chicago and then swing to Southern California to get a flair for the drama on the ground … Read more