What Happens When Everyone Wants Their Money Back?

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S&P500 Total shares outstanding   h/t @robertomulazzi Share buybacks, M&A and fewer IPOs. In theory, this should also result in higher volatility going forward… The Pacy Of Policy Tightening 2s10s (monthly) Fib Pivot points to S3 projection -.009 w/ inversion of curve in sight. Uh Oh. @neelkashkari Financials continue to underperform the broad market as … Read more

WHY ARE DEMOCRATS SO LAWLESS, HATEFUL, AND VIOLENT?

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Man Arrested After Threatening To Kill GOP Rep. Zeldin Campaign Worker. “A man was arrested in Suffolk County, New York on Friday for making “terroristic threats” against a campaign worker for GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin. . . . According to the release, Astrof threatened to kill supporters of Congressman Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump at … Read more

THE MERKEL CATASTROPHE

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via commentarymagazine: Angela Merkel on Monday downed what she no doubt viewed as a poisoned chalice. To keep her power and her grand coalition, the German chancellor agreed finally to stanch the flow of migrants by setting up camps at the border and turning away those who had already applied for asylum in other European countries. … Read more

Fund Manager On The Demise Of Tesla: We’ve Seen This Movie Before

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by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics Enron was a product of the late 1990’s dot.com / tech bubble.  Similar to Tesla’s “production tent,”  Enron would set entire floors of buildings to look like elaborate energy trading rooms.  The operations were nothing more than a fraudulent shell game, set-up for the benefit of Wall Street analysts and journalists. … Read more

Greg Hunter: The Democrats and Progressives Are Nothing More Than Communists And Marxists

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Greg Hunter gives The Weekly News Wrap-Up for Friday, July 6th, 2018 For years, I have been telling you the so-called Progressive/Democrats are nothing more than Marxist/communists. Top Democrats are now admitting this and proving me correct all alone. The Democrat Socialists of America have proudly announced on Twitter this week that “communism is good.” The head of … Read more

Could Ecri’s U.S. Weekly Leading Index (WLI) Signal A Slowdown Ahead?

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via ECRI ECRI’s U.S. Weekly Leading Index (WLI) decreased to 147.4 from 148.1, while the WLI growth rate edged down to 2.2% from 2.8%. For more on the cyclical outlook, please see below for other forward-looking ECRI data shared publicly: – watch ECRI’s Lakshman Achuthan in a current interview with Bloomberg – watch ECRI’s Lakshman Achuthan in … Read more

Daniel Lacalle On Why Central Banks Are Trapped

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via misesmedia Daniel Lacalle joins Jeff Deist to discuss how and why central banks are trapped, stuck with ultra-low interest rates and expansionary policies that produce astonishingly little real growth. This is a hard-hitting and sober look at what rising interest rates will mean, why academics and bankers are so clueless about the monetary side of … Read more

Citi: A ‘Full-On Global Bear Market’ Is Coming — Here’s Where To Put Your Money Until It Arrives

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via BI A “full-on bear market” could be coming within months, a team from Citi wrote this week. Markets are currently in the third of their four phases, the bank says, with the fourth phase bringing a bear market and a possible recession. Money is still out there to be made, the analysts emphasise, placing recommendations on … Read more

A Stagflationary Storm Is Brewing, Warns Greg Weldon

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by FS Listen to this podcast on our site by clicking here or subscribe on iTunes here In a recent hour-long interview with Financial Sense Newshour, Greg Weldon at Weldon Online discussed his just-released 150-page special report, “Shelter from the Storm,” looking at the economic and financial storms about to hit the US, Canada, Germany and elsewhere. Global Stagflation Coming Weldon … Read more

ICE says it seized $43M worth of counterfeit items in one Texas city as ICE starts nationwide crackdown on counterfeit goods.

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More than 181,000 counterfeit items worth some $43 million were seized last month by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Laredo, Texas, the agency said in a Friday statement. The items, which ICE finished tallying on Tuesday, constituted the biggest counterfeit seizure for ICE’s Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) in the area. Agents reportedly watched for … Read more