What Rising Oil Prices Mean for Real Estate

By Rodney Johnson I had a finance professor in college who referred to self-evident ideas as BGOs, or blinding glimpses of the obvious. The term stuck with me, and my kids have heard it their entire lives. And it came to mind recently when I considered if rising oil prices weighed on the real estate market. Well, … Read more

Ominous Sign: Corelogic Warns More Than Half Of U.S. Home Prices Are Overvalued

by stockboardasset A history of economic cycles dating back to the mid-1800s reveals a troubling outlook for today’s Central Bank induced bull market of hopes and dreams, which could be in the later innings. It is quite evident that Americans have quit saving as their gig-economy jobs have left them in financial ruin — now being squeezed … Read more

Parkland students plan bus tour to target places where NRA “bought and paid for politicians”

by DCG Be sure to vocalize your true agenda while on the road, kids… There were record gun sales in April, the second month in a row. The NRA has reached 6,000,000 members. The NRA had record attendance at their annual convention in Dallas last month. The NRA broke a 15-year fundraising record in April. Donations to the NRA PAC tripled after the #GunControlNow crowd started targeting the … Read more

Czech Pm Rejects Merkel’s Plan Of EU Immigration ‘Flexibility’, As Aftermath Of Migrant Crisis Intensifies

by stockboardasset European Union member states remained mostly divided to start June over how to embrace and share burdens of the aftermath of the migrant crisis in a troubling sign, that political divisions will continue to develop. While millions of people have escaped the world’s worst war zones and poverty-stricken areas in Africa and the Middle East, they have … Read more

How the world’s largest gold investor learned from history

Image by iStock/Alphotographic From Frank Holmes at Frank Talk: Although not directly addressed in [the World War II movie] Darkest Hour, the U.K. ended up evacuating billions of dollars’ worth of gold bullion and other assets across the Atlantic, all to be kept safely in Canada. The mission, codenamed “Operation Fish,” is still the largest movement of … Read more

Healthcare Inflation Lies

by Chris The ever-lying BLS will tell you that medical care inflation is currently running at 2.2% The above article will tell you that: Health insurance companies in New York State have submitted their rate requests for 2019, and on average, the 14 companies are requesting a 24% hike for individuals. So only off by a factor … Read more

Slowing Economic Growth World-Wide Unnerves Investors… Billionaire Investor Cooperman Says He Would Sell Stocks

Global growth now hamstrung by a moderate but unmistakable slowdown in economic momentum in Europe and elsewhere. https://twitter.com/WSJCentralBanks/status/1003671616197414912 Billionaire Investor Cooperman Says He Would Sell Stocks “I think that inflation and interest rates will catch up to the market as we normalize” “I would be a reducer on strength, not a buyer on strength. I … Read more

50 Years After RFK Was Killed, Here are 5 Reasons Why His Own Son Doesn’t Believe the Official Story

via thefreethoughtproject: On June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy had just won the California Democratic presidential primary when he was shot following a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. As Americans remember the tragic night 50 years ago, Kennedy’s son is joining with one of the survivors of the shooting to call … Read more

TRUMP JUMP: The nation’s 800,000 warehouse workers have won a 9.4 percent pay increase amid President Donald Trump’s pro-American migration policy…

The rising wages also give employees a greater share of the productivity gains achieved by adding many robots to Amazon’s warehouses. The rising wages for warehouse workers is a financial problem for Jeff Bezos, whose Amazon retail empire employs a reported workforce of roughly 300,000 employees. Trump is limiting the supply of imported workers, so Bezos and other … Read more

As Media Hypes Trump-Kim Summit, The Real Rulers of the World are Secretly Meeting at Bilderberg

via thefreethoughtproject: The world’s ruling elite will meet in secret this week. No press will be allowed in, no one will be interviewed about it, and Bilderberg will barely register as a blip within the mainstream media’s radar. As the media hypes the mostly symbolic meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, bankers, politicians, military … Read more

Medicare Will Be Insolvent In 2026, Sooner Than Expected; Social Security To Follow In 2034

by Jim Quinn I’m sure tackling these issues is next on Trump’s agenda. Sound of crickets. Fiscal disaster is baked into the cake. Only tough unpopular actions could save the country from this inevitable crisis. Therefore, no politician from either party will propose anything that could work. So it goes. Enjoy the show. Pray. WWQD … Read more

FITTON: BIG Federal Court Hearing Today on Email FOIA Case Dealing with Obama DOJ collusion with Clinton campaign.

by TFittonJW Remember Peter Kadzik, the top Obama DOJ official, who sent John Podesta a “heads up” on the Clinton email cases? Judicial Watch follow on FOIA lawsuit continued today in 2-hour hearing! Background: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-federal-court-hearing-june-6-ordered-emails-peter-kadzik-john-podesta-clinton-campaign-officials/ https://archive.fo/tm8mg Pic from outside the courthouse here in DC is of me along and Judicial Watch attorney Michael Bekesha, who ably … Read more