U.S. Has Spent $2.8 Trillion on Terrorism Fight, Study Finds Figure includes spending on wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria WASHINGTON—The U.S. has spent as much as $2.8 trillion on the fight against terrorism since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a study published Wednesday. The report from the Washington-based Stimson Center think tank … Read more
via Twitter: At least give CNN some credit for honesty, making clear that Trump was talking about MS-13 while so many others pretend that he was talking about all immigrants. Weird how Trump’s “Fake New” mantra gets so much traction. h/t GR
Cyprus is an island state in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that is famous for its rich mineral deposits, excellent wines and beautiful natural sceneries. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean. The country has breathtakingly tall mountains, fertile valleys and vast beaches. Its culture, language and history have a … Read more
From buying gold coins to gold ornaments to gold biscuits, there are several different options for investing in this royal metal. However, what actually is the purpose of investing in gold? And, should investors bother investing in the gold market – are two main questions that have divided the opinions of the gold investors in … Read more
STUNNING: Pennsylvania Democrat Won’t Endorse Crazy Nancy Pelosi on MSNBC
by Ruby Henley There is a high probability that Stefan Halper is the spy, who was ‘inside the Trump White House.’ Below is a clip of Stefan Halper speaking to the BBC in 2017. Is the Trump FBI inquiry of Watergate proportions? Stefan Halper, a White House official under Nixon, says it's "moving in that … Read more
The average contract rate on the 30-year fixed will likely end the day as high as 4.875 percent for the highest creditworthy borrowers and 5 percent for the average borrower. Tuesday’s move follows positive economic data in retail sales, suggesting that newly imposed tariffs would not hit sales as hard as expected. The surge in rates … Read more
by Thinker Workers at California-based electric carmaker Tesla are facing an increasingly brutal management regime as the company seeks to ramp up production in preparation for its full-scale entry into the car market. The company is working out production issues with its new lower-priced Model 3, with a production target of 500,000 vehicles in 2018 … Read more
By Harry Dent We’ve been waiting years for our fixed income trade of a decade… Our target’s at the top of the long-term Treasury Bond Channel near 3% on current 10-year yields. And recently, we advised our Boom & Bustsubscribers to buy long-term Treasurys at around 2.99% on the 10-year. Now we’re thinking it could get … Read more
By TIMP Staff (DCNF) Facebook has suspended roughly 200 apps suspected of misusing data they have gathered on the social media site, a vice president at the company said on Monday. The company has investigated “thousands of apps” and “around 200 have been suspended,” Ime Archibong, vice president of Product Partnerships at Facebook, wrote in a blog … Read more
by Richard Rosso The spectacle of modern investment markets has sometimes moved me towards the conclusion that to make the purchase of an investment permanent and indissoluble, like marriage, except by reason of death or other grave cause, might be a useful remedy for our contemporary evils. For this would force the investor to direct … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1EuMvQk3ho https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanic_a… Electric crews are standing by in case ash falling across the Ka’u District triggers power outages. Hawaii Electric Light said a light dusting of ash and moisture on utility insulators could result in electrical short circuits.
by jessefelder A couple of weeks ago Berkshire Hathaway held its annual shareholders meeting known to many as the “Woodstock for Capitalists.” I have never attended (I don’t like crowds) but I’m always curious to know what Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger have to say at the event. The two tweets below struck me as … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Japan systematically dumps US Treasuries while China hangs on. China increased its holdings of US Treasury bonds, notes, and bills by $11 billion in March to $1.19 trillion, the highest since October last year, according to the Treasury Department’s TIC data released Tuesday afternoon. Thus China is the number one holder … Read more
The CEO is selling that $20 billion valuation to a lot of smart, rich guys. But WeWork’s entities are known as SPE’s (“Screwing Probably Expected”), and its landlords will be the first to go down. By John E. McNellis, Principal at McNellis Partners, for The Registry: Wall Street’s biggest houses hawked $702 million in junk bonds for WeWork. … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG0-ZFcY9FQ Trump team ready to ‘pressure’ Mueller at probe’s one-year mark Giuliani bristled at the idea that the Mueller probe could last beyond the 2018 midterms, let alone go on for several years more. “I think that’d be absurd,” he told POLITICO. “If we’re talking about the public having some degree of toleration for it … Read more
by Ruby Henley WOW! One for the citizens of the world! Thank you, Senate – you have my heart. Where do we go from here? Spread the word – there is still hope to save Net Neutrality for the citizens of the Internet. But it gets harder now, and we must speak out. Next … Read more
by whitethunder9 I started trading options with actual money May of 2017. I keep notes as I trade so I thought I’d share some of the lessons I learned along the way, going from noob to an intermediate level. Interested in your thoughts and criticisms. I should note that I am almost exclusively a premium … Read more
https://twitter.com/davidbcollum/status/996174507969843200?s=11 Notes From Underground: The Mother of All Debt Crises Everything in global financial crisis emanates from too much debt being unable to be serviced. The current situation in Argentina is that the state and private sector borrowers won’t be able to pay the INTEREST on its dollar-based loans as the PESO weakens. It takes more domestic currency to … Read more
