Voat.co is down

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4ch says it’s been down all day. https://voat.co Service Unavailable HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable. Any ideas? I could speculate, but it’s only speculation.. Fear-monger: Is Reddit next? That is a HARD outage for a site like this. Must be some major news being shared over there. Anybody know what is going on? … Read more

Ashwagandha: This Ancient Herb Has Been Used in Natural Medicine For Over 2,500 Years!

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by Jeremiah Johnson  ReadyNutrition Readers, we’re covering a unique herb that has been around for quite a while as a holistic support and herbal supplement.  The herb is Ashwagandha, also known as Indian Ginseng, or Withania somnifera scientifically.  It has been in use in Ayurvedic medicine for more than 2,500 years.  It is not a commonly-known herb, but the benefits are … Read more

Florida city inspector Melissa Power to veteran: ‘You did nothing for this country!’

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by Dr. Eowyn The Daily Wire reports that on April 16, 2018, a Jacksonville, Florida city inspector issued a warning citation to a sports store for flying on its rooftop the American flag and flags of the five branches of the U.S. military. The inspector’s name is Melissa Power. The store is Jaguar Power Sports. A customer in … Read more

Financials: Chart Trouble!

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by northmantrader What if you have a record earnings party and nobody shows up? That’s precisely the dilemma seemingly faced by the financial sector. Despite many bank stocks reporting record earnings so far (due to tax cuts) their stocks are nowhere near record highs. Worse, many of these stocks show larger potential topping patterns that require … Read more

Obama Judge Rules Companies Can Be Sued For Not Hiring Illegal Aliens

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eLi1gpkICs Read More/ Source/ Credit(FAIR USE): http://yournewswire.com/obama-judge-c… For the second time in a few years, a federal court has ruled that illegal immigrants can sue American employers that refuse to hire them because they require workers to be U.S. citizens or legal residents (green card holders). The latest blow to the rule of law was … Read more

Is Blockchain Ready to Handle Traditional Asset Trading?

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New trends and ventures often need acceptance from traditional institutions for them to get a semblance of legitimacy. Take Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, for example. It was only when institutional investors entered the market and exchanges such as Cboe and CME started trading Bitcoin futures that many showed a more favorable attitude towards cryptocurrencies. Today, blockchain … Read more

SEC Proposes to Enhance Protections and Preserve Choice for Retail Investors in Their Relationships With Investment Professionals

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by Eazy_DuzIt https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-68 Washington D.C., April 18, 2018 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose a package of rulemakings and interpretations designed to enhance the quality and transparency of investors’ relationships with investment advisers and broker-dealers while preserving access to a variety of types of advice relationships and investment products. Under proposed Regulation … Read more

Fake it till you make it: meet the wolves of Instagram (The Guardian article)

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An interesting article on scam investments and binary options for the Instagram generation… and the influence of #richkidsofinstagram https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/19/wolves-of-instagram-jordan-belmont-social-media-traders The basic premise of these scams are “What wolves like Oyefeso fail to declare is that each of the trading platforms you sign up to (with a minimum deposit of £250) pays him around £40-80 – … Read more

Which should come first? Retirement vs debt

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by workerdaemon Here is how I’m prioritizing the distribution of our household income: Max 401k (has 50% employer matching) Max IRA Save 1 month’s worth of bills (I have enough access to credit to handle worse scenarios) Pay down 10.75% loan Pay down 2.88% loan It seems like with the 50% employer matching, it makes … Read more

Do you think the yield curve predicts economic performance or is the Fed’s QE ruining this metric?

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by AlexPitti The yield curve is flattening as the difference between the 10 year treasury and 2 year yield is 44 basis points. That’s not enough to worry about a recession now, but some analysts are extrapolating continued flattening to predict a recession is coming in 1-2 years. The Fed is flattening the curve by raising … Read more

I owe $50k in credit card debt. I have a house with $150k equity in it, but it needs $10k additional renovations before it can sell. But my credit score is too bad to rent after it sells.

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by throw_me_in_garbage I’m in significant credit card debt for various reasons. Most of it was unavoidable home repairs and renovations to prepare to sell my house (it was a heavy fixer-upper and my family needed a place to live) but some was spent helping family who lost their jobs/faced health crises, and a chunk of … Read more

Kass: Market Is Underpricing Risk…Again

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by Doug Kass * Adding to my large SPY short * Downside risk grows relative to upside reward I have been shorting (on a scale higher) SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) most of the day — adding to an already large short position. There are a number of factors contributing to this move: * Narrow market leadership. (We are … Read more

The Future of Crypto Payments in the Retail Market

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by visualcapitalist In the original whitepaper, Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer version of electronic cash that would facilitate transactions without the oversight on a trustworthy, centralized party. Since then, cryptocurrency has surged in popularity as an asset class – and Bitcoin is now just one of many digital currencies out there. Investment has poured … Read more