ICE arrests 225 in NY immigration raids, many with criminal records

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com   Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have arrested 225 illegal immigrants in New York state as part of a six-day operation “Operation Keep Safe.” The detainees, from numerous countries, were taken into custody in New York City, Long Island and the Hudson Valley, according to a news … Read more

5 Things To Consider Before You Start Investing

If you’re looking to start investing, knowing just what you’re getting yourself into is only the first step of preparing for such a venture. From making sure that you’re in a stable enough financial position to handle the risk associated with investments, to seeking out the advice of a professional, there are plenty of things … Read more

No (Wall Street) Bank Left Behind!

by John Rubino Times have been hard for Wall Street banks lately, what with record amounts of cash pouring in and causing all kinds of bookkeeping headaches. So — big-hearted people that we are — Americans stepped up and helped by lowering the banks’ taxes. From Today’s Wall Street Journal: The Four Biggest U.S. Banks … Read more

What does it take to create living wage jobs?

by James Hall For those with the practical experience of being an employer, it is well established that in order for an enterprise to survive, profitability is a primary objective. Employing labor is a function of fulfilling a needed task and matching the skills of the worker with the ability of making or running equipment in … Read more

Every Kingdom Divided Against Itself

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Charles Sprague Pearce Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt 1877  In Matthew 12:22-28, Jesus tells the Pharisees:   Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. In 1858, US Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln borrows the line:   On June 16, … Read more

Mises Wire: How the postal service loses so much money

From Justin Murray at Mises Wire: Lately, when he isn’t trying to blame China on America’s competitiveness woes, President Donald Trump has become obsessed with the online retailer Amazon. While there’s speculation that Trump is using the reins of government to carry out a personal grudge because Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, also owns The Washington Post, the more recent obsession is … Read more

Jim Rickards: Market Liquidity Will Not Be There Just When You Need It The Most

by Jim Rickards of Daily Reckoining Liquidity is the ultimate paradox in finance. It’s always there when you don’t need it and never there when you need it most. The reason is crowd behavior, or what mathematicians call hypersynchronicity (a fancy word for everyone doing the same thing at the same time). When markets are calm, no one … Read more

The Atlantic Current if Slowing Down = Global Cooling

by Martin Armstrong   The Atlantic current is slowing down dramatically. A team of scientists says it is the weakest in 1600 years. Naturally, they attribute it to humans who are driving their cars and heating their homes which is melting the ice in Greenland and that is fresh water which is lighter than seawater. They are predicting, of … Read more