via Ploutos Summary Tesla’s bonds fell to new lows last week after a rating downgrade and disappointing headlines. The bonds have widened by over 200 bps since issuance, pricing the bonds in the high $80s. The company’s high equity valuation and deeply speculative grade bond ratings provide a contrast that is unique in the market. The repricing of … Read more
As much of the national security establishment pushes back against President Donald Trump’s calls for a swift withdrawal from Syria, officials are again leaking details of the president’s classified meetings to the media. The president recently stated that the U.S. will be leaving Syria “very soon,” but the Pentagon, State Department, and CIA reportedly all … Read more
Former CIA Director John Brennan is now under investigation for his selective leaks about Trump during the 2016 election. https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/981939574023819264 Brennan played a ‘prominent role’ in Russia probe. He briefed Harry Reid about Trump associates’ contacts with Russians. Reid believed that Brennan had an ‘ulterior motive.’ A book published in March offered a startling but … Read more
“Some independent video makers complain YouTube has limited their viewership and shortchanged them on ad payments.” YouTube Shooting Casts Light on Video Makers’ Complaints As the number of creators has grown and uploaded a wider range of videos, advertisers have grown more skittish about putting their messages next to what they deem objectionable content. Top … Read more
by Jim Quinn Trump promised to stop the flood of illegal immigrants and they are up 200% versus one year ago. Trump promised to turn our trade deficit around and bring manufacturing jobs back. The trade deficit hit a ten year high today, 20% higher than a year go. When does Trump begin to take … Read more
Schmidt and Cohen discuss the NSA Google relationship. Who is Cohen? Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, he served as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and as an advisor to Condoleezza Rice and later Hillary Clinton. Initially brought in by Condoleezza Rice as a member of … Read more
U.S. households likely owe $25 billion in capital gains taxes for their cryptocurrency holdings, Thomas Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, says in a Thursday report. Last year, bitcoin soared more than 13 times in price and hit an all-time high above $19,000 in mid-December. It remains about 450 percent higher over the … Read more
by GATA There are two ways to respond to the central bank manipulation of the gold market. First, one can decry the unfairness, the illegitimacy, the maddening abuse of power. Second, one can recognize that market manipulation to suppress the gold price means that one can buy gold, right now, for less than its true … Read more
by Jim Quinn 7 people gunned down within 12 hrs. There will be no march because: 1) Chicago is run by Democrats; narrative! 2) Chicago already HAS strict gun laws; narrative! 3) Among dead is a pregnant woman, and dead black babies don’t matter to Black Lives Matter. Candice Owens Via USA Today CHICAGO — … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJbjMOwY700&feature=youtu.be Alex Jones breaks down how the mainstream media has remained completely silent on the leaked documents, reported by Infowars in January 2018, that reveal Obama’s 2015 plan for Baltimore riots.
They hate Trump so much that they call Bush credible and believe he can save us from a constitutional crisis. His administration spent more time wiping their ass with out 4th amendment then protecting it. The levels of delusion should warrant an one way ticket to the looney bin. These wide-eyed liberal crackpots are … Read more
by DCG Deerfield Mayor Harriet Rosenthal Via Yahoo (Reuters) – A Chicago suburb has banned the possession, sale and manufacture of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines in response to the massacre at a Florida high school and other recent mass shootings in the United States. Residents of Democratic-leaning Deerfield, Illinois have until June 13 to remove any firearms and magazines that … Read more
Do they do it for NPR, PBS, and BBC? All mouth pieces of bigger government, coincidentally funded by, you guessed it, big government. It says PBS is a publicly funded American broadcaster but no mention of specifically Government funding like the RT warning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niDwbyAEoRw h/t GANiggy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycb9achmLTk “IT’S NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY MILLIONS VOTED ILLEGALLY” Trump SHOCKS reporters President Trump said some things today that people will certainly have a problem with (4/5/2018) this is breaking news today and latest news today in trump news and politics news and political news this is also usa news and us news in current … Read more
by John Rubino Something strange has been happening in precious metals lately. Gold has been doing a lot better than silver, even as the paper market internals have increasingly predicted the opposite. The result is a gold/silver ratio that’s near the top of its historic range: In the paper markets (where futures contracts are traded) … Read more
via thefederalist: Mollie Hemingway: There are poor ways, average ways, and shrewd ways to tackle the constitutional problems that arise from the administrative state. Many Republicans either don’t realize the problems of an unelected bureaucracy’s power, or fail to combat those problems effectively. Pruitt is in the final category, demonstrating competency and a devotion to rule … Read more
by visualcapitalist Last year, nearly $4 trillion of U.S. economic productivity was the result of international trade. However, with talk of a trade war heating up, there is a real possibility that the global trade landscape could shift dramatically over the coming months and years. Any such shifts wouldn’t likely impact the country in a uniform … Read more
Grant’s Interest Rate Observer Founder and Editor James Grant and CNBC’s Rick Santelli discuss the otherworldly nature of credit markets. Santelli Exchange: Jim Grant on the markets from CNBC. Margin Debt hits historical levels, watch this spread! CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE This chart from Advisors Perspectives/dshort.com looks at the S&P 500 and margin debt (inverted) over … Read more
Some Amazon Key features, including keyless entry, go nationwide A handful of Amazon Key’s main features are being rolled out across the US. That means you can now use the service anywhere in the country for keyless entry, remote lock and unlock, and guest access, the company said Thursday. Plus, five more locks now work with Amazon Key, for … Read more
US trade deficit rises to near 9½-year high The Commerce Department said the trade gap rose 1.6 percent to $57.6 billion. That was the highest level since October 2008. Part of the rise in the trade deficit in February reflected commodity price increases. US trade deficit rises to near 9½-year high from CNBC. China, holding … Read more