by Mark Angelides The man who authorities believe to be responsible for the New York terror attack that left eight deaths and many more injured was apparently in the US because he “won” one of 50,000 places in the American “Diversity Lottery Visa” program. Not only is this system insulting to all Americans, but it … Read more
by Robert Carbery Elections have consequences. Just look at what the Trump administration is doing to the regulatory state that Obama implemented and expanded over the last eight years. There is nothing the Democrats can do but watch in horror as Trump’s deregulatory agenda rolls on and ramps up. Big business has been behind … Read more
by Ian Shilling The latest ridiculous assertion is that Facebook have now suddenly found some “Russia-linked” ads because the ads were paid for in Rubles http://thehill.com/policy/technology/358102-franken-blasts-facebook-for-accepting-rubles-for-us-election-ads The fact that anyone still gives any credibility to these farcical proceedings is simply amazing:- Congress (and corrupt Corporate scumbag Sen. Mark Warner): Facebook – have you got any evidence … Read more
In your opinion, will the Bank of Canada raise rates at some point in the near future? Canada’s economy is shrinking again, just after the Bank of Canada said everything was just fine. What’s going on here? We need to take a look at the real indicators which explain the truth. fp1031_gdp_monthly.png (640×391) http://wpmedia.business.financialpost.com/2017/10/fp1031_gdp_monthly.png … Read more
At 49 seconds into the video you see sign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyV1Jn6IasA&app=desktop Man Yells ‘CNN Is Fake News!’ At Anderson Cooper On Live TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDJcfs0LDvw A random person walked into the frame during a live broadcast on the streets of New York on CNN Tuesday, yelling “CNN is fake news!” http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/31/man-yells-cnn-is-fake-news-at-anderson-cooper-on-live-tv-video/
by FS Welcome to the Gilded Age of digital disruption where wealth, influence, and power are radically shifting to new players upending traditional business, economic, and social paradigms. To hear the podcast related to this article, see The Meltup Before the Meltdown on our site here on on iTunes here. Giants Eating the Competition We’ve often discussed the disruption in … Read more
Can capitalism continue without consumption of goods and services? The rate at which money exchanges hands is collapsing https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V SPY/VIX Ratio pushing extremes pic.twitter.com/tdr7jrYPW5 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 31, 2017 rent ate up more disposable income than at any prior time in history. Which unfortunately means that while US housing has never been more unaffordable, … Read more
by GordonTLong I argued in 110 pages that US Economic growth is not as reported because the GDP formula is both archaic and misleading. I recently posted at MATASII.com on September 29, 2017 an article entitled “An Archaic GDP Formula Hides the Fact the USA is Already in a Depression!“, that gave an additional perspective on … Read more
by Robert Carbery Something has been going on this past month that has as usual been lost in the shuffle of other mainstream media prioritized news. Lost in the hysteria around the Vegas shooting (of which we still have many unanswered questions) and Harvey Weinstein and Mueller indicting Manafort and the wacky World Series is … Read more
by Michael Snyder Terror has just struck New York City once again. On Tuesday afternoon, a “Middle Eastern man” shouting “Allahu Akbar” used his truck as a weapon in Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center. After careening on to a bike path and hitting numerous bikers and pedestrians at high speed, he was finally stopped after his … Read more
By Michael Snyder Are we about to see chaos in the streets in major cities all over America? Antifa and other radical leftist groups are promising that a series of protests will begin on November 4th that will never end until “the Trump/Pence regime” is “removed from power”. And as you will see below, Antifa … Read more
http://moslereconomics.com/2017/10/29/credit-check-34/ A Look at NYSE Margin Debt and the Market The NYSE has released new data for margin debt, now available through September. The latest debt level is up 1.6% month-over-month. The September data gives us an additional sense of recent investor behavior. At the suggestion of Mark Schofield, Managing Director at Strategic Value … Read more
by Geoffrey Grider IS THE MERE ACT OF WEARING MINSTREL STAGE MAKEUP FROM A HUNDRED YEARS AGO A RACIST ACT? My intern Haley and I were walking back to the car after lunch this afternoon here in America’s oldest city, when we heard vigorous shouting coming from the area of the Prohibition Kitchen restaurant. As we got closer, … Read more
Why is this not front page news in the west? So it must be looking good, as super-loose monetary policy seems to have peaked and central banks are “talking the talk” and “walking the walk” for normalisation and tighter policy ahead. The US Federal Reserve has been doing this for nearly two years now, the … Read more
Irrefutable proof Podesta Group lobbied on behalf of Uranium One. 2012: https://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=getFilingDetails&filingID=2a6bc321-f7aa-413d-bd53-3b1f96b7f6e7&filingTypeID=62 2015: https://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=getFilingDetails&filingID=e2f7e742-f91b-4244-a805-237a020f220f&filingTypeID=51 to keep data intact… 2012 archive 2015 archive Sources: Podesta Group, Mercury Are Companies ‘A’ and ‘B’ in Indictment WASHINGTON — Lobbying firms the Podesta Group and Mercury Public Affairs are the unnamed companies in the grand jury indictment of Trump campaign chairman … Read more
By Michael Snyder Are you ready to pay 37 percent more for health insurance in 2018? Obamacare is imploding faster than most of us imagined, and these rate increases are absolutely killing hard working middle class families all across the country. I wrote about the steady erosion of the middle class yesterday, and health insurance is … Read more
WB Concerned Over Global Debt Overhang The World Bank has warned that unless countries across the globe address issues relating to borrowing, the world could be heading for another financial crisis. In its World Economic Outlook report for October 2017, it noted that discouraging further debt build-up through measures that encourage business investment and discourage … Read more
by Mark Angelides The governor of Ohio, John Kasich is rumored to be making plans for his thirds (and hopefully final) Presidential bid in 2020. Whilst he has publically stated when questioned that “That’s not where my head’s at right now,” this is hardly an outright rejection, and the fact that he has retained his … Read more
In your opinion, is Japan the model for the success of central bank monetary easing (QE)? Every country has decided to follow in the footsteps of the Fed and their actions. They set the precedent to print money to save the nation from collapse, and everyone joined the conga line in this wild party. There … Read more