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via businessinsider: Steve Eisman, the hedge fund manager famous for betting against the US housing market ahead of the 2008 crash, is sounding the alarm on the spectacular rise of poorly … Read more
The same company that warned about Russia bots created them. The IRS has three thousand handguns. The government shutdown continues and Trump is tweeting like crazy why we need the … Read more
CNN’s 2014 journalist of the year made up fake news stories. Lawsuit reveals that McCain’s associate handed over the dossier. [LL] has testified and the [DS] is panicking.Mueller’s protection bill … Read more
by GoldCore In our latest video update, we consider the performance of markets in a volatile October. Stock markets globally fell sharply while gold acted as a hedge in all … Read more
ATLANTA — Drawing on her years of military experience, Maureen Heard was careful to follow all the rules when she filled out an absentee ballot in 2016. She read the … Read more
by John Mauldin Is debt good or bad? The answer is “Yes.” Debt is future spending pulled forward in time. It lets you buy something now for which you otherwise don’t … Read more
The power of Collateralized Loan Obligations. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. “The global leveraged loan market is larger than – and growing as quickly as – … Read more
by Simon Black Howard Marks is one of the greatest investors in history. Marks is the founder of the credit investment firm Oaktree Capital Management. And he’s been sharing his insights … Read more
Some of the usual suspects used their perch in the Washington Post last week to allege that the administration’s new fuel economy rule (the SAFE rule) will lead to a … Read more
Do you think regulations today are tight enough to prevent another crisis? The financial system is filled with constant and never-ending risk. When a crisis occurs and the risk is … Read more
www.economist.com/china/2018/09/08/african-swine-flu-is-causing-alarm-in-china-and-beyond From the article: This time the pig fever is stoking fears of inflation. The cost of pork has an inordinate effect on the consumer-price index. With a fifth of … Read more
By Bob Shanahan PHOTO CREDIT: Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times There are 18 active wildfires in California right now. A layer of haze and smoke has engulfed much of … Read more
"Short-term US Treasury Yields enter the week at their highest levels in 10 years…," h/t @charliebilello pic.twitter.com/MpokXx4xzU — Alastair Williamson (@StockBoardAsset) July 30, 2018 "Eurozone slowdown starts to appear in … Read more
by stockboardasset The Treasury yield curve gets flatter every day, and some strategists expect it to invert, meaning short end yields, like that on the 2-year note, could rise above longer … Read more
Alarm Bells: Copper & Oil Crash #OOTT pic.twitter.com/pacPGR56vT — Alastair Williamson (@StockBoardAsset) July 11, 2018 Copper has now lost 1/4 of its value in a month.. Zinc near 30% of … Read more
