Via Marketwatch A study puts wealth inequality in a historical perspective It’s not fashionable to wear flapper dresses and do the Charleston, but 1920s-style wealth inequality is definitely back in style. New research says America’s ultra-rich haven’t held as much …
BY ROBERT ROSS Investing is all about making the right choices. And one of them is owning dividend stocks. Let’s look at two companies as examples: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM). Since the 2008 financial crisis, both stocks have …
by John Rubino The key insight of the Austrian School of Economics (maybe the key insight of ALL economics) is that the amount you borrow matters, but so does the use to which you put the money. A case in …
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by Michael Snyder The left has been salivating over the prospect of voting Donald Trump out of office in 2020, but now something has happened that could change everything. On Sunday, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced that he is “seriously considering …
Via The Babylon Bee U.S.—The economic toll of the government shutdown is growing by the day, and experts now believe the cost of having the government partially closed down is nearly as bad as the economic toll of a functioning …
by howmuch The U.S. economy is booming. Republicans think President Trump deserves much of the credit for cutting business and individual tax rates combined with a deregulation agenda. And Democrats believe former President Obama rightfully deserves ownership for America’s recovery. Regardless of who gets credit, …
21ST CENTURY CRIME: Almost $500,000 in Ethereum Classic coin stolen by forking its blockchain. The heist was the result of carrying out what’s known as a rollback attack, which allowed the attackers to reorganize the Ethereum Classic blockchain, Coinbase security engineer …
via MarketWatch: With major data providers reporting that mortgage delinquencies continue to decline, Wall Street and the pundits are more convinced than ever that the mortgage crisis is dead and buried. The enormous delinquency problem in the New York City …
by Michael Snyder Was 2018 everything that you expected it to be? Every year contains surprises, but 2018 truly turned out to be a year that we will never forget. Over the past 12 months we witnessed great political shaking, Wall …
Investigations look at Trump’s life from all angles WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigations now entangle Donald Trump’s White House, campaign, transition, inauguration, charity and business. For Trump, the political, the personal and the deeply personal are all under examination. Less than …
via Marketwatch: If you’re using economic indicators to determine your allocation to the stock market, you will most certainly be well behind the curve An Elliottwavetrader member attended the 32nd Economic Outlook Symposium hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank …
by Natura Naturans German chancellor Angela Merkel has admitted that the New World Order is ‘under threat’ due to the rise of President Trump and the trend of Trump-supporting populist leaders winning elections around the world in the past year. The …
via yahoo: A few double negatives buried in legislative text may have inadvertently freed nearly all U.S. banks from a regulation known as the Volcker Rule, which sought to curb risky behavior in response to the 2008 financial crisis. The …
by Thinker Bill and Hillary Clinton are on their book tour, just like Michelle Obama, and some people are getting a steal of a deal on tickets while others aren’t. One thing for sure that the authors are feeling is …
via chicagotribune: Nearly 130 Chicago Public Schools employees have been terminated, recommended for dismissal or simply resigned amid scrutiny following an enormous review of worker backgrounds prompted by a Tribune investigation this year. That group of employees includes nine teachers, 35 people classified …
by Geoffrey Grider More than 4,000 Swedes have implanted microchips in their hands, allowing them to pay for rail travel and food, or enter keyless offices, with a wave. Just a few years ago, there were a couple of hundred …
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via marketwatch: Fewer people expect to be able to buy a home, but the majority say they’ll keep trying the same approach Only 13% of Americans say they plan to buy a home within the next 12 months, marking the third …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-12/bat-plunges-on-possible-u-s-move-to-ban-menthol-cigarettes Other reports say they’re considering a ban on certain types of flavoured e-cigarettes too, rounds off a pretty terrible year for big tobacco.
From CNBC: Central banks around the world have upped their spending on gold to the highest level in almost three years, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). More than 148 metric tons of gold were bought by the national banks in the three months …
The fake agenda with Stormy Daniels has turned and now Trump is asking for legal fees. In a new book that is out it states that Hillary and Pannetta were spying on the American people. Hillary makes a racists remark …
Umich sentiment drops as more and more people are being pushed out of the market, auto spending outlook falls by the waste side and student loan debt is rising as delinquencies start to kick in. Student loans is the Millennial’s …
And very possibly a disgruntled progressive.
via almatters.org: California is struggling to confront its homelessness crisis: After big-city mayors up and down the state lobbied hard for more funding, state leaders agreed to spend an additional $600 million this month to help fight the problem. Here are some basic …
Article strongly comes off as a hit piece, but fwiw: “… The startup, valued at $5.6 billion, was bringing in more than 40 percent of its revenue earlier this year from selling its customers’ orders to high-frequency trading firms, or …
Mel here. This is a rant but I couldn’t help it. This is happening. First it was occult, then science fiction and fringe, and now transhumanism has gone totally mainstream. That’s the level that we’re at now, all by design. …
The Citygroup Center in Manhattan, New York, formerly known as the Citycorp Center, had a fatal flaw which could have led to a major disaster, killing thousands of people. In 1978, the skyscraper’s chief structural engineer, William LeMessurier, discovered a …
via CNBC The recent spike in the 10-year Treasury yield probably won’t continue for much longer, BlackRock global fixed-income CIO Rick Rieder told CNBC on Monday. Rieder, who oversees about $1.85 trillion in bond assets for the world’s largest money manager, also predicted that the Federal Reserve was …
McClean was part of Ford’s group as they walked into the court room, it all fits, the pieces are coming together. FBI says they cannot find any witnesses that will backup Ford’s account. FBI hands the report to the Senate. …