by Mrme487 Basic Reminders About Charitable Giving Before diving in to some unique points about DAFs, I wanted to give a quick reminder about how charitable giving impacts your finances and taxes. If you’re familiar with this, please feel free …
by JamesColesPardon I’ll try and sprinkle citations throughout the summation here – try and analyze the links and citations as a whole, and not on a link-by-link basis. There may be a CNN link or two in here – don’t …
by John Ward We have the Clintons, Obamas and Bushes to thank for the emergence of seriously radical politics in the US. The same is true in the UK of the hijacking of a depraved Blairite Labour Party as the reaction …
via aswathdamodaran: After my last two posts in Tesla, I was planning to take a break from the company, since I had said everything that I had to say about the company. In short, I argued that Tesla, notwithstanding its …
via pjmedia: WASHINGTON – Former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told PJM that the rising federal deficit does not contradict the GOP’s message of fiscal responsibility because “both parties share the blame” for spending more than the federal government brings …
https://youtu.be/8QlzY8R7BV8 Every single time they put Farrakhan on, his focus was on the historical development of systemic oppression, and he expertly handled any flimsy attempt by them to control the narrative towards racial disunity. Considering how media today has a …
by presaging I usually follow the yield curve fairly closely (10 Year T-note minus the 2 Year T-note) as it is usually a good predictor for recessions. Utilizing regression models, seasonal fluctuation models, MA(200), and one of my most trusted …
by Volt52121 Overview: Disney’s new $38 offer for Fox assets was stronger than what most sell-side expected and will be difficult for Comcast to beat. I do not believe that Comcast can raise its bid to above $42 in an all-cash deal …
by John Ward Labour saw its majority in Lewisham decline by 75% last night. The main transfer of votes was from Tory to LibDem. Jeremy Corbyn has no chance of forming a government with results like that. The dilemma for Conservatives …
by John Ward There are two things required in any commentary about the econo-political-financial situation of Italy at the moment. The first is a sense of reality (unblurred by spin) about what has actually taken place here; the second is an …
via Paul Solman When total student debt passed total credit card debt in America in 2014, it was headline news. Just one example: But it turns student debt has just exceeded one-and-a-half times total credit card debt! Have you heard a peep? And …
by John Ward The liberty of 94% of the UK population is being suppressed for the sake of US foreign policy, insane religious belief, the control freakery of the Intelligence Community, politically correct fantasies, and braindead security processes. Nowhere is …
by John Ward The connection between oil, money, power, lies and votes becomes more predictable with every year. In Britain, it has been strengthened by the passive acceptance of globalism….and the dilution of ethics that goes with it. At a macro …
Yesterday President Trump announced that he was pulling the US out of the Iran nuclear agreement. Washington’s European partners failed to follow suit, opting to remain in the deal. For now. Will Trump’s team be able to take the world …
by John Ward Across the Western world – but especially in the UK – soi-disant leaders of the democracies treat the electorate as if it was something they can piss on regularly….and then throw away until the next bout of excitable incontinence …
via J Butcofski & K Swartz We know there’s something going on in the Dow Jones Industrials… Since there will be a follow up post coming, we’ll call this part I. What a rip it’s been since Six Hundred- Sixty Six on …
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 …
by John Ward I have to hand it to the airlines: what their products lack in terms of comfort, edible food and punctuality is more than made up for by their irrepressibly on-the-ball tactical marketing. You might not want to be …
Annual reports issued by public companies are designed to keep the public informed of how they are performing. Fundamental analysis is considered the foundation upon which all sound investment decisions are made. The reasons why this type of research is …
So I’ve been keeping track of what it means in regards to foreign and domestic policy now that Tillerson’s out and Pompeo and Haspel are in. This video from the Ron Paul Report is the best analysis I’ve seen yet, …
by John Ward It may seem hard to believe, but trust me: the Italian election, the weakness of the EU, and the growing strength of Waspi and 2020comms all add up to a Brexit solution for Theresa May. It will require …
Writing a research paper can be a tedious task, especially if you don’t have the right game plan on hand. Today, we’ll be giving some tips and advice on writing a research paper on investment analysis. Investment Analysis is a …
by John Ward Buenos dias, muchachos…..We have already looked at how “hemmed in” the US Fed is on the question of rates. We have also seen the insane cynicism of quoted corporations using Zirp to get cheap loans, and then repackage …
There’s a reason why “If it bleeds, it leads” has been the tacit slogan in TV newsrooms for decades. h/t ED
via TraderStef If you’ve ever found yourself regretful for not being better prepared in a challenging predicament, you suddenly realized what prudence meant. There are times for introspection and analysis in any process of preparation, then a time of decision to …
by John Ward If you’re wondering what on Earth really happened in the stock markets earlier this week, the bad news is that nobody else knows either. Whether the answer be cynical milking of a dying Bull market, Alt State testing …
For people who just want a TL;DR: In short, the DNC/Clinton campaign/Steele/FBI/DOJ colluded to fabricate evidence against Trump, and used this as evidence to illegally obtain a surveillance warrant, and renew it 3 times, that was used to surveil an American …
by WARREN MOSLER Bank lending began to decelerate after oil related capital spending collapsed late in 2014, and then collapsed further about the time of the presidential election: Note the consumer ‘dipping into savings’ some to sustain consumption via borrowing into …
by John Ward The only way electorates can get what they want RIGHT NOW is for the political class to change what happened BACK THEN. This explains why legislators resort to plebiscites among the ignorant. Down this road sits dictatorship, patiently …
by John Ward Insane stock market levels, artificial interest rates, manipulated commodity prices, gargantuan debt and the crushing of mass spending power simply cannot exist together. While the Draghis of this world suggest a monetarist symphony is in play, the majority …