To avoid choosing between surrendering to Brussels and generating a #financial crisis, #Italy’s governing coalition may opt for a third option: letting the #government collapse.

via stratfor: Highlights A combination of domestic and external forces will continue to slow Italy’s economy in 2019, resulting in a lower-than-expected GDP expansion in the third largest economy of the eurozone. The European Union and financial markets will increase pressure …

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ELI5: The difference between APR and APY.

by sleepyguy22   The yield takes compounding into effect, the rate does not. For small rates, e.g. what you get in a savings account, these will be virtually identical. You can start seeing the difference on larger interest rates. Example: a savings account with $10,000 …

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The distance between the S&P and high yield suggests the stock market starts the breakdown today

https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1085598670408552448 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1085630001624403968 $GS Monthly #Update pic.twitter.com/SuA0fJXMvS — HiddenPivots (@HiddenPivots) January 16, 2019 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1085565195366354944 The credit cycle looks something like this. We’ve basically been stuck in Phase 3 since 2015, though there was a mini rebellion in energy credit in early-2016. …

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MASSIVE Discrepancy Between Google and Yahoo on Enbridge P/E Ratio

This is unbelievable: For the exact same stock… Yahoo says 28.49 P/E https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/ENB.TO/key-statistics?p=ENB.TO While Google says 168! https://www.google.com/search?tbm=fin&ei=01CyW6qwBOjXjwSAjqfICg&q=enbridge&oq=enbridge&gs_l=finance-immersive.3..81l3.1782.2686.0.2781.10.8.0.0.0.0.338.985.0j1j2j1.4.0….0…1.1.64.finance-immersive..6.4.984.0…0.3cP3iTfa8IY#scso=_11CyW6Ub6duPBLGqp7gF1:0     h/t JeremyJacobson

Check out the massive gap between $SPX & ECRI Index

checkout the massive gap between $SPX & ECRI Index pic.twitter.com/ks93D6zpwq — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 14, 2018 ECRI Weekly Leading Index Growth does not look healthy pic.twitter.com/bhpYWFQMmR — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 15, 2018 US Retail Sales MM does not look like …

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