by Michael Snyder All over America retailers are going bankrupt and closing stores. Of course this has been happening for years, but as you will see below the numbers have dramatically escalated during the early portion of 2019. Our landscape …
https://twitter.com/mcm_ct/status/1095507722299166725 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1095482399138422784 Global non-financial corporate debt hit a record high of 92% in Q3 2018. pic.twitter.com/fDyv5HQ5D9 — IIF (@IIF) January 15, 2019 pic.twitter.com/ZeXgeV514k — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) February 13, 2019 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1095445616665219074 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1095658530080768006 Last year 6.9% their forecast for this year 6% …
via CNBC: Professional investors took their highest cash positions in 10 years during January after the brutal fourth-quarter sell-off, according to the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch Fund Mangers Survey. The pessimism was reflected in a belief that the …
Exchange-traded funds have been hailed for their accessibility, transparency, and, above all, low costs. But the way in which investors are actually able to buy and sell ETFs—and at what cost—runs counter to their promises. Even the word the industry …
via @hks55: the biggest stretch of complacency in history is over Tech in general though is just a parabola. These always end in tears. when $AAPL reports I believe they will show evidence Chinese have started to boycott their products. this …
by visualcapitalist In America, approximately 150 million people are currently employed, doing everything from neurosurgery to greeting customers at your local Walmart Supercenter. While there is a breathtaking variety of jobs out there, a few large-scale organizations stand out as the …
via Bloomberg: Walmart, Samsung, Koch Industries and Hermes have built some of the biggest fortunes to ever be handed down between generations. The saying, or at least the sentiment, sounds familiar in any language: “Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.” …
BY JOHN MAULDIN A Federal Reserve policy mistake is our top risk this year. Correction: The mistake is already happening. So that’s less a forecast and more a recognition of reality. The Fed is raising rates and reversing its quantitative easing. At the …
Greg Hunter gives The Weekly Wrap Up for Friday, January 11th, 2019 According to renowned gold investor Jim Sinclair, the global debt reset that has been long predicted has begun. Lots of debt that will never be repaid will be written down around …
via @HayekAndKeynes: As a result, the number of cost-burdened renters (>30% of income on housing) has doubled since 1960, reaching almost 50% of all U.S. renters
By Global Risk Insights The EastMed gas pipeline between Cyprus, Greece and Israel will revolutionise the economies and geo-politics of the region. The project comes from an emerging alliance between the three countries who must move forward cautiously in the …
by Playaguy Ever wonder why the cancer industry is always a decade away from a cure? Why billions are spent in research and donations and nothing changes? Cancer is nearly a $200 billion/year industry in the US alone. It …
by markyu007 Largest positive changes to net worth Jeff Bezos (Amazon): +$24 billion Lei Jun (Xiaomi): +$8.6 billion Colin Huang (Pinduoduo): +$6.9 billion Largest negative changes to net worth Georg Schaeffler (Schaeffler Group): -$13.6 billion Amancio Ortega (Zara): -$16.6 …
“They say the wall is immoral the Vatican has the biggest walls” Trump SLAMS Nancy Pelosi & Chuck Schumer “They say the wall is immoral the Vatican has the biggest walls” Trump SLAMS Nancy & Chuck President Trump today slammed …
Money has always been concentrated. Whether it’s geographic concentration or in terms of the societal aspect. Today we see a wealth gap which hasn’t been observed or a very long time. The middle class is disappearing and the majority of …
by TFittonJW Never seen anything like it:
The stock market has found itself on shaky ground. Many investors have piled on and bought the dip. With nearly a decade of bull market behind them, investors feel very confident about many more years of growth ahead. Unfortunately, they …
In today’s video, Christopher Greene of AMTV warns of an impending Stock Market Crash 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ppBLRHy0DE
by Lance Roberts Yesterday, saw a record surge in the markets. Such was not surprising given the extreme oversold condition in the market. More importantly, throughout market history, the biggest bull rallies have occurred during bear markets. Yesterday’s relief rally was simply that. …
Facebook is the ‘biggest concern’ among the FAANGs: Analyst from CNBC. Wang said many of Facebook’s trust woes have been “centralized” around Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, who was in the spotlight after a New York Times report in mid-November about the executive …
via project-syndicate: A decade after the subprime bubble burst, a new one seems to be taking its place in the market for corporate collateralized loan obligations. A world economy geared toward increasing the supply of financial assets has hooked market participants …
FLASHBACK TO 2013: The FEC levied one of its biggest fines ever against Obama for campaign finance violations. Oddly, there was no talk of impeachment then. via usnews: BARACK OBAMA’S presidential campaign has been fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The price of rising interest rates. The FDIC just released the aggregated third-quarter performance metrics of the 5,477 banks and thrifts it insures. The amount of their combined assets ticked up to $17.7 trillion. These assets – mostly …
Its time we decentralize everything. Each of the biggest Silicon Valley firms have more actual tangible power and larger budgets than a lot of actual nations. Why not realize that we have no choice but to constrain them as the …
Authored by Steve Saretsky of VancityCondoGuide The sudden shift in the Vancouver housing market has been well documented. In November, home sales across all property types sank to a ten year low for the month. The drop is rather unprecedented considering the …
by John Rubino A few years ago the Swiss National Bank (SNB) – which traditionally held “monetary assets” like government bonds, cash and gold to back up the Swiss franc — decided to branch out into common stocks. This was …
by pikindaguy Put together a google sheet here with weekly data from the past 10 years: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H_mm_G5edQio-iCLAbnbg_ApgMarh–jTarHgxeoHTI/edit#gid=0 I’m not much for data visualization so let me know if anything needs clarity here.
Nigel Farage has said it is his “destiny” to fight for Brexit as he unveils his plans to launch a new political party to fight next year’s European Parliament elections if the Government delays Britain’s exit from the European Union. …
