Floridians who receive unemployment benefits must now fill out five job applications per week if they wish to continue receiving benefits. Starting Tuesday, Florida residents will have to show proof that they are actively looking for work as businesses across …
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s multimillion dollar investment in the 2020 presidential election process may extend into this year or beyond, at least if Fulton County is any measure. Georgia’s largest county, which encompasses the blue-leaning city of Atlanta, received more …
Howe Street, Released on 4/29/21 Portfolio Manager, attorney, finance author, a regular guest on North American media. Danielle Park is the author of the best selling myth-busting book “Juggling Dynamite: An insider’s wisdom on money management, markets and wealth that …
US Inflation Expectations continue to rise, now at their highest levels since 2013 (10-year breakevens). pic.twitter.com/ikGNLtFTcD — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) April 27, 2021 Everyone is tweeting pictures of lumber, but commodities from copper to corn are popping pic.twitter.com/3ay9DUAFdf — The …
by Lance Roberts One of the interesting aspects of “bull markets” is the further they go, the lower forward returns fall. In hindsight, such an idea seems counter-intuitive, but ultimately it always comes down to valuations. As Warren Buffett once quipped: “Price is what …
ANALYSIS: TRUE. Chauvin Verdict Won’t End Left’s Race-Hatred Crusade. “Unless all of his convictions are overturned, Chauvin is going to jail for what he did that day. But the left-wing race hatred and the racialized destruction of institutions is going to …
via NYPOST: Once more unto the breach. On Thursday, Facebook decided its users should not be able to share a New York Post article about the property buying habits of one of the founders of Black Lives Matter. This is the third …
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released the consumer price index for March, which surged 0.6% from February. The CPI jumped 2.6% compared to the same period from a year ago, which is the largest monthly gain since August 2012. Last February …
Will another stimulus check be part of the president’s infrastructure plan? President Joe Biden is currently hard at work campaigning for the passage of an infrastructure plan. The president is hoping to spend an estimated $4 trillion across two different …
Disclaimer: I am not a licensed financial advisor and this is not financial advice. This information provided is just the opinion of an old mountain man. TLDR: “my people perish for lack of knowledge” “the easy things in life make …
Howe Street, Released on 3/12/21 Bob Hoye is a trained geologist, successful resource investor and economic historian. Bob is the chief investment strategist for chartsandmarkets.com.
From Birch Gold Group According to CNN, next week the U.S. and China will begin the first of at least two scheduled trade war talks in an effort to move closer to ending their trade disputes. The White House was quoted in …
by Shaun Richards A feature of the credit crunch era has been like an episode of Hammer House of Horror. This has been the march of the Zombie banks where a burst into normal life is always promised but never …
Macro Voices, Released on 4/25/19 Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Dr.Hunt to MacroVoices. Erik and Dr.Hunt discuss overall outlook on the US and the global economy, synchronized global downturn and risks of a recession, how debt induced weakness is undermining growth rate, …
by Michael Ballanger of Streetwise Reports “‘Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Sir Winston Churchill Throughout history, society has always canonized certain political, military, and religious icons for reasons seemingly obvious, but after drilling down …
by Fabius Maximus Summary: The 2016 election revealed the hollow nature of American politics. The 2020 election might bring the first of the larger changes to come. We cannot predict, only guess, what they will be. “Although Nero’s death had …
via yuantalks: The strong rally in China’s equity market has attracted retail investors to buy stocks. So far this year, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index has surged more than 30 per cent. In March, 2.99 million new investors opened accounts to …
by Shaun Richards We find ourselves in yet another version of banking Monday and let me immediately note an issue highlighted by moves at the UK’s main zombie bank which is Royal Bank of Scotland or RBS. From the BBC. …
by Charles Hugh-Smith A feature of the economic crisis that enfolded in Greece was the fantasy that economic growth would quickly recover. It seems hard to believe now that anyone could have expected the economy to grow at 2% ot …
via RecessionAlert: We have updated the RecessionALERT Valuation Index (RAVI) forecast models for the SP500 using fourth quarter 2018 data. Stock market valuations continue to pose a “clear and present danger” to positive economic and SP500 returns outcomes and have worsened …
by Troy The S&P remains around its 2800 resistance area. Meanwhile, a look at some individual sectors illustrates something interesting about the stock market’s rally. Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. Let’s determine the stock market’s most probable medium …
by Michael Snyder The long-term trends that are gutting the U.S. economy continue to get even worse. As you will see below, our goods trade deficit with the rest of the world hit a brand new record high in 2018, and …
by Chris Here’s an update an hour later. The “”markets”” remain in full lock-up mode. There have been a lot of ridiculous days of obviously stage-managed US equity “”markets”” but today is shaping up to be one of the more …
BUT THE NARRATIVE! Scientists: CO2 the ‘miracle molecule’ key to feeding, saving the world. If you like to eat, then you should be cheering global warming. That’s the claim in a new scientific report that counters global warming fanatics like former …
https://youtu.be/2HnrJBG0Hv0 This weekend will mark the three months of the historic movement of Yellow Vests started on November 17, 2018. Protests are planned throughout the country, as every Saturday. More protests are planned for tomorrow Sunday. Live feed from the …
by David Haggith We now know that the Retail Apocalypse took another trip downhill during the all-important holiday season. December reports show retail sales declined more in one month than they have since … the Great Recession. Notice what a common …
Americans continue their march to low-tax states The United States Census Bureau released its annual state-by-state population estimates for 2018 in late December. It highlights migration trends across the states and sketches a picture of looming political changes that will take …
via carnegieendowment: MICHAEL PETTIS Debt is rising more quickly in the United States than most people would prefer. This is happening in part because the U.S. current account deficit and the country’s high level of income inequality distort the structure and …
by Nomi Prins of Daily Reckoning A crucial theme from last year is continuing into this year — stock buybacks. Last year was a banner year for companies buying back their own shares. A month into 2019, it appears that Wall Street is …
