If you invest, and you can think outside the box, this really is a great article. It is so strange how other countries incentivize investing, as we used to do here. Now, they make it almost prohibitive for the normal …
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan While the United States has staved off the worst of hyperinflation, for now, Lebanon is not so fortunate. Violence has erupted in the streets as people’s currency is worthless and they can no longer afford to buy food. …
Scientists want to send more than 6 million genetic samples — including a bevy of sperm and ova — to the moon in a bid to create a “global insurance policy” in case of worldwide disaster. What are the details? …
Electric stimulation may be able to help blood vessels carry white blood cells and oxygen to wounds, speeding healing, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Lab on a Chip, found that steady electrical stimulation generates …
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she believes there is a possibility that duly elected Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), can be unseated by Congress. Miller-Meeks narrowly defeated Democrat candidate Rita Hart in November by six votes in an election where over 400,000 ballots …
DENVER (KDVR) — The weekend snowstorm is still on track. We are forecasting some sunshine, followed by a 20% chance of a rain or snow shower in Denver and across the Front Range. Highs will be in the 40s. The mountains …
via CNBC: Economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan is warning Wall Street that the market’s new highs don’t signal a revitalized growth cycle. Achuthan, co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, believes it’s not an ideal environment for sustainable gains. “All the …
Authored by Nick Giambruno, chief analyst, The Casey Report, There wasn’t a group of people more wrong about the 2008 financial crisis than those at the Federal Reserve. Mere months before the disaster hit in earnest, the nation’s highest economic and financial officials …
by Kimble Charting Crude Oil and the S&P 500 peaked last fall together and bottomed at the same time in December. Could they both be peaking together again this week? Joe Friday suggests keeping a close eye on the Crude Oil pattern this week. …
By John Mauldin I recently made a case that the Fed’s monetary policy is turning Japanese. Let’s examine how that worked for them. From one perspective, it has done quite well. From another, they have paid a cost. Is it worth …
By Tsvetana Paraskova A week before the U.S. announced it was ending sanction waivers for all Iranian oil customers, U.S. President Donald Trump had a phone call with Libya’s eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar who is marching on Tripoli against the …
Dallas DA says he won’t prosecute ‘low-level’ crimes like theft and felony drug possession. Creuzot, a Democrat, has angered local and state officials, and importantly police unions, with his decree that his office will no longer be prosecuting what he …
By Tsvetana Paraskova After rallying more than 30 percent year to date, oil prices could be set for a further upside in coming weeks as a combination of near-term bullish supply-side factors could push prices higher than current levels. Over …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hello Martin, [Analyst} recently …. raise[d] the alarm that the US is headed towards a very bad debt crisis. During an interesting part of the segment, he was asked if the rich should pay higher taxes, and …
If Sanders changed his immigration stance to include policies such as “protecting the border” he would have Coulter’s vote, she said in an interview on PBS’s “Firing Line with Margaret Hoover.” “If he went back to that position I’d vote …
By Tim Daiss In more proof that U.S. oil production is continuing to alter global oil markets, Russia’s finance minister Anton Siluanov said on Saturday that Russia and OPEC might decide to increase production to fight for market share with the U.S. …
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by Disobedient Media Media has always had a fascination with fomenting conflict. It’s dramatic and brings in readers. As the notorious William Randolph Hearst famously quipped, news organizations love to “”furnish the war.” This has been especially true in the case of …
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: 5 factors supporting gold’s big-picture outlook, silver demand hits a three-year high in 2018, and China’s government is on …
by Chris The Swiss National Bank already does this. They have tens of billions of US equities in their portfolio. The SNB prints up money (francs) sells those francs on the open market for dollars, puts those dollars in some …
via MarketWatch: In the U.S. stock market, it’s all going to end badly. Even some ardent bulls will freely admit to it. The question is how, when and where. Frankly, a tragedy is unfolding, and discerning eyes can see it. …
By Irina Slav Crude oil demand could begin declining steadily from 2025 onwards if governments and industries get serious about tackling climate change and reducing emissions, asset manager Legal and General Investment Management has warned. Reuters quoted the company as saying if …
via @chigrl: Official says banks safer since stricter rules but implications for market liquidity are worrying https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/50553c1a-5bd6-11e9-9dde-7aedca0a081a …
By Charles Kennedy The Saudi plan to use their state-run oil giant, Aramco, as a piggy bank panned out fabulously for the Kingdom on Tuesday, with international investor demand topping $100 billion in Aramco’s first-ever foray into international debt markets. …
Clothing retailers, consumer electronics companies and home furnishing businesses will need to close more stores across the U.S. as e-commerce sales proliferate, according to UBS. In a note to clients this week, the investment firm said “store rationalization needs to …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObGvcYJLWHM The Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft is thought to have detonated an explosive charge on the asteroid it is exploring. https://marygreeley.com/?p=83975
by GoldCore (The Telegraph) — Odds of a ‘no deal’ Brexit next week have risen markedly, as the Commons fails to coalesce around a viable alternative to Theresa May’s deal, while once again rejecting the “best possible deal” negotiated between the …
Financial Writer John Rubino says, “It is possible that a garden variety one year recession would blow-up the financial markets. That’s the stuff that they are hearing (in the White House) that is terrifying. . . . There are probably …
The Indian military may attack Pakistan sometime in less than two weeks, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi claimed citing “reliable intelligence.” The two nuclear powers had a major flare up of tensions in February. “We have reliable intelligence that …
