by Jesse Colombo Commercial and industrial (C&I) loan activity is watched closely by economists to gauge the strength of the economy and estimate where we are in the business cycle. C&I loans are used to finance capital expenditures or increase …
via northmantrader: In last week’s Weekly Market Brief I made the case for a coming $VIX spike: “With a $VIX now at 13.5 and a big open gap at 24+ the $VIX is setting up for a rebellion”. Indeed $VIX rebelled this week with …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVVY5pbSFQk Yep fast food and supermarket food.. I won’t eat anything I can’t read the label on. That includes restaurants. Golden Corral for instance does not allow any of their franchises to have real butter anywhere on premises. That …
by Jim Grant Last Monday, the Federal Reserve embarked on a yearlong listening tour to discover the concerns of the American people. The whole shebang of modern monetary methods—manipulated interest rates, levitated asset values, the supposed necessity of a 2% inflation …
via northmantrader: Is Boeing the most dangerous stock out there? Is it a major threat to the current market rally, specifically the $DJIA? No I’m not talking about Boeing’s fundamentals. The company looks to be doing great. I’m talking about the …
Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, On Thursday markets nearly broke their uptrend from the December lows, but once again a magic Friday overnight gap up driven by renewed hopes for an imminent China-US trade deal and supported by 9 …
by Troy With the stock market rallying to its 61.8% retracement, our medium term market studies are mixed. They are no longer consistently bullish. And while the odds favor a pullback/retest right now, it is not impossible for the market …
by John W. Whitehead “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.”— William Pitt How far would you really go to secure the nation’s borders against illegal …
by Alasdair Macleod via Mises Wire It is easy to conclude the EU, and the Eurozone in particular, is a financial and systemic time-bomb waiting to happen. Most commentary has focused on problems that are routinely patched over, such as Greece, Italy, or …
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via Bloomberg: A key regulator of Wall Street banks has joined the Federal Reserve in warning about risky corporate borrowing that has reached record levels as lender protections are eroded. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency cautioned in its Semiannual …
via GPC Last week the markets rallied on hype and hope of a potential trade deal between the US and China… and the fact it was options expiration week. Wit those items out of the way, the markets will now …
by Graham Summers via Gains, Pains & Capital Last week the markets rallied on hype and hope of a potential trade deal between the US and China… and the fact it was options expiration week. With those items out of the way, the …
by Dr. Eowyn On Nov. 16, 1993, then-President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) that “ensures that interests in religious freedom are protected” into law, with an almost-unanimous approval by Congress. Every House member approved of the …
by Nomi Prins of Daily Reckoning Last month I was in a series of high-level meetings with members of Congress and the Senate in Washington. While there’s been major news about the Supreme Court, my discussions were on something that both sides of …
via wral: SAN FRANCISCO — On the same day Facebook announced that it had carried out its biggest purge yet of American accounts peddling disinformation, the company quietly made another revelation: It had removed 66 accounts, pages and apps linked to Russian …
Do you think regulations today are tight enough to prevent another crisis? The financial system is filled with constant and never-ending risk. When a crisis occurs and the risk is exposed, it’s only a matter of time before another much …
AMD beat by a cent, they missed on revenues, they guided flat the next two quarters, and while they’re taking market share from INTC, their revenue growth is noticeably slower than Intel’s (so much for Intel having nowhere to go …
Do you think it’s ok that smaller numbers of stocks are what has risen in 2018? As an investor, you’re always looking over your shoulder. You’re wise. You’re judging the market constantly. You are spend time every day looking at …
By John W. Whitehead “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now deserves the love and …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1009963698763509762 The problem is the riskiest assets are paying the best returns right now. People are favoring that risk to get the return cause there are few options with rates so low. Nobody will get out in time. They’ll be …
If you look for places that will start to be heavily effected by the intensifying Grand Solar Minimum, Eastern Canada and France are the first. From this year forward it will keep getting colder in these locations with heavier precipitation …
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – A slimy, gnarly oddity was found floating in a puddle in Cape Coral. Watch video here http://www.nbc-2.com/story/38245790/mysterious-worms-appear-in-cape-coral NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/rain-brings-on-long-worms-in-cape-coral?dont_use_this=true Looks like horsehair worms to me. Scientists …
By Jay Syrmopoulos Washington, D.C. – In an exclusive radio interview with Breitbart News Sunday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) sounded the alarm over the power wielded by Silicon Valley, describing the growing control information technology companies possess over the flow of information— in …
Assange, who has heroically fought to expose criminal conspiracies by imperialist war mongers, is being threatened with extradition to the US. If that happens, he faces criminal prosecution and even execution for his role in revealing the US government’s secrets. …
High-debt levels combined with rising rates means increasing financial pain for borrowers. The eventual result is an all-out credit collapse.See a chart that suggests a debt implosion may be closer than many observers realize. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0Krib_Yng
via ZeroHedge Without mentioning either the US or China by name, IMF head (and convicted criminal) Christine Lagarde warned about the dangers of the world being “sucked into a protectionist spiral” that would undermine global growth – the latest sign …
via BBG When it comes to the Treasury yield curve, going inverted isn’t the “great move” that Tom Cruise boasted about pulling off when piloting his F-14 Tomcat jet in the cult classic movie Top Gun. After widening in early February, …
Hm. I think my favorite part is the “concerned” face of the lady in the pink shirt on the right, just after timecode 6:11. Someone give her a fake news fake award for being fake sad.
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