The New World Order . Largest collection of quotes.
by Apollo_Frog Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have.” —Richard Salant, former president, CBS News “The ‘affirmative task’ before … Read more
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MORE TROUBLE IN MEXICO: Second Largest Silver Mine Suspended Operations
BY SRSROCCO In just a little more than a week after the mighty Newmont-Goldcorp merger was finalized, the company suspended operations of its largest gold-silver mine in Mexico. The Penasquito … Read more
TRAINING FOR BLACKOUT? Power Outage Hits World’s LARGEST Military Base
WHAT ARE THEY GETTING READY FOR?!?! On the evening of Wed. Apr. 24th, 2019, a widespread power outage lasting more than 12 hours affected Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and closed … Read more
THE 2020 TWENTY: Largest field in history
Biden entry makes 20 Democrats in 2020: The largest presidential field in history With former Vice President Joe Biden set to enter the 2020 fray on Thursday, the Democratic field contesting the … Read more
WORLD’S LARGEST MILITARY BASE GOES DARK; Test ‘real-world reactions’ to cyber-attacks
Fort Bragg in North Carolina says the Army base had a “blackout” for more than 12 hours overnight Wednesday as part of a cyber-attack military exercise that came as a … Read more
Do You Earn Enough to Afford a House in the Largest U.S. Metros?
by howmuch Owning a home is one of the biggest financial milestones. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that the homeownership rate nationwide is 64.8%, slowly reversing a downward trend that … Read more
Foreign Investors SOLD $200 Billion of U.S. Stocks In 1 Year! Largest Liquidation On RECORD!
The evidence continues to pile up. Investors have been selling US equities. This is going at a record pace. They’re selling US debt. Economic indicators are pointing to a slowdown … Read more
How Big or Tiny of an Apartment Can the Median Household Income Afford to Rent in the 100 Largest US Cities?
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In some cities, you get what is considered a walk-in closet of a McMansion. It’s not totally fair to compare rents in Tulsa with rents in … Read more
A Simon Property Group Mall Generates Largest Loss Ever for Retail CMBS
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter How the Brick & Mortar Meltdown works for Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities after America’s largest mall landlord defaults on a mortgage and walks away from the mall. … Read more
GOLD: Five Countries with The World’s Largest Reserves
For 5,000 years, gold has proven its status as the ultimate store of value. Today’s investors rush to buy the precious metal at the faintest market uncertainty. Over the past … Read more
The 5 month decline in 30 year interest rates was the largest since 2010.
via upfina: The MBA mortgage applications index in the week of March 29th was very strong mostly because of the growth in refinancing due to the drop in interest rates. The composite … Read more
The largest ICE raid in a decade just happened in North Texas
ALLEN, Texas — It was a massive raid in an All-American town. A tip led to the biggest ICE raid in a decade, and it happened here in North Texas. … Read more
Private pension funds reported their second largest % loss since 1950s in Q4 of 2018! Worst quarter since 2008.
via @TaviCosta: One can only imagine the level of risk retirement assets are exposed to these days.
Largest monthly inflow to S&P 500 growth ETF ever! VIX short positioning by speculators is more extreme than it was just prior to the market selloff in Q4 2018.
Largest monthly inflow to S&P 500 growth ETF ever! Previous inflow extremes also preceded significant market selloffs. Record bullishness at near record valuations can never a good sign. Credits to … Read more
What the Heck’s Going on in China’s Video-Game Market, the Largest in the World?
The Dragon in the Game Room. By Adam H. Williams, Senior Associate at E911-LBS, LBSglobe.com, for WOLF STREET: The opening of mainland China’s video game market to the world, combined with the rapid … Read more