Today marks 17 consecutive green days in October, best month since 1976
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S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index Marks New High
by Martin Armstrong Home prices were up 19.2% in January according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index. It is extremely difficult for Millennials and Gen Z to enter the housing market, as homes today cost 75% more than they did in 1987 …
Howard Marks seeks ‘hidden gems’ in India in a world of low returns
Howard Marks, co-founder of distressed debt firm Oaktree Capital Management LLC, says he’s looking to find “hidden gems” in a world where too many buyers are driving returns down. “Ever since the Fed and the Treasury and the world’s central …
Howard Marks Says It’s Time To Play Defense, “Investors Are Willing To Do Almost Everything”
Authored by Christoph Gisiger via The Market, Howard Marks, Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital, cautions about the growing pressure for risky behavior and explains why it’s time to play defense. Few investors are as highly respected as Howard Marks. But if you …
Sharp Drop In U.S. Rig Count Marks First Yearly Loss Since 2016
By Julianne Geiger The the number of active oil and gas rigs fell sharply in the United States this week according to Baker Hughes, bringing the overall rig count below year-ago levels in a rare first not seen in years. …
The dependence on anonymous sources marks a failing in modern journalism.
by CelineHagbard Today, McClatchy DC Bureau put out a piece claiming Cohen’s cell phone put him in Prague at the time of the alleged meeting between him and Russian officials. Their headline — Cell signal puts Cohen outside Prague around time of purported …
2018 Marks First Annual Central Bank Gold Demand Increase in 5 Years
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know brings you the latest stories involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: Central banks to increase gold buying for the first time since 2013, gold gains ahead of a volatile trading …
Howard Marks – The Seven Worst Words in the World
by itsmyst For those of you who haven’t read Howard’s latest memo, here’s the link. https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/howard-marks-memos I wanted to ask a question or possibly spark a discussion pertaining to market crashes. I would also like to state that I am NOT …
BBC News adds quotation marks to Sarah Jeong’s “racist Tweets” and changes “racist” to “inflammatory”. SOMEONE wasn’t happy with the original article…
BBC Stealth-edits the Sarah Jeong article to downplay her racism. Tim Pool also noticed this and is concerned it now looks like people linking to the original article were editorialising. h/t UnbowedUncucked
Earnings Estimates – The Fade Begins (And ‘X’ Marks The Accounting Magic Spot)
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, With roughly 98% of the S&P 500 having reported earnings, as of mid-June, we can take a closer look at the results through the 1st quarter of the year. During the most recent reported period, 12-month operating …
Think Chicago is Bad? Boy Shot On Basketball Court in Baltimore Marks City’s 100th Homicide Of 2018
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two teenagers have been shot to death on Baltimore’s streets–the latest a 16-year-old boy–as the city surpasses 100 murders for the first time this year. The 16-year-old, who friends told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren went by Streetz or …
Unhappy Anniversary: Today marks 15 years since Bush started the war on Iraq and 7 years since Obama began the war on Libya—both based on lies and deception.
Unhappy Anniversary: Fifteen years ago today, the US launched its “shock and awe” attack against Iraq. The war was based on lies and propaganda, it cost trillions, and it left perhaps a million dead. To date no one has been …
Twitter Refuses To Give Blue Check Marks To Pro-2A Parkland Survivors
Twitter’s own explanations: An account may be verified if it is determined to be an account of public interest. Typically this includes accounts maintained by users in music, acting, fashion, government, politics, religion, journalism, media, sports, business, and other …
Exuberance Marks Start Of 2018
by Lance Roberts Review & Update Last week, we discussed the record-setting year of the market. Not only did the markets tie the most number of up years for any bull market in history, it also hit records for the longest …
RUSH: Today Marks 6 Months Of An Unhinged Media Conducting A 'FULL-SCALE COUP ATTEMPT' Against Trump
https://youtu.be/UQxHp0kgQFU RUSH: Mueller Investigation ‘MOST MASSIVE OPPOSITION RESEARCH OPERATION EVER’ In American Politics https://youtu.be/W1SBj3AooT8 Top Dems Slow Rolling Ethics Probe to Delay Investigation Into Obama Leaks FBI turns over 7,000 documents from Weiner laptop in Clinton-tied case