The number of people who live in their vehicles because they can’t find affordable housing is on the rise, even though the practice is illegal in many U.S. cities. The number of people residing in campers and other vehicles surged …
by Michael Snyder If the U.S. economy is really doing so well, then why is homelessness rising so rapidly? As the gap between the rich and the poor continues to increase, the middle class is steadily eroding. In fact, I recently gave …
by Michael Snyder What kind of number for GDP growth in the 2nd quarter will we get on Friday? The market consensus is somewhere around 4 percent, but there are many out there that are expecting a number above 5 percent. …
by Lance Roberts Tomorrow, the US Department of Commerce will report its advance estimate of 2Q GDP which will be the long-awaited evidence that “Trumponomics” is working. The current estimates for the initial print run the gamut from 3.9% to over 5% annualized …
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com via foxnews: MCALLEN, Texas – Border patrol agents say they are alarmed by the growing number of migrants illegally crossing the border with children – who are not their own – to avoid long-term …
From the Washington Post: Seventy may be the new 60, and 80 may be the new 70, but 85 is still pretty old to work in America. Yet in some ways, it is the era of the very old worker in …
via theatlantic: This morning, the Labor Department announced that the national unemployment rate ticked up to 4 percent in June for good reasons, as hundreds of thousands more Americans sought work. For the first time in recorded history, the number of job openings is higher …
BY JARED DILLIAN Seattle recently passed a 2.25% income tax for incomes above $250,000, and $500,000 for couples. It was the latest in a number of attempts to levy some form of income tax in the state. Such an income tax …
Daniel McAdams and Ron Paul on the Ron Paul Liberty Report President Trump is dropping bombs at a record pace. Even though the US is technically not at war, in the first year of the Trump Administration some 44,000 bombs were dropped overseas. In …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi6trZkEWXc The Patriot Beat reports, President Trump has been keeping true to his campaign promise of “draining the swamp,” and this latest report proves he’s gone above and beyond in trimming the federal fat. According to the latest reports, Trump …
by Charlie_Heslin Maybe this is normal nowadays and I’m just being paranoid, but I have 3 different email accounts I made some where between 2009-2014 without any of them being linked to a cell phone number. Sure, they would always suggest that …
via Paul Solman When total student debt passed total credit card debt in America in 2014, it was headline news. Just one example: But it turns student debt has just exceeded one-and-a-half times total credit card debt! Have you heard a peep? And …
by John Rubino of Dollar Collapse There’s A Number That Ends This Cycle — But What Is It? After an epic (generation-spanning at the long end) decline in interest rates, the trend has finally reversed. Which means, if history is still a reliable …
by John Rubino After an epic (generation-spanning at the long end) decline in interest rates, the trend has finally reversed. Which means, if history is still a reliable guide, there’s a number that ends this cycle and ushers in the …
by Fabius Maximus Summary: An economist shows the rising rate of celibacy among young millennial men. His analysis reveals much more, inadvertently, as he gushes about the need for women to domesticate men. This is like the smell of smoke in …
via ZeroHedge The benchmark 10Y Treasury briefly topped 3.00%… and then faded back under failing to resolve the ongoing debate whether the breach of 3.00% will unleash a liquidation panic or, alternatively, a buying spree. Of course, the importance of …
“Here’s a great stat – since January 2017, the number of people forced to use food stamps is down 1.9 million. The American people are finally back to work!” President Donald Trump 17:08 – 23 abr. 2018 Here’s a great …
by DCG From Daily Mail: The Department of Homeland Security says that so-called sanctuary states shielded dozens of alleged MS-13 gang members from deportation during an eight-month period between 2016 and 2017. The findings were provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee by …
by Dana Lyons If you follow us on Twitter or StockTwits, you know that we do a regular chartstorm feature called #TrendlineWednesday (though, it is often published sometime later in the week, time permitting). The feature is meant to highlight some of the more …
https://twitter.com/theconsciouscon/status/968293583030697984 http://www.Heyjackass.com has great stats on Chicago crime going back to 2012 It’s incredible. Currently: a shooting every 4 hours, a murder every 17 hours. Believe it or not, those figures are better than usual. My theory is the cold weather is a …
by TFittonJW JW doing the heavy lifting. The Comey files could be interesting… Go straight to discussion here: Here’s the press release…https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/fbi-will-review-16750-pages-comey-documents-response-judicial-watch-foia/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs1foAZRLPM The rats are jumping ship
Men in France could be fined €350 (US$435) if they follow women in the street, whistle at them, make loud comments about their appearance or ask for their phone numbers, according to a draft proposal to combat “sexual contempt.” The …
The number of war criminals being discovered among asylum seekers in Sweden is rapidly increasing with the Swedish Migration Board claiming cases have doubled in the last two years. In 2014, the Swedish Migration Board reported 12 asylum seekers to the Swedish …
By Robert Carbery The retail apocalypse has hit the banking sector as physically going into a bank becomes less and less necessary in this age of rapid technological change and retail disruption. Wells Fargo closed 194 net branch locations …
By Michael Snyder Did you know that the number of retail store closings in 2017 has already tripled the number from all of 2016? Last year, a total of 2,056 store locations were closed down, but this year more than 6,700 stores have been shut down …
by Dana Lyons The 4th quarter of years ending in “7? have historically exhibited the stock market’s worst quarterly performance of the decadal cycle. Exactly 3 months ago, we published a post highlighting what we discovered to be serially poor historical performance …
by Dana Lyons Seasonality in stock investing is a tricky thing. In one way, some of the most profitable and a reliable timing systems are those which depend only upon seasonality. On the other hand, emotionally and rationally, they are extraordinarily …
By Michael Snyder Have you lost your spot in the middle class yet? For years I have been documenting all of the numbers that show that the middle class in America has been steadily shrinking, and we just got another …