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via Danielle Park: Better Markets (BM) describes itself as a “non-profit, non-partisan, and independent organization founded in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to promote the public interest in the … Read more
via MarketWatch Trade tensions, weather and slowing growth are pulling down earnings expectations Investors should start bracing themselves for an earnings recession, with first-quarter numbers for the S&P 500 expected … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER This has been know to be associated with the housing cycle: Framing Lumber Prices Down 30% Year-over-year This has taken a dive recently: Global economy enters … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Many Americans are priced out of the new-car market. At wholesale auctions, used-vehicle prices rose 4.0% in March from March last year, according to Manheim, the largest … Read more
via MarketWatch: Conference Board says manufacturing, food service, transportation, agriculture and construction could see their bottom lines hurt the most Surging labor costs and slower revenue growth likely will lead … Read more
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Our researchers believe the NQ and YM chart illustrates a very different dynamic which is currently at play in the US Stock Markets. The NQ, the … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Corporate Profit Crunch Looms as Stocks Slide (WSJ) In December, analysts cut their earnings forecasts for 2019 on more than half the companies in the S&P 500, … Read more
via WSJ: Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay a $10 million fine to settle a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority probe into the firm’s compliance with rules designed to detect and prevent … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER China exports falling with tariffs: China’s November export, import growth shrinks, showing weak demand US exports turning south as well? The deceleration that started with the collapse … Read more
Prince William’s extraordinary intervention as he accuses Facebook of putting ‘profit before values’ PRINCE William has today accused Facebook and other social media giants of being “on the back foot” … Read more
by Thinker When comes to really knowing someone, you have to put aside party, religion, race, and nation and look at the actions of the individual or organization. Do they … Read more
by Pi-R-Squared Just a friendly reminder! Ask any investor who’s been doing this long enough and they can tell you about a stock they hold onto too long. I know … Read more
by DCG Fat man who rallies against capitalism refusing to pay his fair share of capitalist profits to his ex-wife. Shocker, not. From Page Six: Documentarian Kathleen Glynn is cranking up the Fahrenheit … Read more
by: Isabelle Z. (Natural News) Experts say that prescription drug abuse in adolescents has been dropping in recent years, but the number of young people who are addicted to Xanax … Read more
BY SRSROCCO The massive debt accumulated by the U.S. Shale Industry is now decimating company profits. As company debts and interest rates rise, these shale producers interest expense also continues … Read more
Amazon now pays even LESS tax while struggling High Street firms pay up to 20 times more Amazon has declared its lowest UK corporation tax bill in five years as … Read more