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The week after the year-end Repo Chaos didn’t happen. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The feared chaos in the repo market over the year-end period didn’t materialize as the Fed had flooded the … Read more
Losing its magic. Latest venture capital barometer came out just awful. Clearly suggesting further GDP deceleration. This industry is the poster child for the imbalances we see in this … Read more
And it's not in writing Threadt.co/D6y5q7hrGn — Carol Forden (@CarolForden) December 13, 2019 I do sincerely hope that the Phase I will finally get signed. Then people would finally notice … Read more
twitter.com/hks55/status/1199497939044966402 China stocks open lower after Trump's remarks a phase one trade deal was nearing completion — but later added he's holding up an agreement to ensure better terms for … Read more
BY SRSROCCO While the silver price is trading at another important short-term technical level, the underlying fundamentals continue to improve. Since silver peaked at $19.75 at the beginning of September, … Read more
via MarketWatch: In a recent column, I focused on five key factors which indicate that housing markets may be topping out. Yet one other important factor may be the main reason … Read more
Visa will continue to facilitate gun purchases as long as it is legal for people to buy guns, the chief executive of the credit card giant told CNBC on Wednesday. … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “For developers and agents in most parts of the country who rely on foreign buyers, there is really no alternative to buyers from China”: CEO of … Read more
Foreign purchases of American homes plunge 36% as Chinese buyers flee the market The dollar volume of homes purchased by foreigners from April 2018 through March 2019 dropped 36% from … Read more
by confoundedinterest My Kuroda! Yes, The Bank of Japan’s Haruhiko Kuroda (the current governor) has greatly expanded the BOJ’s balance sheet of assets. Starting in 2012, Japan’s house price index has soared … Read more
by: Lance D Johnson (Natural News) The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Plan (SNAP) currently offers low income families a cornucopia of junk foods, including candy, cookies, desserts, caffeinated beverages, soda pop, potato … Read more
U.S. exports of agricultural products to China totaled $20 billion in 2017, so if China wants to buy another $30 billion, then China would more than double its intake of … Read more
via vanguard: Beginning January 22, 2019, Vanguard will no longer accept purchases in leveraged or inverse mutual funds, ETFs (exchange-traded funds), or ETNs (exchange-traded notes). If you already own these investments, … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn Although there are rules preventing banks and credit-card companies from seeing what customers are buying, if the New York Times has its way, those financial companies would begin to do just that. … Read more
from Zero Hedge After the US government elicited outrage from the Chinese due to its attempts to convince its allies to bar the use of equipment made by telecoms supplier Huawei, … Read more
