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by Spencer P Morrison, NEE From Trump’s Tariffs on China is a Necessary Evil: The oldest definitive evidence of trade between China and the West dates from 1070 BC—a Chinese silk found … Read more
via thefelderreport: The following post was based on an excerpt from a recent report published in The Felder Report PRO. Warren Buffett recently said wrote, “Prices are sky-high for businesses possessing decent … Read more
by: Stefan Gleason More than a decade after the 2008 financial crisis, U.S. monetary policy continues to operate in crisis management mode. Despite a long, drawn out rate-hiking campaign – … Read more
via upfina: The December retail sales report was so terrible that it implies a recession is coming soon if the data is accurate. There’s always a chance the data is incorrect … Read more
by jbOOgi3 Was doing my taxes with TurboTax yesterday. Got to the payment screen. I was aware I would have to spend $39 for the deluxe version of the … Read more
We’re at the high end of fair market value, says Vanguard chief investment officer from CNBC. The stock market won’t keep returning the kinds of yearly gains investors have gotten … Read more
From Brandon Smith The mainstream economic community has a notoriously short attention span and a lack of long-term perspective. After the longest government shutdown in American history subsided, the mainstream proclaimed … Read more
via thefinancialcourier: The stock market has been a roller coaster since October. Equities took a nose-dive in October. They then rallied in early November. Fell again steeply in December. Finally, stocks rallied strongly … Read more
By Tsvetana Paraskova Despite the wild ride of oil prices in 2018—in which gains earlier in the year were wiped out in massive sell-offs in the fourth quarter—energy and banking professionals … Read more
BY JARED DILLIAN There is no shortage of stupid things in the financial market. But probably the worst thing people can do is to have unrealistic return assumptions. Question to you: On … Read more
by Lance Roberts “No animals were harmed during the writing of this article.” If you listen to the media, the shocking and totally unexpected downturn last was unable to be … Read more
via Money Metals: It’s amazing what passes as a market these days. Stocks rallied during the Christmas week, and the mainstream financial press would like you to believe bargain hunters swooped … Read more
Incoming New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is taking aim at that most sacred of American cows, the public-private partnership, criticizing Tesla for accepting government subsidies without giving back to the … Read more
via MarketWatch: Havens? What havens? If you emerge from this year mostly unscathed, count your blessings, because unless things change in a hurry, 2018 is about to make a dubious … Read more
by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: pbs.twimg.com/media/DsvCoreUcAA1AIE.jpg FANG got wrecked this year – so far. Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google parent Alphabet plummeted during 2018, compounding weakness that has plagued the … Read more
by John Rubino Back in 2104 oil was falling and hundreds of billions of dollars of energy junk bonds and leveraged loans looked to be at risk. Wolf Street had … Read more