by Michael Snyder If you are the president of the United States and you want to have a positive relationship with another country, it is probably not a good idea to call the leader of that other country a “killer” …
by John Rubino of Dollar Collapse The era of fiat currencies and central bank printing presses has desensitized us to massive leverage and its implications. So when it is reported, for instance, that China‘s private sector borrowing has risen to levels that are unprecedented …
via hotair: In the Democrats’ rush to pass HR1, a serious snag emerged for Nancy Pelosi and the rest of her party’s leadership. Republicans were able to force a vote on adding language to the supposed voting rights bill condemning …
by BadTRAFFIC Venezuela stopped accepting American Dollars to trade oil in. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-14/oil-rich-venezuela-stops-accepting-dollars Source for Saddam: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,998512,00.html Foreign Exchange: Saddam Turns His Back on Greenbacks Europe’s dream of promoting the euro as a competitor to the U.S. dollar may get a boost …
by Metaphorical_Oracle As we all know, it’s perfectly normal and common for employees who want more money in their weekly Salary, to hire 2 guys from Africa to dump bleach on them, we all know that bleach stains on your …
TradersChoice.net, Released on 2/13/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several …
via Bloomberg: Deutsche Bank AG executives are worried that they’re down to the last 60 days to turn around their struggling franchise. On the eve of fourth-quarter results that are likely to reflect its troubles, the bank’s ability to avoid …
via @SteveSaretsky: What the hell is happening over there in Sydney… This happened.
via breitbart: A group of Remainer MPs will attempt to stop a no deal Brexit by starving the Treasury of funds which could lead to “total paralysis” of the Government. The MPs are set to vote on two amendments to the …
NYT: GE, Tesla, Snapchat, under accounting investigations Companies that lag their peers sometimes cut accounting corners to make themselves appear stronger than they really are. But is the risk of getting caught worth it? The recent news that the Justice …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1063481183479259137 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1063450589655388160 More than likely Trump admin was briefed on this chart. IG Corporate Debt is the stress point right now. $GE could be the first domino to drop pic.twitter.com/MD8ydAPueR — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 16, 2018 The weakness in credit …
by Michael Snyder It is difficult not to admire the relentless optimism on Wall Street. A divided Congress is going to guarantee two years of gridlock and political turmoil in Washington, but many in the financial community are choosing to interpret …
The stock market often seems to defy logic. Consider that good news is often followed by plummeting prices, and bad news is often followed by rising prices. Here’s how to make sense of it all … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-CaaLGuOlA
Recently we discovered that this influence has been much more extensive than people thought. We shouldn’t need to find out about the full extent of that influence through FOIA requests, and that’s assuming we do know about all of it, …
HMM: What the media aren’t telling you about Jamal Khashoggi. The fate of Khashoggi has at least provoked global outrage, but it’s for all the wrong reasons. We are told he was a liberal, Saudi progressive voice fighting for freedom and …
Nate Cohn: The fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court seems to have contributed to polarizing the electorate, helping Republicans gain in red states and districts even as Democrats cement their strong position elsewhere. The trend might fade, …
via victorygirlsblog: Six hundred and fifty law professors seems like a lot of law professors. It’s not. There are over 20,000 law professors in the United States teaching at our 200 law schools. It is true that the legal profession of 400,000 lawyers is …
by Alexander Trigaux, Editor, GoldSilver The President. The Senate. The House. Their silence on the issue tells you all you need to know. Forget any semblance of fiscal responsibility. Washington has completely given up on bare-bones fiscal sanity. What would …
global stress seems to be coming from Italy this morning pic.twitter.com/C9MWPJYNWS — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 27, 2018 #Italian growth on a slump, economic indicators such as the Manufacturing PMI on a steep decline. GS notes that with the addition of …
via Twitter: “’VOTE OR DIE.’ UNLESS, IT’S TOO HARD TO FIND A STAMP:” Why college students don’t vote absentee? They don’t know where to buy a postage stamp. A Fairfax County focus group this summer found many college students who have …
A week before confirmation?? What a coincidence!! h/t samddnffnwrg
by xxKorbenDallasxx Seems weird that all I’m reading is about how prices continue go higher but that’s not what the feds data says Will this be the beginning of the new pop of the housing bubble? 2008 part II? https://twitter.com/anilvohra69/status/1040038340752498688 #Seattle …
transports lag — seems like today was just one big short cover forced by oil ramp on iran sanctions & vix smash pic.twitter.com/0QoDi29qeA — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 11, 2018 continued vix smashing pic.twitter.com/MBMzohQLuL — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 11, 2018 WTI …
Paul Sperry: Exclusive: FBI Kept From U.S. Spy Court Russian View of Carter Page as ‘an Idiot.’ The FBI omitted from its application to spy on Carter Page the fact that Russian spies had dismissed the former Trump campaign adviser …
by bannercoin Apple is a roll as of late. After hitting $1 trillion in market cap in early August, here we are in late August and it’s nearly already added another $100 billion. In the last 30 days, Apple has …
via thehill: President Trump on Thursday threw cold water on a criminal-justice reform package being crafted in the Senate, according to an administration official familiar with the situation. During a closed-door meeting at the White House, Trump said he has problems with the …
Despite Comey Assurances, Vast Bulk of Weiner Laptop Emails Were Never Examined. Virtually none of his account was true, a growing body of evidence reveals. In fact, a technical glitch prevented FBI technicians from accurately comparing the new emails with …
#FANG STOCKS Am I missing something? The fair value calculated by discounted cash flow Shiller P/E or overall P/B ratios are also that high :: what longtime worldwide QE‘s can do Despite the acceleration in U.S. growth, real earnings …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Why is anyone still lending this government any money? Today the Argentina peso plunged another 5.5% against the US dollar. It now takes ARS 27.7 to buy $1. Over the past 16 years, the peso has gone through waves of …
