HARSH, BUT FAIR: Related: The mass hysteria that has consumed much of our political class since the 2016 election should serve as a very frightening warning about the kind of people we’ve been letting run our country. RICK MORAN: Forecasting Model …
via visualcapitalist: View the full-size version of this infographic View the high resolution version of today’s infographic by clicking here There are only two cities that have had the distinction of being named the most populous city in the United States. The first city …
London is getting hit pretty hard right now. If you’re in London or the surrounding area, please let me know what you’re seeing. Also, my friends in Ireland, are you seeing prices increase? I do believe Ireland will be negatively …
by GoldCore via Bloomberg – 3.8% fall y/y in Q1, the seventh straight decline in values – Nationwide – Nationally, U.K. real-estate market remains ‘subdued’ – Some of the weakness relates to Brexit as economic uncertainty impacts sentiment London continued to lead …
via Zerohedge: According to the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB), world trade plunged to its weakest levels not seen since the financial crisis. The report published last week shows world trade expanded by 2.3% in January after the index tumbled …
She is coming back with spunk h/t supporter
by XMoreRightX Pretty interesting look at how the current constituents of the S&P 500 have performed since the crash of ’09. -Oil stocks dominated the Bottom 25. -NVIDIA is the only semiconductor to make the Top 25. -Netflix – wow! …
BY SRSROCCO While the demand for precious metals is certainly off its highs from prior years, investors would be quite surprised by the astonishing amount of physical gold and silver investment since the 2008 financial crisis. Only by comparing the …
Investors are SELLING. Can people understand that it’s public information documented for everyone to see? But of course, the 7 shares of Amazon type investor doesn’t actually want to know information. They want to feel comfortable that each of their …
via CNBC: Companies, governments and households increased their combined debt load by 50 percent in the 10 years following the financial crisis, S&P Global Ratings said Tuesday. The surge represents a 50 percent increase that the ratings firm nonetheless said …
FIVETHIRTYEIGHT: The CDC’s Gun Injury Data Is Becoming Even Less Reliable. According to the CDC’s most recent figures, somewhere between 31,000 and 236,000 people were injured by guns in 2017. That range, which represents the confidence interval — the high and …
Global Economy Weakest Since Financial Crisis (Bloomberg) — The global economy’s sharp loss of speed through 2018 has left the pace of expansion the weakest since the global financial crisis a decade ago, according to Bloomberg Economics. Its new GDP …
Do you believe that China’s economic data is fake? Also, do all countries do the same thing? The economic data we receive from every country is most likely fake. Or at least padded and puffed up to make it …
I read china halted the use of the 737 Max’s, 2 crashes on new planes seems like an issue. After the devastating Boeing 737 MAX-8 crash in Ethiopia this weekend, China has announced it will suspend the aircraft model in …
LONDON (Reuters) – A $10 billion wipeout over the last week has compounded the worst start to a year for equity flows since 2008, Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategists said on Friday. Citing data from flow-tracker EPFR, BAML’s analysts …
by Daisy Luther Who can forget the hostility during the 2016 election? The battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump caused the ends of friendships, strained family relationships, and set the tone for an angry new “normal” in the United …
WELL, GOOD: Trump, RNC Courting African-American Voters Ahead of 2020. The Republican National Committee is making a concerted effort to court African-American voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The decision reflects a growing list of accomplishments President Donald Trump can …
by Troy It has been exactly 2 months since the stock market’s bottom on Christmas Eve 2018. Since then, the S&P has rallied more than 18%, which makes this one of the biggest 2 month rallies of all time. Go …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter These unsettling tidbits about sudden problems on the demand-side in China. Imports by China and other emerging Asian economies in December plunged to the lowest level in two years, in the steepest one-month plunge since 2008, …
AOC is clearly planted in Congress. Not qualified. Publicized. h/t Booyah
via Twitter: THe entire investigation – has been overhyped from the beginning – let him report then go after the real criminals – who covered up Hillary et al – and hatched this Dr.P
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Consumer exuberance maxed out last summer and has since changed direction. The headlines today were all about retail sales that “fell most since 2009,” or as the WSJ put it, “at Fastest Pace since 2009,” or …
via Dagny Taggart A year ago today, Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing seventeen defenseless students and staff members and injuring seventeen others. During the mayhem, a sheriff’s deputy was on the scene…hiding behind his …
Retail sales drop the most since September 2009 U.S. retail sales recorded their biggest drop in more than nine years in December as receipts fell across the board, suggesting a sharp slowdown in economic activity at the end of 2018. …
via marketwatch: Married couples are making room for roommates. Sometimes, multiple roommates. Just ask Kelsey Riley Dixon. The 29-year-old business owner and her husband, a semi-pro kayaker, share a four-bedroom home with three male roommates “to reduce costs in the very expensive city of …
Via Marketwatch A study puts wealth inequality in a historical perspective It’s not fashionable to wear flapper dresses and do the Charleston, but 1920s-style wealth inequality is definitely back in style. New research says America’s ultra-rich haven’t held as much …
1-M HIBOR vs. LIBOR rates now at lowest level since 2007! Interesting how same spread disparity also corresponded with the market top for HK stocks. Note: HSI index peaked in 2018, and it’s now re-testing the upper bound of a …
via antiwar: In his masterpiece, Killing Hope: U.S. Military and C.I.A. Interventions Since World War II, William Blum, who died in December 2018, wrote chapter-length accounts of 55 US regime change operations against countries around the world, from China (1945-1960s) to Haiti …
