via bnnbloomberg: (Bloomberg) — Germany’s upper house approved a law making it easier for lenders such as Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to fire top earners, adding flexibility for Frankfurt to lure financial companies unsettled by Brexit. …
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 …
Let’s say you are living in the 18th century. You want to go to a distant place and you are riding on your wagon. You will put the horses in front of the wagon that will carry the load and …
via thefreethoughtproject: Ashland City, TN — Last August, Mark Campbell was sitting in his house when two strangers showed up at his door. These two strangers lightly knocked and told Campbell that they had guns. Moments later, bullets came flying through …
While contagion is definitely contained, the Eurozone “is not sufficiently armed to face a new economic or financial crisis.” French banks are heavily exposed to Italy. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. “Don’t underestimate the impact of …
by Shaun Richards We have an opportunity to take a look in detail at the US economy which stands out at the moment at a time of slowing economies elsewhere. Partly of course that is due to the shut down …
via Zerohedge: One look at the recent collapse in the VIX, which has tumbled to levels seen just before the S&P hit its all time high in Sept, and investors may be left with the impression that there is nothing …
by Amy S. Mainstream media and propaganda outs say that America’s economy and the strength of the United States Dollar has never been stronger. That is a lie. Never before in history has the wage to cost of living gap …
via thedailybeast: Xi Jinping, the Chinese ruler, is in no position to negotiate in good faith with the U.S., in large part due to Communist Party politics. Trump, therefore, has to either abandon his ambitious trade goals or push Beijing to …
Judge removes Manafort’s plea deal. McCabe admits everything,[RR] is leaving his post, he never testified but he has no problem speaking to reporters. Mueller’s insurance policy is almost up. MSM prepares the public for Mueller’s Russian Collusion report, they are …
This article was originally published at Zero Hedge Forget about the automobile industry turning over a new leaf for the new year: the beginning of 2019 has started just as miserably as 2018 ended for many major auto OEMs in the …
by John Rubino We Baby Boomers timed it perfectly. We came of age during in an era of plentiful jobs and relatively high wages. Public pensions were generous. Stock, bond and home prices were low, and have since risen strongly, …
President Trump’s Secretary of State Mike Pompeo makes Unprecedented Move on the World Stage regarding Venezuela at the UN Security Council UFS
What you need to kickstart a business, I asked. Cash flow, investment and funds and a bunch of clients, you answered with sheer confidence. Well, all these are secondary things. The foremost thing you need is a killer business idea …
by AssaultOfTruth Evidently a lot of people still do not understand how annual bonuses work. Now, there are multiple ways they work, but in a lot of cases, such as mine, such as a guy I know who just gave …
by John Coumarianos Do current stock prices reflect a speculative frenzy? It’s a crucial question for anyone trying to preserve and grow their capital, but also a difficult one to answer. Martin Tarlie of Boston asset manager Grantham, Mayo, van …
via scmp: Midway into January five Chinese companies are already likely to default on 3.5 billion yuan (US$446.25 million) worth of debt Beijing Kang Dexin Composite Material tumbled 10 per cent on Tuesday after saying it’s likely to default on the …
via MarketWatch: Russell 2000 is up 8.8% in the first 12 sessions of 2019 Much has been made about the performance of stocks so far in 2019. Small-cap stocks, as gauged by the Russell 2000 index RUT, +1.04% , are off to their …
Another year, another set of resolutions. From losing weight to spending more time with loved ones, setting resolutions is a time-honored tradition for many of us. Aside from the usual diet and exercise goals, many are also aspiring to make …
Via The Free Thought Project A new level of “fact checking” and “fake news” counter attacks are coming. This time, however, it won’t just be on Facebook or Twitter or Google, it will be internet and device wide. This fact …
Asia markets fall again as Tokyo gets 2019 off to nightmare start There was no respite for Asian investors Friday as most regional markets suffered more losses, with Tokyo tanking three percent and technology firms taking another hiding after Apple’s …
by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Institute We all had a big shock this week when, seemingly out of the blue, President Trump announced that he was removing US troops from Syria and would draw down half of the remaining US troops in …
by TheCIASellsDrugs This is called the “welfare cliff.” If you start earning more money, you lose benefits faster than your wages go up, so you end up worse overall. This guarantees certain companies, like Wal Mart, a supply of workers …
by Kimble Charting This chart looks at the Bank Index (BKX) over the past 25-years on a monthly basis, reflecting that currently, the 9-year trend in the index remains up. The index may have created a double top this year, at the same level …
via CNBC: For example, 27 percent of people in Florence, South Carolina, who bought their car with a so-called subprime score — defined as a VantageScore between 300 and 600— are delinquent. Yet just 3 percent of residents with …
(Bloomberg) — People’s Bank of China adviser Ma Jun has probed the economy for triggers of financial turbulence, and proposed measures including direct bailouts of enterprises and bank re-capitalization should a crisis hit. Property bubbles, local government contingent debt, the …
via Jesse Kelly: Earlier this week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put up a tweet so mind-numbingly stupid that simply calling it “factually incorrect” would be an insult to the word “incorrect.” As is to be expected in the social media world, folks on the right …
There are various ways in which you can fund and raise capital for your business but the most obvious one is you yourself. You need to show your commitment towards the startup that you are planning to launch. This is …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065340939378614272 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065342202526732298 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065411704023072768 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065439246864003072 Here is the history of Black Friday pic.twitter.com/p288F5IS7w — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 22, 2018 New Lows Coming While US cash markets are closed the futures continue to trade, with all of them red at the moment …
