by Adam Taggart Joe Saluzzi, co-founder of Themis Trading LLC, outspoken exchange expert, and author of the excellent exposé Broken Markets, returns to give us an update on the state of high frequence trading — otherwise known as HFT. In the …
by Chris For those reading the news, you might think that Florence has come and gone. For those in NC, Florence is still causing rivers to finally crest and make life difficult: With muddy river water still washing over entire …
Ten years is a long time. Nearly long enough to forget that Google — and for that matter, Apple — have the ability to control some parts of your phone over the internet. And maybe quietly change things without your …
by Jim Quinn You will find more infographics at Statista The biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression has left lasting political and social ripple effects visible in today’s world of growing inequality and rising populism. Trust in banks has yet to rebound to its pre-recession …
The reporter for the Weather Channel is having a hard time standing. He is bracing himself with his back to the wind and is still being rocked by the hurricane force winds. Meanwhile two men in the background are causually …
Deluded Chuck Todd: Media Bias a ‘Campaign Creation’ ‘Not Based’ in ‘Fact.’ Don’t talk to Chuck Todd about the liberal media. The Meet The Press host on Sunday snapped at David Brody, telling the CBN political analyst that dislike of a partisan press …
via spectator: In Reagan’s America: Innocents at Home, Garry Wills described the 40thPresident’s relationship with the voters as “a kind of complicity,” implying that Reagan and the electorate had colluded to commit some sort of crime. The offense was, of course, their …
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by Brandon Smith The greatest tool at the disposal of globalists is the use of false paradigms to manipulate public perception and thus public action. The masses are led to believe that at the highest levels of geopolitical and financial power …
What a complete and total waste of time this was. Let’s remember the words of the esteemed jurist Sol Wachtler. “[Sol] Wachtler, who became the state’s top judge earlier this month, said district attorneys now have so much influence on …
Bill Holter interviewed by Sean on SGTreport Bill Holter from JSmineset.com is back to discuss the blatant manipulation of the price of silver through billions of paper ounces sold into the market by criminal banks. We also discuss the deep state enemies of the people which …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33JljtuLAVA Today’s Guest: Jeff Nielson
Synopsis: Judge Jeanine Pirro blasted former FBI head, Bob Mueller for accepting millions of dollars in illegal donations from a Russian oligarch to fund the framing of then presidential candidate, Donald Trump.
via wallstreetonparade: Spasms in big Wall Street bank stocks have been happening on a serial basis over the past three years. (See here and here.) Yesterday offered another one of those bank warning signs to a Congress intent on further deregulation of an already …
This is a youtube playlist of George Carlin insights A few very early clips that question Time and what is now, the crazy way advertising works and much, much more h/t KnowledgeGoblin
“How stressed are emerging mkts vs developed mkts? The gap between implied FX vol for EM (surging) and G7 (still subdued) is extreme, only observed a couple other instances in the last 18yrs; How will it correct? Probably some combo …
Cash Wildfire Spreads Among Young Tech Companies It’s time to get real about the financial fragility of young technology companies. Far too many are living beyond their means, flirting with disaster and putting their investors at risk. Bloomberg Opinion examined …
It’s the middle of summer in New York City and here I was dressed for late October—full-length leggings, thick socks, a long-sleeve shirt, and even a hat. I even contemplated gloves. I came prepared, or so I thought, to try …
In order to turn everything off you need to also disable “web and app activity” in your account – https://myaccount.google.com/activitycontrols/search?pli=1 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements …
via nymag: If you were standing in the smoldering ashes of 9/11 trying to peer into the future, you might have been overjoyed to discover this happy snapshot of 2018: There has been no subsequent major terrorist attack on America from …
h/t @michaellebowitz The market is all air. Not a fundamental in sight h/t @OccupyWisdom The #economic “expansion” feels like a #depression because a depression is sub trend #GDP growth for a sustained period of time. The expansion has been below trend …
ECB not expected to hike off of all-time lows until October 2019. Market is expecting Fed Funds Rate to be at 2.71% by that time. h/t @charliebilello
by Michael Snyder If the U.S. economy is “doing well”, then why are almost 40 million Americans still on food stamps? That number is almost exactly where it was at the end of the last recession, and supposedly we have …
Deficit Projected to Top $1 Trillion Starting Next Year WASHINGTON—The Trump administration expects annual budget deficits to rise nearly $100 billion more than previously forecast in each of the next three years, pushing the federal deficit above $1 trillion starting …
by Sven Carlin Summary Great investment returns come from buying things nobody wants to touch with a ten foot pole. Argentina might be such a case. The MSCI Argentina ETF is definitely not the way to get exposure to the Argentinian …
Merrill Lynch’s private clients still hold extremely low levels of cash and … … run high-beta portfolios. Buybacks Amazon, Netflix and Microsoft together this year are responsible for 71% of S&P 500 returns and for 78% of Nasdaq 100 returns. …
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From Birch Gold Group Last week we reported on a potential EU market crash tied to Brexit, and how that could affect the U.S. But the U.S. also has economic problems to contend with, namely an imminent recession of its own. Some globalists have even …
CNN & CNBC Agree: Trump’s Popularity Still Rising Despite Recent Attacks CNBC: “Family separation policy fails to dent Trump’s rising popularity” View post on imgur.com President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which dominated the news cycle last week and …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter One of the biggest such deals ever, happening now: How investors allow a group of PE firms to extract $3.75 billion from a company after they’d already extracted billions. Junk-rated Asurion – which is based in Nashville, …