by confoundedinterest17 Just like The Office’s Dunder-Mifflin, the US housing market is like the ad campaign “Limitless paper in a paperless world.” Except that is “Limitless home prices in a supply-constrained world.” Available inventory of homes for sale is helping to drive home …
by confoundedinterest17 To listen to some talking heads, everything is beautiful. But according to the bond market, everything is not beautiful. In fact, there is concern about global economic growth and financial fragility. There is now $10 trillion in negative yielding bonds …
By Irina Slav More than eight million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil is sitting in tankers as U.S. sanctions are preventing the country from selling the commodity worth about half a billion dollars, Bloomberg reports, adding this is happening amid dwindling …
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 …
Police: ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett in custody, due in court Thursday. Smollett claimed he was the victim of a racial and homophobic assault. Now, he’s accused of making it up and could go to prison. Plus, the memory hole: Related: Jussie Smollett …
SINGAPORE, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Oil prices rose to their highest levels in 2019 on Monday, lifted by OPEC-led supply cuts and by U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures hit $56 per …
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan American farmers are battling several issues when it comes to producing our food. Regulated low prices, tariffs, and the inability to export have all cut into the salaries of farmers. They are officially in crisis mode, just like the United …
By Harry Dent Did you watch my video two Fridays ago? If not, check it out here. I explained how gold bugs are giving you dangerous advice about gold as an investment. But gold isn’t the only investment that people mistakenly make …
via zerohedge: One year ago, just as the Fed had started quantitative tightening, i.e., the shrinkage of its balance sheet, JPMorgan’s Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, author of the popular Flows and Liquidity newsletter predicted that the more than $1 trillion decline in G4 central bank bond …
via @OccupyWisdom : Inflation = expansion of money supply What people think inflation is = price increases Sound money = price stability Debt money = price instability
via mises.org: Money supply growth slowed in October, falling to the lowest rate recorded since February of this year. Overall, money-supply growth remains well below the growth rates experienced from 2009 to 2016, and has fluctuated very little since March. In …
Some psychiatrists believe we could save tens of thousands of lives a year with a very simple, low-cost intervention: putting small amounts of lithium into our drinking water, the way we put fluoride in to protect our teeth. SOURCE: Some …
Holy smokes, Nova Scotia. Cannabis sales top $660,000 on Day 1 HALIFAX—Nova Scotians who lined up outside the province’s only legal pot purveyor on the first day of legalization Wednesday purchased more than $660,000 worth of product. Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation spokesperson Beverley Ware …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWQ68YRQYsI Rising use of antidepressants is turning our waters into a ‘drug soup’ and harming marine life, experts warn. People in Britain use more antidepressants than almost every other country in the Western world. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6253453/Antidepressants-pose-threat-wildlife-presence-water-supplies-say-experts.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxJzNYm8JWQ A contract for the delivery of five S-400 systems, one of Russia’s most advanced anti-aircraft weapons, has been signed between Moscow and New Delhi. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9ft3
by Jesse Numbered — God has numbered your reign, and will end it. Weighed — you are weighed on the scales, and found wanting. Divided — your power will be divided up and given to others. Daniel 5:25-28 “QE [quantitative …
https://youtu.be/zyUt0h1SUC4 “Within two weeks Russia will complete the delivery to Damascus of an S-300 air defense system previously suspended on a request by Israel as part of response to the downing of a Russian plane amid an Israeli air raid …
source: https://qz.com/1397951/teslas-supply-management-head-leaves-amid-executive-exodus/ Tesla is losing Liam O’Connor, its vice president of global supply management, at a time when senior executives continue to leave the electric carmaker at a critical time. Bloomberg cited anonymous sources reporting O’Connor’s resignation, although the information was not public.
Via ZeroHedge When discussing yesterday’s WSJ report that the Trump admin may slap the new, $200BN round of tariffs on Chinese imports as soon as tomorrow, we said that such an escalation would likely derail talks with top Chinese officials, currently scheduled …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter This is not good. What’s causing the drop-off in pending home sales in the US, and in particular in the West? Surging home prices that have outrun wage increases for years? Mortgage rates that hover around …
by stockboardasset via RTRS Foreign investors are showing signs of fatigue in absorbing the supply of Treasuries that is growing due to the U.S. government’s ballooning budget gap, posing a risk that bond yields will eventually spike. The rising stockpile of …
by Martin Armstrong Politicians are truly amazing. When they need money, they are never short of ideas of things to tax. New Jersey is proposing to now tax water from the tap. The proposal is being submitted by State Senator Bob …
Malta is becoming a blockchain powerhouse, companies and exchanges are now setting up shop in Malta. Steve Wozniak compares blockchain to dot com bubble. US mortgage applications implode. First quarter GDP revised down. CBO warns that debt level will be …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8z1NwwTGH8 company announced it would adopt paper straws at all of its U.K. locations this year. It’s not known at this time what material McDonald’s will use for its alternate straws in America, but paper seems to be the option …
June’s OPEC meeting might be one of the worst since 2011, says expert from CNBC. The forthcoming meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers like Russia could be one of the most fractious in recent years with competing interests and …
by stockboardasset Norwegian salmon spot prices just tagged a historical high as faltering supply combines with increasing global demand. This has unleashed a perfect storm sending prices above a multi-year neckline of NOK 70 (€7.48/$8.66), and tagged fresh highs around NOK …
By Harry Dent I recently emailed you about how this latest real estate bubble looks just like the last one. It’s surged about the same, this time peaking a little higher, and has run for about as long. But what’s driving this …
BY SRSROCCO The U.S. gold exports to Hong Kong surged in February consuming nearly all of the domestic gold mine supply. According to the USGS recent Gold Mineral Industry Survey, February gold exports to Hong Kong more than doubled compared to …
by Thinker Family farms that once fed the major cities in the U.S. are almost extinct. What will happen if the four day supply of food in your grocery store stops? How long can you live if the store is …
FYI: Grow prickly pear cactus and sea weed to start. Easy to grow, healthy and cheap. China has a very clear appetite for commodities. They consume such a large quantity of different commodities that they must import at an ever-expanding …