As of the end of 2018, net worth as a share of the U.S. total had shrunk considerably for the upper middle class. In one generation, U.S. wealth held by households from 50th to the 90th percentiles fell from 35.2 …
by Jesse Colombo Knight Frank’s latest annual Wealth Report just came out and is full of interesting data. What stood out to me, in particular, is the statistic that showed that the global billionaire population has approximately doubled since 2013, so I …
by Martin Armstrong The reality these days are that more than 50% of older workers are pushed out of their longtime jobs before they choose to retire. The major factor in this trend is their pension. Pensions are bankrupting both …
by Martin Armstrong I have warned that the entire Student Loan Crisis has significantly altered the economy thanks to the Clintons courting the New York bankers making Student Loans the exception to bankruptcy. In Florida, like many other states, if …
via CNBC: Twenty-one of the nation’s largest banks spent $152 billion on buybacks and dividends in the most recent year, analyst Dick Bove says. The money went mostly to people who wanted nothing to do with their banks (sold their …
by Martin Armstrong Gun sales in Germany have soared because of what they call the “Rapeugees.” Three years ago, more than 2,000 German girls were raped/sexually assaulted on New Year’s Eve in several German cities. Then a leaked document surfaced reporting …
This article was written by Chloe Anagnos and originally published at AIER.org Adulting, the now common idiom goes, is hard. And to many millennials, the grim realization that debt will always be part of their lives is not making it any easier. In …
by Jesse Colombo CNBC just published a piece about how venture capital spending hit an all-time high in 2018, surpassing the dotcom bubble record: Venture capital just had its highest spending year in history. The amount of money firms spent on private …
This article was originally published at Birch Gold Group December 19 marks the day the Fed may have decided it’s going “all in” on the idea of a “strong U.S. economy.” The Fed locked in an increase of the Federal Funds Rate from …
Emily Zanotti for the Daily Wire reports, The National Football League is having a very difficult time finding acts to play the halftime show for the league’s annual Super Bowl — and musicians are beginning to call the prime time …
From Birch Gold Group December 19 marks the day the Fed may have decided it’s going “all in” on the idea of a “strong U.S. economy.” The Fed locked in an increase of the Federal Funds Rate from 2.25% to 2.40%, and it …
by Thinker Why are there so many homeless Americans??? If you look at history and go all the way back to the beginning of the Hollywood for president Reagan era, history tells the whole story of how the White House …
by John W. Whitehead “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”—John F. Kennedy Listen: I know it’s been a hard, heart-wrenching, stomach-churning kind of year. …
Thanks to the tax cuts passed by the Republican House and Senate and signed by President Donald Trump, at least 120 utilities across the country are lowering rates for customers, according to a report from Americans for Tax Reform. This …
Because of the #Fed propping up the market post-GFC (cheap money), leverage ratio for small cap non-financials is near all-time highs! Spread btn large & small caps is at record levels. And consider, the floating rates between large caps & …
From Bloomberg: For those fretting the end of days for tech stocks on the heels of Netflix Inc.’s recent plunge, Wall Street might have just the product for you. Meet FANG, in structured-note form. Holders of these securities — complex bonds tied …
Hopefully some of you are seeing some of these savings. Unfortunately, I live in an area controlled by entitled libtards so they continue to raise taxes on the poor and middle class. Looks like the MAGA agenda will lead Trump …
They are STILL reporting the wiretapping and spying as baseless and unfounded. AC
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/brazil-truckers-strike-protest-military-dictatorship “Brazil faces calls for return to military dictatorship amid truckers’ strike” Update – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-30/military-intervention-in-brazil-ruled-out-by-nation-s-leaders “Brazil Generals Say `Thanks, But No Thanks’ to Military Takeover” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/brazil-oil-workers-plan-strike-061055682.html “Brazilian oil workers planned a 72-hour strike starting on Wednesday, despite a court order, …
Everything has become more expensive these days. Even something like having children. Do you believe that the trend of having less children will continue? WIth the economy becoming an issue for many, they are foregoing having children. In fact, soon, …
by DCG Tax dollars at work. From NY Post: It’s a loophole big enough to squeeze a pension through. Joe Percoco, the disgraced former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will be able to cash in once again on his time in …
This is what I woke up to. Boy I love when companies push their political ideas onto me. h/t 422guysss
I’m going out on a limb and saying that this shooting hasn’t gotten the attention of other shootings because it doesn’t fit the narrative. Sheriff says a resource officer fired at the shooter at Great Mills High School. FOX News …
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com A teary-eyed college cafeteria worker thanked President Donald Trump at a roundtable discussion in Missouri Wednesday, saying she put her unexpected bonus into her savings. Bonnie Brazzeal said she was “very thankful” for the …
https://youtu.be/TTjOh0d9Yvs Cabbies angry over the suicides of three drivers in the last two months heckled City Council members with oversight of their struggling industry Monday, with one demanding they “stop robbing us!” Officials at the first hearing of the …
It seemed like a perfectly timed message for girls as the #MeToo movement picked up steam. “Reminder,” read a headline on the Girl Scouts Facebook page late last year. “She Doesn’t Owe Anyone a Hug. Not Even at the Holidays.” But the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmvpdOlb59c Look How Many Companies are Giving Bonuses Thanks to Trump! http://redstatewatcher.com/article.as… http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/boo…
by Thinker Wars for land, power, and slaves and nothing more and the U.S. is at the command opening every door. What happened to the word called Peace? War has taken its place for an agenda for a new world …
By Michael Snyder If the economy is doing just fine, then why is homelessness at levels not seen “since the Great Depression” in major cities all over the country? If the U.S. economy was actually in good shape, we would …
