Got to hike until something breaks — and have rates up before next recession to then slam it down

got to hike until something breaks — and have rates up b4 next recession to then slam it down pic.twitter.com/vhqY7RR2sv — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 11, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1006045092799533056 Consumer loan rates have diverged, with credit cards outpacing other types of debt …

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In case you didn’t know, tariffs made up 95% of the US government’s revenue until 1913, at which point they switched to gaining money through taxing you. It's no coincidence that this isn't taught in schools.

The tariff history of the United States spans from colonial times to present. The first tariff law passed by the U.S. Congress, acting under the then recently ratified Constitution, was the Tariff of 1789. Its purpose was to generate revenue for the federal government (to run the government and to pay …

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Russia interferes in every election. You didn’t care until you were told to care. Statues stood for over 100 years. You didn’t care until you were told to care. People are killed daily by guns in cities like Chicago. You don’t care about gun violence until you’re told to care

https://twitter.com/1776Stonewall/status/965359649280098306   The ease with which the globalists, the MSM, and the deep state can whip up the left into a collective state of frenzied emotion over x never ceases to amaze me. Time and time again we see the …

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#VIX was seen as sure thing — until it suddenly wasn’t anymore: Inside Wall Street's $8bn VIX time bomb.

  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-02-07/a-crash-course-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-hottest-trade-video   Before whirlwind, banks turned volatility into the hot item VIX was seen as sure thing — until it suddenly wasn’t anymore https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-06/volatility-inc-inside-wall-street-s-8-billion-vix-time-bomb?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=180207&utm_campaign=ritholtz L O L $VIX pic.twitter.com/QQXjX3bd1i — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 7, 2018 h/t @Schuldensuehner