With RussiaGate Over Where’s Hillary?

by Tom Luongo During most of the RussiaGate investigation against Donald Trump I kept saying that all roads lead to Hillary Clinton. Anyone with three working brain cells knew this, including ‘Miss’ Maddow, whose tears of disappointment are particularly delicious. Robert …

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#NARRATIVEFAIL: Joel Kotkin: Where Millennials Really Go for Jobs: Contrary to media hype, tech firms and young workers aren’t flocking to “superstar” cities.

via city-journal.org: When Amazon decided to locate its second headquarters in New York, it cited the supposed advantages of the city’s talent base. Now that progressive politicians have chased Amazon out of town, the tech booster chorus has been working overtime to prove …

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Where Investors Put Their Money in 2018

by visualcapitalist For most investors, 2018 was both an eventful and frustrating year. Between the looming threat of trade wars and growing geopolitical uncertainty, the market also skipped a beat. Volatility took center stage, and the S&P 500 finished in negative …

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Where are we…

via @OccupyWisdom : #StockMarket 1/ wages don’t come close 2/ recessions often wipe out years of any wage “gains” while inflation only becomes exaggerated 3/ true inflation is far higher than 2% and no professions aim, or even try to keep up …

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Venezuela Recovers Gold Swapped With Deutsche Bank…And Guess Where The Gold Ends Up?

by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Venezuela Gold holdings at Bank of England Soar on Deutsche Deal, Sources Tell Reuters By Mayela Armas and Corina Pons Reuters Monday, January 21, 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/venezuela-gold/venezuela-gold-holdings-i… CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s gold holdings at the …

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The Democrats have gotten themselves into a position where they can’t accept the wall because of its symbolic-win value for Trump, almost no matter what else he offers.

by GR   EARLIER TODAY, A STUDENT ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT TRUMP WOULD DO: Offer something reasonable that the Democrats won’t go for, I replied. And that seems to be what he’s doing: President Donald Trump proposed a deal to …

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Mish Shedlock and Max Keiser discuss where the Fed is leading the markets

via sputniknews: https://video.img.ria.ru/Out/MP3/20190109/2019_01_09_DOUBLEDOWN146080119_nezkf5p0.j3o.mp3 As financial markets begin the year with huge volatile swings and job numbers surprise to the upside, Double Down talks to Mish Shedlock of MishTalk.com about what the Federal Reserve will do now that investors had priced in a rate cut in March: can the Fed …

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WHERE WE ARE

via @OccupyWisdom : 1/ OIL When the economy is doing well, there is a large demand for oil, and oil prices rise. The collapse in oil prices shows we are entering a global slow down. 2/ HOUSING Only 13% of Americans plan …

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If the bull market is intact where is the broad weakness coming from?

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1078187419898470400 2018 Returns…Cash $BIL: +1.7%Bonds $AGG: -0.5%Gold $GLD: -3%High Yield $HYG: -4%Investment Grade $LQD: -4%US REITs $VNQ: -10%S&P 500 $SPY: -11%International REITs $VNQI: -11%Commodities $DBC: -12%MSCI World ex-US $ACWX: -17%Emerging Markets $EEM: -18%Oil $USO: -25% — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) December …

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