by Simon Black If your retirement plans consist entirely of that pension you’ve been promised, it’s time to start looking elsewhere. As you probably know, pensions are giant pools of capital responsible for paying out retirement benefits to workers. And …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1038772764306563075 Markets are just losing the "easy money" froth…. Fed balance sheet shrinks $260bn, market corrects $1.6 trillion. Sounds about right. https://t.co/uSgE3WJwYb — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) September 9, 2018 "Mission Accomplished" -10 yrs later the bubble today makes the prior …
via Doug Casey: You’re likely thinking that a discussion of “sound banking” will be a bit boring. Well, banking should be boring. And we’re sure officials at central banks all over the world today—many of whom have trouble sleeping—wish it were. …
by ssilBetulosbA Avaaz, a 47+ million member strong activist group that battles corruption, helps protect the environment and in general fights for human, animal and environmental rights across the globe, has been hit by a nasty subpoena after actively battling …
same problem 1) corruption 2) deficit / crazy spending 3) debt 4) currency crash we follow these 4 steps to destruction in cycles. Argentina’s currency crashes to an all-time low as it asks the IMF for emergency funds Investors are …
By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Mexico’s President Elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) doesn’t take office until December, but he’s already got a multi-billion dollar dilemma on his hands: what to do with the country’s largest …
by David Robertson Here we are, ten years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, and one would be hard pressed to find evidence of meaningful lessons learned. “As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and …
sea of red around the world as US traders fret over tech margin calls pic.twitter.com/nO1yErIrsy — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 6, 2018 Insider selling jumps to the highest level of the year as execs fear a volatile September. Insider selling reached …
via stuff.co.nz: OPINION: London in 2007 and 2008 was a wonderful time and place to be a Kiwi journalist. Everyone knows the term “global financial crisis”, but what defined the crisis was the incredible boom which came before it. As informative as …
by Michael Snyder The wait for the next global financial crisis is over. Major currencies all over the planet are in a “death spiral”, many global stock markets are crashing, and economic activity is beginning to decline at a stunning …
Amazon crosses the mark five weeks after Apple reached $1 trillion in early August. Analysts cite the company’s ever-diversifying portfolio as a value driver. Amazon market cap hit $1 trillion on Tuesday, becoming the second publicly traded U.S. company to reach …
via atimes: Funeral services are not for the benefit of the defunct, who is beyond our praise or condemnation, but for the living, who know before long that they will follow the honored dead into a cold grave. Senator John McCain’s …
via fryktelig: I believe Alexa provides this data in real time, or something close to it, so the ranks on that page are subject to variation. I collected the data on June 3. If you have a look with the archive.org …
Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world. Many of his employees are so poor, you’re paying their welfare benefits. And he’s not the only tech billionaire offloading his payroll costs onto taxpayers. This is an indefensible scam. Why …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVR4miuSQnE James Barrett for the Daily Wire reports, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has come under increased scrutiny in recent weeks over his company’s standards for censoring users, particularly regarding the company’s apparent political bias in favor of the Left. Read …
sentiment around the world does not look good heading into a long weekend, plus next week is a new month pic.twitter.com/ofoCfy2hqp — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 31, 2018 U.S. and China Are Now in a Trade War, Park Strategies’ Sean King …
From Bloomberg: Short positions against the so-called FAANG group of the largest U.S. technology stocks have surged by more than 40% in the past year as investors bet against some of the biggest drivers of the global bull market. Bearish investors …
by Thinker What will you hear along with more “TRUTH” under Donald Trump, than you’ve ever heard before? Once again the state of Pennysylvania comes up and corruption among state, and we already know about the 300 pedophiles that were …
Trump has threatened to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organization (WTO) if the body fails to change the way it treats America. “If they don’t shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO,” Mr Trump said. Trump says …
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via MarketWatch: Whether you’re just not the type to take comfort in a round of new all-time stock-market highs or you like to see a sturdy wall of worry for markets to climb, this chart put together by analysts at …
via consciousnessofsheep: In the modern world, mainstream economic journalists have just two roles to perform – to convince the public that they have some clue about what is going on; and to maintain public confidence at all costs. So it was, …
by Jim Rickards via Daily Reckoning The U.S. has been highly successful at pursuing financial warfare, including sanctions. But for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. As the U.S. wields the dollar weapon more frequently, the rest of the world …
When you are planning your blog, it is important to think about who your audience is going to be. Most bloggers have interests that form a unique spin on common information. This helps set their content apart from all the …
via nypost: Activist organizations like Worldwatch argue that higher temperatures will make more people hungry, so drastic carbon cuts are needed. But a comprehensive new study published in Nature Climate Change led by researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems …
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global liquidity is rapidly shrinking — and that is a major problem — usually brings a crisis of some sort pic.twitter.com/tWlnLWEBvB — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 25, 2018 "Global liquidity is already below pre-crisis levels, tide will continue to ebb," h/t …
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 …
Existing home sales tumble, home buying sentiment as hit all time lows. Russia, China, Turkey and many other countries are moving away from the dollar system, they are preparing for the economic transition. Russia dumps more gold and ramps up …
