We can look at fake statistics but Disney probably has something more entertaining. What’s your opinion on the inflation rate. It’s certainly arguable but would you agree that the number that they provide is very low for most people? We …
by Simon Black If you’re a big fan of shows like Narcos, Stranger Things, House of Cards, or Orange is the New Black, you might want to think about sending a fruit basket to anyone you know who is a Netflix shareholder. Netflix reported its …
Blackouts threaten death blow to Venezuela’s industrial survivors. The government said on April 4 that the power rationing plan meant Valencia would spend at most three hours a day without electricity. But a dozen executives and workers there said outages …
BY JOHN RUBINO This is the second post in a week on Chicago’s epic financial train wreck. That’s a lot of attention and it probably won’t happen again, given the target-rich world we live in. But, jeeze, talk about not learning …
The debt expansion is relentless. It’s absolutely mind boggling in the US. As for Canada, there are no words invented yet to describe it. Do you personally see people going into excessive debt to finance their lifestyle? Debt can’t be …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Are you sitting down for this? According to a recent survey, one in five American adults have nothing saved for retirement or emergencies. A further 20 percent have squirreled away only 5 percent …
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Many people ask if America is falling as did the late Roman Empire. The good news is no, we are not. The bad news is that the Republic is falling as the Roman Republic did in its …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the latest news out of California as the housing bubble continues to weaken and yet still get propped up by government through Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest housing initiative. UCLA …
via CNBC: The investment bank projected that full-year earnings per share forecasts for S&P 500 companies are likely to further fall between 4 percent and 5 percent. Forecasts for 2019 S&P 500 earnings per share growth are already down 6 …
by Paul Brandus The law finally seems to have caught up with President Trump. Not lawmen like special counsel Robert Mueller, or the G-men of the Southern District of New York—though they may soon catch up with him, for all I …
similar warnings from last fall – this time, the outlook is worse pic.twitter.com/YlpYqyeb4q — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 6, 2019 global earnings growth in freefall pic.twitter.com/dEqLdqnqfI — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 6, 2019 pic.twitter.com/0L4sq5UW45 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 6, 2019 BIS WARNS …
Can Trump Solve This Problem That’s Getting Worse Every Minute? The last time the US completely paid off the national debt was in 1840. It was the result of decades of balanced budgets under Presidents James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, …
via fee.org: he debt crisis in the Eurozone is getting no better, even in the wake of the new year. The five countries in the Eurozone with the highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the third quarter of 2018 were Greece, Italy, Portugal, …
We’re now $22 trillion in debt, yet despite all that red ink, the Mexican cartels have control of our border and we’re not one bit closer to spending money on our own security. We’ve gone into deep debt for everything …
via theguardian: The Food and Drug Administration is sacrificing American lives by continuing to approve new high-strength opioid painkillers, and manipulating the process in favor of big pharma, according to the chair of the agency’s own opioid advisory committee. Dr Raeford Brown …
The government shutdown faces mounting lawsuits, including over ‘involuntary servitude’ from CNBC. via CNBC: If the partial government shutdown continues through this week – and there is no end in sight – Friday will mark the second paycheck missed by …
via mishtalk: Corporate America is doing far better than most expected under Trump’s tax cuts. But the cuts didn’t pay for themselves. I am a firm believer the ideal corporate tax rate is zero. Yet I was against Trump’s tax cut. …
The biggest corruption in Democrats is Feinstein’s husband. Diane has funneled billions to his business’s: via vidrebel: This is a sequel to How Gun Grabber Feinstein Stole $100s Of Billions In Gold. Even the Leftist singer Jello Biafra formerly of the …
via Bloomberg: The 14 percent drop in the S&P 500 Index last quarter has big implications for state and local pension funds, which probably saw the value of their assets fall by about 7 percent. Investors with the benefit of a …
by Jesse “What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.” Robert Kennedy …
via WSJ: No U.S. company rated below investment grade has issued bonds since November—the longest stretch without a high-yield sale in more than two decades—reflecting investors’ concerns about market volatility and the durability of the long-running expansion. December was the …
The Evidence Pours In: Poverty Getting Much Worse in America Poverty—and the stress of being poor—is killing people every single day A White House report recently proclaimed that the “War on Poverty is largely over and a success.” United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said …
by Simon Black Last Thursday, I published a Notes article saying I would use five-to-six figures of the money I saved last year in taxes to pay rent for furloughed government employees. And so far, the response has been amazing. We’ve already sent money out …
by TFittonJW My appearance last night with Judge Jeanine: James Comey making headlines again this week, defending the FBI’s interview of Michael Flynn. Judicial Watch President @TomFitton joined me to discuss that and more: pic.twitter.com/6m8jTyOVzt — Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) December …
This was a different sort of video. Seemingly all over the place. But the truth is that the dangers are all around us. We are living in a world where people are relying on pensions, 401k, retirement accounts and that …
via mishtalk: The Nasdaq officially went into bear market territory today. Expect things to get much worse. Realistically speaking, this is just a start of a bear market. Here are some more charts to ponder. S&P 500 Nears Bear Market Dow …
Silver Doctors, Released on 12/19/18 Real estate expert Ben Jones says the 2008 Housing Bubble is still going on. If it is, we could see prices fall even lower than last time. Speculation and over exuberance has reentered the real …
Money manager Peter Schiff predicts, ““Americans are going to be impoverished on a national scale.” So, what is Schiff telling his clients to protect their wealth? Schiff says, “You’ve got to get money out of the U.S. dollar, out of …
China’s Economy Slows Sharply, in Challenge for Xi Jinping DONGGUAN, China — China’s consumers and businesses are losing confidence. Car sales have plunged. The housing market is stumbling. Some factories are letting workers off for the big Lunar New Year holiday two …
Ron Paul: Brace for a market meltdown that may rival 1929 crash from CNBC. via CNBC: Ron Paul is warning this year’s corrections could be a precursor to an epic market collapse that may come sooner than investors think. …