The MSM are trying to make sense of what is happening with the Fed, they are trying to make it seem that this is just an adjustment to the rates. Trump controls the narrative and from his latest tweet you …
via Bloomberg: For the first time in seven years, the Swedish central bank raised interest rates, surprising many in the market as policy makers chose to focus on low unemployment instead of an uncertain outlook driven by global trade conflicts. …
by Egon von Greyerz As we approach the beginning of the biggest wealth destruction in history, it is timely to turn to the wisdom of one of the great philosophers. Plato (428-348 BC) stated: “The greatest wealth is to live …
via Bloomberg: (Bloomberg) — China’s cleanup of its shadow-banking system is fueling a record number of liquidations in its $1.9 trillion mutual fund market. More than 600 funds have been closed this year, surpassing all liquidations in the previous 12 …
via dividendgrowthinvestor: A dividend king is a company that has managed to increase dividends to shareholders for at least 50 years in a row. There are only 26 such companies in the US, and perhaps a couple more in the rest …
by Paul Craig Roberts The hubris and arrogance of Washington have been at work since the Clinton regime to destroy the power and relevance of the United States. This website has an international audience. The most asked question from this audience …
by Michael Snyder Large earthquakes aren’t supposed to happen in Tennessee. On Wednesday, the largest earthquake in 45 years hit eastern Tennessee, and it made headlines all over the nation. The magnitude 4.4 quake was so powerful that it was …
TOKYO — Prosecutors on Wednesday proposed a 10-year prison term for Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, which at one time was the world’s largest bitcoin exchange. The prosecutors accuse Karpeles of embezzling about 340 million yen …
via thestreet: This might not come as a surprise to students of retirement, but it does shed light on the need for Americans of all ages to plan — and preferably with the help of a financial planner who is a …
via @BohnetCh: 1) first drop around 9/10% 2) followed by a new all time high 3) second drop of 10% the same year All of them => entered in a bear market territory Will 2018 be different?
This is Yuuuuuge news people!! And of course the MSM is silent on this one… via dailywire: For the first time in 75 years, the United States exported more oil than it imported, carrying out a pledge from President Trump that …
via businesstimes: THE Japanese economy contracted the most in over four years in the third quarter as companies slashed spending, threatening to chill the investment outlook in 2019 as the export-reliant nation grapples with slowing global growth and trade frictions. The …
by cbus20122 Just something I find rather interesting right now. If you look back at the history of global markets since the GFC, we’ve had a spattering of issues around the world that have caused a lot of worry in the markets. …
by Martin Armstrong The Weather Channel just declared that North America just had its most extensive November snow cover in at least a Half-Century. We really face Global Cooling as this is now the third winter which this is becoming the …
by pikindaguy Put together a google sheet here with weekly data from the past 10 years: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H_mm_G5edQio-iCLAbnbg_ApgMarh–jTarHgxeoHTI/edit#gid=0 I’m not much for data visualization so let me know if anything needs clarity here.
Chinese Tech Exec Faces 30 Years in Prison in U.S., Canadian Prosecutor Says (VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — A top Chinese telecommunications executive facing possible extradition to the United States appeared in court Friday as she sought bail in a case …
The U.S. Just Became a Net Oil Exporter for the First Time in 75 Years America turned into a net oil exporter last week, breaking 75 years of continued dependence on foreign oil and marking a pivotal — even if …
Inverted $VIX is now in the largest consistent divergence with $SPX in over 25 years pic.twitter.com/cYIEp3Uhtg — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) December 5, 2018 https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1070450691225866244
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors One of the most reliable indicators of an economic slowdown just flashed a warning sign this week. On Monday, the yield curve between the five-year Treasury yield and three-year Treasury yield inverted, or …
In the wake of the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue in October, acclaimed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg believes now, more than ever, is when people must confront the alarming rise in hateful ideologies. Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning film about the Holocaust, “Schindler’s List,” is …
Authored by Ritesh Jain via WorldOutOfWhack.com, I had written about some observation from singularity university almost 18 months back and if you look around then it seems everything is falling in place. The original article below: Singularity University, based in …
by ghostofgbt I took 10 years of quarterly income statement data from the major FAANG companies and used EchartsJS to visualize it in 3D. I had a lot of fun learning this charting tool and it’s pretty interesting to see …
NASA data show that global temperatures dropped sharply over the past two years. Not that you’d know it, since that wasn’t deemed news. Does that make NASA a global warming denier? Writing in Real Clear Markets, Aaron Brown looked at …
by Martin Armstrong A Greek cleaning lady was sentenced to 10 years in prison for lying about her elementary school record in a court ruling. Her sentence has outraged the people and rightly so. The 53-year-old woman had worked at a publicly-funded nursery …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065340939378614272 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065342202526732298 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065411704023072768 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1065439246864003072 Here is the history of Black Friday pic.twitter.com/p288F5IS7w — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 22, 2018 New Lows Coming While US cash markets are closed the futures continue to trade, with all of them red at the moment …
Cases in which a majority of the Court fell down on the job. From Reason: James Madison once said that the job of the U.S. Supreme Court was to act as “an impenetrable bulwark against every assumption of power in the …
She said he broke into her home in Temple. She said he sliced an “X” into her chest with a box cutter. She said it happened on Sept. 20, 2017 around 7:20 p.m. She was his high school girlfriend. …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Mortgage rates are climbing faster than the 10-year Treasury yield. The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($453,100 or less) and a 20% down-payment rose to 5.17% for the latest reporting …
YOU KNOW, I THINK I’M GOING TO ENJOY THE NEXT TWO YEARS: h/t GR
via stocknews: Goldman Sachs Group,Inc (NYSE:GS) Goldman Sachs fell 7 percent after news of its involvement with a shady Malaysian investment fund. It was the company’s biggest drop since losing eight percent in November 2011. CNBC provides details: Goldman has attracted scrutiny …