Just in case you missed what's going on in France: the status quo in Europe is doomed.
The status quo has a simple fix for every crisis and systemic problem:
1. create currency out of thin air
2. give it to super-wealthy banks, financiers and...
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Huntington Bank Calls Cops On Paul McCowns Because They Thought His Paycheck Was Too High For A Black Person
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The White House suggested Tuesday that President Donald Trump could back down from his demand for $5 billion to fund his proposed border wall in a year-end spending bill...
[Huckabee-Sanders] added that "at the end of the day, we don't want to...
The Donald J. Trump Foundation has agreed to dissolve under judicial supervision amid an ongoing lawsuit concerning its finances, according to a document filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court by the New York state Attorney General's...
You probably know that the technology of horizontal drilling as one of many innovations associated with the “fracking” energy boom – using high-pressure injection of fluids to create cracks in the...
The transcript from this week’s MIB: Bethany McLean, is below. You can stream/download the full conversation, including the podcast extras on iTunes, Bloomberg, Overcast, and Stitcher. Our...
My Two-for-Tuesday morning train reads: • As is always the case, strategists see stocks going higher next year (Irrelevant Investor) see also $14,889,930,106,680: How much companies listed on the...
While China’s economy is far behind in nominal terms at $12.2 trillion, you may recall that the Chinese economy has been the world’s largest when adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP) since...
US credit markets are grinding to a halt with fund managers refusing to bankroll buyouts and investors shunning high-yield bond sales as rising interest rates and market volatility weigh on sentiment.
Not a single company has borrowed money...
The U.S. hemp industry is expecting business to expand and investors to beckon after Congress on Wednesday passed farm legislation that included a provision to legalize and regulate the plant under the Department of Agriculture.
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That could...
``Malaysia turned up the heat on Goldman Sachs Group Inc., filing the first criminal charges against the U.S. bank in relation to the 1MDB scandal. Authorities alleged that Goldman misled investors when the bank knew that proceeds from 1MDB bond...
Donald Trump Owns This Stock Market It wasn’t smart to dump a dovish Fed chief, run up the deficit, and start a trade war. Trump did all three. Bloomberg, December 10, 2018 For those of you...
The National Rifle Association Says It Is In Deep Financial Trouble And On The Verge Of Extinction
My morning train reads: • GE Powered the American Century—Then It Burned Out: How the company that was once America’s biggest, maker of power turbines, seller of insurance, broadcaster of...
I lover this kind of graphic (via@JBoorman). Its so telling as to the why forecasting can be so damaging to the psyches of investors. This is why I rail against the prognosticators and...
``"It's the first time I've seen signs that there's a united opposition building against Orbán," says Gabor Gyori, a senior analyst at the Budapest-based Policy Solutions think tank. "He did something that has upset a large segment of the...
Capital garners the gains, and labor's share continues eroding. That's the story of the 21st century.
The middle class, virtually by definition, is not prepared for downward mobility. A systemic, semi-permanent decline in the standard of living...
``Statements proclaiming the death of the cryptoasset industry have been made after every globalecosystem bubble. While it is true that the 2017 bubble was the largest in Bitcoin's history, the marketcapitalisation of both Bitcoin and the...
Source: How Much Cool map by How Much showing the largest city in each state and crunching the numbers on tax costs + local living expenses (data via SmartAsset) off of a $100,000 baseline...
What only weeks ago appeared a rather straightforward meeting is now a pivotal juncture for the Federal Open Market Committee. With low unemployment and relatively robust household and business expenditures, the Fed has been widely expected to...
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