Crypto-Cornucopia Part 2 - "This System Is Garbage, How Do We Fix It?"
Authored by Dr. D via Raul Ilargi Meijer's The Automatic Earth blog,Part 1 "Bitcoin Is A Trust Machine" here.You have to understand what exchanges are and are not. An exchange is a central point where...
View ArticleMillennials Have Ushered In The 'Baby Bust' Cycle
Negative Population Growth, Inc., has issued a November report warning that America is no longer making enough babies to keep pace with deaths. The report blames, the ‘baby bust’ phase on the...
View ArticleGlobal Markets, US Futures Barely Move With All Eyes On The Fed
The day has finally arrived: today the Fed will officially announce the start of its balance sheet shrinkage (full preview here) while keeping rates unchanged, perhaps hiking again in December (market...
View ArticleWalmart Tumbles After Amazon Says It Will Cut Whole Foods Prices Monday
Here comes even more of that deflation the Fed hates so much.Walmart stock is getting whacked, as is the broader grocer sector, after Amazon announced moments ago that the acquisition of Whole Foods...
View ArticleGlobal Stocks Rise; Euro Surges To 6 Week High After French Presidential Debate
European stocks are modestly in the green as gains in banks and oil companies offset declines in miners. Asian stocks and S&P futures rise with Emerging-market stocks extending their longest...
View ArticleTeacher's Pension Fund Involved In Brazilian Land Grabbing Scandal Had...
Via Disobedient MediaAn investigation has revealed that the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association—College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA)'s ties to a land grabbing scheme in Brazil had previously...
View ArticleUnilever Shares Soar After Kraft Heinz Confirms £112BN Takeover Bid; Options...
Unilever shares soared this morning after food conglomerate Kraft-Heinz, backed by Warren Buffett and Brazil's 3G, confirmed it made a £112bn takeover offer for Unilever, leading to a 11% surge in the...
View ArticleS&P Futures Rise Propelled By Stronger Dollar; Europe At 1 Year High As Yen,...
It appears nothing can stop the upward moment of equities heading into the year end, and as has been the case for the past few weeks, US traders walk in with futures higher, propelled by European...
View ArticleAfter Trump Win, Ad Agencies Admit They're Clueless On How To Market To...
Donald Trump's election taught politicians several valuable lessons, including, but certainly not limited to, the following:More spending doesn't necessarily equate to victoryYou can speak your mind...
View ArticleWells Fargo CEO John Stumpf To Retire Effective Immediately
The most anticlimiatic and predictable outcome to the biggest banking scandal to rock Wall Street in recent years, Wells Fargo;s fraudulent creation of 2 million (or more) fake customer accounts, has...
View ArticleA Flood Of Profit Warnings Just Crushed The "Earnings Recovery"
After what is set to be six consecutive quarters of annual earnings declines - consensus now sees Q3 EPS dropping -2.1% according to Facset when as recently as the end of March, analysts were expecting...
View ArticleVenezuela Seizes Local Kimberly-Clark Factory
Just hours after Kimberly-Clark, the consumer-products giant that owns Kleenex and Huggies, said it will shutter its Venezuela operations after years of grappling with soaring inflation and a shortage...
View ArticleFrontrunning: May 20
Lacking new ideas, G7 to agree on 'go-your-own-way' approach (Reuters)Japan's Aso tells G7 FX stability vital, no competitive devaluations (Reuters)Snubbed by West, Russia rolls out red carpet for...
View ArticleFrontrunning: March 21
Oil Drops With Emerging-Market Currencies on Rig Recovery Signs (BBG)A plea for help - How China asked the Fed for its stock crash play book (Reuters)Obama to meet Raul Castro on historic Cuba trip...
View ArticleSep 4 - ECB's Draghi: Greece Not Ready Yet For ECB To Buy Its Bonds
Follow The Market Madness with Voice and Text on FinancialJuice EMOTION MOVING MARKETS NOW: 11/100 EXTREME FEARPREVIOUS CLOSE: 10/100 EXTREME FEARONE WEEK AGO: 12/100 EXTREME FEARONE MONTH AGO: 21/100...
View ArticleA Disaffected Democrat Deplores His Potemkin Party Of Populism
Submitted by James Kunstler via Kunstler.com,How many of you brooding on the dreadful prospect of Hillary have chanced to survey what remains of Democratic Party (cough cough) leadership in the...
View ArticleAmerica, You're Fired!
Submitted by Simon Black via Sovereign Man blog, Before leaving the house early one morning in 63 BC, an anxious Julius Caesar told his mother, “Today thou shalt see thy son either pontifex maximus… or...
View ArticleFrontrunning: May 18
Tsipras Endgame Nears as Greek Bank Collateral Evaporates (BBG)Shi'ite forces ordered to deploy after fall of Iraqi city (Reuters)Ratings agency Fitch to downgrade many European banks (Reuters)Bubble...
View Article'Grexit' Risks Rise But Compromise Seen Still Possible
Follow ZeroHedge in Real-Time on FinancialJuice HEADLINESGreek Govt Official: Greece Won't Accept Ultimatums But Deal FeasibleGreek Dep Foreign Minister: Will Not Be Blackmailed Into Keeping...
View ArticleFrontrunning: January 29
Who Doubts Yellen's Policies? Summers for One (BBG)Samsung, Apple Back in Dead Heat for Global Smartphone Dominance (WSJ)Islamic State purportedly sets new deadline for hostage swap (Reuters)Turkey's...
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