Armed Militias Prepare For Violence In Case Of “Stolen Election” After repeated warnings by Donald Trump that the election may be rigged, resulting in a stolen election, at least one group is paying close attention. As Reuters reports, “camouflaged members of the Three Percent Security Force have mobilized for rifle practice, hand-to-hand combat training –
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Are Rising Rates Reaching Resistance?
Are Rising Rates Reaching Resistance? Via Dana Lyons’ Tumblr, The 4-month rally in bond yields may soon hit a snag in the form of potential chart resistance. Today, we unleashed a veritable barrage of charts in this week’s edition of Trendline Wednesday on Twitter and StockTwits (follow us on both: @JLyonsFundMgmt). It wasn’t that we
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Police Expand Investigation Of Democrat "Advocacy Group" In PA On Allegations Of Voter Fraud
Police Expand Investigation Of Democrat “Advocacy Group” In PA On Allegations Of Voter Fraud A couple of days ago we wrote about a voter fraud case in Pennsylvania in which state police raided the offices of a democrat “public advocacy” group, FieldWorks, LLC, seeking evidence of falsified voter registration forms. The Inquirer Daily News, cited
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Argor-Heraeus: Another giant Swiss gold refinery goes on the Sales Lot
Argor-Heraeus: Another giant Swiss gold refinery goes on the Sales Lot News has just emerged in the gold market that the giant Swiss precious metals refiner, Argor-Heraeus, has held discussions to be acquired, and that the likely outcome is an acquisition by a private equity group. This private equity group is believed to be London-based
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Initial Jobless Claims Jump Most Since May To 3-Month Highs
Initial Jobless Claims Jump Most Since May To 3-Month Highs The last four weeks have seen initial jobless claims rise over 7.7% (~19k), the fastest pace in 5 months, pushing to 265k, the highest level since the start of August. For context, while initial claims have been stable at near record lows this year, claims
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Hillary Is The Perfection Of A Corrupt System
Hillary Is The Perfection Of A Corrupt System Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Exposing the Clintons’ perfection of a corrupt political system won’t change the conditions and incentives that created the Clintons’ harvester of corruption. Let’s set aside Hillary Clinton as an individual and consider her as the perfection of a corrupt political
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US Productivity Prints Consecutive YoY Declines For First Time In 23 Years
US Productivity Prints Consecutive YoY Declines For First Time In 23 Years After a recession-signalling three straight quarters of decline, Q3 prleminary productivity data showed a huge 3.1% surge QoQ – the biggest jump since Q3 2014. However, the jump was not enough to regain annual gains as year-over-year productivity declined 0.04%. This is the
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More Signs Of The "Strong US Consumer" Emerge As Auto Repossessions Soar
More Signs Of The “Strong US Consumer” Emerge As Auto Repossessions Soar A quick glance at recent U.S. auto sales would imply that all is well in autoworld. Sure, sales have stagnated for about a year but they’re still near all-time highs, right? That said, a look just beneath the surface reveals a slightly
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Who’s More Valuable: Your Top Client Or Your Top Employee?
Who’s More Valuable: Your Top Client Or Your Top Employee? The fundamental purpose of financial planning is to help clients achieve their financial goals, which means ultimately it’s all about the client. After all, if there are no clients to pay the bills, there is no business. Yet in this week’s #OfficeHours with @MichaelKitces, my Tuesday
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Hillary Clinton Regains 2 Point Lead In Latest ABC/WaPo Poll; S&P Futures, Peso Jump
Hillary Clinton Regains 2 Point Lead In Latest ABC/WaPo Poll; S&P Futures, Peso Jump With fundamentals irrelevant in a market controlled by central banks, the algos and early rising traders have found a new catalyst to trade off: the daily 7am release of the refreshed ABC/WaPo poll, and if anyone is wondering why the peso