Category: Finance

Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance Perhaps more than anything else, the one question that is going to determine whether or not people make money in the market in the second half of this year is whether or not bad news is once again good news. So, let’s discuss the setup: what the macro picture looks… Continue reading Inflation, Recession Or Both? | ZeroHedge

The Canadian government wants people’s semi-automatic rifles. They unveiled a new gun buyback plan to purchase “assault-style” weapons that the federal government banned in early 2020.  Public Safety Canada released a statement last week indicating that the gun buyback program is “mandatory for individuals to participate,” according to CTV News.  AR platform firearms will be… Continue reading Canada Unveils “Mandatory” AR-15 Buyback Program; US House Passes Assault Weapons Ban

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, British National Security Advisor Stephen Lovegrove warned late this week that there is a greater risk of nuclear war today than there was during the Cold War due to a lack of communication channels. “The Cold War’s two monolithic blocks of the USSR (Soviet Union) and NATO — though not without… Continue reading Nuclear War Threat Higher Than In Cold War: UK National Security Advisor

According to prior comments from President Biden, the Pentagon wants House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to cancel her visit to Taiwan – but now pending her possible arrival in Taipei the US military has moved a Navy strike group into the South China Sea led by the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. The USS Reagan left… Continue reading China Launches Live-Fire Drills Off Taiwan With US Carrier Group Nearby, As Pelosi’s Plane En Route To Asia

Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com, Clear economic thinking and lucid communication via the written word tumbled out of fashion nearly 100 years ago.  The fall from grace was triggered by the 1936 publication of John Maynard Keynes’ The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. Not only is the book is rigorously indecipherable.  It also… Continue reading Paying The Price For Krugman’s Terrible Mistake

Food pantries and food banks are a key economic indicator for tracking poverty levels and financial instability in the US, and in the past few months they have been ringing alarm bells. Stagflationary pressures have all but wiped out the savings of the average American and driven up credit card debt to historic highs.  Only… Continue reading Food Banks Across America Report Record Demand And Record Shortages

Authored by Glenn Greenwld via greenwald.substack.com, A federal district court in California on Friday denied Google’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the Silicon Valley giant is violating federal antitrust laws by preventing fair competition against its YouTube video platform. The lawsuit against the search engine giant, which has owned YouTube since its 2006… Continue reading Court Rejects Google’s Attempt To Dismiss Rumble’s Antitrust Lawsuit, Ensuring Vast Discovery

One day after hanging around a bunch of CEOs (without a mask), fully vaccinated President Joe Biden has once against tested positive for COVID-19 in a so-called ‘rebound’ case after being treated with Paxlovid, his physician said in a Saturday letter. Unlike Dr. Anthony Fauci, however, Biden reportedly “continues to feel quite well,” according Dr.… Continue reading Biden Tests Positive For ‘Rebound’ COVID, Goes Back Into Isolation

By Donovan Choy of Bankless Three Arrows Capital founders break silence The founders of 3AC broke their silence this week in a widely publicized Bloomberg piece. The article doesn’t shed light on any new salient information, but is noteworthy because it’s the first we’re hearing from the co-captains that steered a gargantuan financial catastrophe. Here’s… Continue reading Three Arrows Capital Is Sorry (Maybe): Recap Of The Biggest Crypto News In The Last Week Of July

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave censorship ‘suggestions’ to social media companies and Google in order to censor users who expressed skepticism or criticism of COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Washington Free Beacon, which obtained a trove of internal communications obtained by America First Legal. The emails, between the CDC, Google,… Continue reading CDC Gave Big Tech Platforms Guidance On COVID Censorship