I just became a big fan of realinvestmentadvice.com Another problem of excess liquidity is large companies can cheaply borrow to crush out competition. Small startups don't have access to low cost capital. Large corporations do have access. We are ...

Liquidity Trapped! The Fed’s Policy Nightmare

Looks like a release of his philanthropic activities (such as dirty needle replacement and repeal of the draconian 'war on drugs' laws). I wanted to see trading support information and analysis. I don't have time to look through all the information, ...

George Soros Hacked, Over 2,500 Internal Docs Released Online

Laid off oil workers found jobs. Productivity is down because they aren't fully trained in their new jobs.

3 Numbers: US jobless claims set to confirm stronger labour market

Factory orders is a non-event. There is a 93% correlation between factory orders and durable goods. FO doesn't move the US market. What is moving the US market today is Non Farm Payroll fear. Which btw has only a 39% correlation to ADP.

Factory orders fall 1.5% in June, versus down 1.8% estimate

The Central Banker bubble is just a footnote of accommodation for general human irrationality. High housing costs, drained resources, and banker bubbles are just some of the results of overpopulation.

BOE Inflation Report press conference: Decision to leave the EU marks a "regime...

Bitcoin blockchain - big brother following your every move. The only people who geddit are the people who analyze the blockchain database. And yeah, Thomson Reuters would fit right in.

Thomson Reuters to join R3 blockchain consortium

Life on Earth began 4 billion years ago. Man began 250,000 years ago. So imagine you take a step every 250,000 years. One step is the entire duration of man. Four steps is one million years. Four billion years is 16,000 steps (over nine miles). If ...

Many injured in Nice, France after truck drives into crowd, reports of gunfire

The world is so awash in helicopter money that a BoE cut wouldn't have made a difference anyway. Take JPM for example: profits were $1.5b in interest and $50b in investments! Wealth is piling up in trading accounts, not interest bearing accounts. My ...

NZDUSD: Buyers Struggle to Justify Inflated Prices

Small hikes, slowly implemented, is survivable. Nothing else makes sense anyway. Chinese manufacturing is keeping inflation down. Weird world. Japan's -.24% yield on 10 yr bonds with a 3.6 BTC ratio blows my mind.

NZDUSD: Buyers Struggle to Justify Inflated Prices

"as Britain's economy reels" ... I guess Reuters "journalists" don't even bother to look at charts. The British economy has rallied after Brexit to Sept 2015 levels. I suppose if they tell you the sky is falling often enough, people won't even ...

Bank of England surprises markets by keeping rates on hold, signals August move

"One of the biggest issues we have is that we were forced to take on 67 billion euro in private bank debt by the EU back in 2010. " ~14,888 per capita. Obama held government expenditures at about $300 billion/month while receipts amounted to about ...

This Tax Haven Just Revised Its 2015 GDP up From 7.8% to 26.3%

The only certainty you can count on is change. BTW a flat market is boring.

The UK government cannot be defined by an EU exit says May

She tweeted this about 6 hours ago: TM: “We must leave the European Union – and forge a new role for ourselves in the world.” #TM4PM ... Brexit stands and Parliament sits.

Will Brexit Spark a Constitutional Crisis in the U.K.? Q&A

Theresa May ... the 'h' stands for hot air But I digress... If Parliament challenges the Brexit vote, a general election would be called. How many politicians WANT to stand for re-election? ... Brexit stands. ... Parliament sits.

Parliament should make final decision on whether to leave EU, barristers say

The new PM Theresa May was a Bremainder but has clearly stated the vote will stand. I don't think Parliament will get in the way. There is no other path now. Constitutional Crisis is a figment of the Bremainders imagination. Bremainder whimpering ...

Will Brexit Spark a Constitutional Crisis in the U.K.? Q&A

That's a swing up of 287 thousand from the previous month. Verizon only accounts for 30,000. So WTF?

Payrolls in U.S. Jumped 287,000 in June, Most in Eight Months

I shouldn't be the function of IMF to make global predictions or to rate the Eurozone. It isn't a rating agency. It's supposed to be a bank of last resort for impoverished nations to keep those unfortunate desperate countries from falling into total ...

IMF downgrades growth in Eurozone due to Brexit

Not that I want to get in the way of British Brexit narcissism, but a 5% drop in construction STOCKS over a week isn't indicative of anything but portfolio adjustments. Lower interest rates and expanding QE supports higher construction rates. The ...

Counting Brexit costs: construction output drops at fastest pace since 2009

You cast a wide net, but you missed. I have a passport. I've been to Europe. And yeah, most Americans are working too hard to afford a long vacation and head to Europe. Because they have to pay the taxes to pay for a standing US army in Europe that ...

After Brexit, get ready for a Breturn as Britain reverses course

Eventual US military withdrawal from Europe is extremely relevant to the Brexit decision. It means that the British cost of providing a military umbrella for all of Europe has to be considered. And the political structure to coordinate that has to ...

After Brexit, get ready for a Breturn as Britain reverses course