Investors have become infatuated with calling the next correction, crash or market top because so many lost money during the last crisis. The next time the market tops out it will seem so easy to have predicted it after the fact. Getting there ahead of…
While most psychologists are good people, tyrannies have always deployed corrupt psychologists to punish dissenters, and label them “crazy”.
The Nazi government substantially supported psychologists … many of whom, in turn, espoused …
David Bonderman, a private equity billionaire, thinks betting on Russia could be a smart move because the country is starving for capital and asset prices have tumbled.
What are the chances that the IRS might pluck your return from the mountain of paperwork for what one author calls “the ultimate curse of a civilized society — a “tax audit”?
Before you try to rack up reward points, make a note of what items are excluded.
Show mom how much you care without blowing your budget.
Tokyo shares struggle to recover from a selloff Thursday following weak U.S. growth figures.
Wolf Richter www.wolfstreet.com www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter
3D printing popped on the scene a few years ago, and soon it was everywhere. The media were raving about it. Companies were formed and attracted VC money, and the…
As Europe marks May Day with holidays, I thought that it would be appropriate to revisit the issue of inequality again.In a past post (see Inequality and the genetic lottery: Two views), I showed that while global inequality has improved from 1988…
It’s tough predicting the end to manias. Tonight I ponder a 21% plunge in extended hours trading in LinkedIn. Is the mania over? Please consider LinkedIn Plunges as Second-Quarter Forecast Misses Estimates. LinkedIn Corp.’s shares plunged as much as …
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
In these drug-saturated neighborhoods, they weren’t policing their post anymore, they weren’t policing real estate that they were protecting from crime. They weren’t nurturing in…
In “The Treasury’s Worst Case Scenario: Over $3.3 Trillion In Student Loans In A Decade,” we presented the following rather disturbing graphic which shows that in the event unemployment “edges up” after 2017 and the gap between unemployment a…
Submitted by Nick Giambruno via Doug Casey's International Man blog,
George Orwell once wrote “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.”
Not exactly a cheery thought, and one I don…
Leah Zell talks about family, career and the importance of having conviction without overconfidence.
Over the course of the oil price slump we’ve documented the far-reaching effects of falling crude. Leaving aside the capital markets for now, the downturn has rippled through oil boom towns both in the US and Canada. Take Fort McMurray (in oil-rich A…
A heavy National Guard presence and a draconian curfew have ended the rioting in Baltimore, but, as RT reports, the popular uprising against police brutality has spread across the US. Peaceful protests are taking place in Baltimore and several major ci…
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