Lions and friends… Strong economy? Really? According to Business Insider, a STAGGERRING 40% of business leaders said that more layoffs are likely at their companies this year, and about half say their companies will implement a hiring freeze. Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: Gregory Mannarino This content is courtesy of, and…
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On Fairness – Aesop vs Sesame Street
The YouTube algorithm is a mysterious thing. It’s supposed to recommend videos you might like, based on videos you’ve watched and rated before, but as far as I can tell the recommendations are generated randomly by a half-asleep chimpanzee. Still, just as broken clocks are still right twice a day, random suggestions can manage to…
This Is the Most Legendary Medal of Honor Winner in Every State
The highest military distinction awarded in the US military is the Medal of Honor. The President of the United States presents this to soldiers who distinguished themselves through acts of bravery, courage, sacrifice, and integrity and going above and beyond the call of duty. (Here is every medal and ribbon the U.S. military awards, ranked.)…
These Are the Fastest-Growing Brands in Each State This Year
Yelp, a leading provider of crowd-sourced local business reviews and social networking, has released its inaugural list of the 50 fastest-growing brands of the past year. The firm ranked businesses based on such data as net new location openings, consumer interest, and searches. (The full methodology can be found here.) Yelp identifies many of the…
IS A STOCK MARKET CRASH IMMINENT? IS NOW THE TIME TO GET OUT OF THIS MARKET? Mannarino
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These Are the Richest Counties in Maryland
No economy has generated as much wealth for as many people as that of the United States. According to the 2023 Global Wealth Report from the Swiss investment bank UBS, most adults worldwide have less than $10,000 in total wealth. Meanwhile, the typical American adult is worth nearly $108,000. The same report found that the…
Jobless Claims Remains Deader Than Joe Biden’s ‘Uncle Bosey’
Jobless Claims Remains Deader Than Joe Biden’s ‘Uncle Bosey’ In the real world labor market, 2024 has been a shitshow of layoffs… 1. Everybuddy: 100% of workforce 2. Wisense: 100% of workforce 3. CodeSee: 100% of workforce 4. Twig: 100% of workforce 5. Twitch: 35% of workforce 6. Roomba: 31% of workforce 7. Bumble: 30%…
Gen Z Believes These 16 Countries Are Going Away
Generation Z—people born between 1997-2012—are currently the object of intense scrutiny in the media. The oldest members of this generation are already in their late 20’s and their spending and voting habits are beginning to be felt in the culture. Members of this generation are lauded for their technological savvy, are considered less socially and…
Senate Can Stop Expansion Of Government Surveillance
Senate Can Stop Expansion Of Government Surveillance Authored by Bob Goodlatte & Mark Udall via RealClear Wire, When the U.S. House passed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), which reauthorizes the FISA Section 702 surveillance authority, it overlooked something big – an amendment that would drive the greatest expansion of government surveillance authority…
Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses
Futures Rise After 4 Straight Days Of Losses US equity futures are higher after four consecutive days of selling, although that is the same pattern we have seen all week as futures initially rise only to dump later in the day. As of 7:40am, S&P futures are up 0.3% while tech stocks were set to…
Is China’s ‘Dumping’ Driving US Treasury Yields Higher?
Is China’s ‘Dumping’ Driving US Treasury Yields Higher? Tonight’s TIC data held few surprises and nothing of significant note, but it got us thinking… For the 9th month of the last 11, China’s Treasury holdings declined in February (the latest TIC data), dropping by $22.7BN. Additionally, it has now been 24 of the last 28…
5 Blue Chip REITs Deliver Huge and Dependable Monthly Dividends
Investors love dividend stocks because they provide dependable income and give investors a great opportunity for solid total return. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends, and distributions realized over time. In other words, the total return on an investment or a portfolio includes income and stock appreciation. Most stocks pay quarterly dividends, which is…
The Spear In AI’s Back
The Spear In AI’s Back Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, That real harm will result from the use of AI tools is a given. AI is like the powerful character in an action movie who looks invincible until they turn around, revealing a fatal spear embedded in their back. The spear in AI’s…
Markets Still Love Google’s Business
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the revenue engine of which is Google, has had a stock price increase of 47% in the past year. That compares to a 20% gain for the S&P 500. Despite worries about the digital advertising market, the company’s dominant position in the sector may be what drives the shares. Google has…
Google Quickly Fires 28 Employees Who Protested Dealings With Israel
Google Quickly Fires 28 Employees Who Protested Dealings With Israel Dozens of Google employees just learned they can’t treat corporate offices like a college campus. On Wednesday, the Alphabet subsidiary rushed to fire 28 employees who were part of Tuesday sit-in protests against the company’s provision of artificial intelligence and cloud services to the State of…
23andMe May Disappear as Public Stock
Battered 23andMe Holding Co. (NASDAQ: ME), its shares driven down to penny stock levels, may disappear from the public markets completely. That is if its CEO can take the company private. If not, 23andMe may run out of money. CEO Anne Wojcicki has told a special committee of the 23andMe board that she will begin…
23andMe May Disappear as Public Stock
Battered 23andMe Holding Co. (NASDAQ: ME), its shares driven down to penny stock levels, may disappear from the public markets completely. That is if its CEO can take the company private. If not, 23andMe may run out of money. CEO Anne Wojcicki has told a special committee of the 23andMe board that she will begin…
“War In The Middle East”: Opinions Clash In The ‘Iran, Israel, Palestine’ Debate
“War In The Middle East”: Opinions Clash In The ‘Iran, Israel, Palestine’ Debate This weekend marked a major escalation in the long-running conflict between Israel and Iran, with the latter launching what some called a “performative” barrage of missiles at Israel amid the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Iran says the matter is “concluded” (for…
US Submits ‘Assurances’ To UK Government Over Assange Extradition
US Submits ‘Assurances’ To UK Government Over Assange Extradition Via Consortium News The United States Embassy on Tuesday filed two assurances with the British Foreign Office saying it would not seek the death penalty against imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and would allow Assange “the ability to raise and seek to reply upon at trial … the…
Gold Vs Bitcoin: Which Doomsday Currency Is Better?
In today’s episode of the 24/7 Wall St Podcast Doug McIntyre and Lee Jackson discuss bitcoin vs gold, and which doomsday currency would survive a complete collapse of the electrical grid. https://247wallst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Gold-Vs-Bitcoin_-Which-Doomsday-Currency-Is-Better_.mp4 Transcript: If you’re looking at commodities, and I saw this today, gold has often been just like the total if everything goes to…
Gold Vs Bitcoin: Which Doomsday Currency Is Better?
In today’s episode of the 24/7 Wall St Podcast Doug McIntyre and Lee Jackson discuss bitcoin vs gold, and which doomsday currency would survive a complete collapse of the electrical grid. https://247wallst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Gold-Vs-Bitcoin_-Which-Doomsday-Currency-Is-Better_.mp4 Transcript: If you’re looking at commodities, and I saw this today, gold has often been just like the total if everything goes to…
Two Ironclad Dividend Stocks On my Radar Right Now
In today’s episode of the 24/7 Wall St Podcast Lee Jackson and Doug McIntyre look at two ironclad dividend stocks with monster yields that could be worth investing in today. With yields well north of treasury rates, both stocks have a decades long history of paying investors handsome income. https://247wallst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Two-Ironclad-Dividend-Stocks-On-my-Radar-Right-Now.mp4 Transcript: One of the…
Gold Vs. S&P 500: Which Has Grown More Over Five Years?
Gold Vs. S&P 500: Which Has Grown More Over Five Years? Gold is considered a unique asset due to its enduring value, historical significance, and application in various technologies like computers, spacecraft, and communications equipment. Commonly regarded as a “safe haven asset”, gold is something investors typically buy to protect themselves during periods of global…
The European Commission Is Preparing To Sue Germany Over Its Gas Tariffs
The European Commission Is Preparing To Sue Germany Over Its Gas Tariffs Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Unnamed Reuters sources said on Wednesday that the European Commission is preparing to sue Germany over its fees for purchasing gas from German storage in contravention of the European Union’s single market rules. In a matter of…
Gold Miners Will Trade At “Multiples” Of Current Prices: Lawrence Lepard
Friend of Fringe Finance Lawrence Lepard released his most recent investor letter this week. He gets little coverage in the mainstream media, which, in my opinion, makes him someone worth listening to twice as closely. Photo: Kitco Larry was kind enough to allow me to share his thoughts heading into Q2 2024. The letter has…
UN Security Council To Hold Contentious Vote On Palestinian Statehood
UN Security Council To Hold Contentious Vote On Palestinian Statehood Friday will witness another Gaza-related showdown in a very divided United Nations Security Council, as council member Algeria has prepared a draft resolution for the body recognize a Palestinian state. It would require nine votes and no vetoes on the part of the US, Britain,…
The Polish President Revealed That Foreign Companies Own Most Of Ukraine’s Industrial Agriculture
The Polish President Revealed That Foreign Companies Own Most Of Ukraine’s Industrial Agriculture Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Oakland Institute published a detailed report in February 2023 titled “War and Theft: The Takeover of Ukraine’s Agricultural Land”, which exposed how foreign firms have clandestinely taken control of a significant share of Ukrainian farmland…
The Top 10 Most Cost-Effective Countries To Get A High-Priced Higher Education
The Top 10 Most Cost-Effective Countries To Get A High-Priced Higher Education A new study by Online Gaming Groups has evaluated over 30 countries to determine the most cost-effective higher education systems, focusing on the percentage of average annual income spent on educational expenses. This analysis included countries with the highest university fees, and additional costs…
The Sex Education of Our Nation’s Children: The First Formal Sex Ed
The Sex Education of Our Nation’s Children (full series) The First Formal Sex Ed | Since the Sexual Revolution What’s Best for the Kids | Are There Any Solutions? Summary: Since its inception, sex education classes in our public schools have been a source of controversy. This fight over the sex education of our children…
The Sex Education of Our Nation’s Children: Since the Sexual Revolution
The Sex Education of Our Nation’s Children (full series) The First Formal Sex Ed | Since the Sexual Revolution What’s Best for the Kids | Are There Any Solutions? Since the Sexual Revolution Then came the 1960s and the Sexual Revolution. Many attribute the Sexual Revolution to the birth control pill approved by the U.S….
The Sex Education of Our Nation’s Children: What’s Best for the Kids
The Sex Education of Our Nation’s Children (full series) The First Formal Sex Ed | Since the Sexual Revolution What’s Best for the Kids | Are There Any Solutions? What’s Best for the Kids To go back to a previous question, should sex education continue to keep up with a more sexually permissive society? It…
The Sex Education of Our Nation’s Children: Are There Any Solutions?
The Sex Education of Our Nation’s Children (full series) The First Formal Sex Ed | Since the Sexual Revolution What’s Best for the Kids | Are There Any Solutions? Are There Any Solutions? Rather than push pleasure-based fringe perversions on children who don’t want it, schools should go back to what sex ed was originally…
The Teachers’ Unions Are More Political than Ever
The Teachers’ Unions Are More Political than Ever Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness, In the past, teachers’ unions concentrated on fighting to keep all teachers employed—competent or otherwise—laying off teachers by seniority when necessary and soaking taxpayers every chance they could. While those activities are still part of their mission, they have, over…
Forget Cocoa, Coffee. There’s A “Squeeze Risk” Building In The Tin Market
Forget Cocoa, Coffee. There’s A “Squeeze Risk” Building In The Tin Market Tin prices on the London Metal Exchange have surged 27% this year, landing on the radars of some institutional desks. Other commodities closely monitored by hedge funds include cocoa, coffee, Brent crude, copper, and gold. Bloomberg notes that LME data for the tin market shows the aggregate net-long…
It’s Not Rate Hikes That Are “Sparking An Economic Boom”, It’s The Fiscal Stimulus
It’s Not Rate Hikes That Are “Sparking An Economic Boom”, It’s The Fiscal Stimulus By Michael Every of Rabobank The Polybius Crisis Take a step back (in time), and see that our neoliberal, debt-addled, was-lower-for-longer global system is not just in a Polycrisis but a Polybius Crisis – referring to the ancient Greek historian. Methodology:…
Alleged Illegal Immigrant Who Couldn’t Speak English Caught Trying To Rob Bank Using A Translator App
Alleged Illegal Immigrant Who Couldn’t Speak English Caught Trying To Rob Bank Using A Translator App You’d figure if you’re in the country illegally, you’d at least have the courtesy to learn the language before trying to hold up a bank… But basic human decency is dead these days, as was exemplified by a Venezuelan-born man named Yeixon…
Bidenomics – Inflation Persists And Jobs Decay: Gingrich
Bidenomics – Inflation Persists And Jobs Decay: Gingrich Authored by Newt Gingrich via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Last week brought bad news for the American people and President Joe Biden. Inflation persists and jobs are decaying. President Joe Biden speaks about Bidenomics at CS Wind, in Pueblo, Colo., on Nov. 29, 2023. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty…
Why Does A Woke Maryland Private School Want To Know The Gender Identity Of Young Students, And If They Had “Oral Sex”?
Why Does A Woke Maryland Private School Want To Know The Gender Identity Of Young Students, And If They Had “Oral Sex”? The parents of an elite Baltimore County, Maryland, private school, where tuition ranges from $32,000 for lower school to as high as $38,000 for upper school per year, are beyond frustrated. Many can’t…
Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA
Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA Authored by Tucker Carlson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) The U.S. House is expected to vote Friday on a two-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, commonly known as FISA. This transcript has been edited for length and reprinted with permission from Tucker Carlson….
Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA
Tucker Carlson: Congress Is Lying To You About FISA Authored by Tucker Carlson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours) The U.S. House is expected to vote Friday on a two-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, commonly known as FISA. This transcript has been edited for length and reprinted with permission from Tucker Carlson….
Why Globe Life Stock Soared Today
Insurance might seem like a boring sector to bet on, but one company is proving that theory wrong of late. Investors piled into Globe Life (NYSE: GL) today, sending shares soaring by nearly 6% to back above the $60 threshold in a much-needed recovery for the insurance holding company. Today’s performance should be viewed in context,…
Sanctuary Cities Set Migrant Sex Offenders Free Instead Of Handing Them Over To ICE
Sanctuary Cities Set Migrant Sex Offenders Free Instead Of Handing Them Over To ICE Long painted as safe havens of humanitarianism by the establishment media, sanctuary cities are slowly being exposed for the underlying hypocrisy that motivates their policies. Red states such as Texas and Florida have been very effective in pulling back the curtain,…
Sanctuary Cities Set Migrant Sex Offenders Free Instead Of Handing Them Over To ICE
Sanctuary Cities Set Migrant Sex Offenders Free Instead Of Handing Them Over To ICE Long painted as safe havens of humanitarianism by the establishment media, sanctuary cities are slowly being exposed for the underlying hypocrisy that motivates their policies. Red states such as Texas and Florida have been very effective in pulling back the curtain,…
Excused Juror Reveals Selection Process For Trump’s ‘Hush-Money’ Trial: ‘All Have Prior Opinions’
Excused Juror Reveals Selection Process For Trump’s ‘Hush-Money’ Trial: ‘All Have Prior Opinions’ Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A juror who was excused from serving on the Manhattan trial of former President Donald Trump provided details about the questions potential jurors were asked. Kara McGee an excused juror, speaks to…
Iran Navy Escorting Iranian Commercial Ships To Red Sea To Prevent Reprisal
Iran Navy Escorting Iranian Commercial Ships To Red Sea To Prevent Reprisal Iran has newly declared that its military will begin a mission to escort Iranian commercial ships to the Red Sea, protecting them from any potential hostile attacks or intercepts from the West or Israel, which comes as Washington and the European Union are…
The UN Security Council Is About To Vote On A Palestinian State
Why are they being so quiet about this? On Friday, the UN Security Council will take a vote which will determine whether or not “the State of Palestine” will be granted full UN membership. If this vote is successful, that will formally create a Palestinian state that will have full recognition by the international community. …
2020: The Year The System Showed Its Real Face
2020: The Year The System Showed Its Real Face Authored by Paul Rosenberg via FreemansPerspective.com, (Originally published September 28, 2020.) As we grew up, nearly all of us were inundated with stories of our glorious national fathers, our beautiful democracies, and so on. And being young, we for the most part believed them. The system…
PEOPLE CAN’T PAY THEIR CREDIT CARDS AND HOA FEES, FINANCIAL CRISIS EXPANDS, NOBODY FIXING HOUSING
Back with another dose of economic reality: Today we discuss credir card delinquencies, housing bubble, taxing the rich, layoffs and more.. Suscribe to stay ahead of the financial / economic curve!!: youtube.com/channel/UCXuldJPtmI0x0DVQFsB9cSg?sub_confirmation=1 Thank you for being a part of my channel. I am an investor that also works in the finance industry. I also am…
“Central Bank Observers Take Note”: HSBC Warns “Weak Bull” Commodity Run Has Begun
“Central Bank Observers Take Note”: HSBC Warns “Weak Bull” Commodity Run Has Begun Commodity prices provide a real-time snapshot of the global economy through spot prices, which are essentially high-frequency data about the current supply and demand environment. These prices are key components in measuring inflation, which has shown signs of easing over the past year. However,…
Los Angeles Mayor Urges ‘More Fortunate’ Residents To Help Fund Housing For Homeless
Los Angeles Mayor Urges ‘More Fortunate’ Residents To Help Fund Housing For Homeless Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has suggested that “more fortunate” residents help fund housing for the homeless as part of a new campaign to tackle the city’s ongoing homelessness crisis. Los Angeles…
Russia Restoring Oil Refining Capacity After Ukrainian Suicide Drone Strikes
Russia Restoring Oil Refining Capacity After Ukrainian Suicide Drone Strikes With Western sanctions widely failing against Russia, as well as Ukraine’s depleted air force unable to patrol its skies, Western leaders have said General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets would be game-changing in the war (these are the same leaders that said the M1…