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In this article ETSY BYND FL Etsy displayed on the Nasdaq billboard in Times Square New York. Paul Zimmerman | Nasdaq | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Etsy — Shares of the e-commerce shopping platform rallied more than 13% in midday trading after reporting better-than-expected results for the fourth

Sharing is Caring! by Simon Black Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Pentagon Hosts Event Promoting Socialism The National Defense University (NDU) is a specialty academic institution founded by the US Department

In this article FL COIN CNK DELL SQ TREE Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Foot Locker (FL) – Foot Locker shares slumped 16.1% in the premarket after the athletic apparel and shoe retailer gave a weaker-than-expected full-year profit and comparable-store sales outlook. The company cited changes in its vendor mix as

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder Like many of you, I have been spending a great deal of time keeping up with coverage of Russia’s horrifying invasion of Ukraine.  I am very upset with the Russians for choosing to invade the whole country, because now a line has been crossed that will never, ever be

In this article CVNA KAR ETSY COIN BYND Beyond Meat “Beyond Burger” patties made from plant-based substitutes for meat products sit on a shelf for sale in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell:  Beyond Meat — Shares of the meat alternative producer tumbled

Sharing is Caring! by Charles Hugh-Smith Let’s call this financial system what it really is: the MetaPerverse, a conjured world of self-serving cons. We live in a peculiar juncture of history in which truth has been banished as a threat to the maximization of private gain, i.e. the hyper-pursuit of self-interest. Evidence that supports a causal chain has been replaced by

In this article MRNA BKNG LYV An illustration of a Live Nation Entertainment logo is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. SOPA Images | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday.  Live Nation – Shares of the live event producer popped more than 6% after the company reported

Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 US new home sales declined -19.3% YoY in January as mortgage rates have risen awfully fast. On a MoM basis, US housing starts declined -4.53% from December, but heck … its winter. The median price for new homes rose 7.03% from December. Median price of new home sales YoY is now

In this article GCI SEAS LYV BABA MRNA W Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Live Nation (LYV) – The live event producer’s shares jumped 5.4% in a down market after reporting better-than-expected quarterly revenue and saying it has already sold 45 million tickets for 2022 events even as ticket prices rise

Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 It has been almost 14 years since The Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke unleashed zero interest rate policies (ZIRP) and quantitative easing (QE) in late 2008. And Fed monetary stimulypto is still running strong after almost 14 year of monetary mismanagement and asset bubble stimulation. The Federal Reserve under Bernanke and

In this article BIRD BBWI REAL EBAY BKNG Signage at eBay headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Booking Holdings — Shares of the travel booking site operator rose more than 2% in after-hours

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder If we are going to have a war with Russia, perhaps we should determine if our military is actually prepared to fight such a war first.  Unfortunately, as I will detail below, the answer is very clear.  At one time, the U.S. possessed the greatest fighting machine ever assembled,

In this article STLA-IT SPCE PANW TUP TEN LOW Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Lowe’s (LOW) – Lowe’s shares added 1.6% in the premarket after the home improvement retailer beat top and bottom-line estimates for the fourth quarter. Lowe’s earned $1.78 per share, 7 cents above estimates, and issued upbeat full-year

Sharing is Caring! by Kimble Charting As the eyes of the world are on Russia and Ukraine (and Putin versus Biden), what happens next in the Chinese markets could be a big deal as well! The Chinese economy has the ability to tip the scales of the global economy and one of its leading indicators is

In this article SOFI TPX HD People shop at a home improvement store in Bethesda, Maryland, on February 17, 2022. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. Home Depot — Shares of the home improvement retailer fell 8.6% with the broader market sell-off, despite the

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder Now we are being told that we are all going to “have costs” for the crisis in Ukraine.  More specifically, the global energy crisis just took a dramatic turn for the worse, and so that means that all of us will soon be hit by dramatically higher energy prices. 

In this article MOS RRC SPCE PANW Signage outside Palo Alto Networks headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading: Palo Alto Networks — Shares of the cybersecurity company gained 6% during extended trading Tuesday

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder The Biden administration may believe otherwise, but the truth is that the days when the United States could dictate how everyone else in the world is going to behave have come to an end.  Russia is demonstrating how weak the U.S. has become by moving troops into Donetsk and

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the CARES Act Oversight at the Senate Office Building on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The outlook for Federal Reserve rate hikes after March may become less clear if Russia continues

Sharing is Caring! by Martin Armstrong There was a trucker shortage before coronavirus hit. The American Trucking Association (ATA) estimates that the US is still short of 80,000 drivers, and that number is expected to decline. The Freedom Convoy has shown the world the importance of truck drivers. The ATA estimates that the shortage could

Sharing is Caring! by Av0gadr0 Just like the “pandemic” was declared without clear metrics or goals in mind, the government is setting this up to authorize emergency powers for an emergency they have not defined. Human rights are continuously being trampled on under the guise of the pandemic and measures subsequently taken. NOW – Canada’s

Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 It is truly a miserable time for many Americans as demonstrated by the Misery Index (inflation rate + unemployment rate). But rather than using the CPI YoY measure at 7.5%, I am using the FLEXIBLE CPI YoY to compute the misery index. And is it ever miserable! In January, the CORE

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder I have been watching the H5N1 bird flu for a very long time.  Many of my readers don’t even know this, but many years ago I actually had an entire website that was dedicated to tracking the latest news regarding bird flu.  Fortunately, H5N1 hasn’t been a significant threat

Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder How can we figure out exactly what is going on in Ukraine when literally everybody is lying?  Anyone that willingly embraces the propaganda that is being put out by either side without questioning it is simply not being rational.  At a time like this, we must think for ourselves

Chicken Soup for the Soul is a company that provides entertainment across different platforms, including streaming video-on-demand networks, books and more. CSSE classifies itself as being socially conscious with a diverse team. They recently announced their monthly dividend for August, which has brought media and analysts’ attention to the corporation. CSSE has a parent company

Sharing is Caring! by LNscale According to the official tapering schedule, the FED was supposed to reduce monthly asset purchases by $15B in Nov, then by $30 in Dec and after. This should have reduced purchases down to a rate of about $30B/month by now. Check out the balance sheet (weekly numbers were just updated):

The broader market averages declined on Friday, as the S&P 500 lost fractionally last week. Energy names led the way lower, while the Consumer Staples sector was a rare beacon of strength. Mounting tensions between Russia and Ukraine drove volatile trading last week, ahead of an extended weekend for U.S. markets. In economic action, it

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Pfizer Inc. (PFE) recently announced that its oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor XELJANZ has received marketing authorization from the European Commission for the treatment of active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and juvenile psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in patients two years of age and older. Following the news, shares of the company climbed 4.1% in

Sharing is Caring! From Birch Gold Group Since the 2008 financial crisis, loose monetary policy with near zero rates and QE have been the primary interventions used by the Fed. Of course, there were brief stints of tightening, but as you can see on the chart below, overall Fed monetary policy has already cost retirement savers $4

The broader market averages fell on Friday and the S&P 500 ended the week nearly 2% lower. Materials and Utilities led the decliners, while the Energy sector rallied last week. It was announced on Tuesday that core consumer prices (CPI) increased by 4%, excluding food and energy. Although slightly below expectations, rising inflationary pressures remain