Frontrunning: March 28
U.S. stock futures up as investors look beyond failed healthcare bill (Reuters)Ryan's Tax Plan May Get Familiar Foes: GOP's Conservative Caucus (BBG)Congress to Battle Over Spending After Failed Health...
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New Study Says Robots Took All Of Detroit's Jobs, Not Mexico
As Trump gets ready to renegotiate NAFTA and impose tariffs on companies looking to outsource production to Mexico, a new study from MIT and Boston University suggests that industrial robots, not...
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Bad Brexit Deal Better Than No Deal? Mathematical Idiocy!
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,At the top of the list of absurd Brexit advice is the notion that a bad deal is better than no deal.But that’s what Andrew Duff at the European Policy Center...
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GOP disarray deepens (Reuters)Zuma's Night of Long Knives Risks ANC Split, Credit Rating (BBG)China downplays tensions with U.S. ahead of summit (Reuters)Wall Street’s New Favorite Way to Swap Secrets...
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The Divergence Between 'Hard'&'Soft' Data Explained (And Republican Bulls...
Another dataset, another head-scratching disparity between ostensibly fulsome confidence and evidently sluggish activity. While markets get whipsawed reacting to divergent hard and soft data points,...
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American Jobs Once Again Flowing Into Mexico After Brief, Trump-Induced Pause
After Ford scrapped plans for a new facility in Mexico and continues to flood the White House with press releases detailing normal course capital expenditures to be made on domestic plants, investments...
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Auto Industry Resorts To Biggest Incentives Ever To Slow Decline In Sales
Submitted by Wolf Richter of WolfStreetThe Last time automakers tried this was in 2009!In a few days, automakers are going to report their new vehicle deliveries for March. TrueCar, Kelley Blue Book,...
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Despite Zero Percent Interest Rates, Obama's Economy Ranks Worst Post WW2
Before you begin to mention the grandiose gains in the stock market since Obama took office, bear in mind a few things.1. The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates to zero percent, making bonds and...
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Does Donald Trump Regret Anything? Highlights From His FT Interview
With Donald Trump's 100th day in office fast approaching and set to coincide with the April 28th deadline when the Continuing Resolution is set to expire, potentially resulting in a government...
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"A Lot Of News Over The Last 72 Hours But None Having A Dramatic Effect On...
For those just getting to their desks, here is a summary of what you missed in the overnight session, courtesy of JPM's Adam CrisafulliThere was a lot of news and headlines over the last 72 hours but...
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Trudeau to Trump: Drop Dead!
Interested in precious metals investing or storage? Contact usHERE Trudeau to Trump: Drop Dead! (Implications for Gold)Written by Peter Diekmeyer (CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL) Forty years ago, the...
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Beginning Of The End? Auto OEMs Miss March Sales 'Bigly' As Stocks Tumble
Despite continued heavy incentive spending, every auto OEM, with the exception of Nissan, missed their sales forecasts for the month of March. The "D3" were the biggest losers of the month with GM...
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The Auto Industry Is About To Drive Off A Cliff, Again
Submitted by Gordon T. Long of MATASIISELF INFLICTED ABUSEIn the fall of 2015 we released a video study entitled: "The Coming Global Auto Abyss - Too Much Supply, Too Many Brands; Combine with Too Much...
View ArticleFrontrunning: April 4
Europe stocks rise but bond yield falls show investor caution (Reuters)Danger of Sell-Off in U.S. Stocks Grows as Auto Sales Disappoint (BBG)Battle Over Gorsuch Confirmation Is Set to Hit Senate Floor...
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The Next Subprime Crisis Is Here: 12 Signs That The US Auto Industry's Day Of...
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,In 2008, subprime mortgages almost single-handedly took down the entire financial system, and now a new subprime crisis is here. In recent...
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Tesla Overtakes GM As America's Most Valuable Car Company
It's official - for the first time ever, Elon Musk's government-subsidized car-maker is America's most valuable auto manufacturer.Tesla shares surged another 1% today, amid a continued "trouble in...
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Janet Yellen To Hold Previously Unannounced Speech On Monday, Take Twitter...
On Monday, April 10, Janet Yellen will hold a previously unannounced speech at the Gerald Ford School Of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, the school announced on its website this morning....
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The Biggest Stock Bubble In U.S. History
Via Investment Research Dynamics,Please note, many will argue that the p/e ratio on the S&P 500 was higher in 1999 than it is now. However, there’s a number of problems with the comparison.First,...
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Ex-UK Ambassador To Syria Questions Chemical Attack; "It Doesn't Make Sense,...
The former UK ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford, has joined the chorus of folks implying that the chemical attack in Syria wreaks of a 'false flag' operation. Speaking on BBC Radio earlier, Ford said...
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Doug Casey Explains Why College Is A Waste of Money
Via Casey Research,I recently sat down again with Casey Research founder Doug Casey to discuss a troubling trend: the fast-rising cost of a college education. Read our conversation below to see why...
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