US Oil Rig Count Rises Most In 3 Months
With US crude production having rebounded back to near cycle highs in its lagged response to the oil rig count, this week's rebound in the oil rig count (+6 to 750) is notably the largest addition in...
View ArticleThe Globalists Are Systematically Destroying America's Middle Class
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,When people are dependent on the government they are much easier to control.We are often told that we are not “compassionate” when we object to...
View ArticleHurricane Harvey Surge-Nado: Auto SAAR Soars To 30-Year High On Hurricane...
Last month, when we reported auto sales data, we noted that this month would be all about replacement demand from Hurricane Harvey and thus largely irrelavant. Fast forward 30 days and that appears to...
View ArticleFrontrunning: October 4
Spanish tensions bar Europe from global stocks party (Reuters)Catalonia to move to declare independence from Spain on Monday (Reuters)Catalan Police Chief Investigated For Sedition (TSR)Trump Suggests...
View ArticleSoros, Kellogg, Ford: Donor List Of Anti-Trump 'Resistance' Group Revealed
The Center for Community Change Action (CCCA), a Washington, D.C.-based 501 (c)(3) progressive community organizing group and contributor to the anti-Trump "Resistance" movement, counts some of the...
View ArticleDespite Spike In Accidents, California Allows GM To Expand Self-Driving Car...
California regulators have largely acquiesced to General Motors’ requests to expand its fleet of self-driving robot cars. But that doesn’t mean there haven’t been a few, uh, bumps in the road for GM’s...
View ArticleESPN's Jamele Hill Suspended After Urging Fans To Boycott Anti-Kneeling NFL...
Update (3:30 pm ET): ESPN has suspended host Hill for her second violation of the network’s social media guidelines on Monday after she urged her twitter followers to boycott the Dallas Cowboys'...
View ArticleLousiana Cops Boycott Ford Over Support For Kneeling NFL Players
In a perfectly ironic twist, just days after Jamele Hill urged Americans to protest Jerry Jones decision to make his players stand by 'hitting him in the wallet' and boycotting his sponsors, a...
View ArticleVulture Investors Swarm To Houston As Flooded Homes Sell For 40 Cents On The...
"The time to buy is when after there's blood water in the streets."As 1,000's of families along the Texas shoreline continue to struggle with putting their lives back together following the...
View ArticleHedge Fund CIO: "Never In Human History Have So Many Things That Weigh...
Returning to the world of investing and market commentary one week after surgery, One River's CIO Eric Peters touches on some of the most topical issues, including his latest take on bitcoin and money...
View ArticleChris Hedges: Elites "Have No Credibility Left"
Chris Hedges and David North via TruthDig.com,On Monday, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North interviewed Chris Hedges, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, lecturer and...
View ArticleIs This The Bizarre Reason Why Tesla Is Struggling To Ramp Model 3 Production?
A little over a week ago, we noted the damning – if unsurprising – report from the Wall Street Journal revealing that Tesla's massive production miss on the Model 3, after only producing a tiny...
View ArticleThe Cost Of Delusion - Asset Prices & Monetary Policy In An Irrational World
Authord by Chris Whalen via The Institutional Risk Analyst,Almost as soon as it started, the excitement surrounding earnings for financials in Q3 2017 dissipated like air leaving a balloon. Source:...
View ArticleLook Out, New Yorkers: GM To Begin Testing Driverless Cars In The Big Apple
If you happen to see a driverless car trundling down Fifth Avenue, don’t panic. Compounding the misery that Elon Musk is likely feeling right now, General Motors has scored yet another victory in its...
View ArticleGeorge Soros Donates $18 Billion To His 'Open Society' Foundation
Hungarian-born billionaire investor George Soros is pledging $18 billion - the bulk of his $26 billion fortune – to his Open Society Foundation, completing the integration of his family office, Soros...
View ArticleAn Outraged George W. Bush Lashes Out At Trump: "Bigotry Seems Emboldened"
Former President George W. Bush came out swinging against the current administration on Thursday, and while he did not name President Castro, Dubya blasted that "bigotry seems emboldened" in the U.S.,...
View ArticleGE Options Are Pricing In Massive Dividend Cuts
GE shares are languishing at more than four year lows (as the broader market soars to record highs) and GE credit risk stands at 8 month highs (almost dopuble the post-crisis lows hit in June). As...
View ArticleCensorship In The Digital Age
Authord by Jason Hirthler via CounterPunch.org,The grand experiment with western democracy, badly listing thanks to broadsides from profiteering oligarchs, may finally run ashore on the rocks of...
View ArticleWorld Stocks At All Time Highs After Nikkei's Record Winning Streak; Euro...
In an otherwise quiet session, Sunday's convincing election victory for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition, which gave it another constitution-changing supermajority, pushed the...
View ArticleGlobal Stocks Jump Among Earnings Bonanza; Nikkei Closes Above 22,000 For...
US equity futures are higher, boosted by a bevy of better than expected earnings out of tech giants Amazon, Intel and Microsoft as Asian stocks and European shares climb amid the dovish sentiment...
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