by SP One of the most striking discoveries for me was the ways in which the ideals of “science” can be used for power and profit. For example: The Cochrane Collaboration will not include “scientific” studies funded by an industry that profits …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In 2018, “each month has brought weaker than normal sales, rising inventory, and continued downward pressure on prices” in Vancouver, British Columbia, writes Steve Saretsky, a Vancouver Realtor and publisher of real-estate blog, Vancity Condo Guide. The …
by Chris What does a rescue look like in a hyper-interconnected world of global “markets?” Well it looks like this…just for fun I’ve lined up the “markets” for Japan, the US, Europe generally and Germany specifically so that their times …
by Chris Yesterday’s “”market”” close saw an intense blast of market on close selling pressure. Lots of selling, and the various indexes in the US all closed right at or very near their lows. When speculators borrow money to put …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Red indicates the moves since the inflection point in June. “Having a legal cannabis grower near your property has a significant negative effect on value due to the odors,” explained Thomas Stone, a real estate broker …
via visualcapitalist: By 2027, it’s projected that the legal cannabis market in the U.S. and Canada could hit $47.3 billion in size. That will make it bigger than annual global sales for raw metals like nickel and silver put together. It …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The inflection point was in June. This is how inflection points show up at the subcutaneous level in all housing markets. The first obvious sign that something was up, that something wasn’t going the right way, …
by David Haggith The 1929 stock market crash became the benchmark to which all other market crashes have been compared. The following graphs of the crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed, the dot-com crash, and the stock market …
This is an update to an earlier article. Lawmakers in congress are about to pass a bill disapproving the Iranian nuclear deal and they will do so by an overwhelming margin. Every single Republican in congress is slated to disapprove the deal. Despite …
The online article below appeared on NPR News today. The duplicity of our elected officials is breathtaking. Listen to the NPR story or read the article. http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/02/436647276/minority-rules-capitol-hill-vote-tactics-displayed-in-iran-deal The NPR piece describes quite well the mechanics or process concocted by both political …