Bitcoin cash has existed for barely 24 hours. Yet its price has doubled as an increasing number of digital currency exchanges have enabled trading in the bitcoin twin, making it the new third-largest … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2017
Despite Earnings Season Beats, Analyst Expectations Have Barely Budged
Authored by Bryce Coward via Knowledge Leaders Capital blog, By most accounts the Q2 earnings reporting season has been a good one, with most companies surprising to the upside and some offering … [Read more...]
Exclusive: How the Home Capital Sausages Were Made
By @DonutShorts In mid-2014, a whistleblower alerted the Home Capital board to the massive income verification fraud that had gone undetected for years at HCG. The board responded in early 2015, no … [Read more...]
Why Slumping Auto Sales May Not Say What You Think They Say
Via FFWiley.com, July auto sales (released today and charted below) remained weak and should trigger a few recession forecasts. In fact, over the past few months we’ve read about half a dozen … [Read more...]
It’s Not The Economy, Stupid – Trader Warns “It’s All About The Euro”
With the dollar set for its worst year in 32 years (and if that trend continues, a considerably bigger drop from here), the euro is at its strongest since January 2015 - to Draghi's dismay - as no … [Read more...]
Two US Troops Killed In Afghanistan After Taliban Suicide Attack
Two U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday according to Reuters when a NATO convoy came under attack in Kandahar province, Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said, with NATO … [Read more...]
Electric Car Fever
Authored by Eric Peters via EricPetersAutos.com, Maybe you remember Disco Fever. Mid-70s, United States. For no apparent reason, suddenly everyone seemed to be singing in a high-pitched falsetto voice … [Read more...]
Venezuela Bolivar Loses A Third Of Its Value In The Past Week
With events in Venezuela now well into the endgame, following US sanctions that named "dictator" Maduro personally and a likely subsequent sanction that will cripple Venezuela's oil industry promptly … [Read more...]
Why the Government Hates Your Car
Via The Daily Bell How could The Daily Bell be so clueless and naive about autonomous vehicles? A lot of you pointed out in the comments of a recent article called 5 Huge Benefits of Self Driving … [Read more...]
As 34 Innocent People Set Free, 2nd Video of Baltimore Cops Planting Evidence Discovered
Baltimore, MD — After their department gained national shame last week over a video showing an officer plant drugs to frame an innocent man while his fellow cops watched, the Baltimore police … [Read more...]