In A Battle Between Trump And The Federal Reserve, Who Really Wins?
Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com,
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George Soros Places $500 Million Bet On ‘Fall Of US Economy’
Billionaire globalist George Soros has hedged a $500 million dollar bet on the U.S. economy failing and corporations becoming bankrupt. According to Soros, companies that benefit from the policies of President Donald Trump will be “financially ruined” in the months ahead. The billionaire is a vocal critic against Donald Trump, and was recently outed as being the main financier behind anti-Trump riots across America. Newsmax.com reports: Soros’ bets against stocks came in the form of puts, or options to sell, on two exchange-traded funds that track broad market indexes, CNBC reported.
Queen Elizabeth Announces Plans To Make USA Part Of Her Commonwealth
Queen Elizabeth is set to look at plans to make the United States an “associate member” of the Commonwealth, according to the Royal Commonwealth Society. Her Majesty is said to be pleased with plans initiated by US President Donald Trump who says he “loves Britain and the Royal Family”. Express.co.uk reports: With the UK making plans to leave the European Union (EU) officials are keen to build up international relations through the Commonwealth in an number of areas, including trade.
The Road To Hell Was Paved With Obama Cronyism
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
President Donald Trump’s naïve (or willfully blind) notion that Wall Street will work better at raising capital if it is unleashed from strident Federal regulation is unhinged from the facts on the ground. Those facts, as illustrated above, are that the Boards of two of the largest banks in the U.S. are utterly spineless when it comes to holding their CEOs and employees accountable in the face of a tsunami of crimes.
When Was America's Peak Wealth?
Submitted by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,
A few days ago, I wrote an essay entitled “Not Nearly Enough Growth To Keep Growing”, in which I posited, among many other things, that “..the Automatic Earth has said for many years that the peak of our wealth was sometime in the 1970’s or even late 1960’s” along with the question “..was America at its richest right before or right after Nixon took the country off the gold standard in 1971?”