Submitted by GlobalGold's Claudio Grass via Acting-Man.com,
A Turbulent Year
In the course of 2015 we have witnessed several events that had, and will have, negative repercussions on individual freedom. Orwellian totalitarianism is increasingly creeping into our everyday lives. How much more intrusive will the violations of our liberties become and for how long will the establishment get away with this? These are questions that remain unanswered.
Submitted by Mark Spitznagel via Pensions & Investments,
Breadth Breaking Bad-er with every passing day.
As Citi's Matt King explained over the weekend "the equity rally has become increasingly narrow: as our equity strategists like to say, “Bull markets narrow; bear markets broaden.”
It doesn't get much 'narrower' than this:
The "Arms Index" or "TRIN" is a technical analysis indicator that compares advancing and declining stock issues and trading volume as an indicator of overall market sentiment.
Do you still believe in market Christmas miracles?
The slow-motion wreck continues...
Unlike most other countries, the United States doesn't control drug prices. It leaves pricing up to the market. Which enables drug companies to charge as much as the market will bear. So what, exactly, did Martin Shkreli do wrong, by the standards of today's capitalism? He played the same game many others are playing on Wall Street and in corporate suites. He was just more audacious about it.