After 36 years in the Senate and 8 years as VP, it appears Joe Biden is setting up for one more run at the presidency in 2020 - when he will be 77 years old. In an extraordinarily divisive and personally-scathing op-ed, published in The Atlantic, Biden calls on Americans to do what President Trump has not...
Via The Daily Bell
There’s something I’ve always found mesmerizing about watching animals in the wild.
They have the most incredible instincts, honed from countless generations of survival against constant threats.
Animals have a keen sense of danger. They know immediately when something doesn’t feel right, and they act on it without hesitation.
I saw an incredible example of this last year when I was visiting a remote wildlife reservation in Zimbabwe.
While over 300,000 Americans have signed a petition demanding the US government formally recognize AntiFa a terrorist organization (and some 'cells' calling for "all-out revolution"), the US mainstream media continues to provide cover for the violent leftist organization (as do college professors). However, in Europe, German authorities have banned the most influential AntiFa website in the wake of violence that occured last month outside the G20 summit in Hamburg.
Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,
One of the truly mind-boggling absurdities in modern finance has been the creation of ‘negative interest rates’ around the world.
Negative interest rates are particularly prominent in Europe.
Starting back in 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) slashed its main interest rate to below zero.
One bizarre effect of this policy is that some banks have passed on these negative interest rates to their retail depositors.
The dollar today...
Summarizing the week's moves: Dollar dump sparks buying binge in bonds, bullion, and stocks (but sinks FANG Stocks)
And this was what happened in FX markets...