Health

A new peer reviewed study looking at the effects on GMOs has concluded that GM food causes “profound damage” to the body.  The study, published in the journal Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology and entitled, “Effect of genetically modified corn on the jejunal mucosa of adult male albino rat.,” shows serious damage in the intestines of rats after they were fed GM corn for 90 days. Naturalblaze.com reports: The specific type of corn fed to the rats was MON810: Ajeeb YG. This is a GM version of Ajeeb, which is a local species of corn grown in Egypt.

Donald Trump has been slamming the Democrats and President Barack Obama’s healthcare law while calling for a bipartisan effort in Congress to come up with a better alternative. Via twitter, Trump lashed out at  Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer and his fellow political party members, who have vowed to preserve the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, even as Republicans move ahead with their long-sought bid to dismantle it.   Press TV reports: “The Democrats, lead by head clown Chuck Schumer, know how bad ObamaCare is and what a mess they are in.

Holistic MD and best selling author Jamie Zimmerman was found dead after slipping on some rocks in Hawaii. The 31 year old doctor drowned in 2015 in what was called a “freak accident” Many are shaking their heads as this was yet another sad ending in a growing list of holistic physicians who have died under suspicious circumstances. It is now widely believed that the Pharmaceutical mafia has had just about enough of holistic practitioners cutting into their big profits.

Each quarter Credit Suisse's U.S. Equity Strategy team, led by Lori Calvasina, takes a deep dive into the stock level holdings of long-only, actively managed small, SMID, mid & large cap funds to see which stocks officially qualify as the most crowded trades on wall street.  While the results obviously vary across the size categories, Tech, Healthcare and Financials seemed to be recurring themes for the most crowded sectors at the end of Q4 2016.

Within the small cap category, 16 of the top 25 names were Tech (mostly semis) or Healthcare companies.

Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,

Profits are faltering for structural reasons that are not easily resolved..

The bedrock assumption of the Bull market is that corporate profits will keep rising indefinitely. Hiccups are allowed, but current stock market valuations are implicitly based on profits expanding.