Human Interest

A jealous boyfriend is said to have used the torture technique of waterboarding to extract a false confession from his girlfriend. A young man allegedly became abusive after he witnessed his new girlfriend chatting online to another guy and decided to waterboard her to see if she would confess to infidelity. Metro reports: Dylan VanCamp, from Wisconsin, allegedly carried out the torture technique along with a string of violent and and abusive acts last year. The 22-year-old faces six charges including suffocation, stalking and battery.

Former Republican nominee Mitt Romney called Donald Trump a ‘misogynistic, reckless fraud’ who could destroy America during a speech in Utah on Thursday. Trump blasted his one-time supporter, whom he said once “begged” for his endorsement. “I could have said, ‘Mitt drop to your knees,’ and he would have dropped to his knees,” Trump said. “Mitt is a failed candidate – he failed. He failed horribly.” The BBC reports He accused Mr Trump of bullying, misogyny and dishonesty in a speech in Utah on Thursday.

Moments after speaking with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker, a speech which generated numerous headlines (and which we will cover shortly due to Dalio's comments on the fate of the market, how much gold one should hold, and whether retail investors should even hope of making profits in this market), Bridgewater's Ray Dalio took the podium at the University of Texas Board of Directors 20th Anniversary event, which lasts for two days and will feature the following speakers today:

In 60 years, the US economy has not suffered a 15-month continuous YoY drop in Factory orders without being in recession. Today's -1.9% YoY drop may suggest the slide is decelerating, but off the weakness in December (-2.9% MoM), January's bounce +1.6% MoM missed expectations (+2.1%) notably (and Ex-Trans decline MoM).

Recession...?

Or different this time?

It’s official: tickets for Walker Percy Weekend 2016 are on sale. This year’s event will be held from June 3-5.

Here’s a link to the full schedule. 

Here’s a link to the confirmed panels and panelists (I have one that we finalized today, but I’m waiting on confirmation from the speaker before we put it on the site).