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The age of overpopulation is over. The age of underpopulation is here. After decades of warnings and fear about an overpopulation crisis, population is now rapidly declining in most of the world. The overpopulation disaster predicted by world elites did not occur. Total fertility rate is the average number of …
Governments around the world are diving into debt to keep their economies going. That makes things seem fine at first, but it leads to massive inflation. Buckle up, because more is coming. https://t.co/4B8E6z9BCW — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) April 5, 2024 The @NDR_Research Daily Commodity Sentiment Model is at its …
Earlier this week, Xi spent nearly two hours on the phone with President Joe Biden, striking a markedly friendlier tone than before. This comes after November’s San Francisco summit, in which Xi promised all sorts of goodies to the US and left analysts wondering what on earth China got in …
The top 10% of S&P 500 stocks now account for 75% of the index's market cap. This is an even higher percentage than the peak of the Dot-com bubble. Big stocks are getting even bigger in the new AI-based world. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. …
🚨BREAKING: BANK DOWNGRADES🚨 ** @SPGlobalRatings Downgrades 5 Major Regional Banks Due to High Exposures to CRE loans – @SPGlobalRatings lowers outlook on First Commonwealth, M&T Bank, Synovus, Trustmark, & Valley National Bancorp. pic.twitter.com/EdfpKjTsFy — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) March 27, 2024 🚨BREAKING: BARCLAYS 📉@SPGlobalRatings lowered the long-term rating components on …
The International Maritime Organization held its latest round of negotiations to discuss how to move forward on the climate regulation of the shipping industry. Campaigners said growing support for the world’s first-ever global emissions levy meant it was now more likely to be adopted by the IMO next year. “The …
by confoundedinterest17 Biden loves to blame Republicans for the border crisis. Although he has it in his power to close and secure the border, but won’t. It’s easier to blame the opposition, like “extreme MAGA Republicans.” Huh, I didn’t realize that as a conservative American I am considered extreme by …
A major study published in scientific journal The Lancet has found that the global population will start to fall within decades due to vastly reduced fertility rates and may never recover. … The study notes that by that time only 26 countries will have birth rates that outpace the number …
“Since Q1 ’22, rest of the world has had change of attitude toward the US dollar and fewer people are willing to hold it for reserves and trade; it’s not a flood yet but bad enough to show up in macro-level data; also seeing higher prices hide lower international trade …
Exciting news is brewing in the financial world, particularly for India’s stock market. With a staggering 78% of equity options traded worldwide last year occurring in India, the stage is set for a potential explosion in the Indian stock market. This surge could mark a significant shift in the global …
via MATT TAIBBI: The German people are famous for putting everything in print, even things they shouldn’t, and in this instance at least, American playwright and author CJ Hopkins is glad. “The irony,” he says, laughing. “The Germans, always documenting everything.” In a letter from the Berlin Prosecutor’s file on …
The world is sitting on the edge of a precipice. It is a world which is highly leveraged. Global debt, for every $1 growth in GDP last year, required $3 of debt, and that doesn’t exclude America. In the fourth quarter, for every $1 of GDP growth, it needed $25 …
Doctors across the world are sounding the alarm over a surging epidemic of young people being diagnosed with cancers more commonly associated with the elderly. Between 1990 and 2019, cases of cancer in young people across the globe have increased by 79 percent and deaths have risen 28 percent. Studies …
via naturalnews Is the world heading towards a major global food collapse? The governments of the European Union (EU) sure seem to think so. As of right now, EU governments have begun conducting major food crisis war games simulations that predict serious food supply and logistics problems as soon as …
It was past midnight on Friday when the Swiss investor Guy Spier finally left the James Joyce pub in Zurich, after a night of carousing with luminaries of finance, government, and academia. The group had assembled for World.Minds—an under-the-radar fraternity for the global elite—which had just concluded its annual symposium. …
This trend raises alarm about the broader risks from interlinked dependencies. LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) – Europe’s private credit funds are increasingly borrowing from banks to boost their performance, fuelling concerns about the wider risks posed by this interconnectedness. A record 80% of new European private credit funds borrowed from …
Global Corporate Defaults hit highest level since the Global Financial Crisis pic.twitter.com/A676mRcBI7 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) March 14, 2024 Meanwhile in US: WARNING: Credit card default rate for small lenders have just hit a new record of 7.8% These levels have never been seen since 1991 pic.twitter.com/DrCN9MF0bv — Bravos …
Much is being made of the China-driven price war upending the electric vehicle universe. Sticker shocks emanating from electric-vehicle giant BYD alone have Elon Musk practically begging for fresh tariffs, lest China “demolish” Tesla and its ilk. Yet this upheaval in the EV space is a microcosm of corporate America’s …
JUST IN: #Bitcoin surpasses silver to become the 8th largest asset in the world. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) March 11, 2024 Hedge Fund equity long exposure is at 5-year highs according to Goldman Sachs 👀 pic.twitter.com/4DG9YVzjMq — Barchart (@Barchart) March 11, 2024
Global freedom has receded for the 18th consecutive year, according to a report released Thursday by American nonprofit Freedom House. “Global freedom declined for the 18th consecutive year in 2023. The breadth and depth of the deterioration were extensive,” Freedom House said in the report. “Political rights and civil liberties were diminished in …
As the world teeters on the brink of a global recession, it's crucial to understand how interconnected our economies are. This is why the troubles in Europe and Asia are not just their problem but ours too. The domino effect of economic downturns across continents is real.… pic.twitter.com/fg9F2CcrqD — Jeffrey …
JUST IN: Massive global outage has affected dozens of top platforms today, including the following: 📘 Facebook 📸 Instagram 🎮Google Play💬 Facebook Messenger 🎥 YouTube 📱 Google 💬 WhatsApp📭 Gmail🗺️ Google Maps📞Teams📲TikTok 👻Snapchat — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) March 5, 2024 Meta-owned Facebook, Messenger and Instagram experienced worldwide outages Tuesday, …
Recent reports about a Chinese naval base in West Africa are “concerning” to Col. Grant Newsham (USMC-Ret.), senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy. The Chinese regime’s activity in the region “should not be a surprise to anyone,” he tells American Family News. “The People’s Republic of China [PRC] has been angling …
via naturalnews The mechanisms of tyranny are changing as the global police state mutates into a global surveillance state via the emerging global censorship state. What was once foretold by George Orwell is still in play, but how it looks is morphing into a type of Security Industrial Complex where …
Hold on tight, because the global financial landscape might be on the brink of a seismic shift! Brace yourself for a wave of emerging market sovereign defaults – yes, a wave! We’re talking about countries deciding they’re just not that into paying back their debts anymore. It’s like a financial …
This couldn’t happen without world banks. Under accounting principles, debts can never be greater than assets. If you borrowed money from someone, they had to have the money to lend, making the debt and asset cancel each other out to $0. Only with world banks are they allowed to lend …
Across the globe, the story is much the same, with each central bank facing its unique set of challenges. The United States is wrestling with stubborn inflation and a labor market that’s surprisingly robust, leading traders to second-guess the Federal Reserve’s stance on easing up anytime soon. Meanwhile, the euro …
via Bloomberg: Fears of a systemic credit event are growing among fund managers as alarms sound in property markets around the world. About one in six of those polled considers such a crunch to be the biggest tail risk facing markets, compared to about one in 11 in December, according …
