In a far-ranging interview Monday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo criticized fellow Democrats and what he called an anti-business mentality in his state that he believes was part of a political miscalculation which cost the state an Amazon facility in New York City.  Cuomo’s remarks came during a 33-minute interview with Alan Chartock, chief executive… The post ‘Political Reptilian Brains’: Cuomo Blasts Democrats and the Left – Eoin Higgins (03/19/2019) appeared first on WallStreetWindow.com.

If it wasn’t for companies borrowing money to buy their own stock the stock market would not be where it is right now. Stock buybacks hit a record trillion dollar last year and if it wasn’t for them the market would not have gone straight up in 2017 and would have fallen much worse than… The post Here Is When Stock Buybacks Turn On and Off – Mike Swanson (03/18/2019) appeared first on WallStreetWindow.com.

Silver’s rally has yet to come, but the white metal is sitting on solid fundamentals right now said Bradford Cooke, CEO of Endeavour Silver. \ “I think we already have lifted off the bottom on both of the precious metals. Silver is normally leveraged to gold and we haven’t seen that slingshot move yet. I… The post CEO Says Silver Will “Slingshot” Higher Later This Year – Source – Kitco News (03/18/2019) appeared first on WallStreetWindow.com.

Two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cut short their second summit with no agreement or clear path forward, a top North Korean official said on Friday the “gangster-like” behavior of Trump’s hawkish top officials helped derail the denuclearization negotiations. At a gathering of diplomats and foreign media… The post North Korea Warns ‘Gangster-Like’ Tactics of Bolton and Pompeo Undermining Nuclear Talks – Jessica Corbett (03/18/2019) appeared first on WallStreetWindow.com.

This is the politics of decline and collapse.The unspoken assumption of the modern era is that politics can fix whatever is broken: whatever is broken in society or the economy can be fixed by some political policy or political process– becoming more inclusionary, seeking non-partisan middle ground, etc. What if this assumption is flat-out wrong? What… The post What If Politics Can’t Fix What’s Broken? – Charles Hugh Smith (03/18/2019) appeared first on WallStreetWindow.com.

” The NASDAQ has taken the lead in the major indexes. So what? A lot of so what, that’s what! The NASDAQ leading the way is a very good thing for the Bulls. Find out why by watching the video,” writes Mike “Tiny” Saul of www.attackthemarkets.com. The post The NASDAQ Takes The Lead- Stock market analysis for the week – Mike “Tiny” Saul (03/18/2019) appeared first on WallStreetWindow.com.

In the previous two segments of this research post PART I, PART II, we’ve hypothesized that the recent Chinese economic data and the resulting global shift to re-evaluate risk factors within China/Asia are prompting global traders/investors to seek protective alternative investment sources.  Our primary concern is that a credit/debt economic contraction event may be on… The post Chinese Data Has Delayed Effect on Global Equities Markets – PART III – Chris Vermeulen (03/18/2019) appeared first on WallStreetWindow.com.

The major gold miners are grinding higher in a solid upleg, fueling growing interest in this small contrarian sector.  They’ve mostly finished reporting their fourth-quarter results, revealing how they are really faring fundamentally.  Collectively the world’s biggest gold miners continue to face serious challenges, which often stem from declining production.  That makes stock picking more… The post Gold Miners’ Q4’18 Fundamentals – Adam Hamilton (03/18/2019) appeared first on WallStreetWindow.com.

Life after death for asset inflation: this is what happens when “speculative fever” remains high even after monetary inflation has paused. This may well have been the situation in global markets during 2019 so far. But history and principle suggest that life after death in this monetary sense is short. Readers may find it odd… The post How Asset Inflation Will End — This Time – Brendan Brown (03/18/2019) appeared first on WallStreetWindow.com.

Despite Crackdowns, White Supremacist and Neo-Nazi Videos Take Stubborn Root on YouTube In his 74-page manifesto, Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman responsible for the massacres at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, lays out a hyper-extreme worldview animated by racist and fascist thought. While the authorities say Tarrant posted his treatise on 8chan — a… The post Despite Crackdowns, White Supremacist and Neo-Nazi Videos Take Stubborn Root on YouTube – A.C. Thompson and Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, and Christopher Mathias, ... [more]