The stock market’s severe drop: Normal pullback or an ominous sign? – Los Angeles Times

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 4.5% for the week, ending with a 559-point rout Friday that left the index in negative territory for the year. So is this the end of the decade-long bull market? Or is it the sort of normal, healthy pullback that often follows lengthy gains?
— Read on www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-stock-market-pullback-20181209-story.html

All of this partisanship by our government is causing concern

Apple’s stock just went into the red for the year | Business Insider India

Aly Song/ReutersA security guard keeps watch as he walks past a logo of Google in Shanghai, China.Jack Poulson, who quit Google in September over its search
— Read on www.businessinsider.in/apples-stock-just-went-into-the-red-for-the-year/articleshow/66995297.cms

This is what happens when your CEO becomes a social justice warrior

November 21st, 2018 Pi Target | Armstrong Economics

There are so many things happening in the political world it is next to impossible to figure out what is going to be the focal point for the Pi target since perhaps it could be a combination. The lastest hat being thrown into the ring is the European Commission is planning to enter their sanctions against Italy. As it stands currently, they have proposed disciplining Italy under EU fiscal rules on November 21st, 2018, unless the country’s government agrees to change its draft budget plan according to EU dictates. This could set in motion a drop in Italian debt which may force the ECB to buy more Italian debt or stand back and watch rates go crazy. This may also be the starting point of sending Italy into an exit position from the EU. In the weeks and months from now, we will be able to see that this was the turning point if this takes place.
— Read on www.armstrongeconomics.com/future-forecasts/ecm/november-21st-2018-pi-target/

Goldman Sachs Is Implicated in History’s Largest Financial Con – But Will It Be Held Accountable? – Rigged Game

Even if it is unproven that top Goldman executives knew what was going on, what does it say about the culture of the bank that individuals like Tim Leissner were employed there? Who is accountable for that culture?
— Read on riggedgame.blog/2018/11/15/goldman-sachs-is-implicated-in-historys-largest-financial-con-but-will-it-be-held-accountable/comment-page-1/

Never has, never will