Ex-Facebook Executive: "You Don't Realize It But You Are Being Programmed"

"...we are in a really bad state of affairs right now, in my opinion. It is eroding the core foundation of how people behave by and between each other. And I don’t have a good solution...The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops we’ve created are destroying how society works..."

  • Apr 23, 2018 6:35 PM

Kunstler: "America Has Become An Alzheimer Nation"

"We’ve been papering this problem over by borrowing so much money from the future to cover costs today that eventually it will lose its meaning as money - that is, faith that it is worth anything. "

  • Apr 23, 2018 2:51 PM

Key Events This Week: Earnings Avalanche; ECB, QE, GDP On Deck

While focus this week will undoubtedly fall on earnings with 181 S&P companies set to report Q1 results, there is also a busy economic calendar on deck with US Core PCE, real GDP, UK GDP, CPI and PMI across the euro area; and CPI inflation data in Australia.

  • Apr 23, 2018 8:27 AM

Frontrunning: April 20

  • Trump says will not accept high oil prices, crude dips (Reuters)
  • OPEC, Russia Oil Officials Hint at Extending Production Cuts (WSJ)
  • Comey Memos Reveal Trump’s Early Doubts About Flynn (WSJ)
  • Global stocks set for second week of gains, commodities ease (Reuters)
  • Apr 20, 2018 8:39 AM