“For those who earn it, the medal is a loaded gift. It’s a source of instant celebrity, ... It’s also a reminder of what is often the worst day of their lives.”
Good lord, this beautiful piece by @MPhillipsWSJ on the Medal of Honor.
https://t.co/7jrveLYf3z
“Call it scaremongering if you like, but many of the data releases this week had the unmistakable whiff of a recession.” - @CapEconUS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- US officials: White House notifies Congress it plans to send 1,500 troops to Middle East amid Iran tensions.
And @TroyAikman's three Super Bowl rings say, um, No.
Donovan McNabb says if Troy Aikman is in the Hall of Fame, he should be, too https://t.co/vpEz9PMOMb
Gee let's see. One sport is violent and like human crash-up derby. One isn't. I could have saved the $30 spent on that study.
Football players at greater risk of premature death than baseball players: study https://t.co/OkIr7FcXkr via @AFP
"In 2016, we did 15 deals in China, outward into the U.S. and Europe. In the last 12 mos, it's close to 0. So we were very active in the market. Its almost impossible to tell a public company board to enter the risk of getting Chinese approval right now.” - Ken Moelis on @CNBC
AtlantaFed v. NYFed find some middle ground today -- as Atlanta goes UP a tenth to 1.3% ..
.. and NY comes down to 1.4%.
US NY Fed GDP Nowcast Q2: 1.41% (prev 1.79%) https://t.co/RR47iYmtST
S&P goes red.
52-week lows this week:
* Kohl's
* Nordstrom
* Foot Locker
* Gap
* Macy's
* LBrands
The 20-year plunge of department store sales https://t.co/jv5dHHOBmF
The all-time highs today would be on Chicken Little's buy list:
* American Electric Power
* Zoetis
* American Tower
* American Water Works
* CMS Energy
* DTE Energy
* Eversource Energy
* NextEra Energy
* PSEG
* Southern Co
* Sempra Energy
* Alliant Energy
* Xcel Energy
Best economy in the history of our country.
Durable Goods: New Orders YoY
JPMORGAN: “We now see the risks of the next [Fed] move as about evenly distributed btw a hike and a cut.. We still sense little appetite on the FOMC for an insurance ease.. but we see rising odds of ‘your father’s rate cut’: one prompted by downside growth risks”
(via @pattidomm)
Gene M. Cousineau would have loved this kid, @hwinkler4real.
#HappyDays star #HenryWinkler as he appeared on the cover of #People magazine on this date in 1976.
Ken Moelis on @CNBC: The risk of an protracted, all-out China trade war may be small, but it's "too large" for large-cap companies to enter into anti-liquid types of events like M&A.
DEUTSCHE: “The distribution of household wealth has become more uneven in recent years.”
Uh-mazing. Cc @RobertPlant
“My name is Yoyoka Soma. I am an eight year-old Japanese drummer.” 🔥🔥
(via @DannyDutch) #LedZeppelin
Hello, it’s me. 🎵
MILLER TABAK: a 4.5% pullback isn’t “enough of a decline to accurately ‘reprice’ the mkts to these new uncertainties.. This does not mean we're headed for a recession,.. but it does mean that the mkt needs to fall further.. now that ‘perfection’ is very unlikely to be achieved”
INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, May 24 (Reuters) - Britain should
be prepared to walk out of the European Union without a deal if
it is unable to negotiate a suitable exit agreement, British lawmaker
and prime minister hopeful Boris Johnson said on Friday.
STRATEGAS: five reasons “why President Trump may have little incentive to cut a trade deal with China hastily. The reasons are:”
My father's cousin.
Beautiful farm in Macy, Indiana. They raised cattle. And my great grandmother had an incredible garden.
Hubby & I talking about how this next gen is so different. They don’t know life w/out Internet, smartphones, Netflix. My Dad overhears. Tells story of my great grandma’s dad, who came to Indiana in a covered wagon after the Civil War. I remember her. This was her house. #schooled
“My name is Yoyoka Soma. I am an eight year-old Japanese drummer.” 🔥🔥
(via @DannyDutch) #LedZeppelin
" .. business investment slows to 1.3% in past 12 months from 3.8% - lowest since end of Obama presidency," says @MKTWeconomics
April 2019 shipments for capital goods down 2.2%. Nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft were virtually unchanged. https://t.co/xKVTIhs1kn #Census
"Nothing good here. Nothing horrible, but nothing good," says Santelli.
#UnitedStates Durable Goods Orders month-on-month at -2.1% https://t.co/G4gyxTou0U
https://t.co/y7MWww3MXY
so no trade deal in june?
This is the best thread of the week -- and it's not even close.
THREAD: Floyd Martin retires after nearly 35 years as a mailman tomorrow. I went with him on his route today.
Now, there's a chart.
Probability of Boris Johnson as Next U.K. Prime Minister vs. GBP: (intraday)
Bitcoin Billionaires
@BeckyQuick what is the title of the bitcoin book?
The Dow is about 650 points below where it closed on Jan 29 ..
.. of 2018.
(via @peterschack)
“One-quarter of working individuals say they have no retirement savings at all, the survey said .... Among younger workers, aged 18 to 29, 42% have nothing set aside, and only 26% believe they are adequately prepared for retirement.”
(via @WSJ)
https://t.co/FSLaN1GHmv
Today we remember our colleague Mark Haines, who passed away on this date, eight years ago.
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