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By FS Staff By FS Staff – “If you were a state or a municipal worker in a troubled state, you should be made aware of it,” Puplava said. “In the next decade, you’re going to see many of these states begin to reduce benefits to retirees. It’s already happening right now… …read more From:: […]

By Oil Price By Oil Price – A couple of days ago Halliburton showcased what it called “a first-of-its-kind” offering dubbed Prodigi—a system automating parts of the hydraulic fracturing process. More specifically, Prodigi uses… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Patrick O’Hare By Patrick J. O’Hare – Second quarter real GDP growth was 4.2% on an annualized basis and the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow Model is estimating 4.1% real GDP growth for the third quarter. That is strong growth. Why, then, is… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – Artificial intelligence and machine learning are about to completely change how we think about healthcare, Studebaker said. With wearable devices, AI is able to monitor health vitals in real-time with the same expertise of a doctor following you… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By Michael Shedlock By Michael Shedlock –Electric cars are coming. Electric may not make any practical sense, but so what? Global warming advocates will win. The two things I have battled most with my readers both pertain to cars. The first is self-driving, the second is electric. …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff – “I think we’re going to see a massive transition into the Midwest,” Kathy Fettke recently told Financial Sense Newshour. “We have three really serious issues coming up that this world is going to have to deal with. We’re running out of water, we’re running… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – FS Insider recently interviewed Don Coxe at Coxe Advisors on the large number of storm fronts that are converging upon the financial markets, whether in the disruption to the fundamental pricing mechanism that dictates corporate valuations… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff By FS Staff – FS Insider recently interviewed Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, to discuss the bonanza in stock buybacks by US companies, why risks are brewing for emerging markets, and how we now see an inversion… …read more From:: Financial Sense

By FS Staff FS Staff – In the event that we see our third global growth slowdown, people will begin to be scared and flee to safety, which usually means U.S. Treasuries and the U.S. dollar will be bid up. “That only adds fuel to the fire,” Puplava said. “When the dollar strengthens… …read more

By Marc Chandler By Marc Chandler – It is like deja vu all over again. Yesterday, a hawkish Fed saw the dollar rally and then reverse lower. A hawkish ECB saw the euro make a new session high and then turned around and traded below yesterday’s lows. …read more From:: Financial Sense