Elio Ciol Via Portica, Assisi 1958 Pollsters were so wrong in 2016 you’d think they would have changed jobs by now. Yeah, sure. We remember the 97% prediction for a Hillary win, right? And the 92% from the New York Times? Happy days. Now we have the same suspects plying their usual trade again. As if nothing has changed. And that’s a bit of an issue. It would be beneficial if pollsters asked themselves why they got 2016 so
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Pablo Picasso Group of dancers. Olga Kokhlova is lying in the foreground 1919 • What Happened To Stocks After Every Midterm Election Since World War II (MW) • Stocks Surge After Latest Rasmussen Poll Shows GOP Retaining The House (ZH) • US Intelligence: No Evidence Of Any Attempts To Tamper With Midterms (NBC) • US and China To Hold A Top-Level Security Dialogue On Friday (R.) • Exposing China’s Overseas Lending (Reinhart) • EU Lost Over €100 BIllion Due
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Jean-Francois Millet The Young Shepherdess 1870-73 • Iran Vows To ‘Proudly Bypass’ US Sanctions (AFP) • China Says Its Lawful Trade With Iran Should Be Respected (R.) • Iran Hardline Cleric: We’ll “Instantly” Create $400 Oil By Seizing Tankers (ZH) • The Global US Squeeze On Iran Has Started (EM) • Trump’s War on the Fed (Ellen Brown) • David Stockman: Epic Downturn Is Here, Brace For 40% Market Plunge (CNBC) • The Challenge for Deutsche Bank (Whalen) •
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Francisco Goya The straw mannequin 1791-92 • Where the Heck are Share Buybacks in This Rotten Market? (WS)
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Winslow Homer Cloud shadows 1890 • The World Has Two Years To Secure A Deal To Halt Species Extinction – UN (G.) • US Wage Growth Hits Nine-Year High (BBC) • America’s Wealth Bubble Is Boosting Consumer Confidence (Colombo) • Inside The Trump Gold Rush At CNN (VF) • Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ US Democracy? (Stephen Cohen) • Perpetual Hysteria ( Kunstler) • Trump Will Grant 8 Waivers To Buy Iranian Oil (CNBC) • Europe Vows To Defy US Sanctions
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Pablo Picasso Bathers 1918 • Trump Plans ‘Meeting Plus Dinner’ With Xi Jinping After G20 Summit (SCMP) • Shares Soar As Trump Hints At Possible US-China Trade Deal (G.) • The Fed’s QE Unwind Hits $321 Billion (WS) • Debt Is Back But This Time It’s Corporate (GolemXIV) • The ‘True State’ Of Americans’ Financial Lives (MW) • The American Dream Feels Further Off Than Ever For Millennials (G.) • The Lesson of 2018 (Strassel) • 1 in 5
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Francisco Goya Witches’ Sabbath 1797-98 • US Wages And Salaries Jump By 3.1%, Highest Level In A Decade (CNBC) • Chinese Yuan Tumbles To New Cycle Low Amid Signs Of Capital Outflows (ZH) • Southern California Suffers Its Worst Housing Slump In Over A Decade (CNBC) • Rise In ‘Zombie Firms’ Is Fueling Fears For The Global Labor Market (CNBC) • UK, EU Agree Tentative Brexit Deal On Financial Services (R.) • GOP Senators Want Trump To Halt Nuclear
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