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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

    DanielSimpsonDay, Nov 28, 2018
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    No clue. If there is a coming collapse, I'd be more concerned about wealth preservation than trying to make a killing.

    Do you mean the existing home sales number this morning? Mortgage rates are slowly rising, so yeah, prices and sales are coming down. At least that was what it looked like during the month. But what you saw this morning is nothing. Rates are still being suppressed by hundreds of basis points. After a decade of this, the misallocations of capital and the amount of leverage they have created has built up to trillions of dollars -- across a lot of areas. That is eventually going to end with defaults and margin calls. But what the catalyst is going to be? Given all the dangerously overleveraged areas they enabled, it is an open question. I think corporate debt is a good suspect. Especially leveraged loans. Spreads have been widening and the amount of corporate debt just above junk (ready to be downgraded) is at record levels. Those businesses can't afford even a small increase in the interest they have to pay. They are totally dependent on zero percent interest rates. And that has been changing. If it continues, that is an area that will have to give. But as for the first catalyst that starts a panic of some sort? We won't know until we are looking back. During the financial crisis, it was Iceland defaulting on its debt. Months later, Lehman Brothers was buckling. It will probably be something equally out of the blue this time. The debt and leverage levels they needed to enable over the last decade to prop things up, though, guarantees a serious deleveraging coming -- and a lot of economic pain. They sold out years of our future for short-sighted, kick-the-can-down-the-road manipulation. It comes with a price.
     
    The Big Ragu, Nov 28, 2018
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  3. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    What’s an unborn child?
    A fertilized egg? Why isnt a miscarriage involuntary manslaughter?

    Here’s one you should be intimately familiar with,
    Is premature ejacualation attempted murder?
     
    heyabbott, Nov 28, 2018
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  4. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Ammo, canned food and gold.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Nov 28, 2018
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  5. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

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    Did someone say premature ejaculation?
     
    DanielSimpsonDay, Nov 28, 2018
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  6. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    Honda and Toyota sit by quietly, biding their time, patiently waiting for the market to turn their way as it has again and again over the last 40 years. They offer few incentives. They don't panic. And as Ford exits the car business, they're going to gain market share. The line of cars Chevy and Chrysler offer are laughable. Chevy has bungled the Volt so much that no one is going to trust them with electric cars even when the market is there for them. Honda and Toyota have patiently built quality hybrids, learning as they go and realizing America is not ready for full electric.
     
    Hermes, Nov 28, 2018
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  7. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Wait, are you saying a Dodge Charger with a Hellcat package isn't the best vehicle to be on offer during the coming economic downturn?

    (That said, the new Jeep truck looks awfully tempting.)
     
    Inky_Wretch, Nov 28, 2018
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  8. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Inky_Wretch, Nov 28, 2018
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  9. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Mueller is going to crush so many of these idiots when he finally unloads. Meantime, he might get to force a deposition from Giuliani, whose mental status and declining lawyer chops may drop him right into the soup.

    I wonder what Rudy might have to bargain with in an effort to keep from dying in jail?

    Experts: Trump, Manafort lawyers sharing info could be obstruction
     
    Neutral Corner, Nov 28, 2018
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  10. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    swingline, Nov 28, 2018
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  11. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    You know why Honda and Toyota offer so few incentives? Because they don't have to.
    People are still going to buy them whether they have $7000 rebates and 0% forever because their business model is so sound.
    Nothing too pricy.
    Nothing too gaudy.
    I have 2 Hondas and absolutely love them.
     
    Chef2, Nov 28, 2018
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  12. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Is this Rainman?
     
    outofplace, Nov 28, 2018
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