Juggling Dynamite

Shares of the vampire squid itself, shown here since 2007, are back below where they started 8 long years ago.  And that’s assuming dividends were reinvested.  If Goldman is the self-proclaimed ‘best of the best’, they can’t mean for investors.

Of course, Goldman executives cashed out billions for themselves while directing public policy through relentless government/regulatory influence and funding that enabled them to break laws and siphon out profits.  Apparently, it’s good to be the head of the squid.  For everyone else though… not so much. Squid in a coalmine for the rest of the market?  It was in 2008 and 2010.

100% clean is 100% possible. What does it look like where you live? Click on this interactive map from Professor Mark Jacobson and his clean energy research team at Stanford. They have done the math and laid out the most efficient mix of different energy sources for each region. Learn more at 100%.org.

Actually it’s not China, but rather the choices that western corporations and consumers have made, that have caused the loss of jobs and economic deficits at home. But China is a popular scapegoat.

As Trump and Sanders rail against China’s impact on U.S. economy, Fareed looks at a study suggesting a link between China and polarization in U.S. politics. Here is a direct video link.