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Facebook Journalism Project Aims to End Fake News

Editor: Vladimir Bajic | Tactical Investor Facebook Journalism Project Facebook has announced a new project aimed at stemming the spread of misinformation and so-called fake news by deepening ties with news organizations. The Facebook Journalism Project will offer training and tools for journalists in order to assist newsgathering and reporting, as well as provide “new … Read more

Sensationalism: What Is SA Doing About Its Fake News Problem

nothing will be don Editor: Philip Ragner | Tactical Investor Sensationalism There’s an alternative world in which Desmond Tutu has passed away, a sex-tape featuring late singer Mandoza and a white woman has just been released, and men can easily circumcise themselves at home. It’s the universe in which South Africa’s fake news websites operates. … Read more

Muckraking And The New Long Term Trend Of Fake News

Editor: Vlad Rothstein | Tactical Investor Muckraking and Scandals During a recent press conference in the UK, Donald Trump shut down a reporter from the news network he loves to hate. “CNN is fake news – I don’t take questions from CNN,” he said, moving swiftly on to a reporter from Fox News. It’s easy to … Read more

Stock Market Bull And Bear: Possible But This Is A Bull

For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ”It might have been!” John Greenleaf Whittier Updated April 2020 Stock Market Bull And Bear: This is A Baby Bull For a long time, our theme was to view all sharp pullbacks through a bullish lens as the trend based on our … Read more

Jokes reveal people’s unhappiness with lax stock market management

Editor: Draco Cooper | Tactical Investor Jokes reveal people’s unhappiness If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem. BULL MARKET: A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius. BROKER: The person you trust to help you make … Read more

Meet the dollar vigilantes

Editor: Vlad Rothstein | Tactical Investor Meet the dollar vigilantes One way or another – interest rates are going up. The Fed and/or markets will see to that. The dollar is going to be de-valued. The dollar vigilantes will see to that. First – some history. In the early 1990s, so-called “bond vigilantes” threatened to sell … Read more

Russia Ups Nuclear Missile Troop Drills by 50 Percent

Russia Ups Nuclear Missile Troop Drills Russia is to up the number of nuclear training drills it holds by 50 percent over the next year. The increase will affect Russian troops of all military branches, including the Strategic Missile Troops (RVSN), responsible for maintaining the nation’s nuclear and non-atomic warheads. Russia revamped its training exercises … Read more

Pros and Cons of Feminism; There are Always Two Sides To A Story

  Editor: Vlad Rothstein | Tactical Investor Pros and Cons of Feminism; Independent Viewpoints The U.K. will soon have a trio of new statues in its streets, each celebrating inspiring female figures throughout British history. The monuments will adorn cities across England, with Manchester set to honour pioneering suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst and late comedian Victoria Wood, … Read more

So long Obama and thanks for all the speeches

Editor: Philip Ragner | Tactical Investor So long Obama New York, United States – Back in 2004, Barack Obama, then a fresh-faced senate wannabe from Illinois, burst onto the political scene with a rousing speech stressing national unity in the face of racial tensions and a controversial war in Iraq at a big party meet … Read more