by Anthony B Sanders The SPX volatility index VIX is near an all-time low as The Federal Reserve attempts to raise their target rate and unwind their $4.46 trillion balance sheet. The question remains as to how further rate increases and balance sheet unwinding will impact equity volatility. (Bloomberg) Exchange-trade products betting that volatility will sink … Read more
by Robert Carbery In mid-October, Upwork, a global freelancing platform where businesses and individual freelance workers connect and collaborate online, released the results of a new study on the gig economy, in conjunction with Freelancers Union, titled “Freelancing in America: 2017” — the most comprehensive measure of the U.S. independent workforce. This is the … Read more
by David Haggith The Trump Rally pushed ahead relentlessly through a summer full of high omens and great disasters, all which it swatted off like flies. Even so, all was not perfect in the market as nerves began to jitter midsummer beneath the surface even among the most longtime bulls. Wall Street’s fear gauge (the CBOE Volatility Index) … Read more
The thing that bugs me is how dishonest it is. I was listening to the radio and they were talking about this, making it sound like he’s an idiot bla bla bla, so I was thinking, okay sure, he fucked this up but it’s probably not a huge deal… but then I got to my … Read more
by Mark Angelides The Revolutionary Communist Party is openly admitting that it is behind the major anti-Trump movements happening across the USA. This has been suspected by many of us, but in reality, they are being completely open about it. Why is it that the media refuse to cover this? And how is it that … Read more
by Mark Angelides You will hear about the Trump associates, you will hear about the famous, but you won’t hear much about two of the largest beneficiaries from Russian State linked investment in the Paradise Papers. Could this be because between the two of them they control the entire market of social media? When the … Read more
by Ruby Henley I did a report a couple of days ago about concerns surrounding the Emergency Nationwide Drill being performed at the same time that the Left organization Refuse Fascism/Antifa declared their protests to oust President Trump and Vice President Pence from office. The fact check site, Snopes called all our concerns to be … Read more
by Michael Snyder Do you want to be part of a movement to get pro-Trump candidates elected to Congress? Six months ago, I publicly called for “an army of pro-Trump activists”all over the nation to run for seats in the House or the Senate, and it is actually happening. In this article I am going to share … Read more
By Michael Snyder If the U.S. economy is doing just fine, why have we already shattered the all-time record for retail store closings in a single year? Whenever I write about our “retail apocalypse”, many try to counter my arguments by pointing out the growing dominance of Amazon. And I certainly can’t deny that online shopping is … Read more
BY SRSROCCO Investors need to be concerned that the U.S. Stock Market is well beyond bubble territory as it has now entered into the final stage of a Super-Charged Tulip Mania. Not only are stock prices inflated well above anything we have ever seen before, but valuations are also reaching heights that are totally unsustainable. Unfortunately, … Read more