by Chris Black President Trump went on to Twitter on Tuesday and, to no one’s surprise, he started (again) controlling the news cycle by saying that the Federal Bureau of Investigation used the now famous “Pissgate” so-called dossier (a piece of oppo-research funded by Democrats and concocted by that strange guy Robert Steele) as the … Read more
@NorthmanTrader There’s overwhelming evidence that the U.S. stock market is heading for disaster The economy is more leveraged than ever First up is Grant Williams, who sent me a monumental slide deck. Here’s an example of craziness: Grant Williams This chart is straightforward: It shows outstanding credit as a percentage of GDP. Broadly speaking, this … Read more
Over the course of 2017, Bitcoin has broken records in regards to growth. At the beginning of this year, Bitcoin was trading at just $900 and at well over $15,000. While there are a variety of skeptics out there who view this growth as a financial bubble, there are others that think this growth is … Read more
by Chris Black It’s Christmas and we’ve just got word about one of the best-ever Christmas gifts a patriot could ever wish for: the US ambassador at the UN Nikki Haley just announced that she negotiated a $285 million cut in United Nations’ “bloated budget”. That’s a big chunk of taxpayers dollars that will not … Read more
The stock market’s record-breaking run keeps going, but for how long? John Templeton, the late investing guru, once said bull markets in stocks “mature on optimism” before they eventually “die on euphoria.” Chalk up 2017 as another year of maturity for the current bull market — on a record scale. Defying speculation 12 months ago … Read more
https://youtu.be/UacG9sh0INc The engineering here is awesome President Donald Trump has set in motion his plan to build an “impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall” between the US and Mexico. The border is about 1,900 miles (3,100 km) long and traverses all sorts of terrain. Mr Trump says his wall will cover 1,000 miles … Read more
by SpontaneousDisorder Here are charts of the previous bitcoin manias. The current crypto mania is occurring along side an intense mania for US stocks. The first parabolic peak in bitcoin occurred alongside one of the most significant stock peaks of the bull market and peaks in oil/precious metals. The manias in 2013 were a bit … Read more
"Sell The News": Investors Unexpectedly React To Tax Reform With Near-Record Redemptions https://t.co/Gzcp4L5v3F — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 22, 2017 Ron Paul On Bitcoin: “Our Problems Are Gigantic, People Are Desperate And Looking Everywhere” The former Republican presidential candidate, argues that cryptocurrencies are in an “exponential bubble” where trying to calculate its real value is extremely … Read more
by AMY S. Global Systemic Risk There is no better indicator of increasing globalization.The interdependence of massive global interactions and structures has caused systemic risk to increase exponentially in recent times. Tangible risks—in systems as diverse as energy exploration and production, electricity transmission, computer networks, healthcare, food and water supplies, transportation networks, commerce, and finance—now threaten … Read more
Sessions orders DOJ review after report Obama administration gave Hezbollah a pass Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Attorney General Jeff Sessions is launching a review of a law enforcement initiative called Project Cassandra after an investigative report was published this week claiming the Obama administration gave a free pass to Hezbollah’s drug-trafficking and money-laundering … Read more