Precisely- all after a “pause”

pic.twitter.com/ycRx4nOE1O — mikeo188 (@mikeo188) February 18, 2019 pic.twitter.com/DdI9yd3TNv — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 18, 2019 Yardeni Research Boom-Bust Barometer negatively diverging S&P500 pic.twitter.com/cNPynWAVq6 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 18, 2019   EU mfg complex headed <50 print pic.twitter.com/SxtSuH0yVG — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 18, 2019    

Suckers Rally? Berkshire’s Revealing 13F: Buffett Didn’t Buy The Dip – Didn’t Add To Apple, Sold Oracle, Bought Banks

via seekingalpha: Despite the brief mini-bear of Q4 Berkshire’s stock buys exceeded sells by less than $1 billion despite a $100 billion cash position. The fact that Buffett didn’t buy the dip is important information. He did, however, make adds to six large banks, swamping all other actions on the buy side. Despite its large decline, … Read more

Gold Could Regain Status as a True Global Currency

From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: Gold is the next global currency of choice, a new catalyst will drive silver prices higher in 2019, and Russia considers abandoning gold taxes to boost investment in the metal. Gold Will Become the … Read more

The War On Drugs Is The Dumbest Ever: How El Chapo’s Third-Grade Education Beat The Fed’s Billions

via theamericanconservative: On Tuesday, the jury in the federal court of Brooklyn found Joaquin “El Chapo”Guzmán guilty of all 10 counts of the drug trafficking offenses that had been brought against him. For good reason, the head of the Sinaloa Cartel will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. However, Chapo’s incarceration leaves us with … Read more

And The ‘Dumb Money’ Goes All In Again

by jessefelder The following is a recap of our recent twitter activity. To follow @TheFelderReport in real time send an email request tosupport@thefelderreport.com. Interesting spot here for the NYSE Composite as it rises to meet the confluence of horizontal resistance and the underside of the uptrend line that dates back to the 2009 low. As … Read more

BBC Producer Comes Forward with Syria Bombshell—Sarin Attack ‘Hospital Scene was Staged’

via thefreethoughtproject: (RT) — A BBC producer believes that scenes from a hospital in Syria’s Douma, which ignited a media frenzy in 2018 after showing children allegedly suffering from chemicals, were staged. But he says Assad did attack the town. Emotive scenes of Syrian civilians, among them crying, choking, half-naked children, dominated the airwaves in April last … Read more

Small Texas Town Has More Than 1,000 Anonymously Registered Aircraft w/ No Airport

Foreign ownership of thousands of U.S. aircraft cloaked in secrecy Why does a small East Texas town called Onalaska have more than 1,000 registered aircraft – and no airport? https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/foreign-ownership-of-thousands-of-us-aircraft-cloaked-in-secrecy/287-959247e4-3aba-4c0a-a83b-639145e81a64 “When you can conceal the true ownership of a plane, you’re putting a lot of people in jeopardy,” said Joe Gutheinz, a former Federal Aviation … Read more

Year’s biggest supermoon on February 19, 2019, Snow Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-jyFchuWM Feb. 18, 2019– Mary Greeley News – Tonight’s full moon, February 19th, presents the biggest full moon supermoon of 2019. From around the world, the moon will look plenty full to the eye on both February 18 and February 19 as it parades across the nighttime sky. https://marygreeley.com/?p=81724    

Here’s Why The Left’s New Economic Policies Are Just Stupid

By Jared Dillian Somewhere in the last 30–40 years, we have become economically illiterate. Elizabeth Warren wants wealth taxes that would impose asset forfeitures of 2–3% on households with more than $50 million in assets. There are practical and legal problems with their implementation. But she wants to implement them anyway. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants a … Read more

Shanghai Gold Exchange Transactions

by Jesse The Shanghai Gold Exchange is a bit different from most, because they deal in the exchange of actual physical metal for paper, rather than mostly paper for paper, in a mad game of Liar’s Poker played over a highly leveraged and apparently diminished  base of physical assets. Gold is flowing from West to … Read more

Ron Paul on the Vote to End US War on Yemen

Ron Paul, Institute for Peace and Prosperity, Released on 2/18/19 In a fitting legacy for my friend Walter Jones, Jr. who passed away last week, the US House made history by voting in favor of H.J.Res. 37, a resolution “Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have … Read more

How 1984 turned into an instruction manual

by Simon Black “Sometimes [two and two are four], Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.” One of the key themes from George Orwell’s dystopic novel 1984 is that the party can do and say whatever it … Read more

20 Unexpected Ways Zip Ties Will Save Your Life in an Emergency

by TESS PENNINGTON Preppers may be known for their beans, bullets, and band-aids, but in a survival situation, they may also want to be known for their vast knowledge of zip-tie uses to get them out of hairy situations. In past articles, we have covered articles on how to use common household items like rubber bands, bungee cords, PVC, and tarps to use in an emergency … Read more

The Left’s Tax Fantasies Are Just Stupid

By Jared Dillian Somewhere in the last 30–40 years, we have become economically illiterate. Elizabeth Warren wants wealth taxes that would impose asset forfeitures of 2–3% on households with more than $50 million in assets. There are practical and legal problems with their implementation. But she wants to implement them anyway. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants a … Read more

The Coup Attempt Against Donald Trump

Dan sounds off on weenie loser Andy McCabe, after spending the weekend in DC.   “This was an illegal coup attempt on the President of the United States.” Dan Bongino on @foxandfriends True! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18, 2019 Do You Believe In The Deep State Now? The revelation that top Justice officials … Read more

Fact check proves President Trump is right on border crime

As President Trump outlined his plan for protecting America’s borders, a reporter from CNN accosted the president over his numbers on illegal immigration. Not only were President Trump’s numbers on immigration accurate, but the reporter has a troubled history going back decades. One America’s Pearson Sharp explains. The Cost of Illegal Immigration As Democrats in … Read more

The Credit Markets Have Stalled

Authored by Steven Vannelli via Knowledge Leaders Capital blog, Credit markets often move before the equity markets, and this can offer helpful information about the near-term path of equity prices. In general, I like to see credit confirming what the equity markets seem to be saying. When credit stalls, like it is now, I take … Read more