by jessefelder This post is an excerpt from a recent Tactical ETF Portfolio update featured on The Felder Report Premium. One of the main drivers of gold prices recently has been the plunge in long-term interest rates. Gold is very negatively correlated to the change in real yields: when they fall it is bullish for the … Read more
From Brandon Smith The price movements of precious metals are difficult for some people to understand. In the world of equities, investors are mesmerized by tickers day in and day out, and market movements occur minute by minute. This realm of investment teaches people to shorten their memories, their attention spans and their patience. In the … Read more
The [DS] is now showing how panicked they really are, they are showing their true colors and as the patriots inflict more pain the screams will get louder. The squad is exposed. Comey is exposed, the FBI block has been fired or have resigned. The pressure is on with the Flynn case. Trump mentions the … Read more
Washington, D.C. — In federal district court in the District of Columbia, several illegal aliens have sued to reverse the denial of their asylum claims and their expedited removal from this country, claiming that international law gives them the right to enter the United States. The IRLI has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case … Read more
He writes (paywalled): The Tory party is dead; long live the Tory party. The seismic realignment that was supposed to take place in 2016 is finally upon us, and a tougher, rougher, non-deferential conservatism is making its explosive debut. […] Right now, Johnson and Cummings are still on a path to success, even if they … Read more
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The government’s watchlist of more than 1 million people identified as “known or suspected terrorists” violates the constitutional rights of those placed on it, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. https://apnews.com/f8abc66af1a64cc7a5f4fba0420cfc54 The FBI was listening in on this guy for 3 years and look what happened… “The day before he allegedly took … Read more
by Michael Snyder https://youtu.be/4TQQirZI9Eo When you have done things a certain way for almost your entire career, it can be exceedingly difficult to admit that you were wrong. This is true in any field, but it is especially true for those in the ministry. So Benny Hinn showed an enormous amount of courage when he … Read more
by Michael Snyder Are the Carolinas about to take a direct hit from Hurricane Dorian? As you will see below, that is what some mainstream media reports appear to indicate, but the truth is much more nuanced than that. Yes, Dorian is definitely heading toward the Carolinas, and without a doubt there is a possibility … Read more
Betsy and Thomas walk you through the current events of the corrupt FBI, DOJ, Iran, and China…and show you that all roads lead to the British Monarch – the Evil Empire of Planet Earth.
by WarSanchez You are being nickle and dimed, taxed, and fined into poverty. It’s a system made to skirt any real responsibility by those who lord over you. When will we stand up to this?
SoftBank backed Uber in early 2018, buying shares from existing investors for $48.77 a piece and purchasing new shares at just under $33. On Tuesday, Uber fell to a record low, closing at $30.70 a share, and leaving SoftBank deeper in the red. Because of a review by the U.S. Treasury Department, SoftBank still doesn’t … Read more
Norway’s wealth fund proposed overhauling its global holdings, calling for a shift away from Europe in a move that would allow it to boost its U.S. stock investments by as much $100 billion and take a larger chunk of the biggest technology companies. In a letter sent to the Finance Ministry released on Tuesday, the $1 trillion … Read more
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/05/china-and-us-agree-to-meet-in-october-for-trade-negotiations-chinese-state-media.html BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that the leaders of the U.S. and Chinese trade talks held a phone call in the morning and agreed to meet in early October for another round of negotiations. Liu He, China’s top negotiator on trade, spoke with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary … Read more
Authored by Jennifer Kabbany via The College Fix, “I’m a conservative, but my essays are very liberal…” A survey of 1,000 Republican and Republican-leaning college students has found that nearly three-quarters of them have withheld their political views in class for fear their grades would suffer. The online poll was conducted in late August exclusively for The … Read more
via Zerohedge: After years of radio silence, Dr. Michael Burry – the small-time stockpicker who rose to fame for his bets against subprime mortgage bonds featured in the book (and later film) “the Big Short” – is once again doing the media rounds, talking about his latest equity plays and sharing his thoughts about the next big … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO8wJ5yjztQ Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Russian President Vladimir Putin have announced plans to conduct their countries’ rapidly accelerating bilateral trade in national currencies (rupees and rubles) instead of the US dollar, which remains the world’s reserve currency. “Boom Bust” co-host Christy Ai joins News.Views.Hughes to discuss the details.
by Charles Hugh-Smith Any domino-like expanding crisis will unfold in a status quo lacking any coherent response. Longtime readers know I’ve often referenced The Fourth Turning, the book that makes the case for an 80-year cycle of existential crisis in U.S. history. The first crisis was the constitutional process (1781) following the end of the Revolutionary War, … Read more
via pjmedia: It’s totally understandable that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is touchy about gun violence in her city. The city is a shooting gallery with citizens little more than clay pigeons. Last weekend was a typical holiday weekend in Chicago: 7 dead, 41 shot. Lightfoot’s answer to the violence? More gun control, of course. Senator Ted Cruz … Read more
via thefederalist: In other words, Penn admitted the entire point of his reporting was to get a Trump appointee fired. In the article, Penn explained that Olson was part of the administration’s efforts to draft wage-hour regulations, which, one assumes, Penn opposes on ideological grounds. That’s probably why Penn was combing through Olson’s Facebook history in … Read more
Its been the talk for 2 months. Its being expected. The market will be breathing down thier necks waiting for that hit of easy money. If those monitoring are right, we will see the long end of the curve drop respectively https://www.ccn.com/dow-jones-analysis-9-4-2019/ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/04/feds-bullard-says-aggressive-step-is-needed-to-align-fed-with-markets-insure-against-trade-war.html 2 articles for your time h/t mr. jingles
It says something when you have “all 10 countries” from ASEAN joining these drills. First US-ASEAN joint maritime drills kick off as Washington beefs up presence in South China Sea The United States and 10 Southeast Asian nations were set to kick off joint maritime naval exercises Monday, including drills in the disputed South China … Read more
by The Phoenix With this morning’s breakout, stocks (blue line) have finally moved to within spitting distance of their upside target as predicted by the credit markets (black line). Now comes the nasty part. China’s stock market has already shown us where things are heading. The Trade War is only going to worsen. And US markets … Read more
