James O’Keefe Replies to Trump: “Stay tuned everyone. Something very big is going to happen. First bombshell tape to drop this week.”

James O’Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII > James O’Keefe Retweeted Donald J. Trump Stay tuned everyone. Something very big is going to happen. The first bombshell tape is going to drop this week. http://expose2020.com/ Stay tuned everyone. Something very big is going to happen. The first bombshell tape is going to drop this week. https://t.co/BFGnoCeJE7 https://t.co/fJzoguHplM — James … Read more

Wars on the Brink: IRANIAN SECURITY FORCES HAVE OPENED FIRE ON PROTESTERS

https://twitter.com/WarsontheBrink/status/1216429036202811393   Steve Herman ‏ Verified account @W7VOA 4m4 minutes ago MoreSteve Herman Retweeted 👁 👁cheshm_abi Reports of gunshots and tear gas fired by security forces in Tehran. Reports of gunshots and tear gas fired by security forces in Tehran. #IranProtests https://t.co/qKjcw8XYcG — Steve Herman (@newsguyusa) January 12, 2020 Aleph ‏ @no_itsmyturn Follow Follow @no_itsmyturn … Read more

A multitrillion dollar exit scam: Boomers are leveraging QE and massive government debt to pump the market and saddle the rest of us with a lifetime of debt, inflation, and austerity.

https://twitter.com/BullyEsq/status/1216370050837422080 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1216472000451022848 Concentration risk pic.twitter.com/U1f6cOYFt6 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) December 30, 2019 Inflation of selective items over 20 years pic.twitter.com/viCpuzSBQH — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) December 27, 2019 St. Louis Fed Financial Stress Index dips to -1.419 in the latest week (normal stress=0). See the long-term trend in FRED: https://t.co/YyzQgJwhcr pic.twitter.com/8jmOxq8wVc — St. Louis … Read more

Slow-motion trainwreck that is Victoria’s Secret: Short Equity & Go Long Bonds?

by Fair_Criticism Joel Tillinghast, a once-legendary portfolio fund manager and former colleague at Fidelity, sometimes describes retail apparel investing as “momentum-based”. After all, when it works, you look like a genius: people throw $20 bills at you in exchange for flimsy cotton shifts that cost $3.50 to manufacture and $5 to market. Every appareler is … Read more

US real GDP growth now outpacing China’s for the first time in 24 years

https://twitter.com/TaviCosta/status/1216519192075063299 Related: Week ahead: US-China trade deal, Brexit, earnings https://t.co/H8yOQT7AFT — Financial Times (@FT) January 12, 2020 3 days to sign the phase one trade deal.. China must buy the biggest amount of soybeans.. meanwhile they’re already buying it from Brazil.. probably pigs can fly now pic.twitter.com/T9IAyM8pCT — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) January 12, 2020    

Jim Rickards: At what point do investors say “get me out of the dollar”? … Peter Schiff: Bad monetary and fiscal policy is good for gold …

BY JOHN RUBINO Jim Rickards: At what point do investors say “get me out of the dollar”? … Peter Schiff: Bad monetary and fiscal policy is good for gold … Gerald Celente: The Fed can’t stop what it’s started … Lynette Zang: What happens next in the Middle East, gold and oil … Rick Rule’s investment … Read more

The Owl Has Landed: Lagarde’s New Vision For The ECB

by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch On December 12, Christine Lagarde introduced her goals and vision in her first rate-setting meeting as the new President of the ECB. On the actual policy front, there were no surprises. She remained committed to the path set by her predecessor, Mario Draghi, and kept the current monetary stimulus unchanged. The central bank … Read more

409Ks, 90% Gains, The Fed and Darth Vader’s Warning

by Charles Hugh-Smith The worship of mortals as demi-gods and faith in Golden Idols triggers a turn in the karmic wheel as near-infinite hubris invites divine retribution. In case you missed it, here’s a snapshot of the most recent Federal Reserve board meeting: It’s certainly a peculiar moment in history when the President chides everyone … Read more

Dem Rep Caught DODGING Scandal Questions We ALL Need Answers To!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZW9FCd55hE Jim Hoft from The Gateway Pundit reports, Elissa Slotkin is a far left Democrat who ran for Congress in Michigan even though she never voted there and does not own any property there. Slotkin’s home is in the Washington DC area. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: http://thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/t…

Will A Credit Crisis Threaten Boris’s 2020 Brexit Plans?

Authored by Alasdair Macleod via The Mises Institute, Boris and the Conservatives won the General Election with a very good majority. In truth, opposition parties stood little chance of success against the Tory strategists, who controlled the narrative despite a hostile media. At the centre of their slick operation was Dominic Cummings, who masterminded the Brexit … Read more

In final days, Obama let Iran get 130tons of uranium, enough to make 10nukes

https://apnews.com/db5a8d6cad764c208322939ed84a0d49 VIENNA (AP) — Iran is to receive a huge shipment of natural uranium from Russia to compensate it for exporting tons of reactor coolant, diplomats say, in a move approved by the outgoing U.S. administration and other governments seeking to keep Tehran committed to a landmark nuclear pact. Two senior diplomats said the transfer … Read more

Trump’s average unemployment rate is the lowest in recorded history (chart)

President Trump starts off 2020 having presided over a lower average unemployment rate than any president at a comparable point in office in recorded history. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate held steady at a historically low 3.5% in December. Since February 2017, Trump’s first full month in office, … Read more

ETF traders are getting very aggressive on stocks. Short interest on $SPY falls to the lowest level in two years

#ETF traders are getting very aggressive on stocks pic.twitter.com/MgXkKIIJ5x — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) January 12, 2020 🧐 Short interest on $SPY falls to the lowest level in two years pic.twitter.com/FwYzM0olv9 — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) January 12, 2020 Yay? https://t.co/C7doOglo5j — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) January 11, 2020

There’s no chance of a recession from experts who have never correctly predicted a recession and have no process for determining recession risk to begin with

https://twitter.com/GreekFire23/status/1216155226534825986 Manufacturing recession deepens and employment is slowing – Trump admin policies aren’t working as the economy rapidly slows. Iran was used by Trump as a distraction from failed progress at home. pic.twitter.com/hOxTolETE0 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 12, 2020 total factory jobs persist in a troubling downtrend that will continue lower through 2030 as automation … Read more

The next time the Fed claims that #NotQE balance sheet expansions are just like “normal” balance sheet activity prior to the GFC, remind them of this:

The next time the Fed claims that #NotQE balance sheet expansions are just like "normal" balance sheet activity prior to the GFC, remind them of this: It took 95 years for them to add $900B to their balance sheet (1913-2008) and yet only four months to add another $400B more. — John Tuld (@BradHuston) January … Read more

Record short VIX has been quickly unwinding in last several months

record short $vix has been quickly unwinding in last several months pic.twitter.com/zvfW7nfNXl — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 10, 2020 pic.twitter.com/LjhpXvvHgo — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 12, 2020 S&P – What I'm looking at pic.twitter.com/StxWKM8VD3 — Fibbo SR (@FibboSR) January 10, 2020 https://t.co/boUDZ3QbtQ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 11, 2020