by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Dear Martin, You have discussed the structural design flaw in the euro being due to the lack of consolidation of EU countries’ debt, as well as, EU policies that prohibit bank bailouts. Why could EU policies regarding the prohibition of bank bailouts just not be changed to allow for bailouts? If I … Read more
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UPDATE: 6:46PM 12s ago 23:45 Julian Borger Julian Borger From The Guardian’s Julian Borger: An air base in Iraq’s Anbar province that hosts a US contingent has came under fire, the US military confirmed, after a day in which Donald Trump and the Iranian leadership exchanged threats of retaliatory attacks. Initial reports said al-Asad base … Read more
On Jan. 1, a landmark New York law curtailing the use of cash bailwent into effect, signaling a leap in a nationwide movement to reduce the number of people held in jails. But after less than a week under the new system, elected officials are already having second thoughts, rattled by stories of suspects’ being set … Read more
Nancy Pelosi's strategy has backfired. Senate Democrats are breaking with the Speaker of the House. Total failure by Pelosi. https://t.co/1jZ8lmTcqw — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) January 7, 2020 Meanwhile, multiple Senate Dems saying now that it’s clear GOP is dug in against witness deal, it’s time to send the articles and start the trial. “I … Read more
Iran fires TENS of ballistic missiles at US bases in Iraq in operation ‘Martyr Soleimani’ after promising ‘crushing revenge’ for Trump’s decision to kill the top general in drone strike ping that round Tehran has tonight launched a missile attack on two Iraqi air bases The rockets hit Ain Asad which houses US and coalition … Read more
Amid confusion over a reported US letter to Iraq announcing the steps its military would take to move out of Iraq, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi confirms that Baghdad has actually received “signed and translated” copies from the US Army concerning the withdrawal. In a televised cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Abdul Mahdi clearly refuted all … Read more
By Kurt Cobb The American obsession with Iran is about oil and natural gas. If these two resources had been absent, it is hard to imagine such an intense American focus on the country from the time of a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency-backed coup of Iran’s elected government in 1953 to today. The Foreign Policy magazine piece linked above … Read more
From Tech Crunch… Toyota researches and tests robotics, material science, automated driving and alternative fuel technology in labs all around the world. Now the automaker is trying a new and far more ambitious project: build a prototype city on a 175-acre site at the foot of Mount Fugi in Japan, where people will live … Read more
via wallstreetonparade If the Federal Reserve was looking for a media lockdown on news about the trillions of dollars in cumulative repo loans it has funneled quietly to Wall Street’s trading houses since September 17 of last year, it could not have found a better cloud cover than Donald Trump. First the impeachment proceedings bumped the … Read more
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Missiles were fired early Wednesday in multiple locations across Iraq, a senior U.S. militarysource in the country told Fox News, describing it as a series of attacks on U.S. forces from Iran. The source told Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin: “Under missile attack from Iran. These are either cruise missiles or short-range ballistic … Read more
🇺🇸 Whole load of USAF Hercs leaving US airspace, Atlantic bound… pic.twitter.com/2NV7ft71K8 — CivMilAir ✈🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@CivMilAir) January 7, 2020
#BREAKING: @AlMonitor Pentagon corespondent @JackDetsch_ALM reports Al-Assad Airbase in Iraq (housing US troops) has been hit by 6 rockets, casualties unclear — ELINT News (@ELINTNews) January 7, 2020 More rockets incoming at Al-Asad beyond the first six, a defense official tells me. https://t.co/zwtewJA0n0 — Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) January 7, 2020 Breaking: A US Defense official … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CEq59Q7QHQ A few months ago a group of NASA exoplanet astronomers, who are in the business of discovering planets around other stars, called me into a secret meeting to tell me about a planet that had captured their interest. Because my expertise lies in modeling the climate of exoplanets, they asked me to figure out … Read more
by Chris Kimble Is a bearish reversal pattern in S&P 500 taking place at a key Fibonacci level? Possible! This chart looks at the S&P 500 on a weekly basis over the past few years, where Fibonacci was applied to the “weekly closing highs and lows” during 2018. The rally off the lows around Christmas of 2018, has the … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWI2tk-o-Ro Hong Kong initiates ‘serious response’ level as mysterious sickness recalls deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) that killed 700 people back in 2002-2003. This new outbreak occurs just after the government has launched a new plan to respond to unknown infectious disease… And just after the protests have started again in Hong Kong. Learn … Read more
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Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, New Yorkers are fleeing the state in droves due to high taxes. The result is an overabundance of homes few can afford… Bloomberg reports Manhattan’s Flood of New Condos Could Take Six Years to Sell. Manhattan is glutted with even more luxury condos than most apartment-shoppers realize. The borough has … Read more
Could the ‘New’ Shanghai Accord 2 Ultimately Lead to a 2020 Crash? a correction this year? ask act@liquidity.com for report pic.twitter.com/vK1WReFLwN — CrossBorder Capital/ GLIndexes (@crossbordercap) January 7, 2020 Global Liquidity rides high again – will it lead to an equity correction later this year but from significantly higher equity levels ? higher bond yields … Read more
Widening divergences … ISM Manufacturing vs.: 10yr yield; financial conditions; global manufacturing; semiconductor stocks@SoberLook @MacrobondF @Refinitiv @IHSMarkit @natixis pic.twitter.com/hahzjJlPTe — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) January 6, 2020 $SPX vs. ISM – The current spread is the largest we have seen since 1996. Here's the $SPX vs. ISM, but done via Z-score to standardize. The current … Read more
Stocks acting like it’s the beginning of an economic expansion or the end. After 70% of the yield curve already inverted at record valuations… My call is the latter. pic.twitter.com/sNd2jeLNd0 — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) January 7, 2020 'Global retail investor interest in EM equities has dwindled, as indicated by the shrinking outstanding shares of … Read more
Manhattan has so many new, unsold condos it would take six years, at the current pace of sales, to unload them all https://t.co/yoWC5S3DcV — Bloomberg Pursuits (@luxury) January 6, 2020 About 85% of newly built units haven’t been formally listed Large ‘shadow inventory’ is a drag on struggling sales market Manhattan is glutted with even … Read more
by UPFINA On December 11th, the Fed didn’t hike or cut rates. It released its Minutes from that meeting on Friday which we will review here. The Fed discussed the rise in the stock market when the Minutes stated, “A few participants raised the concern that keeping interest rates low over a long period might encourage excessive … Read more
Look at this map…. Who should feel threatened? Would it make sense for Iran to start a war with the U.S.? pic.twitter.com/wuhgW4EK2B — Ron Paul (@RonPaul) January 6, 2020
