It’s Rebellion, Not Protest with Frank Vernuccio

from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network Frank Vernuccio is the president of the American Analysis of News & Media, Inc., and the editor-in-chief of its major publication, the New York Analysis of Policy and Government. On the Menu in 2020: Invading police stations, declaring whole neighborhoods to be “autonomous zones,” burning buildings, assaults on law enforcement personnel, … Read more

Trump blasts MIC

TRUMP: “I’m not saying the military’s in love with me. The soldiers are. The top people in the Pentagon probably aren’t because they want to do nothing but fight wars so all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy.” Can’t wait to see if … Read more

China violated Taiwan air space today.

https://twitter.com/rabrowne75/status/1303644164828037123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1303644164828037123%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.godlikeproductions.com%2Fforum1%2Fmessage4515874%2Fpg1 “TAIPEI: Multiple Chinese fighter jets entered airspace to Taiwan’s southwest on Wednesday, said the island’s defence ministry, describing it as a destabilising action which threatened regional peace. Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, has repeatedly complained of Chinese military activities near the island, including regular air force patrols. China says such drills demonstrate its resolve … Read more

Master The Art Of Doing Nothing

by jessefelder This post is an excerpt from a recent Market Comment featured on The Felder Report PREMIUM. “One of the best rules anybody can learn about investing is to do nothing, absolutely nothing, unless there is something to do… I just wait until there is money lying in the corner, and all I have to … Read more

WE’VE DESCENDED INTO SOME SORT OF BIZARRE HELL-WORLD IN WHICH AL SHARPTON IS A VOICE OF SANITY:

Sharpton: “Latte Liberals” want to defund NYPD, “but people living on the ground need proper policing.” Rev. Al Sharpton had some harsh words for the elite white liberals who think they know what is best for the black community. Sharpton admitted that New York City has become more dangerous, but also came out against the … Read more

Ahead of the September FOMC

by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money News Next week brings the long-awaited September FOMC meeting. What is said and what is unsaid will have significant impacts on the short-term direction of COMEX gold and silver prices, so let’s take some time today to speculate upon what may be coming. And “speculate” is precisely what we will do today, … Read more

Destroyer! Fed Policies And The Growing Jaws of Median Prices And Inventory For Sale Of Existing Home Sales

by confoundedinterest17 The housing bubble and financial crisis of 2008/2009 crushed the life out of markets. Consider existing home sales that rose from 1998 to 2007. During this time frame, the inventory for sale of Existing Home Sales (yellow line) rose as well … as The Fed tried to douse the asset bubble fire by raising … Read more

The Superbattery Code Has Just Been Cracked

By Irina Slav Ultrafast charging, the Holy Grail of batteries, has been elusive for years. It is one big reason—perhaps the biggest—why electric cars have not taken off the way they should have and the way many have hoped. But now, an international team of researchers has uncovered the secret to superbatteries: ones not just … Read more

Stocks Vs. Volatility – Standoff Gets Flipped

by Dana Lyons In recent weeks, we have written about the odd behavior between stocks and volatility, two markets that generally moved in opposite directions. Specifically, though stock indices enjoyed a persistent upward ascent, their corresponding volatility indices remained buoyant, even rising on several days along with the stock indices. What was our takeaway from this unusual standoff? As … Read more

“The next 3-5 years are going to be very, very challenging … for the first time in a long, long time I’m actually worried about inflation,” says Druckenmiller on the Fed.

"The next 3-5 years are going to be very, very challenging … for the first time in a long, long time I'm actually worried about inflation," says Druckenmiller on the Fed. "I think we could easily see 5-10% inflation in the next 4 or 5 years." pic.twitter.com/Y4qWieNf1R — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 9, 2020 … Read more

Technicals still work: Lovely bounce play signaled in advance. But also note the trend is broken.

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1303752497341902848 https://twitter.com/PuffDragon11/status/1303757931532357634 Gravity still works. pic.twitter.com/fh5Qr1mceX — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) September 8, 2020 Tech junk bond yields are still near record lows. Investment grade for this sector look the same. Tech stocks don’t belong at these valuations. And neither do bonds. The Fed better make sure all these assets have a buyer. pic.twitter.com/RbSRjP8qMK — … Read more

HYPE: AT&T’s current 5G is slower than 4G in nearly every city tested by PCMag.

AT&T smartphone users who see their network indicators switch from “4G” to “5G” shouldn’t necessarily expect that they’re about to get faster speeds. In PCMag’s annual mobile-network testing, released today, 5G phones connected to AT&T got slower speeds than 4G phones in 21 out of 22 cities. PCMag concluded that “AT&T 5G right now appears to … Read more