Month: January 2021

The limits of monetary policy…

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AKA, the limits of monetary policy… Central banks have been cutting interest rates, but commercial banks have been increasing the credit quality hurdle — meaning: rates may be low, but you might not be able to even get a loan. more: https://t.co/cXbgjQ8gPD pic.twitter.com/givpoaLkGZ — Topdown Charts (@topdowncharts) January 13, 2021

Powell: U.S. Isn’t on a Sustainable Fiscal Path

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*Powell: U.S. Isn't on a Sustainable Fiscal Path — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) January 14, 2021 *Powell: Level of U.S. Debt 'Far From Unsustainable' LOL pic.twitter.com/MXI48HIuIr — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 14, 2021 https://twitter.com/MemberSee/status/1349778760531402756 A FLOOD OF FIAT HAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT pic.twitter.com/z68LuIZu1S — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) January 14, 2021   Atop the Powerful Budget Committee … Read more

You won’t see that often … Each bear has been transformed into bull. I mean “EACH”.

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You won't see that often … Each bear has been transformed into bull. I mean "EACH". https://t.co/KjD1HgEglk — GregTheAnalyst (@Analyst_G) January 14, 2021 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1349731710859059202 GameStop stock doubled in two days on a massive short squeeze, and is up 10x from $4 to $40 since July. pic.twitter.com/cTGwXo9Np5 — Lyn Alden (@LynAldenContact) January 14, 2021 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1349765784944463875 https://twitter.com/realJosephRich/status/1349741020716609536 … Read more

Interest rates cannot rise with massive debt load. Dollar bear market must continue or equities will suffer. Perfect backdrop for gold and Bitcoin

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Most important macro chart of the month. Bernnnie takes over budget with total deficit worst in 40 years. Interest rates cannot rise with massive debt load. #Dollar bear market must continue or #equities will suffer. Perfect backdrop for #gold and #Bitcoin. H/T @TaviCosta pic.twitter.com/RU5LsmwC4a — Dan Tapiero (@DTAPCAP) January 14, 2021  

Are we seeing a potential longer term paradigm shift within the market that now more stimulus is DXY bullish rather than bearish due to rising bond yields?

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Are we seeing a potential longer term paradigm shift within the market that now more stimulus is DXY bullish rather than bearish due to rising bond yields? — Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 (@AvidCommentator) January 14, 2021 #recession … #Global $USD #Liquidity #Squeeze edition US #Dollar spikes higher 📈 while #Gold & #Silver plunges … Read more

Bigger The Deficits…Greater The Stealth Tax

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The US government ran the biggest December budget deficit in history last month. Uncle Sam spent $490 billion in a single month. Just three months into fiscal 2021, the federal government has already blown through over $1.3 trillion. In other words, in a mere three months, Uncle Sam has pushed the deficit over halfway to … Read more

SCOTUS: Supreme Court May Finally Reverse Kamala Harris’s Attack on Free Speech.

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On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court took up two vitally important cases dealing with the freedom of speech and association. Back in 2015, Attorney General Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) demanded that two conservative nonprofit organizations, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), hand over their donor lists. This demand threatened to reveal … Read more

Is The USPS Creating A National Biometric Criminal Background Check Program?

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by mapi credit:USPS Are American’s ready for a national United States Postal Service (USPS) biometric criminal background check program? What initially started out as an employee criminal background screener program has morphed into a biometric criminal background check program for the public. In 2019, the USPS innocuously began installing fingerprint scanners in post offices so they could … Read more

US 30Y Fixed Mortgage Rates Tick Up To 2.79% As 10Y Treasury Yields Rise (Treasury Vol Remains Low As Yield Curve Steepens)

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by confoundedinterest17 Freddie Mac’s 30-year mortgage survey rate ticked-up to 2.79% in the latest reading. The US Treasury 10-year yield has been rising since August. Treasury volatility remains low. The US Treasury yield curve is steepening to around 100. Here we go loop de loop. As interest rates rise.    

Twitter Purges Over 70,000 Accounts

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by Martin Armstrong Twitter shut down more than 70,000 accounts. There are a lot of conspiracy theories from child pedophilia as initiation rituals on the extreme to “this is not a drill” claiming Trump signed the insurrection Act and will even arrest the VP Mike Pence. I have been against such nonsense, for I do … Read more

AOC calls to end the free press

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after the big tech censorship of the last week we should take her threats seriously@AOC and other progressives have a new goal: Silence the pressvia @nypost https://t.co/fO8mVuFFZL — Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) January 14, 2021 AC

BOMBSHELL! An Investigation Requested into “Visitors” at the Capitol Building on JANUARY 5th!

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This is a potential “bombshell”! Who were these “visitors” on January 5th? Note, that Rep Sherrill is NOT on Trump’s side and voted FOR impeachment yesterday. So this is NOT one of Trump’s “supporters” claiming unusual activity at the Capitol Building one day before the protest. Snippets from the letter… Rep. Sherrill says “these visitors … Read more

DC police reject FOIA request on investigation pertaining to ‘siege’ due to ‘personal embarrassment’

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Solomon says @FBI, @NYPD, and @USCP had prior knowledge of plans for violence at U.S. Capitol, including intel threatening murder of police officers. If this was a planned attack, you can’t accuse the President of inciting a spontaneous attack. This was planned days before. pic.twitter.com/5yy3FNdI5Z — Eric Greitens (@EricGreitens) January 14, 2021 https://twitter.com/EricGreitens/status/1349526550694211586 For continuing … Read more