Pollinators, the 4 Biggest Threats They Face, and Why You Should Care

by Jayne Rising Besides drought, disease. and supply chain disruptions, another problem that could cause food shortages is a lack of pollinators. 87% of plants require pollination to reproduce. 1/3 of food crops require pollination. In the US, beekeepers have lost 30-42% of their colonies every year since 2006.  While it’s true that many plants, such as squash, can be … Read more

Fed Talks Tough but Few Listen

by David Brady via Sprott Money The latest FOMC minutes have come out. Unsurprisingly, the Fed suggested it may taper its $120B per month stimulus. Despite the initial chaos in the markets, once the dust settled, few seemed to believe the Fed can do it. Bonds yields, the dollar index, and Gold were basically unchanged on the day. … Read more

Riot police overpowered by anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney

Aerial views showed protesters breaking through police lines and being met with pepper spray, as they continued to march through the city streets. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews on Saturday expanded a lockdown in that city to the entire state as he reported 61 new locally acquired cases. https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-clash-protesters-melbourne-063034927.html h/t DeploraVision

Second-Largest U.S. Mortgage Lender to Accept Bitcoin and Other Cryptos as Payment

United Wholesale Mortgage announced plans this week to accept cryptocurrency for home loans, in an apparent first for the national mortgage industry. The company hopes to start accepting bitcoin in Q3, and it is currently weighing other digital currencies like ether. Starting later this year, U.S. homebuyers will have the option to pay for their … Read more

Sorry, Joe, more spending means more inflation

There has not been much good economic news lately for working families. Inflation is soaring, consumer confidence is plunging, and Congress is pushing for even more spending and taxes on the economy. After spending nearly $6 trillion, Congress is now considering a new $3.5 trillion tax and spending plan, in addition to the $1.2 trillion … Read more

Debacle in Afghanistan Symptom of Confusion at Home, list of countries that benefit from US withdrawl

President Joe Biden was right in his speech to the nation about our withdrawal from Afghanistan, that a long legacy of American involvement there preceded him. But across the board, in domestic as well as foreign policy, any new president inherits realities that precede him. The issue confronting every president is what principles and policies … Read more

Republicans optimistic Afghanistan chaos will win them Senate races in Arizona, Georgia, and New Hampshire

Senior Republican officials think President Joe Biden’s handling of the situation in Afghanistan significantly boosts their chances of winning key races in the 2022 midterm elections, especially the Senate races in Arizona, Georgia, and New Hampshire. Multiple GOP officials spoke with the Washington Examiner about how the Biden administration’s strategic choices and messaging on the … Read more

Bizarre ‘Satanic’ moment on Australian news…

ABC's satanic slip-up. What was going on here? @abcnews pic.twitter.com/D1dWfjOYhM — Media Watch (@ABCmediawatch) August 19, 2021 It appears the footage came from this Noosa Temple of Satan livestream (8.00 mark):https://t.co/f9wRNlz4YW They've been in the media recently:https://t.co/LrH7HeKrlb — Media Watch (@ABCmediawatch) August 20, 2021 h/t Dan

Is The Small Cap Russell 2000 Index Rolling Over?

by Kimble Charting Small cap stocks spent several months charging higher out of the 2020 coronavirus crash lows. BUT they have also spent the past several months forming a reversal pattern that is beginning to look like a “U-Turn”. Today’s chart looks at the Russell 2000 small cap index on a long-term “monthly” basis. As you can see, … Read more

Robert Kiyosaki: The Biggest Stock Market Crash In World History Is Coming!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5CpP-H49wM All factors are aligning; economic and financial indicators are signaling; experts are warning that an epic stock market crash is near. At this moment, the S&P 500 and the Dow are at all-time highs despite the huge selloff that happened on Tuesday. The Nasdaq is also close to record levels, and all three indexes … Read more

“I Have No Choice” But to Keep Working

Via Birch Gold Photo by Ashley Light There’s no doubt that the Social Security benefits that hard-working Americans have paid into for decades are under incredible pressure. If nothing is done except “kicking the can down the road,” by 2035 retirement savers won’t be able to count on the entire benefit they’re entitled to. Thankfully, Social Security … Read more

Bonds Flashing a Death Cross

By Michael Lebowitz and Lance Roberts Equity futures are opening weaker again this morning. The NASDAQ is faring better than the S&P and Dow futures, which are both down about .35%. This pattern follows yesterday in which the NASDAQ outperformed the S&P and Dow by over 50 bps. All three indexes recovered nicely from nearly … Read more

Waning Number of NDX Stocks In The Uptrend

by Tom McClellan There have been “breadth divergences” galore piling up recently, and there are lots of ways to measure or depict that.  Among these is the indicator shown in this week’s chart, which measures the number of stocks in the Nasdaq 100 Index (NDX) which are above their own 100-day moving averages. In the energetic … Read more