The Fed Has Never Been This Far Behind The Curve In History…

https://twitter.com/Ben__Rickert/status/1491216188348977156 These are the new orders Moar inflation is needed https://t.co/EIquIgeoHe — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) February 9, 2022 Fed Fund Futures now expecting 5.3 interest rate hikes in 2022. pic.twitter.com/pSALHV5rUT — Jonesy (@HedgeyeDJ) February 9, 2022 Global negative yielding bonds are likely to become obsolete. Not going to happen all at once, but I think it's … Read more

Biden Gets Bad News About His Cognitive Health… ‘We Can Only Assume The Worst’ Out Of Biden

The announcement comes after recent polling indicated that more Americans are doubting Biden’s mental capabilities. The House Republicans cite instances in which the 79-year-old president has forgotten the names of Cabinet members, misread clearly marked figures, and even shown signs of Alzheimer’s. ‘The Alzheimer’s Association lists “changes in mood and personality,” including being more “easily … Read more

Cancel culture pressure ramps up on tech platforms SPOTIFY. AIRBNB. GOFUNDME… Trump: Cancel DIRECTV…

Large tech platforms such as Spotify, Airbnb, and GoFundMe have ratcheted up bans and censorship of users and organizations due to intense pressure placed on them by cancel culture, conservatives say. Spotify recently came under fire for secretly removing over 100 episodes of Joe Rogan’s podcast, while Airbnb last week banned conservative author and activist … Read more

Big surprise no qualified immunity for law enforcement…

Four US Marshals who protected the Portland federal courthouse from violent BLM-Antifa rioters in 2020 are now being sued in a lawfare attack. The DOJ said they won't assist those officers. @KennedyNation interviewed me about this & other issues. Full clip:https://t.co/dagflUzBLx pic.twitter.com/BIvDcyfDCZ — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) February 9, 2022

Forever Masks And Passports In Ontario, Canada – New Health Minister Press Conference

Ontario Health Minister @celliottability states “We have no plans currently to drop the passport vaccination situation or masking. We believe that masking is going to be important for some time to come.” Read the room, talk to federal Tory MPs & end all mandates. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/RKbUt8poLU — Rowan (@canmericanized) February 9, 2022 AC

The Economist : if rates rise by 100bp, global interest payments will rise from $10tn to $16tn, or from 12% to 15% of global gdp; if they rise by 200bp, to $20tn or 18% global gdp.

Some $300tn in global debt needs to be rolled over. @TheEconomist: if rates rise by 100bp, global interest payments will rise from $10tn to $16tn, or from 12% to 15% of global gdp; if they rise by 200bp, to $20tn or 18% global gdp. cc:@crossbordercap https://t.co/cq1dvmdvu5 pic.twitter.com/hnU05JuCa3 — Policy Tensor (@policytensor) February 4, 2022 https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1491286156990107648

Fastest tightening in two decades; Global liquidity is sopping up; Hedge funds are no longer hedged; Supply shortage & inflation worsening…

Global central banks are unanimous that they must "shock and awe" markets with the fastest tightening in two decades:https://t.co/SIuvff4zJf "Larger rate hikes might boost central bankers’ inflation-fighting credibility" Yes indeed. pic.twitter.com/o04Vgfd6ZK — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) February 9, 2022 Those who say there are too many bears for this to crash, are wrong. We can assume that … Read more

Facebook aka Meta, I don’t like this stock

by whyrweyelling In fact, I hate this stock. I’m surprised people don’t take this as an opportunity to do something good with money. This company is pure evil. And aholes are buying into it because it has what, a discount from the last year? Lame. Compared to 2yrs it’s still up. ​ Shitty FB stock … Read more

Can The Fed Afford To Tighten Into An Economic Slowdown?

by jessefelder There’s an important disconnect between stocks and bonds today. Specially, I am looking at two fundamental indicators for evaluating long-term interest rates. The first is the performance of small cap stocks relative to large caps. Typically, this ratio has moved in concert with the 30-year treasury yield. For the past few months, however, … Read more

American Companies That Failed in China

by visualcapitalist For decades, China has been a top priority for American companies looking to expand. This is because the country’s middle class is simply enormous, growing from 3.1% to 50.8% of the country’s total population between the years 2000 and 2018. According to Brookings, there are now at least 700 million people in China’s middle class, and … Read more

Millions Fall For Deceptively Edited Joe Rogan Video

A deceptively edited video taken from the Joe Rogan podcast that has been viewed by more than a million people online appears to show the host agreeing with a guest’s racist assertions about African-Americans’ genetic predisposition to violence. The unedited video shows Rogan pushing back against these claims, however.

Slowing! Mortgage Purchase Applications DOWN 12% YoY (Mortgage REFI Applications DOWN 50% YoY)

by confoundedinterest17 The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released their weekly mortgage application survey this morning. Mortgage applications decreased 8.1 percent from one week earlier, for the week ending February 4, 2022. The Refinance Index decreased 7 percent from the previous week and was 52 percent lower than the same week one year ago. The seasonally adjusted Purchase … Read more

School Mask Mandate In Massachusetts Will Be Allowed To Expire On February 28, Governor’s Office To Announce

BREAKING: School mask mandate in Massachusetts will be allowed to expire on February 28, governor’s office to announce. — Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) February 9, 2022 Illinois Governor just announced that he will lift the indoor mask mandate on February 28th. BREAKING: Illinois Governor just announced that he will lift the indoor mask mandate on February … Read more

Jason Burack: Gold Rallies Back! US Mint Sales Set Record, China Sales Break 2019 Levels

Wall St. For Main St., Released on 2/8/22 Still in a Gold Tug of War but strong physical demand news stories lately: U.S. Mint sees strongest gold coin sales in 12 years, sells 1.25 million ounces in 2021 https://www.kitco.com/news/2022-01-04… 2021 Chinese Gold Demand Surged Above Pre-Pandemic Levels https://schiffgold.com/key-gold-news/… Looks Like There’s a Whale Snapping Up Gold Bullion … Read more