Lagarde Pivots on ECB Rate Hikes as Switch in Guidance Seen Soon (US 10Y Yield Up 5BPS, Mortgage Rates To Follow)

by confoundedinterest17 Its the same all over the WESTERN world as sovereign yields are starting to rapidly rise. (Bloomberg) — European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is no longer ruling out an interest-rate hike this year, a pivot toward the tightening stance of global peers that officials privately see materializing with a shift in policy guidance as soon as next … Read more

The Most Devastating speech in Congress EVER!

The path to American national security does not lie in American international interventionism. It lies in securing our southern border, not the Russia/Ukraine border. Our greatness is forged in our resistance to interference. pic.twitter.com/G1X3jiRkcU — Team Cawthorn (@teamcawthorn) February 2, 2022 h/t NukemHell

To Hike or Not to Hike

 by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money News That is the question. Oh sure, The Fed may attempt to hike the fed funds rate as soon as next month. They may even attempt another hike in April or May. But what happens after that? Answer that question and you’ll find a timetable for gold prices in 2022. As February … Read more

Censorship by Algorithm Does Far More Damage Than Conventional Censorship

Via Ron Paul Inst Journalist Jonathan Cook has a new blog post out on his experience with being throttled into invisibility by Silicon Valley algorithmic suppression that will ring all too familiar for any online content creators who’ve been sufficiently critical of official western narratives over the last few years. “My blog posts once attracted … Read more

$RIVN stake was responsible for 82.5% of $AMZN Q4 net income. If you subtract that, EPS is ~60% LESS than same quarter of last year.

https://twitter.com/inverse_WallSt/status/1489362250284609539 https://twitter.com/RJRCapital/status/1489347013787492357 https://t.co/RmYUP7doai pic.twitter.com/ZDFxTA39xt — The Great Martis (@great_martis) February 3, 2022 $AMZN online store revenue growth of 1%. A year ago it was 43%. — funwithnumberz (@funwithnumberz) February 3, 2022 https://twitter.com/RJRCapital/status/1489356106937909248 https://twitter.com/WifeyAlpha/status/1489378854103887876

New National Debt Milestone Signals Currency Crisis Ahead

by: Stefan Gleason The U.S. reached a $30 trillion milestone this week. Instead of signifying a great achievement, though, it serves as a dire warning for American workers, investors, and retirees. On Tuesday, the Treasury Department reported that total public debt outstanding surpassed $30,000,000,000,000. That’s a lot of zeroes. It amounts to $231,000 per household. … Read more

Where’s The Beef? Challenger Job Cuts At -76%, Initial Jobless Claims Drop To 236K

by confoundedinterest17 Between the Biden Administration, Anthony Fauci and the media constantly screaming about the devastating effects of Omicron, I would have expected massive job cuts and a large spike in jobless claims. But alas, the numbers and charts tell a different story. Today, we saw that the Challenger job cuts for January fell further to … Read more