Is the U.S. stock and bond valuation bubble comparable to a bull market? The sell-off may be far from over

by Celinasoso Since April, stocks and bonds in the U.S. market have experienced a rare coordinated decline, and this situation of double-killing stocks and bonds is still fermenting. The economic cycle is moving forward for stock and bond investors amid the hawks of the Fed, and valuations may finally come into play again. The S&P 500 … Read more

First Texas bus drops off migrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC

A bus from Texas arrived in Washington, D.C. Wednesday morning, transporting dozens of illegal immigrants as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan to counter federal immigration policies during an ongoing border crisis. Abbott announced last week that he was directing the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to transport migrants released from federal … Read more

Disney Just Received Devastating News…

Nearly 7 in 10 Americans, upset with Disney’s embrace of the LGBTQ movement, no longer want to do “business” with Mickey Mouse and instead will seek out “family-friendly alternatives,” according to a new survey shared with Secrets. The latest data said that 68.2% of voters are now “less likely to do business with Disney.” Of … Read more

The workforce is missing 5M men

Nearly 5 million working-age men are “missing” from the workforce, reports Bloomberg. While the employment rate for men ages 25 to 54 is almost back to where it was before the pandemic — about 86% of this cohort have jobs — it’s still some 7 percentage points below where it was in 1950s and ’60s. Experts … Read more

Inflation Alert! Inflation = loss of Purchasing Power of the Dollar. In March, the purchasing power of $100 in January 2000 dropped to a new record low of $58.80.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Inflation is not a sign of growth, nor is it a sign of anything positive. It’s an insidious sign of the loss of the purchasing power of our dollars, including the purchasing power of dollar-denominated labor (what we are paid for going to work everyday…). As we can see, this is a long-term … Read more

Faking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into War [2012]

https://youtu.be/y4P2O8UjQeU As the US and Iranian governments escalate tensions in the already volatile Straits of Hormuz, and China and Russia begin openly questioning Washington’s interference in their internal politics, the world remains on a knife-edge of military tension. Far from being a dispassionate observer of these developments, however, the media has in fact been central … Read more

Obama Judge declines prison for 2 men who impersonated federal officers and infiltrated the Secret Service…

Judge Declines Jail for Two Men Who Impersonated DC Federal Agents U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Harvey (Obama appointee in 2015) declined to hold the two men in jail who are accused of impersonating federal agents in Washington DC. “There’s been no showing that national security information has been compromised,” Harvey said in his decision. If … Read more

Mike Maloney: Inflation To Bring DEFLATIONARY Bust WORSE Than 1929

Gold Silver (w/ Mike Maloney), Released on 4/12/22 Join Mike Maloney as he examines the latest inflation news and projects what is likely to follow – a deflationary bust that could make 1929 look like a mere bump in the road. Don’t miss this one. Download Mike’s best-selling book for free here: https://pages.goldsilver.com/freebook Thanks for sharing and … Read more

Inflation Nation! Real Average Weekly Earnings Growth Lowest Since 2007 (-3.6%) While Mortgage Payments UP 50% (US Treasury 2Y Yield Dumps 12 Basis Points)

by confoundedinterest17 Feeling hot, hot, hot! Inflation, that is. US real average weekly earnings growth YoY is down to -3.60%. That is the lowest since 2007 and is worse than The Great Recession and financial crisis of 2008. And look at this chart of mortgage payments under Biden. The US was actually experiencing DECLINING mortgage payments YoY … Read more

LA Gangs Systematically Targeting Wealthy.

LOS ANGELES — More than a dozen Los Angeles gangs are targeting some of the city’s wealthiest residents in a new and aggressive manner, sending out crews in multiple cars to find, follow and rob people driving high-end vehicles or wearing expensive jewelry, according to police. In many cases, they’re making off with designer handbags, … Read more

‘Extraordinary’ W boson particle finding contradicts understanding of how universe works

“If this is real, and not some systematic bias or misunderstanding of how to do the calculations, then it’s a huge deal because it would mean there’s a new fundamental ingredient to our universe that we haven’t discovered before.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/08/extraordinary-w-boson-particle-finding-contradicts-understanding-of-how-universe-works

Report: Chris Wallace ‘Having Daily Breakdowns’ over CNN+ Failure

.@CNNplus struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users https://t.co/zdcidVNh8H — Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) April 12, 2022 Former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace has reportedly been breaking down in front of his crew over the “miserable failure” of the new streaming platform CNN+. https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2022/04/12/report-chris-wallace-having-daily-breakdowns-over-cnn-failure/  

Former Fed Official: This Summer Will Change Everything

TOPLINE An increasing number of Federal Reserve officials have recently spooked markets by warning about the economic impact of decades-high inflation and how the central bank will need to aggressively raise interest rates, as well as “rapidly” reduce its balance sheet, to combat surging prices. KEY FACTS Stocks fell on Wednesday, adding to losses this … Read more

Lithium – $115.80 per ton in Sep 2020, $1045.90 Mar 2022

Notably, the benchmark prices of lithium, lithium carbonate, and lithium hydroxide have rapidly increased in recent months, as detailed at Benchmark Minerals. Hovering at just $115.80 per ton in September 2020, the benchmark price of lithium has surged to $1045.90 a ton in March 2022. That’s more than a ninefold increase. Zach Schumacher, a North American metals price … Read more