IWB, Author at Investment Watch Blog

Shock! IMF writes a 37-page research paper: “Gold as International Reserves: A Barbarous Relic No More?”

January 29, 2023 4:47 pm

by Quant2011 https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2023/01/27/Gold-as-International-Reserves-A-Barbarous-Relic-No-More-528089?s=08 In contrast to the diversification of foreign currency reserves, which has been undertaken by advanced and developing country central banks alike, active diversifiers into gold are exclusively emerging markets. We document two sets of factors contributing …

Credit card delinquency is the new big short

January 30, 2023 9:55 amJanuary 29, 2023 4:33 pm

by ihpalash I urge everyone to read this article carefully. https://www.lendingtree.com/credit-cards/credit-card-debt-statistics/ More people are using their credit cards, to fight inflation. Put their income is not enough to live by. So they racking up credit card debt, People …

IMF Table shows the naked truth: Switzerland, UK, IMF, France, Germany selling Gold. China/Russia/India/Turkey buying.

January 29, 2023 4:31 pm

by Quant2011 Who forces them to sell at times of endless debt $ creation? My bet is global technocrats

Gallon of Milk $9.49

January 29, 2023 12:30 pm

pic.twitter.com/fpaExW6cwF — Overlooked Investments (@OverlookdInvest) January 28, 2023 Wow … in store special $14.99 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ROyvgWw54J — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) January 28, 2023 和/他javierruizleon

CNN Just Suffered Its Worst Ratings Week in 9 Years

January 29, 2023 10:59 am

“CNN just notched its lowest ratings in nine years across all its day parts for the week of Jan. 16 through Jan. 22, 2023, according to Nielsen averaging just 444,000 viewers in primetime, 93,000 in the all-important age 25-54 news …

Are Australian Banks Preparing For A Massive Financial/Economic Crash And Prohibiting Withdrawals?

January 29, 2023 8:47 am

by Michael There seems to be clear and rapidly-mounting evidence (non-access/restriction to, particularly large, bank accounts) that Australia/Australian banks are preparing for a financial/economic crash of massive proportions and banning withdrawals for bogus reasons likely in a forerunner to preventing ‘runs …

Justin Trudeau is in meltdown mode. Canada Freedom Convoy back to celebrate their 1 year anniversary with a Protest Party.

January 28, 2023 10:23 pm

I'm on the Hill for the Freedom Convoy anniversary! pic.twitter.com/YRx1BhPdL5 — Jon Villeneuve (@rightblend) January 27, 2023

Tucker Carlson: “We’re spending all this money to liberate Ukraine from the Russians, why are we not sending an armed force north to liberate Canada from Trudeau? And, I mean it.”

January 28, 2023 6:38 pm

Tucker Carlson: “We're spending all this money to liberate Ukraine from the Russians, why are we not sending an armed force north to liberate Canada from Trudeau? And, I mean it.” pic.twitter.com/21NTd8C9GI — Media Matters (@mmfa) January 26, 2023

James O’Keefe: YouTube has taken down our Pfizer Directed Evolution bombshell. It had 800K views.

January 28, 2023 6:37 pm

BREAKING 🚨 YouTube has taken down our @Pfizer #DirectedEvolution bombshell. It had 800K views. The video still exists on Twitter with 20M views. Pfizer is scrambling today per sources inside. How much does @YouTube cost @elonmusk ? Cc @SusanWojcicki https://t.co/g46JMe88ek …

Pfizer RESPONDS! “We definitely don’t do gain of function except when we do”

January 28, 2023 6:37 pm

h/t NotAGlowy

US officials to talk with Dutch counterparts about restricting exports of chip-making gear to China

January 28, 2023 6:27 pm

by: Arsenio Toledo (Natural News) Officials from the United States are meeting with counterparts from the Netherlands in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Jan. 27, to talk about putting up new restrictions on exporting semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China. The two nations could …

Pension Funds in Historic Surplus Eye $1 Trillion of Bond-Buying (Consumers In Bad Shape With Personal Savings Down 53.5% YoY And Real Weekly Earnings Negative For 21 Straight Weeks, GOLD Soaring!)

January 28, 2023 6:27 pm

by confoundedinterest17 Despite polticians like President Biden cheerleading his great economic accomplishments and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen dipping into Social Security to fund the Federal government (much like Biden’s dipping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve), there are serious problems facing …

Tucker Carlson on Antifa Reactivation and MTG in Georgia

January 28, 2023 6:20 pm

It’s time to declare Antifa a domestic terrorist organization. Tonight on Tucker Carlson, I announced I will introduce legislation to do just that. pic.twitter.com/rbMnGkwJml — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) January 24, 2023 h/t BrainGuy

Jimmy Dore and Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss Jordan Tristan Walker’s comments…

January 28, 2023 6:11 pm

Elon Musk: ‘Shame on MSNBC for misleading the public!’

January 28, 2023 5:54 pm

Shame on @MSNBC for misleading the public! https://t.co/16VEGTjXnH — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 27, 2023

Putin ‘plans new pre-emptive strike’: Russia will launch assault West by February 24

January 28, 2023 5:48 pm

Russia is planning a ‘new pre-emptive strike’ in Ukraine according to satellite photos which show Putin’s forces building up fortifications. Moscow is said to be preparing for a new offensive ahead of the first anniversary of their invasion on February …

Soft landings have only occurred in the wake of a Fed tightening cycle when inflation was muted. 1966, 1985, 1995, and 2019.

January 28, 2023 5:09 pm

Soft landings 🟩 have only occurred in the wake of a Fed tightening cycle when inflation was muted. 1966, 1985, 1995, and 2019. Things could be different for other reasons; I’ll believe it when I see it. So far #HOPE …

US healthcare has hit the law of diminishing returns and the more they spend seems to have a negative impact

January 28, 2023 5:06 pm

But it gets worse – same with education The edu. attainment rate had peaked in the 1980’s & been roughly flat – meanwhile the college wage premium (CWP) been flat for roughly >20yrs Yet costs exploded Gov making it worse …

GREAT MOMENTS IN STATE-RUN TV: MSNBC’s Chris Hayes: Biden Economic Recovery Most Remarkable in U.S. History.

January 28, 2023 5:06 pm

Forget about the recession and rampant, crippling inflation that has soared to 40-year-highs, MSNBC’s All In host Chris Hayes was here to assure you that the Biden economic recovery has been “one of the most successful, remarkable recoveries in all of American economic history.” Sadly …

THIS IS THE WAY: DeSantis’ College Appointees Like Chris Rufo Show The Battle For America’s Academies Is Far From Over.

January 28, 2023 5:05 pm

DeSantis’ move proves the fight to reclaim American education is not a lost cause and — institutionally, at least — it may even be less of a conceptual uphill battle to reclaim the academy and rechart the trajectory of our …

Pentagon Won’t Rule Out F-16s for Ukraine: ‘We’re Not Going to Take Anything Off the Table

January 28, 2023 5:04 pm

The Biden administration would not rule out sending F-16s to Ukraine after it announced it was sending 31 Abrams M1A2 tanks. After President Joe Biden announced the sending of the tanks, an adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister told Reuters that …

Egg Farm in CT, Massive Fire

January 28, 2023 5:03 pm

BREAKING NOW: Massive Fire Currently Destroying EGG FARM In Bozrah, Connecticut.. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? — Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) January 28, 2023 https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/multiple-crews-respond-to-large-fire-at-egg-farm-in-bozrah/2964121/ https://www.wfsb.com/2023/01/28/firefighters-battle-massive-fire-egg-farm-bozrah/ h/t NotStarvingActress

Office janitor urinated in employee water bottles – 13 women tested positive for STD

January 28, 2023 5:02 pm

Multiple companies in Texas are facing a lawsuit for employing a janitor accused of urinating into employee water bottles and thereby infecting more than a dozen victims with sexually transmitted diseases. The lawsuit says that several women noticed their water …

Thick Smoke on San Diego Tijuana Border, Likely Mexico’s Side, Unknown cause

January 28, 2023 5:02 pm

DEVELOPING: Thick smoke seen rising at the US-Mexico border near San Diego, California; exact cause currently unknown pic.twitter.com/5RCEe4s35O — Intel Point Alert (@IntelPointAlert) January 28, 2023

Zelensky was selected by the Deep State (Must Watch)

January 28, 2023 5:01 pm

Your thoughts? pic.twitter.com/vx29ZvZgDr — Antonio Sabato Jr (@AntonioSabatoJr) January 28, 2023 https://twitter.com/_/status/1616555157495468043 https://twitter.com/_/status/1616524594336120836 AC

Bill Gates – “The Ukrainian government is one of the worst in the world… Corrupt, controlled by a few rich people. “

January 28, 2023 4:57 pm

https://twitter.com/_/status/1618874398844256256 Billy going way off script h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal

FDA moves to eliminate ban on gay, bisexual men donating blood

January 28, 2023 4:55 pm

because the jabs weren’t killing enough people… Breaking news: Monogamous gay and bisexual men will be allowed to donate blood under planned FDA guidance, easing decades-long restrictions. New rules will focus on sexual behaviors, regardless of gender, that pose a …

$65 trillion in unrecorded dollar debt circulates across the global financial system in non-U.S. banks and shadow banks

January 28, 2023 3:52 pm

$65 trillion in unrecorded dollar debt circulates across the global financial system in non-U.S. banks and shadow banks 🚨 pic.twitter.com/I8HyHqKxVm — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) January 28, 2023

BBC News: “Toronto struggles with wave of public transport violence”

January 28, 2023 3:52 pm

View post on imgur.com Commuters in Toronto have been navigating the city’s public transport system with growing unease, following a surge of violent incidents targeting both riders and operators. As of Friday, there were seven reported incidents of violence in …

Commiefornia County Cancels Contract With Dominion Voting Systems Due to Major Concerns

January 28, 2023 3:51 pm

A county in deep blue California has canceled its contract with Dominion Voting Systems after raising major concerns with the company’s election machines. Earlier this week, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted to terminate its contract with Dominion Voting …