IWB, Author at Investment Watch Blog

CEO Kjerstin Braathen: Energy Transition Will Create Energy Shortages and Inflationary Pressures, But This “Pain” is “Worth it.

May 25, 2022 5:54 pm

Speaking about small and medium businesses in Davos, Norwegian finance CEO Kjerstin Braathen says energy transition will create energy shortages and inflationary pressures, but this "pain" is "worth it." pic.twitter.com/Ne70lRle5W — Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) May 23, 2022 View post on …

Default Threat Reaches Pakistan as Political Crisis Deepens

May 25, 2022 12:31 pm

by Boo_Randy In a world drowning in debt, here come the cascading defaults. Sorry, central banker scum, you won’t be able to print this away. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-24/default-threat-reaches-pakistan-in-deepening-political-crisis?srnd=premium-asia&sref=ibr3A0ff Soaring inflation. Squabbles over fuel prices. A fractious political environment. For months, Pakistan has …

SEC Alert! Halts Alleged Ongoing $39 Million Fraud by Hedge Fund. Fraud charges against Detroit-based EIA All Weather Alpha Fund I Partners LLC (EIA) and Andrew M. Middlebrooks, for allegedly engaging in a multi-year scheme that included the misappropriation and misuse of investors’ funds.

May 25, 2022 12:30 pm

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My thoughts on why school shootings in America seem to happen here, and nowhere else. Honest thoughts, I don’t care if I get flack, but here’s my thoughts while being heartbroken.

May 25, 2022 12:26 pm

by ConspiracyBartender I know violence is violence. And if it weren’t guns, it would be knives, bombs, running people over with vehicles. There’s a deep evil and mental sickness growing in our society due to lack of resources, love, education, growing …

Natural Gas Price Hits $9 For The First Time Since 2008

May 26, 2022 10:07 amMay 25, 2022 10:40 am

By Tsvetana Paraskova High LNG exports and warmer weather are the driving forces behind the rally in U.S. natural gas. U.S. natural gas prices have surged by more than 130% since the beginning of the year. The price is currently …

Hypocrites Inciting Violence

May 25, 2022 10:36 am

YOUTUBE CEO AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: “THERE’LL ALWAYS BE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO” TO CENSOR “MISINFORMATION”

May 25, 2022 10:35 am

At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting for 2022, an event where powerful CEOs and world leaders meet to “find solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges,” YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki committed to persistent censorship of “misinformation” and praised YouTube’s …

Wash Post mocked for stupidity…

May 25, 2022 10:34 am

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1528919956829659137 https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/wash-post-mocked-for-stupidity/

My advice for investing in a Bear Market

May 25, 2022 10:33 am

by cicada3322 A Bear Market can take an extreme psychological toll on both new and experienced investors. But on thing stands firm. Nothing is forever. It has been proven time and time again that Bull markets last much longer than Bear …

Ray Dalio Says Cash, Stocks and Bonds Are Trash During Stagflation.

May 25, 2022 10:32 am

Joe Biden had a chance to unite the country today but failed miserably

May 25, 2022 10:30 am

Just another day in Bidens America Prayers go out to those families who lost their loved ones in the horrific mass shooting at Ulvde Texas h/t Jake

LOOK, UP IN THE SKY! Walmart to begin America’s first large-scale drone operation in 6 states.

May 25, 2022 10:29 am

Walmart customers in six states will soon be able to have their orders delivered by drone in less than 30 minutes. Why it matters: This will be the first large-scale drone delivery operation in the United States. So far, drone deliveries …

Opinion: Bernanke: Why the Fed Didn’t Act Faster to Rein In Inflation

May 25, 2022 10:29 am

by Boo_Randy Well this is rich. “Zimbabwe Ben” Bernanke, who should be serving out a life sentence in a Supermax prison for his role in causing the 2007 housing bubble bust & the 2008 Great Financial Crisis – is “explaining” …

Water closet! Tiny 108sq ft London studio flat with a shower in the wardrobe and no hob, oven or TOILET goes on the rental market for nearly £1,000-a-month

May 25, 2022 10:28 am

by Boo_Randy The Bank of England sees no housing bubble. 1 GBP = $1.28 USD. A tiny studio flat which is so small the shower is in a wardrobe has gone on the rental market for nearly £1,000-a-month. The 108 …

Six months ago, investors bought Facebook for $370. Now they are selling Facebook for $170, with a P/E ratio of 13. Is something wrong with Facebook or the investors?

May 25, 2022 10:27 am

by Howell–Jolly As Warren Buffett said, “The stock market is the only market where things go on sale and all the customers run out of the store.” Six months ago people would have been throwing their life savings into Facebook …

CNN: If You Are Losing Sleep, It Is Due To Global Warming.

May 25, 2022 10:26 am

People around the world are likely to lose 50 to 58 hours of sleep a year by 2099 due to global warming, a new study revealed.https://t.co/M65bQOHyYi — CNN (@CNN) May 24, 2022 h/t JF Priest

U.S. Bans Russia From Paying Bondholders

May 25, 2022 10:15 am

The Biden administration will ban Russia’s government from paying bondholders through American banks starting Wednesday morning. The move increases the odds that Russia will default on its outstanding debt. It is the latest sanction against that country by the United …

Laura Ingraham goes there – Biden’s Plan to Destroy America

May 25, 2022 10:15 am

Finally some truth on the idiotbox. 1. Destroy America’s energy independence 2. Make the CCP rich and powerful 3. Send Ukraine limitless military aid 4. Ship even more US jobs overseas especially to Asia 5. War with China after weakening …

SPOT ON: Archbishop Vigano statement on W.H.O. Treaty

May 25, 2022 10:13 am

Archbishop Vigano issues statement on W.H.O. Treaty pic.twitter.com/TlJvxcvqeW — Micky276 (@TheFarm99410868) May 25, 2022 ht/ Tess

Facebook Fact-Checker Silencing Biden Critics

May 25, 2022 10:12 am

Facebook and Instagram censored conservatives for their American energy independence statements even though fact-checkers disagreed on essential facts underlying the censored posts. Fact-checker Agence France-Presse (AFP) claimed the U.S. hadn’t been energy independent as part of an effort that censored …

Top banking executive suspended for telling the truth about global warming.

May 25, 2022 10:12 am

Sky News host Andrew Bolt says a top banking executive was suspended “all because he told the truth about global warming”. HSBC suspended Stuart Kirk following a presentation he gave at a Financial Times conference last week in London in …

Sugar the Next Shortage?

May 25, 2022 10:07 am

Sugar is the next food you might have a hard time getting your hands on as India announces it's limiting sugar exports https://t.co/1RNwtP1EcK — Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) May 25, 2022 India is capping sugar exports at 10 million metric tons …

FBI Spied on 3.3M Americans, No Warrants

May 25, 2022 10:06 am

Top House Republicans are demanding answers from the FBI after court-ordered information came to light showing that the federal agency had collected the information of over 3 million Americans without a warrant. In a May 25 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, …

BIDEN PLOTS TRUTH MINISTRY RETURN

May 25, 2022 10:05 am

No bad idea ever dies in Washington. Once it takes root, it will reemerge in another form. So, all the huzzahs about the demise of the Biden administration’s Orwellian “Disinformation Governance Board” are premature. As we note in our I&I/TIPP Poll, …

If you are down big on your portfolio, there is much more pain coming ahead. We are not even half way through this bear market. Liquidation begins in autumn.

May 25, 2022 10:04 am

https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1529432140232163332 https://twitter.com/MarketSanity/status/1529262130351984642 Pandemic Stocks$PTON -87%$ZOOM -71%$NFLX -64% — John Tuld (@BradHuston) May 25, 2022 misses across the board Durable Goods 0.4%, Exp. 0.6%Durables ex transports 0.3%, Exp. 0.6%Cap Goods orders nondef ex aircraft 0.3%, Exp. 0.5% — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May …

Jerome Powell sees no housing bubbles

May 25, 2022 10:01 am

by Boo_Randy The big news today was the 9 months’ supply of unsold new housing inventories in April, nearly doubling in the past year and classifying as a 2 SD event. Inventory excess is now at a level that in …

Trillions in fake wealth created by fake money getting vaporized as our economic free-fall hits the Fed’s Ponzi markets…

May 25, 2022 10:00 am

by Boo_Randy Buh bye.. $Trillion market cap

UK: Fresh meat, dog food and savoury snacks costs SOAR -with food for an average family fry up now costing £6.83; Fuel cost hits record 170.4p while price of Diesel also reached new high of 181.4p

May 25, 2022 9:55 am

by Boo_Randy When will the sheeple of the UK crack the code on their votes for the oligarchy’s hand-picked stooges who give the BoE free rein to print with wild abandon, and the soaring cost of living? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10848489/Grocery-prices-surge-fastest-pace-13-years.html The price …

Best-selling author of Lehman crisis says credit warnings are piling up

May 25, 2022 9:54 am

via Lawrence McDonald on the Bear Trap Report: The Fed is promising $1T of quantitative tightening over the next 12 months? Who are they kidding?! Leverage finance markets are near frozen. Only two junk bonds have priced in May in the …