Global retreat underway?
by WARREN MOSLER US factory orders, Euro zone retail sales, UK services, ISM NY, Lumber prices US ISM New York Index at 7-Month Low in January
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China’s S-Curve of Expansion, Stagnation and Decline
by Charles Hugh-Smith All the policies that worked in the Boost Phase no longer work. Natural and human systems tend to go through stages of expansion, stagnation and decline that follow what’s known as the S-Curve. The dynamic isn’t difficult to …
Uh Oh – Please Tell Me That The U.S. Is Not About To Go To War With Venezuela…
by Michael Snyder Is the United States about to be dragged into another pointless war that will drag on for years? Have we learned nothing form the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq? When Juan Guaido boldly declared himself the new …
Canadian banks could drop by ‘at least’ 50%: Short seller
Kevin Smith, CEO of U.S. hedge fund Crescat Capital, is putting Canadian banks in the same camp as those in China and Australia: worthy of a short. He outlines the key factors and why the global growth slowdown makes this …
Forget earnings or macro. This is why markets have rallied.
Since Powell backtracked and the PBOC stepped up liquidity injections, global money supply has roundtripped to March 18 levels. Forget earnings or macro. This is why markets have rallied. pic.twitter.com/ANxj0EcdD1 — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) February 5, 2019 https://twitter.com/BrentCarlileFX/status/1092754783402905605 global euphoria …
Stock buybacks have only been legal since 1982. Look beyond the messenger and realize there’s maybe some good reasons to restrict buybacks.
Buybacks were illegal throughout most of the 20th century because they were considered a form of stock market manipulation. But in 1982, the Securities and Exchange Commission passed rule 10b-18, which created a legal process for buybacks and opened the floodgates for companies …
Storm Clouds Gathering – The REAL Reason The U.S. Wants Regime Change in Venezuela
by ssilBetulosbA Old school YouTube conspiracy channel with some of the best content, that many of you probably know – Storm Clouds Gathering – returns after a long hiatus to create a great step by step ten-minute long video summary of …
On-going Canadian Crypto Exchange scandal — #1 Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX shuts down amid sole director’s sudden “death” in India, losing $150-250m in funds — lots of twists and turns, things aren’t adding up.
by RDS QuadrigaCX was the #1 canadian crypto exchange, had over 100,000 active accounts and has lost approx $150-$250M dollars of creditor’s funds (~$70M fiat and $150M crypto). For more information, see here: https://www.coindesk.com/quadriga-creditor-protection-filing CBC coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RO9-DcCP0c&feature=youtu.be (thousands of clients is …
The #Resistance Are the New Neocons
by Daniel Carter The US propaganda machine, also known as the mainstream media, has been incredibly successful at shaping the thoughts and behavior of the US public. Just think about it. Every war the ruling elites have wanted, they have …
The Fed Won’t Be Able to Stop What’s Coming
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital While the media focuses on the political hot topic du jour, major corporations are telling us that a recession is fast approaching. Economic bellwether and industrial Caterpillar missed estimates and downgraded its guidance for 2019. …
There Are Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics and The Employment Report
Via Investment Research Dynamics Last month the Government’s Bureau of Lies And Statistics served up an employment report purporting 312,000 new jobs in December. This despite massive seasonal retail lay-offs in the latter half of the month. The BLS happily …
Superbowl LIII – A Historic Low Point & Low Viewership?
by Martin Armstrong The Patriots beat the Rams but only a score of 13-3. Superbowl LIII (53) at half-time was the second lowest scoring game in history. The first half of Sunday’s game between the Patriots and the Rams ended in …
The same media told us that David Hogg was just a child and should be left alone, relentlessly went after younger children at Covington High for “smirking”. Here is a list of of defendants being sued for slander.
by Playaguy Sandmann lawyer: Letters sent to New York Times, Today Show, 50 others may precede suits The Washington Post The New York Times Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN) The Guardian National Public Radio TMZ Atlantic Media Inc. Capitol Hill Publishing …
The Size of Corporate Debt One Rung Above Junk Has Never Been Greater, Warns Louis Gave
by FS Louis Gave at Gavekal Research says the greatest source of potential instability in the years ahead lies with the massive growth of the U.S. corporate debt market, particularly at the BBB-rated (near junk) level. Gave recently told FS Insider …
The Coming Global Financial Crisis: Debt Exhaustion
by Charles Hugh-Smith The global economy is way past the point of maximum debt saturation, and so the next stop is debt exhaustion. Just as generals fight the last war, central banks always fight the last financial crisis. The Global Financial …
Joe Rogan Under Massive Attack by His Own Fans After Interview With Jack Dorsey That They Say Exposes Him as a Twitter Shill SellOut
Joe Rogan Experience #1236 – Jack Dorsey (Check the Rating and Comments on the video.) Mark Dice’s and Sargon of Akkad’s comments both being deleted. “Georgi Georgiev 1 hour ago Mark Dice’s deleted comment” “Kempyx 2 hours ago Sargon …
French citizens’ legendary right to protest has just been screwed over. New “anti-breakers law” forbidding anyone to protest with any kind of face/breathing protection. If you do, you’re jailed. Few cities have been forbidden to protest at all.
by FeltMtn So basically the French government created this new sudden law that is going to spice things up a bit. So, we ALL know there is only a tiny portion of these protestors breaking public material and deputies decided …
Did THE MOST POPULAR ‘Alt-Media’ Financial Website SELL-OUT To The Trump 2020 Re-election Campaign?
via silverdoctors: I think Zero Hedge has sold-out. No, I’m not butt-hurt for not being one of their featured authors. For those who don’t realize it by now, ‘Ol Half Dollar can’t stomach most people, and most people can’t stomach the truth. Since …
Carmakers Start 2019 With Abysmal US Auto Sales
This article was originally published at Zero Hedge Forget about the automobile industry turning over a new leaf for the new year: the beginning of 2019 has started just as miserably as 2018 ended for many major auto OEMs in the …
Jim Sinclair & Bill Holter: Trump Presides Over Bankruptcy of US, We’re Flash Crashing to Hell
Financial writer Bill Holter and renowned gold and financial expert Jim Sinclair say the financial crash is here now. Holter says, “I think President Trump is going to preside over a bankruptcy. He’s gone through bankruptcies with his own companies …
Largest Drug Bust In History At Southern Border
Border Patrol seizes enough fentanyl to kill 57 million people U.S. Customs and Border Patrol seized enough fentanyl to kill over 50 million people from a truck that was trying to cross the southern border into the United States, according …
POTUS: “Good Chance I’ll Declare National Emergency At The Border” Then Takes A Jab At Pelosi
During a press conference at the White House today everyone’s favorite POTUS, Donald Trump, told the American people that there is a good chance he will declare a national emergency at the border and build the wall. He went on …
H.R. 891: Rep Jody Hice (R-GA) Introduced Bill to End Chain Migration
It’s nice to know that while the Demon-Rat cucks are trying to destroy this great nation’s southern border, the GOP is doing it’s part to close the current loopholes fueling our immigration crisis. https://www.numbersusa.com/news/rep-jody-hice-introduced-bill-end-chain-migration Rep Jody Hice Introduced Bill to …
CNN’s ‘Venezuelan army defectors’ not in army, not defectors & don’t live in Venezuela
via RT: A screenshot from https://edition.cnn.com/ Closer inspection of the uniforms worn by two self-proclaimed Venezuelan army defectors interviewed on CNN earlier this week has revealed that they are not who they say they are, and probably should not be …
Watch the 1st Amendment Die as Journalist Arrested at Press Conference for Not Being Mainstream
via thefreethoughtproject: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for …
Australia’s Record Debt Bubble Is Causing An Economic & Social Catastrophe
by John Adams and Martin North from Adams Economics Australian Economist John Adams from Adamseconomics.com and banking expert Martin North report on how Australia’s record debt bubble is leading in massive social problems among Australia’s middle class. In the past 6 years, Sydney’s south west region …
Opinion: The evidence is in: Stocks are in a ‘bull trap’
via marketwatch: The stock market today mirrors the years 2000 and 2007, when prices peaked The bulls are back. The S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.09% rose nearly 8% in January and was 14% off the December lows. Which begs the questions: What slowing global …
As Goes January…? Really?
by Tom McClellan The stock market’s relationship to its normal seasonality has gotten wacky lately. October to December is supposed to be an up period for stock prices, and instead we saw a very sharp correction. In recent years, January has …
It’s not Brexit but “Deutsche-it” you want to worry about
by Golem XIV While everyone is endlessly told about the world-ending dangers of Brexit, I wonder if we should be paying a little more attention to “Deutsche-it”. If the UK leaves the EU the EU will survive. But what happens …
Will Trump Rescind the Law That Allows Members of Congress to Legally Lie?
by Thinker Patriots to arms and tweets! Let your president know that there are those who have put laws in place to allow immunity for LIES!!! How low can a politician go when the people aren’t looking??? What laws to …