by Disobedient Media The 2018 Bilderberg Meeting is currently taking place in Turin, Italy. The meeting is scheduled to begin today, and end on June 10th. According to an official press release, participants will give special focus to political issues such …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The “waterbed effect” of money flows. Top residential real estate brokerages in the US have been promoting US homes to investors in China for years. Brokerage firms in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries have …
by TFittonJW Judicial Watch uncovers more smoking guns. Here it is: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-uncovers-hidden-strzok-emails-latest-production-clinton-lynch-tarmac-meeting-docs-strzok-email-suggests-clinton-investigation-decision-made-april-2016/ Prior discussion of tarmac cover-up:
BY JARED DILLIAN Everyone knows that Toys “R” Us went bankrupt. Very sad. And largely preventable. But that’s not the story I’m interested in. I don’t care that Toys “R” Us went bankrupt—I care how they went bankrupt. One day the bonds were …
Cover image from @toby1942wow on Twitter By Bob Shanahan On Tuesday’s primary election in California, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom moved closer to becoming governor of the most populous state in the country and the world’s fifth largest economy. He …
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Today we got more great news about the economy: there are more openings than unemployed. It is fake but exciting clickbait. We are ignorant because we read the news, chapter one million. Yesterday’s hot headline: “There are …
The majority of likely voters in 2018 midterm swing districts across the United States say immigration to the U.S. has made American life worse, a new poll reveals. In the latest CBS News/YouGov Poll, which surveyed likely voters in 2018 …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1004522695860674560 1999 – Why profits don’t matter for IPOs The Wall Street Journal has a heads-up article in Monday’s paper that says the percentage of companies going public this year that aren’t yet profitable is higher than at any time since …
via goldtelegraph: The official news bulletins on the economy are positive. Officially, unemployment is at 3.8 percent, a low not seen in two decades. The big picture looks great as companies are making record profits and consumers are spending again. But …
It’s the stock buybacks. Companies are expected to buy back 10% of their market cap this year. They are borrowing money to do it. Likely be a huge credit crisis and crash in the future from it, but enjoy the …
by Michael Snyder One of the primary reasons why the middle class in America is disappearing so rapidly is because of skyrocketing health care costs. Families all over the country are being absolutely crushed by extremely high health insurance premiums, ridiculously high deductibles …
by Michael Snyder We haven’t seen anything like this since Hawaii first became a state back in 1959. Kilauea began erupting on May 3rd, and it hasn’t stopped rumbling yet. In fact, authorities are telling us that Hawaii has been struck …
via Jill Mislinski Here is a summary of the four market valuation indicators we update on a monthly basis. The Crestmont Research P/E Ratio (more) The cyclical P/E ratio using the trailing 10-year earnings as the divisor (more) The Q Ratio, …
by Ruby Henley A disturbing conflict is taking place as we speak in Tucson, Arizona. Below is a short video from Facebook by Veterans on Patrol. If you take the time to watch it, you will understand what a critical …
by stockboardasset A history of economic cycles dating back to the mid-1800s reveals a troubling outlook for today’s Central Bank induced bull market of hopes and dreams, which could be in the later innings. It is quite evident that Americans have quit …
Global growth now hamstrung by a moderate but unmistakable slowdown in economic momentum in Europe and elsewhere. https://twitter.com/WSJCentralBanks/status/1003671616197414912 Billionaire Investor Cooperman Says He Would Sell Stocks “I think that inflation and interest rates will catch up to the market as …
Affordable home shortage to continue through 2018, new Reuters poll says from CNBC. via CNBC: An acute shortage of affordable homes in the United States will continue over the coming year, according to a majority of property market analysts …
From Brandon Smith There is an old adage that says “the more things change the more they stay the same”. I suggest people keep this in mind when considering the European situation because it applies in ways that many might not …
Cover image via @trumpism_45 on Twitter By Bob Shanahan I’m getting bored with all this winning. President Donald J. Trump celebrated his 500th day in office on Monday and despite some setbacks and distracting detours, he has accomplished …
By Chris Black The European Union via its diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini has said yesterday that Iran’s plan to build new centrifuges to boost their uranium enrichment capacity is kosher under the commitments of the 2015 agreement between the US, …
by Martin Armstrong One of the more fascinating examples of how the government prosecutors are looking for high profile cases to further personal careers rather than actually policing society to protect the people has been exposed by the sale of …
The bubble popping in 2000 (it was not 2001) was a lot like an avalanche. It wasn’t clear exactly which snowflake was the one that put it over the tipping point, but once confidence was lost, it went very quickly. …
via CNN: That’s what the Social Security and Medicare trustees projected in their 2018 annual report released Tuesday. The trustees estimate that by 2034 the combined trust funds for Social Security — which help fund the old age and disability …
by Martin Armstrong Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled last week that the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) may continue to access data at the world’s largest Internet node in Frankfurt am Main without just cause. In the ruling, the court dismissed …
by Michael Snyder Before I reveal which city was chosen as the worst city in America this year, let me give you some hints. At one time nearly two million people lived there, but now the population has declined to …
Could America end up with a new currency? Journalist Alex Newman says, “I think there are two competing forces here. Trump and Pence have both praised the gold standard. They have both publicly said the gold standard would be awesome. …
Where we stand:– Q1 buybacks hit record high– Q1 corporate leverage hits record high https://t.co/ugsxHoDKAq pic.twitter.com/MOKvyRqCLM — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 5, 2018 middle class — you get nothing — except, you get to watch assets that you do not own …
by Chris Black In a related story, the Miss America Pageant will not be broadcast this year due to a total lack of viewers and sponsors. Joke aside, after turning America’s campuses into leftist indoctrination centers and Hollywood into a …
via swprs.org: Largely unbeknownst to the general public, executives and top journalists of almost all major US news outlets have long been members of the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Established in 1921 as a private, bipartisan organization to “awaken America …
by Michael Snyder If your family is really struggling right now, you are far from alone. I have been publishing The Economic Collapse Blog for more than eight years, and all throughout that time I have seen the middle class in America get …