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Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the recent comments made by The Bank of Canada’s Stephen Poloz regarding the continued rise of interest rates. According to Poloz, if you don’t like interest rates going up, you should buy a smaller home. As we see the return of collateralized debt obligations, … Read more

by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Crude Oil has been a major play for some traders over the past few months.  With price, rotation ranges near $5~$7 and upside pressure driving a price assent from below $45 to nearly $75 peaks.  This upside price move has been tremendous. Over the past few weeks, many things have changed … Read more

by TraderStef of CrushTheStreet 90% of the world’s nuclear power is currently in the hands of the U.S. and Russia. Politicizing its international affairs is very dangerous, and too many government officials in Washington appear to have forgotten that despite any perceived or factual underlying issues, keeping the U.S. safe and avoiding war requires unwavering diplomacy, along with … Read more

h/t @StockBoardAsset Mind The Gap (it’s a big one)… Search Phrase “How to Prepare for a Recession” Surges to 10YR High there needs to be an intervention to keep the short cover alive — if that is CB comments, WH comments, ECT… Carefully monitoring Russell 2000 (monthly) R3 Probe Iron Ore Futures! 2s10s 23 handle Yield … Read more

via  @pattidomm The Fed’s next rate hike and its commitment to keep hiking rates could cause the closely watched Treasury yield curve to invert— or flip—with shorter term rates rising above longer term rates. That so-called inversion is a sign of recession, and Natixis economist Joseph LaVorgna believes that the curve could invert after the Fed’s … Read more

Former CIA Director John Brennan and others are “threatening the killing of Donald Trump” when they accuse him of treason, so says our friend Harley Schlanger, “and I think this is a key moment in world history where Americans have to get behind their President and defend him from these people who are trying to … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Who stepped up to the plate? It’s a good thing Russia never held as many US Treasury securities as China and Japan. The scenario would have been different. The “grand total” of US Treasury bonds, notes, and bills held by official foreign investors (central banks, governments, etc.) and non-official foreign investors … Read more

Photo via Twitter        by Chris Black This is yet another example of Lefties keeping it classy, i.e. the tolerant left in all its splendor, showing us one more time why progressives are allied with radical Islam in their effort to destroy the Western civilization, as per their idol Karl Marx’ obsession. And that’s … Read more