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The Bomb That Blew Up in 2008? We’re Planting Another One [Derivatives: Collateralized Loan Obligations]

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via bloomberg: Financial markets have short memories. Of late, they’ve convinced themselves that collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) are much safer instruments than the collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs, on which they’re based and which helped precipitate the 2008 crisis. They’re wrong — and dangerously so. Current CLOs outstanding globally total around $700 billion, with annual new issues … Read more

Jim Rogers: Cannabis will be a ‘great investment’

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IG UK, Released on 3/4/19 Legendary investor and chairman of Rogers Holdings, Jim Rogers, told IGTV’s Victoria Scholar the cannabis market was ‘going to get bigger and bigger’. He says he has a private cannabis company in Colombia but he’s not yet invested in any public stocks in the sector. Meanwhile, Rogers says he’s ‘very … Read more

8 journalists investigated and fired for reporting on George Soros

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” Kevin Alfred Strom   Radio And TV Martí Employees Fired Over Controversial George Soros Report https://deadline.com/2019/03/radio-and-tv-marti-employees-fired-over-controversial-george-soros-report-1202568494/ Cuervo and former News Editor Wilfredo Cancio were dismissed immediately after then Senator Jeff Flake and Senator Bob Menéndez demanded an investigation. The … Read more

Oregon governor signs mandatory, statewide rent control bill

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by DCG KTVZ reports that Oregon has become the first in the nation to impose statewide rent control upon landlords. From their report: “Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed the first mandatory statewide rent control bill for the U.S. as the economically booming state struggles to control a spiraling housing crisis. The Democratic governor at a signing ceremony … Read more

Fund Manager: Gold Is Historically Cheap When Compared To The Stock Market

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by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “The monetary authorities running the paper-money schemes of the present are anxious to forestall significant rises in the paper price of gold, because such rises would diminish confidence in the lasting value of the paper money in use today.” – Hugo Salinas Price The price of gold was victimized by yet another raid … Read more

Britain & Labour’s Proposal for a Permanent Customs Union

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by Martin Armstrong The leader of the British Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, is desperately trying to prevent the Labour Party from fracturing and splitting into two parties. Most Labour Party members want a second referendum in the hope that the people would vote to Remain this time around. Many Labour members remain under the impression that the policy … Read more

Bannon Predicts 2019 Will Be “the most vitriolic year in American politics since before the Civil War”

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by Daisy Luther Who can forget the hostility during the 2016 election? The battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump caused the ends of friendships, strained family relationships, and set the tone for an angry new “normal” in the United States. And Steve Bannon, who was in the thick of the fray, predicts that this … Read more

What Comes After a Trillion in Student Debt?

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By Jared Dillian Headline in Bloomberg the other day: “Millennials Are Facing $1 Trillion in Debt.” A trillion always sounds like a lot. It is a lot. But while the absolute number is large, that is not the issue. The issue is what makes up this millennial debt. It’s mostly student loans, and a staggeringly high amount of these loans … Read more

Frightened Cops Show Up to Innocent Unarmed Man’s Home, Start Shooting For No Reason

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via thefreethoughtproject: Ashland City, TN — Last August, Mark Campbell was sitting in his house when two strangers showed up at his door. These two strangers lightly knocked and told Campbell that they had guns. Moments later, bullets came flying through Campbell’s door and nearly killed him and his wife. Instead of the two strangers getting … Read more

Another reason to hate Twitter: Some fool threw cheese at a baby and now we have the #cheesedchallenge

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by DCG I guess peek-a-boo is just not enough entertainment for some adults these days… From NY Post: Instead of telling babies to say “cheese” for the camera, people on Twitter are now literally throwing slices of cheddar at them. The quirky Twitter trend, which has been called the “cheesed challenge,” was started by user @unclehxlmes on Thursday. … Read more

Battle Lines Being Drawn – Civil War

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In this informative video, Patriot Nurse discusses the coming civil war and the influence of communist infiltration into the American church, as well as the obvious signs of impending conflict in the United States. The Left has steadily shown that they intend to continue taking away the rights of citizens, all the while attempting to … Read more

Two PACs founded by AOC’s top aide funneled $1+ million in political donations into two of his own private companies

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BREAKING: Two PACs founded by AOC's top aide funneled $1+ million in political donations into two of his own private companies, new FEC complaint says AOC also enacted a policy for her office that allows her staff to avoid public financial disclosure lawshttps://t.co/2rq7fQFb3r — Ryan Saavedra (@RyanSaavedra) March 4, 2019 BREAKING: Two PACs founded by … Read more

Bill Still: Trump’s Asia Pacific Peace Plan – Bill thinks the Plan is a big peace plan with NK and Asia without China

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Bill Still is a former newspaper editor and publisher. He has written for USA Today, The Saturday Evening Post, the Los Angeles Times Syndicate, OMNI magazine, and has also produced the syndicated radio program, Health News. He has written 22 books and two documentary videos and is the host of his wildly popular daily YouTube … Read more

Dear bull market: happy 10 year anniversary

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by Troy It’s been almost 10 years since this bull market began. What an incredible run. Despite all the doom-and-gloom news reports, this bull market has been impressive. (And no, it’s not because of “evil government manipulation”). To put this into perspective, someone who bought at the top in 2007 would still have doubled their … Read more