Bumpy Road Ahead – Prepare for Shocks

by Jesse I get the definite sense from the tape of the SP 500 futures trading that stocks are being slowly and carefully ‘walked higher’ from the recent lows. This could be effective as long as the markets remain relatively quiet and no exogenous macro events intrude. So from the bearish standpoint, now is a … Read more

World Bank Downgrades Global Growth Expectations Again

via CNN: Washington (CNN Business)The World Bank has been warning of a worldwide economic slowdown for a while now, but its projections just took a turn for the worse. In a 200-page report issued Tuesday, the international financial institution laid out evidence that emerging markets have been stagnating, as trade has contracted and financing conditions … Read more

Poverty getting much worse in America since 2008 – Consumer debt has risen almost 50 percent. The % of families with more debt than savings is higher now than at any time since 1962.

The Evidence Pours In: Poverty Getting Much Worse in America Poverty—and the stress of being poor—is killing people every single day A White House report recently proclaimed that the “War on Poverty is largely over and a success.” United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said it was “ridiculous for the United Nations to examine poverty in America.” Well-positioned Americans must … Read more

CDX NA IG could be starting to bottom – this is bad for the stock market

CDX NA IG could be starting to bottom – this is bad for the stock market pic.twitter.com/H2EwZbr1I2 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 9, 2019 CDX NA IG (inv.) versus $SPX pic.twitter.com/Qo92OOgLIY — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 9, 2019 CFOs around the world are freaking out, while Trump continues to call the economy strong. pic.twitter.com/GKEvofwL8a — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) … Read more

The 10 Orders That Oathkeepers Will Not Obey

by SP DECLARATION OF ORDERS WE WILL NOT OBEY 1. We will NOT obey any order to disarm the American people. 2. We will NOT obey any order to conduct warrantless searches of the American people, their homes, vehicles, papers, or effects – such as warrantless house-to house searches for weapons or persons. 3. We … Read more

Trump – Republicans Are United On Shutdown Over The Wall… Democrats Don’t Want to Be in This Battle… ‘If Chuck & Nancy Don’t Agree On The Wall I May Declare A National Emergency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMxY4YN52bA “Republicans Are United On Shutdown Over The Wall” Trump SLAMS Reporter Tells Her She’s Fake News trump today met with reporters after meeting with republicans and discussed chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and said that he would wait to see if he can make a deal to re open government or just declare a … Read more

S&P 500 Testing Historical Kiss Of Resistance

by Kimble Charting In February of 2018, the S&P created a low, which was tested again as support a couple of months later. These two lows became the lows of a new trading range that was forming, with support at (1). Weakness in December saw support line (1) break, which was a negative for the broad market. The … Read more

800,000 Unpaid Federal Workers Owe $400M in Mortgage and Rent This Month; 78% of US Workers Live Paycheck to Paycheck

Shutdown Crisis: Unpaid Government Workers Owe $400M in Mortgage and Rent This Month For many federal workers, keeping a roof over their heads got a lot harder in January thanks to the partial government shutdown that is approaching its third week. Altogether, unpaid federal workers — including roughly 380,000 furloughed employees and 420,000 people working … Read more

Yellow Vests Suggest Bank Run

by SP It does indeed look like a large enough percentage of the citizenry of Europe has come to understand that they as citizens are being harvested by the oligarchy.  They already understand that much of their governance comes from outside their nations from people they did not elect, through a process that they cannot influence … Read more

Rules For Deep State Overlords

by SP A friend sent me a video by Matt Bracken titled Rules for Deep State Overlords. I believe this video is very well done and I would like to recommend it.  Though I must confess that two of my favorite people are “socialists,”  Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.   I’m drawn to their open and kind … Read more

Sweden pays citizens to scour Facebook to report people critical of its migrant calamity.

by AnonDidNothingWrong   This one guy has racked up nearly 150 reports resulting in fines and convictions – mostly against pensioners. Online thought police. The web host Tomas Åberg receives tax funds for mass reporting to pensioners and others who write critically on Facebook. Now he states that he has received almost 150 judgments against … Read more

Record number of migrant families crossing border… Tuberculosis, flu, infections rampant

Central American migrants keep heading toward US, even as Trump focuses on stopping caravans President Donald Trump’s efforts to halt migrant caravans and limit asylum have not deterred Central American minors and members of their families from rushing toward the U.S., according to data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday. Border Patrol agents apprehended 27,518 members of … Read more

Airline Now Want Passengers To Tip Flight Attendants

via cbslocal: DENVER (CBS4) — They take your order, serve up food and drinks, and come back to clean up. But should you tip your flight attendant? Frontier Airlines is encouraging it. Flight attendants on the Denver-based airline began accepting individual tips on Jan. 1, according to the Chicago Tribune. Frontier made tipping an option three years ago but, until … Read more