The Prelude To A Global Reset? New Lows In Smart Money Flow Index, Yield On Deutsche Bank Coco Bond Explodes, Financial Conditions In The Eurozone Crashed….

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1072279752772341760 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1072255320645427200 Oops! Yield on Deutsche Bank Coco Bond jumps above 12%, highest since 2016. pic.twitter.com/NcpAmrMB0K — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) December 10, 2018 TROUBLE for this weeks ECB meeting. Financial conditions in the Eurozone have dropped to lowest since 2016. pic.twitter.com/I7RnyUAp6g — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) December 10, 2018 South Korea exports of semiconductors are now … Read more

Tesla Bond Conversion Update:

via @Paul_M_Huettner: 2019 Bonds: 107.859 (7.859% premium) $5mm traded today $TSLA Stock: $365.15 (1.468% premium) Reminder: $TSLA will pay based on previous 20 day VWAP formula. Payout is currently at $990.42 so conversion now makes ZERO sense. Quick update to this with the help of @GatorInvestor. The observation period to determine conversion value after 12/1/18 is … Read more

Today’s bounce off the lows turns out to be among the most desperate and pathetic moves since the October high…absolutely terrible

get ready for hell! today’s bounce off the lows turns out to be among the most desperate and pathetic moves since the October high…absolutely terrible… $SPX #ES_F Charts coming — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) December 10, 2018 This was a bad day imo – bad for risk. This stuff imo actually will intensify the coming drop https://t.co/KYk0W7xXtf … Read more

Nearly a million filed for disability during the recession who otherwise wouldn’t have, study finds

Via Marketwatch William H. Macy portrays a character falsely claiming disability on “Shameless.” Nearly 1 million people filed for disability benefits they ordinarily wouldn’t have due to the recession, a new study finds. Another 400,000 filed earlier for disability than trends would have suggested, the study finds. The study puts into numbers what economists had … Read more

TraderStef & Dave Janda Break-Down A Stock Market Teetering On The Edge, Gold, And More

TraderStef (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) interviewed by Dave Janda on Operation Freedom via TraderStef.wordpress.com Original Title:  TraderStef on Operation Freedom – Live w/Dr. Dave Janda on WAAM 1600AM Talk Radio, Dec 9, 2018 – U.S. Stock Markets & Gold Original Source: https://davejanda.com Interview Topics: Introduction by Dr. Janda Stock Markets – Bull vs. Bear Market Profit taking time for passive … Read more

Matthe Whitaker not only was there gross mishandling of classified documents by Hillary Clinton but it was intentional & Comey helped cover it up

by Jake Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, not only was there gross mishandling of classified documents by Hillary Clinton but it was intentional and Comey helped cover it up. Why else would she have a private server.   Matthew Whitaker, Mueller’s New Boss, Said There Was ‘No Collusion’ With Russia   https://www.thedailybeast.com/matthew-whitaker-trumps-new-ag-declared-there-was-no-collusion-between-trump-and-russia    

Mario’s Hell

by northmantrader Oh dear. I don’t envy Mario Draghi right now. But he’s doubled the ECB balance sheet to over 41% of Eurozone GDP since 2014 and he’s kept interest rates at -0.4% since March 16, 2016 and has been advertising an end to QE by the end of 2018. Problem for Mario and the ECB: Growth and … Read more

Washington Post: campaign to pay $375,000 fine for campaign finance violations – among the largest penalties in the agency’s history

by KOS Washington Post: Obama campaign to pay $375,000 fine for campaign finance violations – among the largest penalties in the agency’s history The $375,000 fine is the largest collected by the FEC in the past five years. It ranks within the top 15 fines since 1980, according to a list on the agency’s Web … Read more

Wall Street sees risks everywhere

From the Wall Street Journal: When a trade war broke out between the world’s two largest economies in June, investors barely blinked. After the Federal Reserve raised interest rates — often a reason for investors to sell stocks — the markets kept climbing. As some of the world’s largest economies began to slow down, American markets … Read more

A New Wrinkle in the U.S.-China Trade Dispute

by Shaun Richards Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) parliamentary intelligence forum in Washington, D.C. More than 200 members of parliaments from as many as 60 European countries joined us to hear from such dignitaries as Congressmen Robert Pittenger (R-NC) and Mike McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the Homeland … Read more

Project Veritas Can Now Legally Conduct Undercover Investigations in Massachusetts!

via projectveritas: Massachusetts Law Prohibiting Secret Recording of Public Officials Deemed Unconstitutional US District Court for the District of Massachusetts Rules in Veritas’ Favor “[T]he Court holds that [Massachusetts law] may not constitutionally prohibit the secret audio recording of government officials…” Secretly Recording Government Officials in Public Places Now Protected by First Amendment   (Boston) Project Veritas … Read more

French President Macron Declares “Social and Economic” State of Emergency….

by sundance With massive civil unrest overwhelming many parts of French society, President Emmanuel Macron made a televised speech to the nation attempting to calm the anger. Macron declared a social and economic state of emergency and attempted to stop the ongoing Yellow Vest protests by announcing a special year-end bonus. In addition to the year-end … Read more

AI Researchers Closing In On Being Able To Read Your Thoughts Through Something Called ‘Brain Transparency’

by Geoffrey Grider Reading someone’s mind is not possible, or is it? Recent advances in AI technology have made the living human brain transparent and is already now able to link patterns of brain activity to thoughts. The futurist sci-fi movie ‘Minority Report‘ is on the verge of becoming a documentary as advances in science and … Read more

Here we go…Japan to block use of Huawei, ZTE

via nationmultimedia: THE JAPANESE government intends to effectively ban products of two major Chinese telecommunications equipment makers – Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp – from telecommunications devices at government ministries and agencies, the Self-Defence Forces and other entities, as their products have been described as posing a national security risk, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. … Read more

Gold to Benefit if Fed Rethinks its Policy

From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest stories involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: Gold prices to jump as Fed rethinks path, silver ready to take the spotlight from its peers, and rare gold coins found in Israeli city of Caesarea. Gold prices will jump as Fed rethinks … Read more

58% Adults NEVER Do Muscle-Strengthening… 8 In 10 Lie To Doctors About Their Health

The Big Number: 58 percent of U.S. adults never do muscle-strengthening exercise at all It’s not just getting moving that is important for better health. Health experts say people should have a muscle-strengthening component to their exercise, too. Yet 58 percent of American adults don’t do any muscle-strengthening exercise, according to research. Among the activities … Read more

Patent Wars: Who is Winning the Battle for Tech Innovation Supremacy?

via visualcapitalist: In the technology industry, the imperative to innovate is never-ending. After all, the speed of technological change is exponential – and if a company like Microsoft or Google misses one important trend, it can drastically alter the direction of future prospects. For the above reasons, both tech giants and unicorns are laser-focused on hiring the best … Read more