On Wire

by Alexander Trigaux At the end of last year, something scary started in the markets, for a brief moment. For the casual investor, stocks and bonds both might have seemed a little shaky. And, for those who watch the market more closely, it all seemed to be coming undone. Fast. Maybe all the prognostications of the … Read more

via cassandracapital: The rise of Quantitative Easing (QE) and other so-called Unconventional Monetary Policies has been one of the most important changes to the world in the last decade. Trust me – it’s right up there with the election of Donald Trump and Brexit. But you could be forgiven for having never even heard of it. … Read more

by Troy By some measures, the stock market’s volatility is starting to go up with the stock market itself. Does this mean that a short term spike in volatility (and short term decline in stocks) is impending? Today’s headlines: VIX and stocks Volatility of volatility Small caps indecision Fed day Oil’s plunge last week Gold miners … Read more

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Besides the Bible, there are many clairvoyants who predict that there will be World War III. Your models predict the rise in war tensions. What is your “opinion” about the prospects for a third world war? JC ANSWER: There is no doubt that we are in the process of a rising war … Read more

by DCG From BBC: Police have made 14 arrests after five separate attacks in London left three men dead and three others injured in the space of 24 hours. An 18-year-old man was stabbed to death at about 16:42 BST on Friday in Wandsworth, south London. Police were called minutes later, at 16:54, to Plumstead, south-east London, … Read more

by jessefelder Stan Druckenmiller recently gave a wide-ranging interview at the Economic Club of New York. One of the insights he shared that I found most valuable was this: 'By far the best economic predictor I've ever met is the inside of the stock market. I don't mean the stock market. I mean the inside … Read more

I Love My Freedom reports, It’s so funny to watch the uninformed get called out on their nonsense. Take these college kids, for example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTy_N2EQejI Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://ilovemyfreedom.org/watch-stud…      

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Read more from Judicial Watch http://jwatch.us/rTPpwg Judicial Watch and the Daily Caller News Foundation released 16 pages of documents revealing former Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and Special Coordinator for Libya Jonathan Winer coordinating with then-House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer’s (D-MD) national security advisor, Daniel Silverberg to work on Russia dossier materials provided by … Read more

via zerohedge: One month ago we wrote that in the aftermath of the shocking government May 24 seizure of Baoshang Bank – not shocking because the bank failed as most Chinese banks are insolvent if left to their own devices due to the real, and far higher levels of non-performing loans, but because the government allowed it to … Read more

By Lance Gaitan As you know, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets every six weeks to decide whether they need to change policy to coax our economy in the right direction. You also know that the Fed has a Congressional mandate to provide maximum employment and stable prices, which it works to achieve by manipulating interest rates. Well, Fed … Read more

by TFittonJW Heavy lifting by Judicial Watch gets huge results — again. A giant mailing by LA County and other actions required by the settlement should result in the immediate and ongoing clean up of the rolls in California: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/california-begins-massive-voter-roll-clean-up-notifies-up-to-1-5-million-inactive-voters-as-part-of-judicial-watch-lawsuit-settlement/ Some background vids:

New Law Would End Social Media Censorship, Leaves Big Tech Is Outraged. Josh Hawley, a republican, has proposed a new law that would remove section 230 protections from big tech giants under certain circumstances. Naturally many of these companies are outraged and demand to have it both ways. They want to have the right to … Read more

by visualcapitalist If you feel like you’ve seen this diagram before, you probably have. Every year, it’s assembled by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a research center founded by UC Berkeley and funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Energy. The ambitious aim is to chart all U.S. energy use in one Sankey diagram, including the … Read more

By David Stockman In a new note out early this week, J.P. Morgan has shot down the idea of a second half resurgence in the automotive sector that many had expected would be the turning point for the industry, which is now mired in recession.