The Perfect Financial Storm

by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: Martin, Have read the two blogs on the Emerging Markets. Hit like a cold bucket of ice water. Knew something was coming from all your writings and the EMC, but Wow. Right in front of us. Here is an observation, a thought: Emerging Markets could turn out to be the Sub-Prime of … Read more

Oil Prices Climb As Geopolitical Issues Mount

By Tom Kool Oil prices closed the week on a positive note, as professional buyers are more convinced that oil is trending higher in the short term. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) Friday, March 29th, 2019 While the breakneck growth of U.S. … Read more

JUST NBC THE BIAS

Reporter: The head of NBC News’s political coverage tried to bully me out of a scoop — on behalf of the DNC. It must be noted up front that there’s no evidence that the DNC put her up to doing this. It may be that Dafna Linzer, former WaPo reporter and current managing editor of … Read more

US Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner: “We Are Beyond The Breaking Point”…. Obama DHS Sec: “We Are Truly In A Crisis” At Border

During an interview with CNN’s Brianna Keilar, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Robert Perez confirmed that there is a crisis on the border saying “we are beyond the breaking point.” Be sure to like, subscribe, and comment below to share your thoughts on the video.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LMoq9oKYcc Trump Makes Major Border Wall … Read more

Goldman Sachs: U.S. Drillers Aren’t Hedging Enough

By Irina Slav Oil producers in the United States are not hedging enough future production while oil prices trend higher, Goldman Sachs has warned. According to the investment bank, drillers were now focusing more on shareholder returns and improving cash flows than locking in future prices in a bid to make sure they don’t get burned … Read more

The budget is blowing up in their face and they know it. The tax cuts did not pay for themselves and deficits are ballooning, federal spending is the highest in 10 years….

by northmantrader My take here: The budget is blowing up in their face and they know it. The tax cuts did not pay for themselves and deficits are ballooning, federal spending is the highest in 10 years as tax receipts have been slowing. It’s a receipe for budget disaster. Don’t give me this two faced nonsense: “I don’t think … Read more

GOODBYE! CNN Will Collapse After New Poll Shows DISASTROUS Numbers… Ben Swann ON: Russiagate Has Destroyed What Was Left of Media Credibility

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZCRFFZHMUI Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/26/cn… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzSfBR3qEBQ The tragic comedy known as Russiagate is slowly becoming a part of history. The resistance continues to resist Trump, but clearly the president has the wind at his back. Now is the time for a great reckoning. What are the lessons to be learned? And can the liberal media recover … Read more

Personal income and spending, Border closing

by WARREN MOSLER Income and spending both weakening: Income: Ratcheting down with each setback: Spending: Highlights Consumer spending in January wasn’t able to meet Econoday’s consensus, up only marginally at 0.1 percent even against the easy comparison of December which is now revised yet 1 tenth lower to minus 0.6 percent. Weakness in January spending … Read more

Inverted Yield Curve Fears Are Early

By John Mauldin Last week, the yield curve inverted for the first time since 2007. The yield for 10-year Treasuries fell below the yield for the 3-month T-Bill. The inversion set off alarm bells and US stocks fell sharply. While concerns are reasoned, the alarm bells may be premature. Inversion is an historically reliable but early recession … Read more

The Demise of Democracy

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Leonardo da Vinci Vitruvian man c1510Leonardo wrote: “Vitruvius, architect, writes in his work on architecture that the measurements of man are distributed in this manner”: The length of the outspread arms is equal to the height of a man. From the hairline to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of the height … Read more