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DON’T PANIC! Everything is fine. Go back to sleep, my little sheep. Papa government will take care of you. Right? While the US stock market has been receiving the benefits of the global quantitative easing increase over the last few weeks, certain stocks haven’t been so fortunate. While China’s central bank injected the largest amount … Read more
by Chris Our philosophy has not changed at all. What was interesting was to hear Axel, who has very direct connections to current and past Fed officials, clearly admit that Powell is now seen as being no different from his predecessors. Jerome Powell is just as much of a market-fixated junkie as Yellen or Bernanke. … Read more
From Birch Gold Group Some are under the impression that gold’s performance in the U.S. is not as good as it should be, considering we had a rather uncertain year last year. In the U.S., even economists who favor the dollar gold price might be blind to an upcoming rise in the financial power of the precious metal. … Read more
by TFittonJW The Mueller operation’s credibility is also shattered. President Trump should shut it down. The shocking revelations about Bruce Ohr's warnings on Steele, the Dossier, the Clinton connections, etc are direct strikes on already low credibility of FBI, DOJ, and the FISA courts. The Mueller operation's credibility is also shattered. @RealDonaldTrump should shut it … Read more
by Amy S. “No point is more central than this, that space is not empty, it is the seat of the most violent physics.” – John Wheeler To begin with, “free energy” refers to the idea of a system that can generate power by taking energy from a limitless source. A power generated free from the … Read more
by Daisy Luther Feeding your family when you’re flat broke isn’t easy but it can be done. What would you do if you suddenly need to prepare for a lean month ahead on a tight budget? Imagine you only had $400 or so to purchase all food and essentials for your whole family for a month. … Read more
by Bix Weir of Road To Roota Deutsche Bank CEO states they are ready for ANY Brexit Scenario…as long as it is delayed for a long, long time! Otherwise they are completely screwed…and so is the rest of the Global Financial System!
by Martin Armstrong If you ever needed proof that government is collapsing, here it is live and in full color. Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was just placed on the House Financial Services Committee. Who is the Chairperson? None other than the controversial Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). We now have two people with absolutely NO expertise in this field going … Read more
Via Motley Fool America’s malls and shopping centers said farewell to Bon-Ton, Toys R Us, Brookstone, Starbucks’ Teavana, and Lowe’s-owned Orchard Supply Hardware stores this year. That followed the relatively recent loss of Sports Authority, H.H. Gregg, Radio Shack, and a handful of others. Some call it a retail apocalypse, but the reality is that’s it’s poor management and … Read more
by Glenn West (follow Glenn on Twitter) of West Pacific Trading Analytics WestPacific Market Analytics Weekly Market Forecaster Newsletter wstpacglenn@gmail.com Special Report It has come to my attention that there is a lot of talk around the internet about ‘blood moons’ and a crash window from January 18th into February 7th I only listen to one thing and that is the … Read more
by northmantrader I’ll provide a more in-depth technical update over the weekend, but just some quick thoughts and perspective as we are witnessing this melt-up during this OPEX week. My main message: Stay Alert. Markets are back inside the consolidation range they broke below last December. What crash? What correction? It’s as if nothing has happened. … Read more
by DCG One big expensive tent/Photo from Harbor of Hope Doesn’t matter as there are always taxpayer funds to cover the costs. FYI: From the brief search I was able to do about this private developer, Homer Williams, it looks like he’s got a questionable history with his developments. As reported by Oregon Live: Despite promises of a private-sector … Read more
The New Democracy and Golden Dawn coalition is positioned to storm the Greek Parliament in a matter of months! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAop1LiVJBM
via 321gold: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The post-Christmas stock rally extended through Wednesday as the small-cap and tech stocks led the way, with the Russell 2000 up 14.3% and the Nasdaq up 12.5%. The SPX and Dow are up 10.4% and 10.1% respectively. During the stretch between December 26th and January 17th, the Russell 2000 index experienced … Read more
via Zerohedge: Earlier this month, when we reported that in the latest warning about China’s housing sector, the Communist Party’s People’s Daily warned that China’s regional economies need to reduce their reliance on the property market for growth and instead focus on sustainable longer-term development, we wondered if “something was afoot with China’s housing sector.” … Read more
by John Ward Mainstream television “news” is now so awful – off the point, dumbed down biased, D-noticed and neo-propagandist codswallop mixed with lachrymose little boy saves tiger ‘human interest’ vomit – it’s time someone found another word for the generic. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ This morning’s risible effort on Sky Sunrise was a classic. The broadcaster gave two … Read more
BY JOHN MAULDIN A Federal Reserve policy mistake is our top risk this year. Correction: The mistake is already happening. So that’s less a forecast and more a recognition of reality. The Fed is raising rates and reversing its quantitative easing. At the same time! They should be doing one or the other, not both. The media and … Read more
by Dana Lyons U.S. stocks are testing perhaps the most important line in the entire market. If you’ve followed us for any length of time, you know that our favorite equity market index is the Value Line Geometric Composite (VLG). As a refresher, the VLG tracks the median U.S. stock performance among a universe of roughly … Read more
by Daisy Luther As I’ve written before, the government shutdown is a perfect demonstration of our politicians participating in partisan showmanship, with poor people as the victims of their theater. As individual states desperately attempt to take care of the people depending on them by sending out food stamp benefits early, the theater in Washington DC … Read more