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Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, President Trump spoke to reporters on Christmas morning. The president is working on Christmas Day while lawmakers are at home with their families. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14XQ0pJQH7c Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018… President Trump blasted the “open borders” Democrats during his discussion with reporters. President Trump: The people of this country want border security. … Read more

LIVE:YellowVestProtests continue in Paris for seven weeks in a row BAC men beat up a Yellow Vest protester on the ground, Toulouse. Avignon nord super marché 29/12/2018 tensions at the super market Riot Control: French govt to buy more non-lethal weapons despite serious injuries they are now before a radio station shanting journalistst come down … apparently … Read more

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hello Mr Armstrong I would like first to thank u for all the good information u give to us i have just a question : why do u write the fed need to increase rates to save the us pensionneers Not realy clear for me ( and maybe a lot of people) … Read more

by Chris Martenson Here in the brief period between the winter holidays and New Year’s Eve, as a writer, I’m obligated to pen a few pleasant, cheerful reflections. But I have to confess, I’m just not feeling it this year. Peering into the future, I’m not seeing much that’s pleasant or cheerful. So here’s the best … Read more

by Dr. Eowyn William Nardi reports for The College Fix, Dec. 24, 2018, that a new student club, Satanic Students at NC State, just completed its inaugural semester at North Carolina State University (NCSU), a taxpayer-funded public university. According to the satanic club’s website: The mission of Satanic Students at NC State University is to 1) encourage … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Forced selling by loan funds in the once red-hot $1.3-trillion “leveraged loan” market. Part of the $1.3 trillion in “leveraged loans” — loans issued by junk-rated overleveraged companies — end up in loan mutual funds and loan ETFs. These funds saw another record outflow in the week ended December 26: $3.53 … Read more

The MSM pushed the idea that Trump broke military regulation, big fail. Comey’s confession shows that the dossier was never verified and the FISA warrant was obtained illegally. [D] introduce bill, Mexico will pay for the wall.Trump threatens to close the southern boarder. Stats for websites and social media sites are turning out to be … Read more

The housing market continues to decline, pending homes sales have now crashed to their lowest point in the last 4 years. The Fed will continue to raise rates until the entire system rips itself apart, this is plan, patriots are in control. CNBC slipped out with the idea that the Fed propped up the stock … Read more

by TFittonJW   Congress dithers as our border is under assault. @RealDonaldTrump should deploy our military to secure our border. And if the feds won't act, then the states should deploy their national guards…. https://t.co/czNZ9EXgtf — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) December 28, 2018

by Michael Snyder  After 125 years, it is time to say goodbye.  At one time, Sears was the largest retailer that the world had ever seen by a very wide margin, and it was a shining representation of America’s seemingly endless prosperity.  But now the end has come, and Sears will be liquidated.  Oh sure, things … Read more

via visualcapitalist: The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. Just like children eagerly anticipate the arrival of the big man in the red suit, stock traders have a similar holiday tradition of importance. According to the 2019 Stock Trader’s Almanac, there’s an average 1.3% market rally in stocks that occurs every year … Read more

From Birch Gold Group A lot happened in 2018, and while it would be a challenge to cover them all, there are three big trends that appear to have defined this year economically. And, each of them had an impact on retirees, investors, and the overall U.S. economic picture. Here’s a review of 2018 in light of each of these … Read more

by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “Commentators keep asking why the Fed can’t raise rates if the economy is so strong? They still don’t realize that the economy was never strong. They confuse a bubble for strength. Without 0% rates and QE the bubble can’t survive. But a return to those policies kills the dollar” – Peter … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Sales decline to steepen, no respite in sight. The reasons for the housing-market downturn are in the eye of the beholder, as we will see in a moment. But whatever the reasons for it may be, the data on the housing market is getting uglier by the month. Pending home sales … Read more

by Kimble Charting Any large decline in stocks often brings up the question, should one start buying the dips or selling rallies. The decline of late and the bounce higher the past few days most likely have millions of investors around the world pondering this very question. This chart overlays the Dow Jones Home Construction index and the S&P … Read more

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