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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter $21 billion of debt. Off-balance-sheet entities. Moody’s wakes up, downgrades it four notches, with more to come. Steinhoff International Holdings – which acquired nine companies in the past two years, including Mattress Firm Holding in the US, and which presides over a cobbled-together empire of retailers and assorted other companies in … Read more

by moneymetals https://s3.amazonaws.com/ILB_MS_BUCKET/ILB-171208-WeeklyMarketWrap.mp3  DOWNLOAD MP3 Don’t want to listen? Read the podcast below! Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Coming up we’ll hear a truly explosive interview with Michael Pento of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Michael describes for us what may be coming in the bond and fixed income markets and the impact … Read more

Don't be alarmed, but last time this happened stocks corrected -30%… pic.twitter.com/4e5g0eBkTn — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 8, 2017 Market Remains Overvalued The chart below differs from the one above in that the two valuation ratios (P/E and Q) are adjusted to their geometric mean rather than their arithmetic mean (which is what most people think of as … Read more

Mac Slavo December 6th, 2017 SHTFplan.com This coming crisis will hit everyone in the wallet. Money manager Peter Schiff, who accurately predicted the 2008 financial crisis, can already see the writing on the wall – and he says everyone is going to get wiped out. Schiff says that this time, gold will explode and the dollar will … Read more

by Dana Lyons The percentage households’  financial assets currently invested in stocks has jumped to levels exceeded only by the 2000 bubble. Updating one of our favorite data series from the Federal Reserve’s latest Z.1 Release, we see that in the 3rd quarter, household and nonprofit’s stock holdings jumped to 36.3% of their total financial assets. … Read more

Here is the IMF, talking about just a small percentage of the risks in China. Does this mean that China the only country with issues? No. Not even close. But where there are risks, we must identify them. In your opinion, does China pose a serious threat to the global economy? China has faced massive … Read more

Venezuela is the perfect example of what a central bank can do to a currency. Completely destroy it. This is what happens to fiat currencies with central bank control. They expand it until it devalues entirely. Central planning is a failure. Financial and political. But have no fear, Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency, the Petro will save … Read more

by Daniel Carter If you are a freedom loving American, you are probably well aware of the rabid social justice movement. United States college professors have successfully indoctrinated the past few generations with Marxist/Communist ideas, and now it has finally culminated into a movement that threatens to destroy the enlightenment values of the west. People who … Read more

by Daniel Carter Leading up to the 2016 presidential election, candidate Trump galvanized millions of faithful supporters with a message against the Deep State. “Drain the swamp” was the motto he used to signify the coming destruction of the old and corrupt establishment. In the minds of many, this meant an “America first” policy; a policy … Read more

By Michael Snyder The price of Bitcoin continues to rise at an exponential rate, and the financial world is in a complete state of shock.  Just yesterday, I marveled that the price of Bitcoin had surged past the $13,000 mark for the first time ever, but then on Thursday it actually was selling for more than … Read more

by Michael Snyder It appears that something unusual is happening along the California coastline.  Over the past 24 hours, California has been hit by 46 earthquakes.  That is approximately twice the normal daily number, and much of the shaking has taken place in the southern part of the state.  In recent weeks I have been … Read more

From Birch Gold Group Since WW2 the U.S. has witnessed eleven economic recessions. During this time economists have noticed an interesting trend: all those past recessions, except for one in 1960, were preceded by an increase in the price of oil. It’s for this reason that an increase in oil price is often viewed by many … Read more

by Ruby Henley Blackwater founder Erik Prince, ex-CIA officer John Maguire, and Oliver North are advising President Trump to create his own private global spy network, which would report directly to him and CIA Director Mike Pompeo.  At this point, President Trump is surrounded by treasonous US Intelligence Agencies, which are part of the vast … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCTDbbDwy_o Freedom Caucus Members Push To Hold Hillary and the FBI Accountable During Powerful Press Conference. ~~ Links: 1) http://thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/f… 2) Thumbnail image – Rep Matt Gaetz.jpg Fox News, http://thegatewaypundit.com 3) Music – Youtube Audio Library “Ambient Ambulance” https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ VIDEO: 8 Congressmen hold live Clinton ‘Special Treatment’ Press Conference demanding investigation Congressmen Gaetz, Jordan, Meadows, … Read more

By Michael Snyder Either the Republicans are going to give Democrats virtually everything that they want, or the federal government will shut down at the end of the day on Friday.  We have been through this process time after time, and in every single instance the Republicans have always folded like a 20 dollar suit.  … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5mZ-SPCFC8 Trump Just Uncovered Elizabeth Warren Stole $5 BIL From Taxpayers – What She Did With It Will Make You SICK! ~~ Links: 1) https://freedomdaily.com/trump-just 2) Thumbnail image – 1-17-1200×630 (1).jpg Warren, https://freedomdaily.com 3) Music – Youtube Audio Library “Ambient Ambulance” https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/  

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Accounting irregularities” If you’re holding shares or bonds of a company, such as Steinhoff International Holdings — which acquired Mattress Firm Holding in 2016, Sherwood Bedding in 2017, and a bunch of other companies — well, you don’t want to get this kind of corporate announcement, even if you’re the ECB … Read more

by Dr. Eowyn The Congressional Accountability Act (CAA) of 1995 requires Congress and legislative branch entities to follow many of the same employment and workplace laws applied to private business and the rest of the Federal Government. In all, 13 civil rights, labor, and workplace safety laws are applied by the CAA: Occupational Safety and Health Act … Read more

The complete failure of this system is being exposed. The amount of leverage has always, every single time, caused a crisis to expand faster and harder then originally thought. There are no soft landings, Janet Yellen. Only crashes, loss of pension funds, and savings evaporated. You saw it during the Financial Crisis and you’re seeing … Read more

By Chris Black   Eastern Europeans have a saying: we’ve just got out communism, after 45 years of Hell, only to discover that the West is marching (this time benevolently) into the same hellhole we’ve just managed to escape from. And this is not a joke either. The West’s essential institutions are pathologically corrupted by … Read more

Quantitative Easing (QE) and Equity and Credit Performance pic.twitter.com/bPE6kXGSiN — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 5, 2017 CenBanks are the biggest risk to asset prices and the global economy. El-Erian's preview of major central banks in 2018. https://t.co/AxLEEKmMbk pic.twitter.com/2UtGcN3VH9 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) December 6, 2017 Why The Shift To QT Will Cause The Mother Of All … Read more

Market analyst Lynette Zang predicts in the next crash, “real estate, stocks and bonds will all crash.” When will this happen? Zang says, “Enjoy your Christmas,” but in 2018, all bets are off. Zang explains, “In 2018, I don’t think they can hold these things together. I think we will see a major market correction … Read more