On Wire

by David Haggith The 1929 stock market crash became the benchmark to which all other market crashes have been compared. The following graphs of the crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed, the dot-com crash, and the stock market crash during the Great Recession show several interesting similarities in the anatomy of the world’s … Read more

by Robert Carbery I used to think current National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster was possibly worth having around. His book decrying the Vietnam War seemed credible and pointed to him having some sense about his philosophy regarding the exertion of American force abroad. He dug into the lies that led to the runup of the … Read more

by Martin Armstrong The retail sector has been stagnant and most people are blaming AMAZON. A closer look is really required rather than the typical superficial analysis. Today, online sales represent only 8.5% of total retail sales. Amazon comes in at $80 billion in sales, but this merely amounts to just 1.5% of total U.S. retail sales, … Read more

By Michael Snyder The bigger they come, the harder they fall.  On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a record high for the ninth straight session.  It has been a remarkable run, but many experts are pointing out that big trouble is brewing under the surface.  As you will see below, 79 components … Read more

Tears Of Heaven   There is a soft rain, Tears of heaven,   Angels in pain, Tears of heaven,   They fall to earth, Tears of heaven,   We give birth, Tears of heaven,   Father knows why, Tears of heaven,   His beloveds cry, Tears of heaven,   As we die, Tears of heaven, … Read more

by Pamela Williams America First Media Press Release RE: Seth Rich?—?MPD Body Camera Program August 6th, 2017 BODY-WORN CAMERA PROGRAM (GO-SPT-302.13) America First Media is officially requesting a proper and formal statement, with follow up, to address concerns related to the body camera equipment used by the Washington Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on the morning of July 10, … Read more

by Pamela Williams   Jeff Sessions has proven to be compromised.  Tom Fitton wants Trump to know he will be taken out unless he gets rid of Sessions.  I wish I could say that I am surprised, but I am not really. Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch is a man who can be trusted, so we … Read more

According to the latest readings on Yale’s one-year investor confidence indices (so, percentage of respondents who think stocks will be higher a year from now), both the “smart” money and the “dumb” money are now 100% confident that nothing can go wrong (basically – the individual survey is at 98.92): https://heisenbergreport.com/2017/08/06/chart-of-the-day-100-confident/ https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/894287152107970560 Be afraid — everybody seems … Read more

by Mark Angelides A bit of news has come out of Wikileaks that seems to suggest that Robert Mueller had a career in the FBI that doesn’t quite fit what we could consider a “regular role.” Three incidents during his career as FBI Director come across as highly suspect; and it makes one wonder if … Read more

by Mark Angelides Politicians, state workers and the media talk constantly about how we must be doing more to get children into college, especially those from minority backgrounds or poorer families. But what is ignored is the fact that the number of people enrolling is nothing like the number of people graduating; at Cal State, … Read more

by Pamela Williams Jeb Bush has just noticed the Awan Scandal, and he has announced he wants Debbie Wasserman Schultz indicted.  Praise God!  Finally someone with some clout is hearing the Imran Awan story, and is outraged.  Jeb Bush took to Twitter to target follow Floridian, Debbie Wasserman Schultz.  He is demanding an explanation for her … Read more

by Pamela Williams Investigator George Webb just did a live streaming video, and I wanted to catch up with what he is doing.  I have been following George a long time, and I believe in him.  I know he has had some bad press, but I believe he is legitimate. He talks about Imran Awan and … Read more

by Michael Snyder Is Donald Trump even going to make it to the 2020 election? The rumors that the deep state is planning to make a big move to try to remove President Trump have become a deafening roar, and if they are ultimately successful they are going to unleash a time of chaos and … Read more

by John Rubino Someday, stock, bond and real estate valuations will matter again. And the mechanism by which this return to sanity is achieved will probably be the torrent of money now flowing in from people who, for various reasons, don’t care about (or understand) the prices they’re paying. Millennials, for instance, seem to have … Read more

By Michael Snyder I am about to share with you one of the strangest things that I have come across in a very long time.  In the late 1800s, author Ingersoll Lockwood wrote a series of novels which appear to have striking parallels to events happening today.  In his first two novels, The Travels and … Read more

by BNI European Council President Donald Tusk believes Poland’s future in the European Union could be in jeopardy over the country’s many disputes with the EU, especially over illegal alien Muslim invaders. Daily Caller  Tusk — who served as the Polish prime minister between 2007 and 2014 — is worried that Poland’s ruling Law and Justice … Read more

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/893445565459116032 ‘The bull market could continue forever’ — strategist Jim Paulsen outlines conditions Markets ‘got a good gig going’ until inflation rears its head: Jim Paulsen from CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/04/the-bull-market-could-continue-to-forever–strategist-jim-paulsen-outlines-conditions.html   Civilian Unemployment Rate Grey areas = recession pic.twitter.com/0rLszvMweK — Sven Henrich (@NorthmanTrader) August 4, 2017   https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/892783512264335360 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/893411765379313664 The vast majority of S&P 500 companies … Read more

by Mark Angelides The Young America’s Foundation conference in Washington DC played host to Brexit front man and former UKIP leader Nigel Farage last week. His speech has filled column inches and been dissected by news agencies on both sides of the debate; and he has cemented even further his reputation as a Statesmen, thinker, … Read more

By Michael Snyder Have you ever asked yourself this question? Ever since I decided to run for Congress, I have spent quite a bit of time thinking about how divided our nation is.  Donald Trump has become the most hated person in America, earlier this year a gunman tried to kill as many Republican members … Read more

by Dana Lyons A new take on the issue of diverging transportation stocks – red flag or red herring? After breaking out to all-time highs following last fall’s presidential election, transportation stocks spent the first half of 2017 consolidating that move. Finally, last month, the Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJT) managed to break out to new … Read more

by Disobedient Media Disobedient Media spoke this evening with Suzie Dawson of the New Zealand Internet Party , regarding the upcoming live drafting event of the Anti Spy Bill. Dawson was forced to leave New Zealand due to government sanctioned harassment she received in response to her activism, and now resides in Moscow. The Anti Spy Bill will be drafted live … Read more

When is the crash coming? Internet data mining expert Clif High says, “We are crashing now. That’s the problem. We may not have a big crash down, but we are crashing now in the form of the crack up boom. . . . When your currency is dying, and we saw this with the greenback … Read more

by Jesse Apparently the Banks have been lobbying heavily, and expending significant amounts of money again, leaning on their Congressmen and pressuring regulators, saying that their capital standards need to be relaxed so that they can make more loans to stimulate economic growth. But that, according to the FDIC Vice-Chairman, is utter nonsense. “Hoenig, who … Read more

by Pamela Williams   This should enrage the American people to the point of revolution!  Each day, that Mueller continues the façade of a Russian Interference Probe is another blow to the intelligence of the American people.  Not only that he is destroying the dignity of the office of of the Presidency and making a sham … Read more

by David Haggith One reason I started my own economics blog was because of how tired I was of reading government-regurgitated half truths about the economy. Nothing has changed. As Newsmax and other publications report this week that July was a bumper month for lower-wage earners, I continue to have to sift for myself through all the glitter … Read more