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by Dana Lyons One indicator of investor sentiment just recorded its highest reading in history. Sentiment indicators can be useful tools for investors, mainly on a contrarian basis. That is, generally when readings get overly bullish, it may signal a lack of remaining buyers in the market and vulnerability to a decline in prices. Conversely, when … Read more
by Pamela Williams The more we learn about the FBI, the more shocked we become! TRUE PUNDIT broke the story that the Russian translator, Anatoli Samochornov, actually was working for the FBI under Robert Mueller at the time of the meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and the Russian lawyer. Wow, what a setup…thank God we know. … Read more
by Michael Snyder Did you know that Mexico is the second deadliest nation on the entire planet? The drug war down there continues to spiral completely out of control, and often the violence spills over to our own side of the border. Thanks to President Trump, security along the border is improving, but we still … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In the second quarter in Manhattan, Chinese entities accounted for half of the commercial real estate purchases with prices over $10 million. By comparison, in 2011 through 2014, total cross-border purchases from all over the world (not just from China) were in the mid-20% range. “At a time when domestic investors … Read more
By Michael Snyder The push toward a cashless society is becoming more of a shove. Before today I had never heard of “The Visa Cashless Challenge”, but after reading about it I have to say that I am quite alarmed. Visa is trying to “encourage” businesses to go cashless, and one of the ways that … Read more
by FS The last time we spoke with Jason Goepfert at SentimenTrader.com in May of 2015, he explained that most sentiment measures were showing investors to be all in. This meant, he believed, that returns for the stock market were likely to be weak with a much higher risk for a correction in the months … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBT0Bf1XiPg ASK: WHY HAS THIS DEVELOPED IN THE RECENT YEARS? The answer is simple. Sorry for not linking to all the flash mob articles. I link to the articles re: microwave frequencies below. http://www.theeventchronicle.com/stud… http://www.whale.to/b/rifat.html http://educate-yourself.org/mc/listof… http://www.justproveit.net/sites/defa… http://www.collective-evolution.com/2… http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/resourc… Teens riot near Philly; police do nothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcxDdgIaNWU http://narrative-collapse.com/2017/07… Sunday evening, about five hundred young … Read more
Subprime car loans have been around for ages, and no one is suggesting they’ll unleash the next crisis. But since the Great Recession, business has exploded. In 2009, $2.5 billion of new subprime auto bonds were sold. In 2016, $26 billion were, topping average pre-crisis levels, according to Wells Fargo & Co. Few things capture … Read more
by GoldCore – Bank of England warn that “bigger systemic risk” now than in 2008 – BOE, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) concerns re financial system – Banks accused of “balance sheet trickery” -undermining spirit of post-08 rules – EU & UK corporate bond markets may be bigger source of instability than ’08 – Credit card debt and car … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0909fzZLKJQ Video source links: — https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012… — https://info.publicintelligence.net/U… — https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jo…
by Pamela Williams Why don’t they know that President Trump is continually being stalked for “blown up” and minute assumptions made up by an idiocracy (a government ruled by idiots)? Why don’t they know this? Because they watch fake news! They sit in front of an outdated television set, and they listen to a proven fake … Read more
Annual new apartment completions have been steadily increasing since 2011 and are expected to reach over 346K new units this year, the highest level in 20 years, according to a new study by apartment search website RENTCafé. However, the National Multifamily Housing Council says we need to build more, estimating that as many as 4.6 … Read more
Hussman posted this chart in his latest blog. https://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc170717.htm Speaking of margin debt, Doug Short recently provided this look at investor credit balances and the equity market. The bars (green when positive, red when negative) show the sum of: cash balances in investor cash accounts, plus cash balances in margin accounts, minus the margin debt … Read more
Pamela Williams I am speechless this morning, as I just happened to watch a video that is new, but it is concerning Benghazi, which can never be forgotten. The video maker puts it together with such expertise, you have no more questions after you watch it. Representative Jim Jordan is absolutely brilliant in his … Read more
by Pamela Williams I just watched a video that shocked me. I have to share this, as I have never heard it before. Maybe you have, and I apologize if it is repetitive in any way. Abraham Lincoln said “no man has a good enough memory to be a liar.” Larry Silverstein says on this … Read more
From Birch Gold Group After degrading for decades, America’s public pension system is finally at its breaking point, and the first shoe is about to drop in Illinois. Is this the beginning of the end? Illinois isn’t the only state underwater. New Jersey, California, and several others are close behind. And when one falls, the … Read more
By Michael Snyder Disneyland is known as a place “where dreams come true” and where every story always has a happy ending. But there is going to be no happy ending for the U.S. economy. Wishful thinking has resulted in one of the greatest stock market rallies in history in recent months, but like all … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuFkpvN-_tI It was in February of 2016 when, looking at the latest trends in the Hong Kong housing market, we wrote that in January [2016] Hong Kong home prices tumbled the most since July 2013, and after a 12 year upcycle, prices were now down 10% from the recent peak just four months prior… while … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdsMgaE_3mM Trump doesn’t need the GOP to defend him when some so-called progressives are working their ass off to do it for them. https://twitter.com/johniadarola/stat… READ: http://WWW.COUNTERPROPA.COM James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal! https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/s… New Research Shows Guccifer 2.0 Files Were Copied Locally, Not Hacked http://disobedientmedia.com/2017/07/n… Look what Hillary Clinton … Read more
Trader/analyst Gregory Mannarino says, “I’ll tell you what concerns me. Despite the fact we have a stock market at a record high, housing near record high, interest rates near record lows, tax receipts are down, money velocity is near historic lows and our economy is stuck. . . . So, without the Federal Reserve keeping … Read more
The White House Budget Office says the budget deficit is going to be larger than expected this year by $99 billion. The Office of Management and Budget points to worsening tax revenues to explain why its forecast two months ago is off the mark. The budget deficit is now expected to be $702 billion this … Read more
by Pamela Williams Of course, this is not surprising to learn that the Clintons were proud of killing an unflattering story on them. This is just one of many, but it is very relevant in today’s news. Before, we begin on unflattering emails, I want to present the following Wikileaks emails and the story on … Read more
By Michael Snyder Whenever you let federal bureaucrats get their hands on anything they are probably going to ruin it. During the Obama administration, the Department of Education spearheaded a transformation of American education that was absolutely breathtaking. Over a period of about five years, Common Core standards were implemented in almost every state in … Read more
by Pamela Williams I want to start this report first by saying the meeting Donald Trump Jr. was recently involved in with the strange cast of foreign entities occurred before President Trump was even nominated. In fact, it would be no different than Hillary Clinton having tea with all of her cohorts from foreign countries, including … Read more