On Wire

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Commercial Property Bust to hit Multifamily Rentals in San Francisco & New York, the Most Expensive Markets in the World Two reports – one on the most expensive rental markets in the world, and the other on the top multifamily “Sell Markets” in the US – have the same winners: San … Read more

By Gabrielle Seunagal   Today is marked as “A Day Without Immigrants.” This movement has been engendered in response to President Trump’s steps to halt illegal immigration and entry from countries known for dangerous, anti-American ways of life and citizens who wish do harm the people of this great nation. A Day Without Immigrants is … Read more

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Marty is the rumor true that there is huge short-covering going on that is taking the US share market higher? ANSWER: Of course. As I have stated, our model tends to show the point of no return is in the 23000 level, not here. This rally since 2009 has been the … Read more

by Victor Mozambigue Global economic changes and policy makeovers at home could be signaling turmoil for the US economy. While not all the changes will be negative, the impact of certain issues can be tumultuous for the economy. What starts at the stock market will likely end up creating ruckus in the average American household? … Read more

by Victor Mozambigue   Bubbles in any economy are signals of eventual doom. Bubble signals from optimism have far bigger consequences. America is trapped inside a similar bubble of optimism right now. In fact, America has not seen such extremes of optimism since Ronald Regan. Americans, hopeful about making their nation great again, are bubbling … Read more

https://twitter.com/cea_simon/status/832188147488452610 Intelligence officials have reportedly kept sensitive information from President Donald Trump out of concerns that The White House may be compromised by Russia and the information could fall into the wrong hands. The Wall Street Journal reported (paywall) on Wednesday that the spies are withholding the information out of a lack of trust in … Read more

by Pamela Williams I had no idea Ashton Kutcher had quit acting to run his business called THORN, which rescues child-sex trafficking victims. He goes on police raids, and he says he can never forget what he finds. He said one little girl, the age of his own child, was being raped by a man, and … Read more

by Umar Farooq Hedge funds longs in gold, gold ETFs, gold futures, and the gold miners have suddenly shot up to new all-time highs. If it turns out that the new administration policies do well, inflation will rocket, sending gold through the roof.   Source: marketwatch   “Worried about new supply quickly coming on stream … Read more

by Mark Angelides Fascism, Communism, Marxism and Socialism are far closer bedfellows than practitioners would have you believe. Their pervasive influence has been felt in the U.S from nursery schools all the way to the White house. The historical ties between these ideologies are difficult to ignore, and they are still very much present in … Read more

by Umar Farooq China bears haven’t been dissuaded by its 6.7 percent full-year growth as there are so many clouds circulating around this high growth indicator.   “The good news is that Chinese growth has stabilized and I expect this to continue for 2017,” said Tao Dong, senior advisor of private banking for Asia at … Read more

by Umar Farooq   Ever since President Trump has taken oath of the office, investors have been pushing major stock indexes to record highs on the bet that new administration will roll back financial regulations, cut taxes, and increase fiscal spending, all of which could help boost profits in corporate America. However, many investors are … Read more

By Michael Snyder When the cost of living rises faster than paychecks do year after year, eventually that becomes a very big problem.  For quite some time I have been writing about the shrinking middle class, and one of the biggest culprits is inflation.  Every month, tens of millions of American families struggle to pay … Read more

by Mark Angelides   The refusal to pay taxes for a moral concern has a long and noble tradition in America. The original Boston Tea Party was linked to taxation and protest, as was Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience, in which he said: “If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine … Read more

By Michael Snyder The ruthless political assassination of Michael Flynn was just one battle of a major civil war that has erupted for control of the U.S. government. Donald Trump and his new administration are now under relentless assault by “the deep state”, and at this point it is not clear who will emerge as … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLQSPjQjSbo Breaking: It’s Happening! Trump’s Draft Executive Order On Welfare Is About To Change Everything Folks! http://redstatewatcher.com/article.as… http://conservativetribune.com/next-e… A copy of a draft order reported by The Washington Post earlier this month (subscription required) and being circulated among cabinet members seeks to address what the order describes as a massive burden on the American taxpayer. The order calls … Read more

by Pamela Williams I am in such shock that a “Senior Intelligence Agent” would tell this to former NSA Intelligence analyst: Now we go nuclear. IC war going to new levels. Just got an EM fm senior IC friend, it began: “He will die in jail.” Now we go nuclear. IC war going to new levels. … Read more

by Victor Mozambigue Nervous investors are always good news for the yellow metal. Whenever political uncertainties start affecting the financial markets, investors find a safe haven in gold. This time around, the stocks are more uncertain than ever and a globalized fear of a depression is fueling the investors’ demands to hold more gold. The … Read more