Investor sentiment is at historic pessimism. Worse than MARCH 2020. Worse than DECEMBER 2018. Even in 2008 – similar spikes led to violent Bear Market rallies.

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Investor sentiment is at historic pessimism. Worse than MARCH 2020. Worse than DECEMBER 2018. Even in 2008 – similar spikes led to violent Bear Market rallies. And lastly – when investors finally got this negative, the 2000-2002 Tech Crash was *over*. pic.twitter.com/o1fhONVIHC — Macro Charts (@MacroCharts) January 27, 2022 🇺🇸 Default Risks Surge Most Since … Read more

And there it is, a Chinese local government effectively encouraging systemic risk. All while the senior CCP leadership and President Xi himself attempt to reduce systemic risk…

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And there it is, a Chinese local government effectively encouraging systemic risk. All while the senior CCP leadership and President Xi himself attempt to….. *checks notes* reduce systemic risk… https://t.co/KCrBunqdZs — Tarric Brooker aka Avid Commentator 🇦🇺 (@AvidCommentator) January 27, 2022 https://twitter.com/PriapusIQ/status/1486584858764001280

A high school in NY reportedly locked students up in a library for not wearing a mask after courts ruled the mask mandate was unconstitutional

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https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1486462708102819842 https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1486536267978268672 I remember when Principal Vernon tried that, until Bender reminded him of the problems if there was a fire. pic.twitter.com/kuY3ZCnXJM — Roger Fritz K8WLS 🇺🇸🇱🇺 (@rogerfritz) January 27, 2022

First Netflix, then Spotify have stood firm against censorship. Beginning of a trend?

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First Netflix, then Spotify have stood firm against censorship. Beginning of a trend? — Jared Dillian (@dailydirtnap) January 26, 2022 BREAKING: Spotify to Take Down Neil Young’s Music After Saying they Need to Choose Between Him or Joe Rogan — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) January 26, 2022 Seems like Neil Young challenged @joerogan to a fight, … Read more

Congress ownership of tech makes tech regulations awkward! Congress, just like the Fed, are the ultimate insiders. Should they be allowed to trade while at the same time supposedly looking out for Americans’ interest?

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This report by @business is just great! Congress ownership of tech makes tech regulations awkward! Guess who owns a ton of tech? @SpeakerPelosi And will she regulate? So far, she's not keen to! She doesn't want to regulate tech. We wonder why… >100 million dollars invested🤗 pic.twitter.com/5n9U1LAxy4 — Trinh (@Trinhnomics) January 27, 2022 Congressional trading … Read more

The Worst Bear Market is Coming

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Jim Rogers on GoldCore TV Legendary investor and adventure capitalist Jim Rogers joins Dave Russell of GoldCore TV to discuss the next bear market, China’s decline, and his top investments. FULL SHOW NOTES AND LINKS HERE

John Rubino – Note to Fed: The Laws of Math Still Apply!

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Jay Taylor Media, Released on 1/26/22 John Rubino runs the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com, opines on America’s precarious economic state and how we should prepare for what is to come. John Rubino is the founder and manager of the popular financial website DollarCollapse.com. Mr. Rubino is the co-author, with GoldMoney’s James Turk, of The Money Bubble and The … Read more

Fed Stands Still Despite 7% Inflation And 3.9% Unemployment (Taylor Rule Suggests Almost 18% For Target Rate, Fed Stays At 0.25%)

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by confoundedinterest17 Despite inflation growing at 7% (versus The Fed’s target rate of 2%) and U-3 unemployment being only 3.9%, one would have thought that Jay and The Gang would have started increasing rates at the January meeting. But nooooo. The Fed actually sat on their hands and did nothing. What did The Fed say? “The Committee … Read more

FED HIKE ‘SOON’… Ending asset purchases in March… Stocks worst start to year — ever…

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WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it is likely to hike interest rates in March and reaffirmed plans to end its bond purchases that month in what U.S. central bank chief Jerome Powell pledged will be a sustained battle to tame inflation. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/inflation-fighting-fed-likely-flag-march-interest-rate-hike-2022-01-26/ The asset purchases will continue for a … Read more

Sears prepares to shutter last large store in Pennsylvania as retail giant fades into history

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The last large-format Sears department store in Pennsylvania, at the Willow Grove Park mall, will close its doors permanently, perhaps in about a month. “They’ve been dropping like flies,” said Jack Batra, who is known on social media as “List Man Jack” and part of a loose-knit community tracking through online postings, media announcements, and … Read more