The Bullish & Bearish Market Case

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by Lance Roberts We dig into the bullish and bearish case for the market as we head into the end of the year. Currently, investors face a conundrum between year-end seasonality and the Fed starting to taper its bond-buying program. Such was evident in a recent email I received from a reader: “I am holding … Read more

CNN: “Don’t Expect To Get Everything You Want” This Christmas And “Expect To Pay Higher Prices”

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CNN reported, “don’t expect to get everything you want” this Christmas and “expect to pay higher prices,” during a segment on CNN’s “New Day” with John Berman and Brianna Keilar on 10/19/2021. Be sure to like, subscribe, and comment below to share your thoughts on the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LMNfqbrng

Portland Police confirm no arrests were made in the violent antifa riot in downtown Portland overnight where they did more than $500,000 in damages to 35 properties & businesses.

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Portland Police confirm no arrests were made in the violent #antifa riot in downtown Portland overnight where they did more than $500,000 in damages to 35 properties & businesses. Police say they believe the rioters changed clothes to evade detection. https://t.co/WN9Ek22je8 pic.twitter.com/eQY5aW5DBi — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) October 13, 2021   h/t ST. FLOYD OF FENTANYL

US Housing Starts Drop 1.58% In September (Permits Drop 7.67%) As Interest Rate Increases And Inflation Loom

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by confoundedinterest17 US housing starts slowed in September to at a -1.58% MoM rate. Permits dropped 7.67% MoM. Now that interest rates are expected to rise … in late 2022, we may be a slowing in the housing market. Here are the numbers. The US Treasury 10Y-3M slope is rising as inflation rises (that inflation curve … Read more

Glenn Greenwald: The Mountain of Data Showing How Authoritarian Democrats Have Become

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Ever since Trump descended the Trump tower escalator, self-identified followers of the Democratic Party have *rapidly* adopted the classic hallmarks of the authoritarian mind. The data we present in this video report is clear, ample and indisputable:https://t.co/YihjSNPgJn pic.twitter.com/GcTLE1wYTc — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 19, 2021 A majority of Democrats trust and approve of *CIA*: from … Read more

SEC says brokers enticed by payment for order flow are making trading into a game to lure investors

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Wall Street’s main regulator released its highly anticipated report on the GameStop mania on Monday. The SEC said online brokerages, enticed to increase revenue through payment for order flow, are turning stock-trading into a game in order to encourage activity from retail investors. “Payment for order flow and the incentives it creates may cause broker-dealers to … Read more

INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED INTO BIDEN’S WITHDRAWL

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The State Department’s inspector general has initiated a review of how the Biden administration withdrew from Afghanistan. The watchdog, or the State OIG, told members of Congress that it notified the State Department of several “oversight projects” related to the ending of operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, according to a letter obtained and … Read more

FED Chairman Powell Under Investigation for Dumping Stocks at Market Top Just Before Economy Slides into Recession. No Mention on MSM.

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Fed Chair Jerome Powell under investigation for dumping millions in stocks amid COVID economic crisis "This sale occurred right before the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered a significant drop."https://t.co/boRsf0rSjk — Khashoggi’s Ghost 🇺🇦🌻 (@UROCKlive1) October 19, 2021 https://twitter.com/mog7546/status/1450173146246569993 America is ALREADY in a recession that could be as bad as 2008: Dartmouth College prof David … Read more

Victims Paid $590 Million to Ransomware Hackers in First Half of 2021: Treasury

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Victims of ransomware attacks paid hackers $590 million during the first six months of 2021, more than in all of 2020, according to an analysis of suspicious activity reports by the Treasury Department. The number and severity of ransomware attacks surged in 2021. Prominent incidents include the hacking of the Colonial Pipeline, which paid the hackers millions … Read more

Kenya: Child killer beaten to death by mob after escaping from jail… confessed to killing 12 children

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say a man who had confessed to killing a dozen children and escaped from detention this week has been killed by a mob. Area Assistant County Commissioner Cornelius Nyaribai confirmed the killing of Masten Wanjala on Thursday. The killing near his home in Bungoma county came a day … Read more

Dems to scale back Treasury’s IRS bank reporting plan amid uproar…

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Senate Democrats on Tuesday will unveil a scaled-back version of a Biden administration proposal to crack down on wealthy tax cheats after conservative groups and the bank industry raised major privacy concerns, three people with knowledge of the coming announcement said. Initially, the Department of Treasury and Senate Democrats had proposed requiring financial institutions to … Read more