Investment Watch Blog

by Jason Burack of Wall St For Main St Last week Chipotle Mexican Grill announced a 2nd price hike on its menu in just the last few months bringing cheers (and stock upgrades from Wall Street stock analysts). However, in this case what is good for shareholders is bad for the consumer. One one hand, many people on … Read more

by confoundedinterest17 (Bloomberg) While U.S. homeowners may be celebrating their good fortune as home prices surge higher at a blistering 17% year-over-year clip, history suggests the end of quantitative easing will cool things off. A healthy housing market wouldn’t exhibit the out-sized price increases seen of late. No mature market behaves this way unless an unusual exogenous … Read more

by Simon Black By the summer of 1849, Karl Marx was still an obscure writer struggling to make an impact. He had published The Communist Manifesto— a short, 23-page pamphlet– the previous year in 1848. But as yet it had failed to catch on. Marx was operating a fledgling newspaper in Germany at the time. But … Read more

by jessefelder Jim Stack has been assiduously studying markets in an effort to develop and hone a full-cycle investment discipline since he was first introduced to stock market risk back in the 1973-74 bear market. That experience instilled in him the modicum of skepticism needed to successfully navigate major market turning points, both tops and … Read more

Inflation fears surge 10%, double 2018 worries Concerns about rising inflation, especially in housing and food costs, have jumped, doubling the fears of just three years ago, according to a groundbreaking “Inflation Index” survey provided to Secrets. In the new Zogby Poll, the inflation that the public perceives has increased 10%. That is double what … Read more

by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money News Some of you will question why it’s valuable to document the obvious price-rigging by The Banks. The answer? Because remarkably there are still “analysts”, many of whom the precious metals community hold in high regard, who claim the pricing mechanism is fair, honest, and free of price manipulation. For this week’s … Read more

By Egon von Greyerz Watch some of the brightest minds in finance, Grant Williams, Egon von Greyerz, and Ronnie Stoeferle discuss fiscal policy, the “crack-up boom,” inflation, liquidity, and of course gold and silver in these insights from a recent discussion. Central Banks are signaling an integration of fiscal and monetary policy. Retail and institutional investors have been trapped in the belief … Read more

The DOJ Just Said Employers Can Mandate Jabs? Peggy Hallhttps://t.co/Ay3ezA7dva — Mad Mac (@Revelation2041) July 28, 2021 https://youtu.be/d-mM-M0SEVM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xemlfipc8U After the protest was over and everyone had dispersed…VicPol stormed Flinders Street looking for people left behind. I’ve never seen a wall of Police quite like this ever in my life Have a look at the poor family with a baby standing to the side confused and scared. I don’t know about you, but … Read more

In today’s severe weather outlook and discussion, We are going to be taking a look at the threat for severe weather tomorrow that will likely develop across Wisconsin Northern Illinois northern Indiana as well as the Western half of Michigan. This also includes Central and Eastern Minnesota. The latest models indicate that we could actually … Read more

Massive inflation is the proposal it seems with trillions more to be pumped into the economy. Food prices are rising significantly as we see the inflation at this time. More money, cash, debt, entering the system. There is an influx of capital going into the stock market from institutions, money managers, corporations, individual retail investors, … Read more

  h/t Old Man