Investment Watch Blog

Short-seller Jim Chanos warned that retail investors late in the game could be left holding the bag as more red flags emerged in a speculative stock market. “The problem with getting more people, retail, involved is that it always seems to happen toward the end of every cycle. Retail wasn’t there at ’09 at the … Read more

Runaway House Democrats who refuse to show up for the Legislature could soon be detained and arrested by law enforcement and brought back to the state Capitol, after the Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday voided a state district judge’s temporary restraining order barring their arrest.   The high court’s order came at the request of … Read more

The United States economy has over 10 million job openings. According to data from the Department of Labor, the number of positions available in the United States increased to 10.1 million as of the last business day in June — the highest number ever observed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In May, there were … Read more

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterates that the House won’t take up bipartisan infrastructure bill until the Senate passes reconciliation package: “I’m not taking up that bill … they are compatible.” pic.twitter.com/9I6eiLnDXe — The Recount (@therecount) August 10, 2021 The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passes the Senate   After months of negotiation, the Senate voted … Read more

For those who want to push back with strains, and unknown immunity times…from https://t.co/7Qi0fKBaTa👇 pic.twitter.com/nOQwopgtmG — George Gammon (@GeorgeGammon) August 10, 2021 I’m not anti vax, I’m anti vax mandates. And I’m trying to get people to think “Are mandates and vax hysteria really about health and safety?” 🤔 If you don’t have freedom, you … Read more

Senator @tedcruz 100% nails it. Why are we trying to regulate something we absolutely don’t understand?!! pic.twitter.com/9L9r6EJaSp — Bill Barhydt (@billbar) August 9, 2021 Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, went viral on Monday after giving a speech on the Senate floor critical of his colleagues’ attempt to add a provision inside the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure … Read more

The last time Financials were at this level S&P breadth crashed and is now three wave corrective. Two months later, see what happens this time… pic.twitter.com/vfagN6NOVD — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 10, 2021 Volatility is now the biggest risk to this market, because it will trigger dynamic de-leveraging by momentum algos. Which will trigger more volatility, … Read more

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1425142552836153349 Latest data showing daily economic surprises…. pic.twitter.com/Nr4EKyAgmo — CrossBorder Capital/ GLIndexes (@crossbordercap) August 10, 2021 *71 COUNTERPARTIES TAKE $998.7B AT FED'S FIXED-RATE REVERSE REPO — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 10, 2021 Wow. Global equity inflows, rolling 40 weeks, passively allocated. h/t @themarketear pic.twitter.com/6MS42fQJsz — Samantha LaDuc (@SamanthaLaDuc) August 10, 2021 Blank-check companies have taken a … Read more

Senate Democrats, who may be thinking there is not much time before the 2022 midterm elections, are doing their best to assist President Joe Biden in pushing through his picks for judges to the federal bench. And Biden is moving at a breakneck speed. So much so, that Biden has gotten more of his judges installed … Read more

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston added his voice Monday to a growing number of people, inside and outside the Fed, who say the central bank should soon begin to dial back its extraordinary aid for an economy that is strongly recovering from the pandemic recession. Eric Rosengren said in an interview … Read more

A federal judge suggested Monday that federal prosecutors were being too lenient in their handling of cases stemming from the storming of the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers were convening on Jan. 6 to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race. Beryl Howell, the chief judge of the federal court in Washington deluged with more … Read more

Be honest — did you read UnHerd’s “cookie policy” just now, before you clicked “accept and close”? Have you ever read one of those notices? Or do you, like me, agree to anything and everything so long as you can get to the good stuff more quickly? The reason these annoying little pop-ups exist at … Read more

We've also been in this position before. The idea that it isn't political is laughable! — Leave.EU (@LeaveEUOfficial) August 8, 2021 It’s a private company and they can do whatever you want to anyone, right? Nigel Farage’s former Brexit Party (currently the Reform Party) had its bank account shut down, and party leader Richard Tice … Read more