Investment Watch Blog

As Boris Johnson finishes thanking the various leaders for joining them at the G7 meeting, Joe Biden interrupts and points & says “and the president of South Africa” even though Boris already thanked him by name. Joe Biden staffers (handlers) then quickly push the press out of the room. That’s how he won the election, … Read more

by Daisy Luther With cyberattacks becoming more and more frequent, we’re starting to see the exceptionally dangerous vulnerabilities in our infrastructure. From the person who hacked the municipal water supply in Florida to the Colonial pipeline attack to the cyberattack that took out most of the power to Puerto Rico, we’ve been shown that the possibilities are infinite. And with … Read more

by Lance Roberts  Over the last couple of months, the Fed started its campaign to prepare markets for a “taper” of its asset purchases. Michael Lebowitz noted that Jerome Powell repeatedly affirmed the Fed “isn’t even thinking about thinking about tapering.” “As Chairman of the Fed, his opinions take precedence over those from other Fed members. Regardless, other … Read more

Wall St. For Main St., Released on 6/12/21 Is inflation “only transitory?” Is the May 2021 inflation numbers the peak for inflation? Consumer prices jump 5% in May, fastest pace since the summer of 2008 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/10/cpi-m… Shadow Stats 1980 CPI Inflation formula says 13% inflation (Updated June 10 2021): http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_… Tavi Costa Tweet from June 10th, 2021 … Read more

Via Birch Gold For this year, Social Security recipients received a 1.3% cost of living adjustment (COLA). Not much, once you consider the economic chaos that happened in 2020. Of course, the COLA is not meant to account for a previous year’s chaos, it’s meant to account for inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI). This year’s … Read more

The looming end of Quantitative Easing? Since the ‘Panic of March 2020’, the financial markets have enjoyed a period of relative serenity. Recently, however, this calm has been broken by the extensive use of the ‘reverse repo’ facility by the New York Fed. What is going on in the financial markets? Is this a sign … Read more

by Kimble Charting Last November, we highlighted a cup and handle bullish pattern on Bitcoin that served as a base for a big rally. All together, Bitcoin rallied from roughly $4,000 last March to $64,000 this April! Wowsers! BUT… since peaking in April, Bitcoin has fallen over 50% to roughly $29,000. Cryptocurrency trading isn’t for the faint … Read more

Is inflation “only transitory?” Is the May 2021 inflation numbers the peak for inflation? Consumer prices jump 5% in May, fastest pace since the summer of 2008 https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/10/cpi-m… Shadow Stats 1980 CPI Inflation formula says 13% inflation (Updated June 10 2021): http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_… Tavi Costa Tweet from June 10th, 2021 with chart of US base money … Read more

Join Mike Maloney, Jeff Clark and Adam Taggart as they discuss some of the latest news including inflation expectations, Bitcoin as legal tender and housing priced in gold. It’s all here in today’s video update, thanks for watching.

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