Investment Watch Blog

  More than 3,500 unaccompanied teens and children have been held in Customs Border Patrol (CBP) detention centers designed for adults in recent days Most children are spending on average 108 hours in the cramped CBP facilities, DHS data shows, dwarfing the 72-hour limit  The official line from the Biden administration continues to be there … Read more

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1370782495730507777 Different terms, same reality. pic.twitter.com/J3FcqCmgP3 — Alfonso (@alfonso_pza) March 13, 2021 File under: Awkward things the media won’t tell you about 😉 https://t.co/g8F9EcHBOT — Reminiscences of an American Capitalist (@4Awesometweet) March 14, 2021

when people finally feel they have nothing left to lose, that will be the breaking point…and it's coming sooner than you think — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) March 13, 2021 As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race riots, we discuss recreating Black Wall Street with Mayor @gtbynum and @ArielInvests' Co-CEO John … Read more

https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1370479215066353664 https://twitter.com/GreekFire23/status/1370477979948744707 Italy has consistently been 2-3 weeks ahead of the US. We're still in a race against the variants. "Italy saw infections rise by 10% this week compared with the week before … situation is deteriorating as new, highly contagious variants gain ground."https://t.co/b23OxskMxy — Ben Hunt (@EpsilonTheory) March 12, 2021 The biggest threats to … Read more

A whopping 40 percent of small business owners were unable to fill job openings last month—a seven-point increase from January. This finding comes from a new report by the NFIB (a small business advocacy group). The inability to fill jobs comes in spite of the fact that 25 percent of small businesses increased compensation during the same … Read more

U.S. companies now face the highest levels of debt on record — more than $10.5 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or SIFMA. The coronavirus pandemic is only part of the story. The corporate debt market is where companies go to borrow cash. And for over a decade, … Read more

A LEADING US journalist has accused Democrats of promoting an “unfit candidate” to the US’s top political post and of “betraying their responsibilities” to the American people. Dominic Green, deputy editor of The Spectator’s US edition, pointed to the behaviour of the new US President Joe Biden in his limited public appearances. He claimed Mr … Read more

Twitter is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a child sex trafficking victim and relying on Section 230 to do so. The controversial section of the Communications Decency Act, which has recently come under fire from conservatives, is a critical part of Twitter’s argument for the dismissal of the case. “Given that Twitter’s alleged liability here … Read more

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: FVFE01 at 11:59 UTC, 13/03/21 from RJTD VA ADVISORY DTG: 20210313/1159Z VAAC: TOKYO VOLCANO: SAKURAJIMA [AIRA CALDERA] 282080 PSN: N3136 E13039 AREA: JAPAN SUMMIT ELEV: 1117M ADVISORY NR: 2021/159 INFO SOURCE: HIMAWARI-8 JMA AVIATION COLOUR CODE: NIL ERUPTION DETAILS: EXPLODED AT 20210313/1151Z FL090 EXTD S … Read more

Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio threw his weight of support behind the Amazon workers attempting to unionize at a Bessemer, Alabama warehouse. Rubio endorsed the Bessemer warehouse workers’ effort to unionize in a USA Today editorial Friday morning, in which he sharply criticized Amazon. Rubio said the retail giant, which has fought hard against the unionization campaign, has waged … Read more

Theresa Dolata’s voice broke when she urged Minneapolis city leaders to support amendments that would give council members the authority to regulate rent prices in the city. “I don’t want to end up homeless again, I don’t want to be pushed out,” said Dolata, a resident of the Windom neighborhood, speaking at a February 23 city council … Read more

‘Migrant president’: Mexico says Biden asylum policies boost illegals, cartels The Mexican government is concerned that President Biden’s asylum policies are encouraging illegal immigration and providing revenue to drug cartels through human trafficking across the US border. Mexico has asked the Biden administration for help to provide developmental aid to Central America since many of … Read more

NEW YORK — A former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo came forward with allegations Friday that he subjected her to verbal and mental abuse after hiring her because of her physical appearance, becoming the seventh woman to accuse the embattled governor of sexually charged misconduct. The ex-aide, only identified as Kaitlin, told New … Read more

#Bitcoin hits another record >$60k. pic.twitter.com/A1Vtu5I7K4 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) March 13, 2021 #Bitcoin NEW ALL-TIME HIGH! pic.twitter.com/hHst90HZWy — jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) March 13, 2021 COMMODITIES ARE CHEAP AND ARE BREAKING OUT 👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/R98FxoHBl5 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) March 13, 2021 OOPS! Global bonds have lost $1.5tn in value in the past 4 weeks … Read more