Today was a classic bull trap. In corrections/bear markets the indices open strong but close weak. In bull markets indices open weak and close strong.

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https://twitter.com/RetirementRight/status/1369439064823324672 When is the rug pull? — Special Situations and Restructuring (@MarioBandeleras) March 9, 2021 The stock market’s acting like the government is mailing out checks for people to buy stocks or something Oh wait 😉 — Reminiscences of an American Capitalist (@4Awesometweet) March 9, 2021 “This disconnect between price and fundamentals is similar to … Read more

Why It’s Necessary to End NATO

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Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture On February 24th, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas S.J. Davies headlined “What Planet Is NATO Living On?”, and documented that the U.S. Government and NATO are preparing to invade and conquer both Russia and China, and that this goal is opposed by vast majorities of Europeans, which means that this decision … Read more

Police violence is happening all over Athens

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https://twitter.com/CrossingPlanet/status/1369401563786182668 https://twitter.com/mole_cola/status/1369375494140030978 https://twitter.com/mole_cola/status/1369375338770403336 Is this a weapon or something else? anyone? https://t.co/gs8wlB3p0U — Keep Talking Greece (@keeptalkingGR) March 9, 2021 https://twitter.com/timesuppeeps/status/1369403576913694726 AC

BREAKING – Israel Just Went DARK!

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and now, we see nothing. pic.twitter.com/WOa8z11aCg — Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) March 9, 2021 Newsweek: Israel Developing Plans to Strike Iran over Nuclear Weapons as Joe Biden Deal Falters.https://t.co/esvX1XYQYO via @GoogleNews — 𝕺𝖑𝖉 𝖀𝖓𝖈𝖑𝖊 𝕻𝖚𝖓𝖈𝖍 🦀🍷 (@OldUnclePunch) March 6, 2021   Looks like something SERIOUS is being cooked up.. Israeli Air Force | 122 Squadron🇮🇱 ✈ … Read more

Last tweet by the IAF: “…Get ready for a squadron mission to eliminate a base” may protend an Israeli Air Strike soon on Syria

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Mar. 7: Intense flights of 🇮🇱 #IAF | 122 Sqd, ✈ Nachshon Shavit & Aitam (#SIGINT/#ELINT) and many mock raids over #Lebanon 🇱🇧 during the day. + the last tweet by the IAF: "…Get ready for a squadron mission to eliminate a base" may protend an Israeli Air Strike soon on #Syria 🇸🇾 pic.twitter.com/Y0xCc8qPPG — … Read more

Texas State Senator Paul Bettencourt filed 7 election integrity bills in the Texas Senate.

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Texas State Senator Paul Bettencourt filed 7 election integrity bills in the Texas Senate. This legislation will take steps to ensure that every eligible voter gets to vote & every ineligible voter is denied the ability to engage in voter fraud. TX will have secure elections. https://t.co/9PTHUW3YRh — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) March 9, 2021

China’s top general has called for increased military spending to prepare for a war with the US

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#China's 🇨🇳 top general has called for increased military spending to prepare for a war with the #US 🇺🇸.Gen Xu Qilian, who is second in command of the country's armed forces after President Xi, said China needs to ready itself for the 'Thucydides Trap'.https://t.co/SaVJR7nG8S pic.twitter.com/othMCEK45I — Velina Tchakarova (@vtchakarova) March 9, 2021 Xi tells China’s … Read more

Game of drones: Chinese Giant DJI hit by U.S. Tensions, Staff Defections-Many Workers Leaving To Work For US Based Competitors And DJI Also Shuttering US Locations…

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Based on the Biden Chinese Tech Ban article posted a few days ago, this is a good sign in the Drone industry that the whole industry is beginning to shift in the US! Of course, things could change but seems at least at this point with some of these “canary in the cole mine” actions … Read more

YCC is already in play. The Fed is on its largest buying spree of Treasuries since June 2020.

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It has been buying 80+% of longer duration Treasuries since June and it has picked up its pace significantly this last 4 weeks. — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) March 9, 2021 #recession … #Fed Pushing on a String edition The #Fed #BalanceSheet during the Great Depression, as they created ever more #Bank #Reserves by buying … Read more

Retail investors now accounts for almost as much US trading as all mutual funds and hedge funds *combined*.

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Retail investors now accounts for almost as much US trading as all mutual funds and hedge funds *combined*. Our deep dive into the frenzy, how it differs from past retail trading booms, and whether this will prove a lasting phenomenon. https://t.co/px0KpEIay3 pic.twitter.com/waljyJo1p9 — Robin Wigglesworth (@RobinWigg) March 9, 2021 .I'm sure heavily invested retail market … Read more

Technically Speaking: The Bull Market Is On Shaky Ground

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by Lance Roberts  Last week’s sell-off left the “bull market” on shaky ground. The big question for investors at the moment is whether the 11-year old bull market is ending or is this just a “pause that refreshes?”  While the optimistic “hope” is that this is just a pause within a continuing “bull market” advance, from a money management standpoint getting the … Read more