The SEC confirms it is investigating SoftBank for market manipulation. Softbank spent $17B worth of shares in the US tech market, with another $3.4B in bets to prop up their prices.

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https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/softbank-says-unaware-of-sec-probe-into-securities-trading On Wednesday, short seller research site PlainSite posted a letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission on Twitter revealing that the agency is investigating SoftBank, the Japanese telecommunications company and investing giant notorious for financing various unprofitable “technology” companies like WeWork, Uber, Compass, and Oyo. Aaron Greenspan, founder of the Think Computer Foundation that … Read more

FINDING GOLD SAFETY IN A COMMAND-CONTROL NEW ERA OF INFLATIONARY POLICY

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By Egon von Greyerz In this 15-minute MAMChat, Matterhorn principals Egon von Greyerz and Matthew Piepenburg look bluntly at the increasingly incontrovertible direction of rising inflation in concert with relatively lower yields, paving the way for longer term scenarios in which inflation rates outpace nominal yields—the ideal setting for precious metal strength. On the inflation side, … Read more

Bruce Thornton: China Owns Our Policy Chiefs

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At a meeting in Alaska last week Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan beclowned themselves in front of the Chinese. During a press conference they decided to use a brief ceremonial statement to tongue-lash, with soothing Diplospeak, the Chinese over their brutal oppression of the Uighur minority, the destruction of … Read more

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Twitter Conveniently “Mistakenly” Censors Photos of Migrant Overflow Cells…Facebook Spends More on Lobbying DC Than Big Pharma and Defense Industry Giants.

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Twitter Conveniently “Mistakenly” Censors Photos of Migrant Overflow Cells Twitter censored exclusive photos from Project Veritas showing thousands of immigrants sleeping on the floor in tight quarters at a Texas detention center, hiding the content behind a filter marked “potentially sensitive.” Twitter later reversed the censorship, calling it an error. Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe … Read more

News ratings, traffic plummet post-Trump

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Data from media tracking firm ComScore as well as the Nielsen company indicated drops in traffic across websites for the Post, which lost roughly one-fourth of its monthly web traffic, as well as The New York Times, which lost roughly 17 percent of its traffic over January and February. In the cable news ratings wars, … Read more

US Will ‘Expel’ India From “Quad of Evil” if Delhi Buys S-400 Missile Systems From Russia, Warns BJP Lawmaker

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Ha!Mughlani Sahu caught between a rock and a hard place. Neighbourhood assessing if Local Dada has the spine equivalent, forget China, at least to Turkey or not. In the end, it is all about US Mil_Industrial Complex dominating arms trade.https://t.co/FYg6tU7Wlo via @SputnikInt — Dipak Gyawali (@dipak_gyawali) March 25, 2021

$spx Top? Who’s selling?

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Who's selling? #bitcoin pic.twitter.com/9Ri10lDBDD — jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) March 24, 2021 With the 10-year yield moderating again (to 1.61%), commentators are less united on what is driving stock market performance these daysMeanwhile, there are some concerns about the retail bid given NASDAQ loses,today's 34% drop in #Gamestop, and stimulus checks spent on reopening pic.twitter.com/2UjwNxdgvr — … Read more

AZ Governor Gives Biden Some Advice for Dealing with Border Crisis

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ariz… Angelica Stabile from FOX News reports, Joe Biden has attempted to ease chaos at the border by advising migrants to turn around but Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey told ABC News’ “This Week” Sunday that he’s got to do better than that to make a difference. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ariz…

Ugly Market Action with Nick Santiago (Ep #231​)

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from Daily Market Wisdom with Nick Santiago For more than 20 years, Master Trader Nick Santiago has been beating the markets. He’s made some incredible calls along the way and now he’s looking to spread the word. There’s no reason that the average trader should be coming up short. So now we’ve started a daily show to bring … Read more