Investment Watch Blog

Supreme Court clears way for prosecutors in New York City to receive eight years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns and other financial records as part of an ongoing investigation into possible tax, insurance and bank fraud in Trump’s business empire. — Andrew Neil (@afneil) February 22, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — In a significant … Read more

by seebz69 The (Forgotten) Deal In December 2018, Cronos Group Inc. Announced C$2.4 Billion Strategic Investment from Altria Group, Inc. Altria Group bought a 45 percent stake in leading cannabinoid company Cronos Group for about $1.8 billion. Altria also has a warrant that would allow it to increase its stake in Cronos to about 55 percent at a price … Read more

From the article itself: Roughly 20% of new Bitcoin is mined in Xinjiang, the site of some of the world’s most egregious human-rights abuses. Today, Bitcoin’s association with Xinjiang is barely discussed. But that may change. For public-facing funds considering investing in the notoriously volatile asset, there are two other risks to consider. The first … Read more

Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Trump activist, was shot in the neck at close range, apparently by a law enforcement officer, and died of the wound. That was the only shot fired at the Capitol that day. The liberal commentator Glenn Greenwald further diminishes the ‘armed insurrection’ meme in an important column titled ‘The False and Exaggerated … Read more

by Shaun Richards So far 2021 has been a rather unsettling one for central bankers. There have been two main drivers of this. One is the rise and rise of Bitcoin which I note saw new highs over the weekend. But today’s subject is something that sends a deeper chill down their spine. Whilst we … Read more

The Indiana Senate on Tuesday voted 37-8 to pass a bill that would give the government broad powers to seize assets from people suspected of “unlawful assembly,” which, under state law, is defined as “an assembly of five (5) or more persons whose common object is to commit an unlawful act, or a lawful act by unlawful means.” If that sounds … Read more

DIGI, a nonprofit industry association that represents tech giants in Australia, including Facebook, Google and Twitter, has announced that the sites have agreed to a code of practice to fight misinformation on their platforms. The group, incorporating Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Redbubble, TikTok and Twitter, has agreed, following pressure from the Australian government, to take the … Read more

Texas utility regulators will temporarily ban power companies from billing customers or disconnecting them for non-payment, after the deadly winter storm that caused widespread blackouts, Governor Greg Abbott said on Sunday. Abbott called an emergency meeting with state lawmakers on Saturday after reports of many customers receiving bills for thousands of dollars for just a … Read more

https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1362922706048602112 Every politically controlled educational system will inculcate the doctrine of state supremacy sooner or later, whether as the divine right of kings, or the “will of the people” in “democracy.” Once that doctrine has been accepted, it becomes an almost superhuman task to break the stranglehold of the political power over the life of … Read more

Merseyside Police outside an Asda store today. “Being offensive is an offence.” Staggering. pic.twitter.com/VBeCJsDS2s — Paul Embery (@PaulEmbery) February 21, 2021 A 48 sheet poster, printed and promoted by the police, that contradicts UK law. It’s no wonder people are being harassed on the streets for eating a sandwich, when we let these away with … Read more

by Michael Snyder Even if we weren’t facing an apocalyptic future of our own making, humanity would still be doomed due to the nightmarish reproductive crisis that we are now facing.  Just about every measure of human fertility that you can measure is dropping precipitously, and this is particularly true in the western world.  As … Read more