So many people; such a small door…

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So many people; such a small door… — Walter Deemer (@WalterDeemer) September 3, 2020 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1301494296512729089 As toppy as it gets. Financial conditions are flashing warning signal for stocks. Lowest level since the peak of the tech bubble. Prior lows also preceded or coincided with key market tops. Tech bust, GFC, EM crash and Volmageddon. pic.twitter.com/JHuY8Sb5Cd … Read more

Economic Confessions! US Natural Rate of Interest Hits All-time Low (Never Recovered From 2008 Financial Crisis)

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by confoundedinterest17 The global economy never recovered from the carnage created by the financial crisis of 2008. One measure that shows how bad things have gotten is the Laubach Williams “Natural Rate of Interest” or R-star which is now at an all-time low. (R-star is the real interest rate expected to prevail when the economy is … Read more

FAKE News Has Been Around for Thousands of Years

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by Martin Armstrong Many people claim that fake news is just something that Trump made up. They fail to realize that fake news has been a major political tool for thousands of years. The New York Times celebrated Joeseph Stalin as the future and cure for the Great Depression. Their top journalist Duranty even convinced … Read more

California is too broke to pay its pensions, but now wants to explore paying “reparations” to black people who were never slaves

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by: Ethan Huff (Natural News) With no extra money to spare, the state of California is still choosing to bypass the pressing needs of its own citizens with the creation of a new reparations task force, which will decide how much taxpayer cash to hand out for free to people with black skin whose ancestors may have been … Read more

The Two Towers (Of Volatility): VIX, TYVIX And The Federal Reserve’s Reaction Function (M2 Growing At 23.3% YoY)

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by confoundedinterest17 Stock market volatility (CBOE S&P 500 VIX index) and the US 10-year Treasury note volatility are subdued after the recent Corona spike. During the financial crisis, The Fed launched QE1 to combat a declining economy. They repeated the massive intervention in 2020 with QE Infinity. The spread between the VIX and the S&P500 rose … Read more

Amazon Drone Deliveries: The Greatest Threat To Privacy Americans Have Ever Seen

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by mapi Americans have not seen a greater threat to our privacy than the move towards drone deliveries.  This includes Amazon Ring doorbells surveilling families and neighborhoods under the guise of public safety a few years ago. According to an article in the LA Times, the FAA cannot wait for Amazon to use drones to deliver packages to households across the … Read more

If Central Bank economics doesn’t make your eyes glaze over, this VIDEO explains the CB plan now underway to push inflation, install cashless system, take your principal

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Lynette discusses how the Fed has been unable to hit their 2% inflation target, but she says, “The Fed is getting prepared because they expect to lose control of inflation soon.” The Fed plans to quietly introduce a cashless system with an 18 step plan early in 2021. This new system will enable the Fed … Read more

100 Common Medications Linked To Thinking, Memory Problems

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A new study is sounding the alarm for patients taking dozens of common prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Researchers find taking a particular class of drug, anticholinergics, increases the risk of developing mild thinking and memory problems. The study shows there are around 100 of these types of drugs in widespread use. These medications … Read more

Court rules NSA phone snooping illegal — after 7-year delay

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The National Security Agency program that swept up details on billions of Americans’ phone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. However, the unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the role the so-called telephone metadata program played in a criminal terror-fundraising case against four Somali … Read more

Did Joe Biden just threaten America with MORE violence if President Trump is reelected?

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by: JD Heyes (Natural News) One of the most underreported aspects of the current violence, unrest and chaos that continues night after night in major cities across America is the fact that the people creating the mayhem all have the same message: Revolution. Now, most Americans will dismiss such calls as nothing more than empty rhetoric … Read more

Negative Interest Rates Have Arrived To The United States

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by Brian Maher of Daily Reckoning We are often warned that negative interest rates are an approaching menace — not an immediate menace. Yet are negative rates already reality in the United States? Has the unholy day already arrived? Today we don the sleuth’s cap, step into our gumshoes… and unearth evidence that negative interest rates are not … Read more

Day 96 of “peaceful protests” in Portland: Antifa set fire in front of mayor’s condo

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by DCG There’s not much to say about demorat Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler: He’s an IDIOT. You cave to the rage mob and there’s no guarantee they won’t come after you. A fool never learns that they will NEVER be satisfied. SHOT: Ted Wheeler marching with “mostly peaceful protestors.” CHASER: (from Monday night) Using bats, antifa black … Read more

Why Democrats hate the flag: Seeing even a small American flag can make you vote Republican

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by Dr. Eowyn This why “Progressives”, including “woke” corporations like the NFL, are allergic to the American flag and the national anthem. A study found that just seeing even a small American flag one time shifted both Democrats and Republicans toward the Republican end of the ideological spectrum in beliefs, attitudes, as well as voting intentions and behavior. … Read more

Fed’s Return to “Inflation Nation” Could Increase This Retirement Risk

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From Birch Gold Group   Those saving for retirement need to consider the Fed’s latest shenanigans as part of their planning. Not that future retirees needed any more challenges, but the potential ripple effects from the Federal Reserve’s shift in inflationary policy might just “pile on.” A piece at Forbes summarizes one of the potential dangers that this new change in policy could bring: … Read more