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Chicago mayor says she won’t let Trump send feds after drive-by shooting Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared she wouldn’t allow President Trump to “terrorize” the city by deploying federal troops to crack down on violence, even as at least 15 people were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a funeral home in the Windy City. “Under no … Read more

by Dana Lyons Monday’s market breadth was historically poor given the performance in the major averages. Like a breath mint for halitosis, sometimes the performance in the popular, cap-weighted stock averages can mask underlying weakness in the overall market breadth (i.e., advancing vs. declining stocks). As such, market conditions may not be quite as robust … Read more

Equity Options Lean Heavily Bullish – Matter of When, Not if, Current Greed Gives Way To Fear US equity indices have had massive gains in the past four months.  In the options market, calls heavily outweigh puts – to a point where it is beginning to look dangerously lop-sided.  If past is prologue, during such … Read more

by Sam Biggs via Kenesis Investment and precious metals industry industry insights on the outlook for gold In recent weeks, the gold price broke through the $1800 per ounce mark, a longstanding barrier of resistance. Andrew Maguire, precious metals expert, and David Tice, investment specialist have observed indicators in their respective industries that suggest this positive … Read more

by Brandon Smith The most frequently asked question I get these days is what is going to happen in November, 2020. The election seems to be on the majority of people’s minds even more so that the coronavirus pandemic. In the summer of 2016 I accurately predicted that Donald Trump would enter the White House and met endless opposition to … Read more

by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money News July 21, 2020 It may or may not happen at next week’s FOMC, but that hardly matters. What’s important is that a policy shift is coming and the impact upon the precious metals will be significant. Many times already in 2020, we’ve utilized this space to explain why negative real interest … Read more

by jessefelder The following is an excerpt of a Chart Book featured on The Felder Report PRO: Just three stocks, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, make up more than 16% of the S&P 500 Index and over a third of the Nasdaq 100 Index. Together they are now valued at nearly $5 trillion. That’s larger than the … Read more

by visualcapitalist Healthcare vs. Military Spending, by Country Keeping citizens both healthy and secure are key priorities for many national governments around the world—but ultimately, decisions must be made on how tax dollars are spent to accomplish these objectives, and funding must fall into one bucket or another. This infographic from PixlParade examines how much 46 different countries … Read more

by howmuch Congress is now negotiating another round of economic stimulus to counter the coronavirus, and it still remains to be seen exactly what will be in it. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was one of the biggest planks of the previous stimulus effort, offering small businesses forgivable loans in exchange for keeping workers on their payrolls. … Read more

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Why is silver breaking out now and the Dollar as measured by the Dollar Index (DXY) is weak?