Fed chairman Jerome Powell on where the money came from to prop up the stock & bond markets: “We print it digitally. So we, you know, as a central bank we have the ability to create money.”

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Never forget by inwallstreetbets If you ever read some DD that says the market is going to crash, or you are looking at buying puts, just watch this video until you stop yourself. There is no way you are going to beat somebody entering numbers into their own bank account Strap in. Shoot your insulin. … Read more

Lawyers Offer To Represent ANYONE For Defying Mask Orders And UNLAWFUL Business Closures

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An increasing number of principled lawyers have offered to represent for free those who are arrested or fined for not wearing a face mask. Attorney Mike Yoder of the Washington D.C. / Virginia area tweeted “We are all doing this free of charge to those willing to fight to preserve our Constitution against unconstitutional orders. … Read more

Communist China Is Preparing Its Military To Overtake Taiwan, Top Taiwanese Official Warns

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https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1285898906023256065 Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned on Wednesday that communist China was readying its military to overtake Taiwan, which is located approximately 100 miles to the east of China’s shores. “Looking on the long-term trend, China appears to be gradually stepping up its military preparedness, especially in air or on the waters near Taiwan,” … Read more

Founder of Never-Trump Super PAC Arrested in $60M Bribery Scheme

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Founder of Never-Trump Super PAC Arrested in $60M Bribery Scheme https://t.co/WprVOH6L7l via @BreitbartNews — Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) July 22, 2020 The founder of a prominent political action committee opposing President Donald Trump’s reelection was arrested on Tuesday in part of a public corruption probe. Matthew Borges, a lobbyist and former chairman of the Ohio Republican … Read more

TEXAS: Dallas Police Arrest 647 Protestors At Once

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‘We Warned Them’: Dallas Police Chief Had Nearly 700 Protesters Taken Into Custody For Blocking Highway Last month, Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall had nearly 700 individuals taken into custody and hit with at-large arrest charges after they blocked a major highway in the city. After blocking the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, 647 protesters were … Read more

Officers Permanently Blinded by BLM-Antifa Lasers

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Watch the latest video at foxnews.com At least three federal officers in Portland may not recover their vision after earlier this week demonstrators, who have shown up in crowds of over 1,000 for more than 50 consecutive nights, shined lasers in their eyes and threw fireworks at a federal courthouse, officials said. During Monday night’s confrontation, one person also threatened to cut … Read more

Packs of children committing carjackings in Chicago. 15 people shot today outside a funeral in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot is worried federal troops will terrorize residents!

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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

Bad Breadth

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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

Its extremely late in the mania era. I think March was just a small preview of whats to come – financial collapse.

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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

Investment & precious metals industry insights on the outlook for gold

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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

A Major Fed Policy Shift

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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

If That Was A Bubble, What’s This?

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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

Microsoft earnings are out – here are the numbers

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by coolcomfort123   https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/22/microsoft-msft-earnings-q4-2020.html Earnings: $1.46 per share, adjusted, vs. $1.34 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $38.03 billion, vs. $36.50 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Growth of Microsoft’s Azure cloud slowed to 47% from 59% in the previous quarter.    

How Much Do Countries Spend on Healthcare Compared to the Military?

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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

Is Your State Getting Its Fair Share of Coronavirus Stimulus?

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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