The Source of Killer Inflation: Services

by Charles Hugh-Smith The soaring cost of services is driven by a number of factors. What will the future bring: fire (inflation) or ice (deflation)? The short answer: both, but in very different doses. Goods that are tradeable and exposed to technologically driven …

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Max Keiser: All fiat currency should be burned … David Stockman: The undrainable swamp & the inevitable recession … Wolf Street: Is China the epicenter of the next financial crisis? …

by John Rubino Alasdair Macleod: Is a return to the gold standard possible? … Twitter execs debate censorship bias … Max Keiser: All fiat currency should be burned … David Stockman: The undrainable swamp & the inevitable recession … Wolf …

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The Danger of New Lows

via northmantrader: In last week’s Weekly Market Brief I made the case for a coming $VIX spike: “With a $VIX now at 13.5 and a big open gap at 24+ the $VIX is setting up for a rebellion”. Indeed $VIX rebelled this week with …

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How Immigration Destroys the Welfare State

From The Democrat’s Dilemma: The primary reason that mass immigration destroys the welfare state because immigrants receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes. This is not true for every immigrant—some never collect government handouts—but it is true for the …

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He retired at 35 – here are some of his investment strategies

by Simon Black  http://traffic.libsyn.com/sovman/102__He_retired_at_35_-_here_are_some_of_his_investment_strategies.mp3 Today’s episode of the Sovereign Man Podcast features non other than Sovereign Man’s Chief Investment Strategist, Tim Staermose, talking about not one but two highly successful, targeted investment strategies with proven track records. If you are a regular SMC …

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TOP NEWS! Ocasio-Cortez ROCKED By SECOND VIOLATION This Week After THIS COMPLAINT Just Emerged

Washington Free Beacon reports, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y) has been hit with an ethics complaint alleging that the freshman Democrat improperly used House resources for political purposes in violation of ethics rules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyzlBiiu6co Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.chicksonright.com/youngco…  

The Coming Corporate Debt Crisis

via Justine Hall: Behind every great crisis is a great expansion or credit bubble. If you glance back at history this pattern readily emerges—expansions and credit bubbles are the one central theme apparent throughout U.S. crises. This happens because “investors, companies …

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This 2008 Year Keeps Coming Up…

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1104205232920248320 4. Just when you thought S&P500 Operating Profit Margins had reached a permanently higher plateau… h/t @charliebilello $SPX $SPY pic.twitter.com/JroGcdGhk4 — Callum Thomas (@Callum_Thomas) March 9, 2019 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1104024742015713281 NFP is a miss I think.. 😜 pic.twitter.com/zrKs3N7R5t — JoeFriday714 (@joefriday_714) …

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UPDATE: Venezuela buckles under massive power, communications outage… Thousands Protest Maduro… China warns over foreign meddling

Venezuela buckles under massive power, communications outage CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s worst power and communications outage on Friday deepened a sense of isolation and decay, endangering hospital patients, forcing schools and businesses to close and cutting people off from …

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Stock Rollover Could Be Starting

by Chris Kimble The NYSE Index is facing a very important price level as Momentum and the MACD are at the highest levels in a year! The 9-week rally from the late December lows has the NYSE index facing the October, November, …

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Catalysts for a 1987 crash

Catalysts 1) Mueller report soon 2) Bad or no trade deal 3) Weak economic data 4) China deval 5) Banks guide down 6) Brexit 7) North Korea 8) Buybacks are being turned off 9) Hawkish Fed 10) Strong Dollar 11) …

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