What Killed the Middle Class?

by Charles Hugh-Smith Rounding up the usual suspects won’t restore a vibrant middle class. What killed the middle class? The answer may well echo an Agatha Christie mystery: rather than there being one guilty party, it may be that each of …

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Crash Signatures

by Jesse If you have been a long term reader here you know that I have something called a ‘Crash Signature.’ One of the key components of this is a significant decline from a new all time high, that rallies substantially …

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NBC ENTERING RERUN SEASON EARLY THIS YEAR: Days before his death, Wallace Broecker, “the ‘grandfather’ of climate science,” urged scientists to consider deploying a last-ditch solar shield to stop global warming:

via nbcnews: It was time for humankind and the world’s scientific community to begin to seriously study more extreme solutions to the climate crisis, Broecker said. That included creating a massive solar shield in the Earth’s atmosphere, a tactic known …

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Michael Pento: Falling interest rates are “rocket fuel for gold” … Harry Dent on the market’s “dark window” scenario … Peter Schiff: Are debt-laden consumers finally tapped out? …

by John Rubino Chris Martenson: “Ben Bernanke is the father of both Donald Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez” … Bethany McLean on the fraud that is fracking … Michael Pento: Falling interest rates are “rocket fuel for gold” … Harry Dent …

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$VIX Crush

via northmantrader: Every week the village gathers and watches the regularly scheduled public crushing of Mr. $VIX. It doesn’t matter what happens in the world during the week, it doesn’t matter what economic reports may bring, or what earnings reports may …

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