by Martin Armstrong We are approaching 31.4 months this February from the original Brexit referendum on June 23, 2016.After such a period, the British government’s incompetence is shining through. The EU wants a hard border in Ireland all because …
by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks US stocks index futures are hovering near pre-market lows following EU and Bank of England corporate profit warnings with front-month Dow Jones minis –0.60%, S&P 500 minis –0.61% and Nasdaq 100 minis –0.54% Canaccord stocks strategists are …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Standard Chartered has forecast that Russia will overtake Germany as the world’s fifth largest economy, possibly as early as next year in 2020. Would you care to comment if that is possible? GP ANSWER: It is clear …
by Martin Armstrong The reality these days are that more than 50% of older workers are pushed out of their longtime jobs before they choose to retire. The major factor in this trend is their pension. Pensions are bankrupting both …
by TFittonJW .@JudicialWatch sued for Secret Service records for Bill Clinton's alleged trips with Epstein. No records found, as I recall. https://t.co/qnD8PUvVZn — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) February 6, 2019 https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-for-secret-service-records-of-costs-for-bill-clintons-trips-to-caribbean-island-owned-by-registered-sex-offender-jeffrey-epstein/ (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that on June 15, …
There’s an old story from Roman history about Cato the Elder trolling the peaceniks in the Roman Senate by dropping figs on the floor. The hook was that the figs were from Carthage, Rome’s rival for supremacy in the Mediterranean. …
Many popular iPhone apps secretly record your screen without asking Many major companies, like Air Canada, Hollister and Expedia, are recording every tap and swipe you make on their iPhone apps. In most cases you won’t even realize it. And they …
BY PATRICK WATSON Actions speak louder than words. That’s why surveys asking people what they think about the economy aren’t always useful. Their actions might not match their words. Of course, attitudes are important because they guide our decisions, even though we don’t …
by Michael Snyder A historic interfaith covenant was signed in the Middle East on Monday, and the mainstream media in the United States has been almost entirely silent about it. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb is considered to be the most important imam …
by John Rubino David Stockman: Central banks have created a “fiscal doomsday machine” … McAlvany on “the central bank gold rush” … Rick Rule: Palladium has “tremendous sp;
Did Mueller’s team know Steele dossier was biased? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CI9G…
by TIMOTHY_TRISMEGISTUS The plan has ways been endless war, and for much of the 20th centuries the US entered and exited engagements at will, with only minor propaganda necessary to assuage the people. After Vietnam, their failed intentions to invade …
by Martin Armstrong Trump should reverse what the Clintons did to student loans. He should RESTORE the right to go bankrupt. This huge problem was created by the Democrats who exempted student loans from normal protection for consumers. In addition, the bankers …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital Let’s cut through the nonsense. The only reason that stocks are rallying is because investors are hoping the Fed has reinstated its policy of inflating stocks… However, HOPE is very different from reality. And the …
TradersChoice.net, Released on 2/6/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several …
Hat tip to RiNS via by Dick Morris When Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 through an extradition warrant from the United States, American media described in detail how the company …
by Egon von Greyerz The statement above is of course totally accurate for a country running budget and trade deficits for over half a century with a total debt, including unfunded liabilities, in the hundreds of trillions of dollars. It …
by gingerwittasoul I just received “debt consolidation” offers from Crisp Funds and Whistler Funding. I found it odd they were essentially identical, seemed to offer too good to be true rates and had no Reg Z disclosures. In the little …
by DCG Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan Unlike private developers, Seattle doesn’t have to worry about making a profit (or even breaking even). There’s always more taxpayer dollars available for the taking! From MyNorthwest.com: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is moving forward with her about $90 …
by Charles Hugh-Smith The economy is far more precarious than the surface boom/bubble suggests. A great many households, enterprises and municipalities are in overloaded boats whose gunwales are just a few inches above the water; the slightest wave will swamp and …
via Bloomberg: Ten years after the financial crisis, central bank interest rates remain near record lows and below zero in many countries, so the question is how well monetary policy would be able to respond to counter any future economic …
via marketwatch: At the end of 2017, 27% of prospective home buyers thought their house hunt would get easier in the months ahead, but by the end of last year, that number had dropped to 19%. Over the same period …
by confoundedinterest MarketWatch has the tantalizing headline of “The Average Adjustable-rate Mortgage Is Nearly $700,000.” True, the average loan size for ARMs (adjustable-rate mortgages) is substantially higher than for FRMs (fixed-rate mortgages). But here is a catch. Mortgage refinancing applications are virutally …
via economicprism: Currency debasement. Asset price inflation. Booms, bubbles, and busts. Yes, folks, central bankers have succeeded at making full hash of the world at large. This goes for the Federal Reserve too. Tracing back recent financial disasters we find the …
Santelli Exchange: Lying prices from CNBC. Johns Hopkins University Professor Steve Hanke and CNBC’s Rick Santelli discuss federal spending, debt and productivity. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/02/05/santelli-exchange-lying-prices.html?&qsearchterm=Rick%20Santelli
JUST HOW BAD HAS THIS RAMP BEEIN? well prior to 2610 the ramp was healthy which is why we thought the market could achieve 2616 to 2633 & started positioning. BUT SINCE THEN participation has been the worst in the …
Savannah Pointer for the Western Journal reports, Actor, Special Olympian and pro-life advocate Frank Stephens believes that abortion should be unthinkable, thanks to his life lived with Down Syndrome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4wQUWXmN3M Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/man-sy…
by Simon Black By July of last year, just three stocks (Amazon, Netflix and Microsoft) were responsible for 71% of the S&P 500’s returns. Through the third quarter, tech stocks were responsible for 95% of the S&P’s gains. Amazon alone was responsible for …
