by Matheus Vieira via Mises Although we Latin Americans thought Chile was immune to populism, small protests have grown into the largest ones since the nation’s re-democratization in the 90s. Initially, the protestors were groups of students complaining about a raise in the Santiago subway fare — an increase of 3.75 percent or about five US cents (which … Read more
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Dear Martin, I am a follower of your blog since I saw your film on a plane coming back from the US. Recently I purchased access to the private blog because I find priceless the nonbiased information you share with us. I am a middle-class European guy, with no investment, only a … Read more
by Martin Armstrong France has banned the display of any Nativity scenes from public property which has many French quite upset that because of the large Muslim population, the very culture of France has been changed. It is interesting that normally people migrate because they want to be part of that culture. That has not … Read more
by Bix Weir via Road to Roota The “Repo Bailouts” are just that…Bank Bailouts! In 2008 Hank Paulson had to get Congressional Approval for a $700B bailout…this time a deceptive Fed plan to get even more bailout $ is IN PROCESS!
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The title quote is from Tad Rivelle, Chief Investment Officer of TCW (Los Angeles based fixed income management company), who manages one of the largest actively managed bond funds. He goes on to comment about the implications of the negative rate policy that has been implemented by Japan and the EU: … Read more
by chargum It seems like everyone on this board is saying the stock market returns from 2010-2019 are unprecedented and better than any time in stock market history. This is false! 1980-1989 Nominal CAGR 16.16% (10.52% Real- Inflation Adjusted) 1990-1999 Nominal CAGR 17.27% (13.94% Real- Inflation Adjusted) 2010-2019 Nominal CAGR 13.09% (11.12% Real Inflation Adjusted) … Read more
by David Morgan of The Morgan Report Pension Schemes in EU Show Big Shortfalls | https://www.themorganreport.com Millions of retirees and workers are at risk of losing their multiemployer pension benefits because their plans are forecasted to become insolvent in the near future. This would lead to these retirees receiving just a portion of their pensions. Eu’s crisis also puts … Read more
via dcwhispers: From New York To L.A., Hollywood to the NBA and all points in between, China has been buying up millions of dollars worth of deceptive advertising disguised as news and for some publications, that China revenue might very well be the difference between staying in business vs going under. Oh, and for those really … Read more
by David Haggith This little monster that feeds beneath the surface of global banking at its core briefly raised one ugly eye out of the water as 2018 turned into 2019. I wrote back then that the interest spike we saw in the kind of overnight interbank lending known as repurchase agreements (repos) was just the … Read more
FLASHBACK: Senator Rand Paul Verified account @RandPaul I’m going to start out with a grievance against the entire foreign policy establishment of Washington DC, who 2 years ago were swearing that Donald Trump was going to start multiple nuclear wars or something. Senator Rand Paul Verified account @RandPaul Now they are mad because he is … Read more
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive Joe Biden was called out by Jon Stewart and the “Daily Show” for “groping” women back in 2015, video from the Comedy Central archives show. In a segment that also featured then-show correspondent Samantha Bee, Stewart played multiple … Read more
VOX: “How Trump took over America’s courts” The Washington Post: 1 in every 4 circuit court judges is now a Trump appointee Dec. 21, 2019 at 7:32 p.m. EST After three years in office, President Trump has remade the federal judiciary, ensuring a conservative tilt for decades and cementing his legacy no matter the outcome of … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLku98sBkIs The [CB] are panicking, their debt load is going to collapse the world economy and they are exposed. The [DS] is now panicking, their impeachment plan failed, the people understand what [DS] has tried to do. People know if they can do this to a president they can do this to anyone. Q dropped … Read more
Be careful on election day its not gonna be safe. AC
by TFittonJW Judicial Watch today announced that a hearing was ordered to be held in federal court before U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth on Thursday, December 19, regarding continuing discovery in the Clinton email scandal. The court is considering whether to allow Judicial Watch to question Hillary Clinton and her top aide in person and under oath about … Read more
Dozens of companies get your specific location hundreds of times a day via our smartphones. The fact that’s become the norm and people accept this is unsettling. Between cameras everywhere – on streets, highways, and inside buildings, these companies can easily form a narrative on you. Your smartphone broadcasts your exact location thousands of times … Read more
198 ensnared in Jacksonville food stamp fraud totaling $3.7M Businesses swapped SNAP benefits for cash, even drugs Williams said that during Operation Half-Back, undercover officers personally observed 115 individuals in 390 fraudulent transactions from February to July 2017. Attorney General Pam Bondi said her office will be prosecuting those felony cases. https://www.news4jax.com/news/2018/03/16/198-ensnared-in-jacksonville-food-stamp-fraud-totaling-37m/
by UPFINA We generally don’t discuss whether stocks are overbought or oversold because the usefulness of the information is short lived. Because of this, you know stocks are really at an extreme moment when we do discuss it. Currently, U.S. stocks are extremely overbought. They are having a bigger Santa Clause rally than normal. As of … Read more
by Shaun Richards Let’s begin with a thought experiment. Imagine you wake up tomorrow from a three and a half-year coma. Everything that’s happened in the meantime—the election of Donald Trump, impeachment, Brexit and more—is a complete mystery to you. Now imagine that I try to catch you up on what you’ve missed, but instead … Read more
