Investment Watch Blog

by visualcapitalist In the past, the trade between nations was a much simpler matter to grasp. Commodities and a few finished goods moved between a handful of countries in a straightforward way. Today, around 6,000 officially classified products pass through the world’s ports, and digital products and services zip across country lines creating an extra layer … Read more

By Robert Ross 10,000 baby boomers retire every day. But retirement won’t mean endless rounds of golf or trips to Tuscany for a lot of these folks, who are now 55–75 years old. In fact, retirement will lower the living standards of 40% of boomers, according to The Wall Street Journal. That translates to a lifestyle downgrade for … Read more

https://youtu.be/7tcvXj6HoXw The debate is 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time. It is being held in Atlanta and co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post. There will be no opening statements. Candidates will have 75 seconds to answer questions from the moderators: Rachel Maddow of MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell and Kristen Welker of NBC and Ashley … Read more

by jessefelder This blog post is based on an excerpt from a recent report featured on The Felder Report PREMIUM. “Even the most circumspect friend of the market would concede that the volume of brokers’ loans—of loans collateraled by the securities purchased on margin—is a good index of the volume of speculation.” -John Kenneth Galbraith, The Great Crash … Read more

American Companies Suckle The Teet Of China, Attack Free Press, And DEFEND COMMUNISM, We’re Doomed  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw12_sXfsJM The patriots are now in full control of the economy, the markets hit an all time new high, the house starts and permits rebound and the Trump confirmed that the Fed is not done with cutting rates and pushing stimulus. He is following the plan of Jackson, it’s time to return the economy to … Read more

from Financial Survival Network Nick Santiago returns… As long as there’s light volume in the market, it can continue to go higher and make new highs. However, when we get a huge volume day, 85 million shares or higher volume on the SPDR and the market heads south, then it’s look out below. Intra-day sell-offs on light … Read more

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: The distinction between the Repo Crisis and Quantitative Easing is the duration and purpose as distinguished from 2007-2009? HS ANSWER: Yes. Under QE, the Fed was buying in 30-year bonds in hope of creating a shortage of long-term paper that would in theory lead to consideration of buying long-term mortgage paper. It was … Read more

https://youtu.be/XJAMJOVoVyw Uncovered by a cybersecurity firm, an appalling flaw could turn Android-powered devices into spying goldmines, allowing hackers to secretly snap photos and record footage with no permission required. No stranger to security loopholes, Android designers worked hard to bar apps from accessing cameras and mics, unless users give explicit permission by ticking corresponding boxes … Read more

Conservative Newspaper Epoch Times Suffers Brazen Arson Attack by HK Police. Not a Word from our MSM, the Self-Appointed Champions of “Press Freedom” https://twitter.com/EpochTimes/status/1196866760114364419   Four masked intruders dressed in black set fire to the printing press of the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times in the early hours of Nov. 19, marking the … Read more

By Anes Alic Not so long ago, oil prices would surge or plummet on just a whisper from OPEC, who at the time held all the supply cards. The mere hint that the world’s most powerful oil cartel was going to cut production could send oil prices up dramatically. Those days are over. When the … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER You can see from the charts how depressed this cycle has been, and how housing has stalled out overall for the last few years, and all with ultra low mortgage rates: Permits which are more volatile have ‘spiked’ back to 1965 levels when the population was about half: A relatively small economy … Read more

What a clown show. That is all.