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By Tsvetana Paraskova Sales of electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles in the United States slumped in Q3 much more than the slight decline in the overall passenger car market, due to a lack of choice on the U.S. greener car market, analyst company Canalys said in new research. Total passenger car deliveries … Read more

by Mike Manwell with Jim Rogers via Rethinking The Dollar Thanks for tuning into this RTD Live Talk ft. Jim Rogers. Tonight Jim joins us to share his thoughts on the economy, the markets, and strategies for wealth preservation. Watch the first interview with Jim Rogers, (RTD Ep:50) “The Dollar Is Going To Have A Lot Of Problems” – https://youtu.be/RdrncNXU9hQ DISCLAIMER: … Read more

from Financial Survival Network John Rubino is back… CLO (collateralized loan obligation) markets starting to tank. Market for risky corporate debt is softening and turning to real junk. Even the WSJ ran a story about people going even further into debt. There’s ever more underwater car loans because of negative equity in the consumer’s current auto. By … Read more

Team Trump’s ‘deep state’ paranoia fans conspiracy theories https://www.ft.com/content/0537407a-5cd6-11e8-9334-2218e7146b04 Why we should celebrate America’s deep state Much maligned by Donald Trump, their services are unsung and provide great value at the price https://www.ft.com/content/7b0b7fea-f6b4-11e9-9ef3-eca8fc8f2d65   Related: RUSH: The Deep State Cabal Against Trump Is Very Real Well, folks, this is exactly what we elected Donald Trump … Read more

from Financial Survival Network Sally C. Pipes is president and chief executive officer of the Pacific Research Institute, and the author of The False Promise of Single-Payer Health Care. Hey Bernie, It’s ‘Medicare For All’ That Would Be ‘Cruel’ And ‘Dysfunctional’ During last week’s Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders called the current U.S. healthcare system “dysfunctional” and “cruel.” … Read more

by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco Report With the Fed propping up the entire market and extreme greed driving the stock indexes to new highs, investors have lost interest in the precious metals, for the moment.  However, I am not surprised.  What is taking place in the overall markets is precisely what I forecasted back in September. After … Read more

By Harry Dent Wall Street continues to be convinced that the economy is edging back up again after a stall following the tax cut boost and near 3% GDP figures in 2018. I talked last Monday about how there were some key indicators like industrial production growth and construction spending that were not confirming such a resurgence… at least … Read more

Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics Interviewed by Half Dollar of Silver Doctors Gold trading volume & open interest is through the roof, and Dave Kranzler says that’s because the banks are desperate to contain gold’s price rise! Economic recession and depression are coming, and before long, the plunge protection team will lose control of the stock market, and they’ll … Read more

Lobo Tiggre interviewed on Palisade Radio Lobo discusses the current consolidation in gold and the retesting of support levels. He cautions that some gold pundits focus too much on the supply-demand characteristics of gold while missing the bigger picture that gold is primarily a safe-haven asset. When there is blood in the streets, there is no correct … Read more

by semlaw Republican Rep. Dan Bishop from NC, who Trump pulled over the finish line in September’s special election, is the first U.S. member of Congress to identify the ‘whistleblower’. Damn Right, and he should have been outed long ago, and the ICIG should have been called into the Senate to testify about how he … Read more

by DCG No surprise that this is happening. And no surprise why people feel less inclined to share with their doctors any true information about their medical status (think VA). DCG    

via fff.org: Amidst all the political brouhaha regarding foreign aid, it is important that we keep in mind the nature and purposes of this particular federal program, as well as its related program, sanctions. Foreign aid is money that the U.S. government sends to certain foreign regimes. The purpose of the money is to secure loyalty … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER The private sector tends to be pro cyclical- tightening as the economy slows, thereby making it worse:

Excerpted from Bill Blain’s Morning Porridge commentary, I’m intrigued by recent moves in CLOs – Collateralised Loan Obligations. They have been one of the strongest performing sectors of the bond markets for many years. Smart investors realised pooled corporate credit investments spread the risk across a wide range of borrowers, and following the 2008 Global Financial … Read more