The Opportunities Go to Those Who Can See Past the Negative Headlines

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by Shaun Richards “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines.” The quote, attributed to former President Bill Clinton, is one of my favorite pieces of advice. Clinton was referring to long-term data that show that conditions have actually been improving for the human race despite popular opinion to the contrary. When applied to investing, it … Read more

New Law Could Start “Open Season” On Your Retirement Account

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From Birch Gold Group Ideas have a way of spreading beyond their initial area of influence. Sometimes, bad ideas can do the same. It sure seems like that’s the case with House Bill 2820 from Texas. According to the Dallas Morning News, the bill “repealed the requirement for financial product sellers to register with the Teachers Retirement System. … Read more

China Is Funding The Impeachment!

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How is this not considered treason!!? https://twitter.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/1189346687300624384 https://twitter.com/isaacstonefish/status/1071416858924990465?s=20 Brookings has a Chinese arm? https://www.brookings.edu/center/john-l-thornton-china-center/ They even have their own Chinese twitter. https://www.twitter.com/BrookingsChina Another note is that Huawei is really not independant from the Government. But other than that, here’s the FreeBeacon talking about the Communst party infiltrating American Think Tanks: https://freebeacon.com/national-security/chinese-communist-party-funds-washington-think-tanks/ The Party’s United Front strategy includes paying … Read more

America’s Middle Class Is Addicted to a New Kind of Credit

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(Bloomberg) — Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Subscribe via Pocket Cast or iTunes. The payday-loan business was in decline. Regulators were circling, storefronts were vanishing and investors were abandoning the industry’s biggest companies en masse. And yet today, just a few years later, many of the … Read more

In case you don’t know Russia will disconnect itself from internet on 1st November due to possible “worlwide internet shutdown”

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The bill was passed in April 2019. On 1st November Russia will conduct a test to be able to work on internal network in case worldwideweb goes down.   RUSSIA is poised to disconnect itself from the internet as part of its escalating cyber war with the United States. The dramatic shutdown planned for this … Read more

WaPo trying to persuade it’s readers to abolish the first amendment with “hate speech” laws.

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https://archive.is/7aSNG#selection-725.4-725.12 WaPo and people on the left are trying very hard to take away our free speech rights so they will have complete control over all forms of media to prohibit any speech that does not fit their narrative/agenda. Reminds me of the Nazis…. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-propaganda-and-censorship Once they succeeded failed in ending democracy and turning Germany America into a one-party … Read more

Google Is Looking to Buy Fitbit, Which Is Good News for Shareholders but Terrible News for Users’ Privacy.

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REALLY PUTTING THE “TRACKER” INTO “FITNESS TRACKER”: If you own stock in Fitbit, the fact that Google appears to be interested in buying the wearable-device maker is very good news. If, on the other hand, you own and use an actual Fitbit, it could be really bad news. According to Reuters, the world’s largest search engine’s parent company, Alphabet, … Read more

Texas Hit Hard By Shale Slowdown

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Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Texas’ economy is perhaps the most vulnerable to oil price swings given its leading role in the country’s oil industry. Recently, as prices have remained low, talk has begun about the outlook for the state’s economy. According to a recent Reuters report, for example, smaller independent oil and gas producers in the Lone Star … Read more

Sven Carlin: S&P 500 Earnings Fundamentals Paint A Gloomy Picture (Video)

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by  Sven Carlin Summary Historically, investment returns have been almost perfectly correlated to the underlying earnings the respective securities deliver. Currently, S&P 500 earnings are in a Goldilocks period; margins and buybacks are at record highs, taxes have been lowered and debt is cheap. However, by adjusting earnings for financial engineering, we see that corporate … Read more

American War Propaganda in a Nutshell

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by Ian56 The Ruling Establishment have always had two main ways of controlling their domestic population, to stay in power and pursue their agenda. One is “Divide and Conquer”. Get different sections of their own people hating each other, so they don’t hate the Ruling Elites who are causing the problems. Having two main political … Read more

Trucking Volume Hits The Brakes, Consumer Demand Faltering, Subprime Auto Loans Blow Up… Why Worry? The Fed’s Got This!

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The trucking industry continues to decelerate into year-end at a time when it should be rocketing higher ahead of the holiday season. Old Dominion Freight Line reported 3Q19 earnings last Thursday and warned the domestic economy is slowing. The freight company reported revenue declines Y/Y for the quarter, which was the first drop since 2016.  The rare … Read more

Politics is just war by other means for these Democrats

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HARSH, BUT FAIR: Obama Successfully Hunted Trump Campaign Aides Instead of Terrorists. In 2016, rather than successfully hunting down terrorists including Mueller’s captors, Obama and his top national security officials hunted down Trump campaign aides. Baghdadi’s death should be a reminder—an infuriating one at that—of how the Obama administration, particularly the CIA and FBI, squandered vital … Read more

Corruption & the Rich

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by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Dear Martin, With all due respect I think you are not being fair on the question of earning or not a lot of money. First of all there LOTS of people that earn a lot of money with corruption or just because they were lucky or through family links have managed … Read more

Russia Releases Damning Evidence Of The U.S. Smuggling Syrian Oil

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By Zerohedge MOSCOW, October 26, 2019 – RIA Novosti – The Russian Ministry of Defense has published satellite intelligence images, showing American oil smuggling from Syria. (Click to enlarge) Image 1: Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as of October 26, 2019. According to the ministry, the photos confirm that “Syrian oil, both before and after … Read more

There goes the scandal free administration, Saudi pleads GUILTY to funneling money to Obama inauguration. Bonus: also a major fundraiser for Crooked Hillary

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by whoopies_tds They were never scandal free. They were scrutiny free. via thehill: A fundraiser who raised millions of dollars for both Democrats and Republicans reportedly pleaded guilty earlier this month to making illegal donations to multiple American political candidates on behalf of foreign nationals, including to former President Obama’s second inauguration fund in 2012. Imaad Zuberi, 49, … Read more

The Shady Truth Behind The Aramco IPO

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By Simon Watkins One thing that professional bank and fund traders know that others may not is to absolutely never trust the credit rating agencies in making trading decisions. The reason for this is simple: the credit rating agencies are paid to give a rating on the creditworthiness of the very company that is paying … Read more