Trade, China

by WARREN MOSLER Imports up, exports down: China’s December industrial profits fall for 2nd straight month (Reuters) Profits notched up by China’s industrial firms declined 1.9 percent from a year earlier to 680.8 billion yuan ($100.9 billion) in December. For the full-year of 2018, industrial profits increased 10.3 percent on an annual basis to 6.64 … Read more

Even Sweden abandoned its wealth tax

by Simon Black There are over 21 months to go until the 2020 US presidential election. And every day more and more socialist candidates throw their hat in the ring. They all want to be the one to take down Donald Trump. But how do you set yourself apart in such a crowded, and outspoken, field? … Read more

The Great Awakening: Breaking the Chains of the Democratic Party

“The Great Awakening: Breaking the Chains of the Democratic Party” is the world’s first “documonial” film. This is a testimonial documentary created entirely by using #WalkAway™️ Campaign testimonial videos. These are the true stories of black American patriots about the history and present of the Democratic Party. Please share this documonial film everywhere.    

Insiders & Buybacks

by independenttrader Insiders run off the market During the last decade we have experienced many market manipulations in order to inflate share prices of mostly large companies. One of these suspicious activities are buybacks which volume rises year by year, starting from 2009. Within last 12 months the so called share repurchases reached their all time … Read more

WARNING!! A Newly Discovered Bug In Apple’s Face Time Software Lets People See And Hear You Without Your Permission

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1090087016161779712 iPhone FaceTime bug lets callers eavesdrop! A bug in FaceTime lets you listen in to the audio if you try to call someone — even if they don’t pick up. You first video call someone then try to add yourself to the group call. The FaceTime bug seems to be a huge privacy problem. … Read more

Technically Speaking: Can The Fed’s Reversal Save The Bull?

by Lance Roberts As we discussed in this past weekend’s missive: “A WSJ article suggesting that the Fed would not only stop hiking interest rates but also cease the balance sheet reduction which has been extracting liquidity from the market. In mid-2018, the Federal Reserve was adamant that a strong economy and rising inflationary pressures required tighter monetary … Read more

Will stocks go nowhere over the next 10 years?

by Troy The U.S. stock market has held up well during this earnings season. Now that earnings season is over, many traders are looking for a pullback/retest. Overall, the statistical evidence for a pullback/retest remains strong and convincing. Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. Let’s determine the stock market’s most probable medium term … Read more

OUT: Outrageously Unacceptable Talk

by John Ward In the first of what I hope will become a long-runner, The Slog targets all the syntax, hypocrisy and assumptive drivel of contemporary life….with the gloves entirely removed. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ I went to bed last Saturday night with a gentle question coursing through my mind: what the blithering fuck does ‘alternative arrangements’ mean? Sir Graham … Read more

CBO Forecasts $12 Trillion More Debt By 2029

by Grover Here’s an article from MarketWatch about the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecast for the next 10 years. In essence, they are predicting that we’ll have average deficits of $1.2 trillion per year for the next decade. Of course, that is only “on budget” forecasts. They don’t include “off budget” items like emergencies or disasters. In 2019, … Read more

Is China’s Debt Crackdown Hitting California’s Commercial Real Estate Bubble?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The moment the money runs out. Oceanwide Plaza – a three-tower condominium, hotel, and retail complex expected to cost over $1 billion – is one of the largest real estate projects in downtown Los Angeles. It was scheduled to be completed in 2019. The owner and developer, Oceanwide Holdings, is a … Read more

The Stratospheric Polar Vortex is Behaving Exactly Like Earth’s Magnetic Field

by Skippy The Stratospheric Polar Vortex is weakening and shifting towards Eurasia: https://www.sciencealert.com/satellite-d…s-shifting Earth’s Magnetic field is weakening and shifting towards Eurasia: https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic…etic-flip/ There is a direct correlation between geomagnetic activity and global temperature and weather patterns: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/02/01/a…ts-causes/  

WATCH! Maxine Waters Goes BERSERK on CNN, Explodes on Trump During Insane Rant

Martin for Ilovemyfreedom.org reports, Rep. Maxine Waters went berserk on Sunday and said President Donald Trump needs to “shut up.” During an interview on CNN, the California Democrat attacked the president, claimed he is an incompetent leader who can’t make a deal, and argued that he doesn’t understand how Congress works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACGNz4NWyDk Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://ilovemyfreedom.org/watch-maxi… … Read more

Topping pattern 2008 vs 2018

via @Analyst_G: aka Wyckoff Logic. Enjoy!   via @KimbleCharting: via @OccupyWisdom:   21 HISTORICAL CASES OF WHEN THE 100 DAY CROSSES THE 200 DAY AVERAGE IN THE $SPX Over 95% = new low, retest low or re-tracement Over 80% = significant re-tracement 2/