Here’s Your Global Stock Market Rally

by Jim Quinn About that massive stock market rally since Christmas Eve – not exactly based on fundamentals and low valuations. The ECB and PBOC were told to print like there was no tomorrow – because without liquidity flooding the system, markets will collapse. How long can they keep their foot on the accelerator?

Dissent or deny, care or cry, devolve or die

by John Ward In the coming months and years, there are three decisions for every thinking and able-bodied human on Earth to make: will I speak out or simply stay in my stockade, remaining in ideological denial mode? Will I accept the social need for civic compassion – or laugh at the idea and wind up … Read more

Understanding what risk really is.

by dipsis I’ve spent more time than I care to admit battling online poorly conceived notions of risk in investing. Below are excerpts from Howard Mark’s book, The Most Important Thing. This will probably fly in the face of many redditors, especially those who laugh at the idea of diversifying their portfolio into bonds or international … Read more

GLOBAL MARKETS weekly recap

via @MacroTechnicals: wk4 1/n • RiskON continued • hope on FED total pause, PBoC, remain dovish ECB/BoJ • 76%/24% indices breadth • FX 81% vs USD, 71% vs JPY • most of EM bonds rallied • creditspreads tighter • VIX lower 2/n 1MTH performance (basically since lows near x-mas) • literally a one way street across … Read more

Government Shutdown Ends, Fed Capitulation Continues

YouTube/PeterSchiff, Released on 1/25/19 Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street … Read more

5 things to know before using D.Tube and using Steem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El_gk_U3onQ In this video I go into how to use D.Tube for people who don’t know anything about it. I also go into Steem Dollars and how to exchange them on an exchange. Here are the links mentioned in the video: https://blocktrades.us/ https://steemit.com https://keepass.info/ https://localbitcoins.com https://d.tube https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/deta… https://www.thewindowsclub.com/downlo…  

Notable companies are lowering guidance… Sad part is that even these downgraded forecasts may be difficult to beat

Notable companies that have lowered guidance so far this month: AppleSamsungLGDelta SkyworksMacy’sKohl’sAmerican AirlinesConstellation BrandsLindtGoodyearFordSignet JewelersBungeStanley Black & DeckerIntel — Ticker History 🗞 (@TickerHistory) January 24, 2019 Sad part is that even these downgraded forecasts may be difficult to beat pic.twitter.com/onpdzUoHy3 — The Long View (@HayekAndKeynes) January 26, 2019 wow pic.twitter.com/UtPp8rFWOU — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 25, … Read more

Wonder how bad the malinvestment situation is? Wonder how big the bubble and its collapse will be? Well, look at the sheer lunacy in China!

via @mcm_ct: Wonder what is going on? Wonder how bad the malinvestment situation is? Wonder how big the bubble and its collapse will be? Well, look at the sheer lunacy in China! via @TaviCosta: More signs of Chinese capital outflows rising again: China’s imports of precious stones accounted for 69% of overall imports from Hong Kong last … Read more

Signs of weak growth keep popping up, 10yr Breakeven not buying what S&P selling

Signs of weak growth keep popping up pic.twitter.com/yzb11RykGC — The Long View (@HayekAndKeynes) January 26, 2019 https://twitter.com/epomboy/status/1088972476342771712 Investors had been running record/cycle low cash allocations going into 2018. But there's a few reasons why this is likely to change. https://t.co/cLwbID5hE8 by @topdowncharts pic.twitter.com/x1yMvbzOKX — Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) January 25, 2019 Consensus Bulls definitely not back … Read more

Top FDA Official Blows Whistle as Agency Approves Drug 10X Worse Than Fentanyl, Funded by DoD

via theguardian: The Food and Drug Administration is sacrificing American lives by continuing to approve new high-strength opioid painkillers, and manipulating the process in favor of big pharma, according to the chair of the agency’s own opioid advisory committee. Dr Raeford Brown told the Guardian there is “a war” within the FDA as officials in charge of … Read more

Julian Assange Sues Trump Administration to Reveal Charges Against Him; WikiLeaks Associates Being Interrogated

by axolotl_peyotl Trump has it right about some things, but he has it really wrong about others, and at the top of that last is his attitude towards Assange. In addition, the bizarre 180 we’ve witnessed with respect to Assange is very telling, as those who previously lauded him are now calling for his head, largely because … Read more

As Goes The Germany Economy, So Goes The Eurozone

by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch Until recently, Germany has been the seemingly unbreakable workhorse that has pulled the European economy back from the brink and kept it ticking along through a myriad of internal and external pressures, as well as political crises, over the last decade. As the undeniable leader of the bloc, the country has spearheaded and … Read more