Investment Watch Blog

by Shaun Richards The last 24 hours have shown an instance of a central bank losing its grip and another losing the plot. This is significant because central banks have been like our overlords in the credit crunch era as they slashed interest-rates and when that did not work expanded their balance sheets using QE … Read more

By Nick Cunningham Oil prices received a jolt mid-week on rumors that OPEC+ might cut deeper and also because of a surprise drawdown in EIA inventory data. Nevertheless, economic cracks continue to dominate the narrative. The latest string of downbeat economic data came from Germany, where its manufacturing sector seems to be stuck in negative territory. The … Read more

I just ran across this story recently- maybe it’s well known, but it was the first I’d heard of it. This feels pretty legit. Along with the sword, the coins, and other Roman artifacts found in America (plus two similar wrecks in Galveston and Honduras), there’s a lot of trace evidence- when considered together, it … Read more

What's happening in the Senate right now? People like Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are shopping around the idea that it's time to impeach Trump and bring in Mike Pence as President. They need about 10 more votes to get it done. — Emerald Robinson ✝️ (@EmeraldRobinson) October 24, 2019 Folks, this is not the … Read more

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hi Marty, I was expecting a blog about Catalonia after the trial. So, here I am. Things have escalated lately and we are seeing violence in the streets. People are getting angry with no solution nor proposal from Madrid on the table for years. Spain will never allow Catalonia to get independence, … Read more

by Michael Snyder Throughout human history we have seen great nations rise and fall, and for many of them it was not actually an external threat that took them down.  When the social decay inside a society gets bad enough, it is just a matter of time before that society falls apart.  That is why … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The median price of new single-family houses in September fell 8.8% from a year ago to $299,400 – down 12.8% from the peak in November and December 2017 and back where the median price had first been in November 2014, according to the Commerce Department this morning: “Median price” means half of the … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pajVXFdYgpg The [DS] is panicking over the Barr/Durham investigation, they don’t have the inside information, they don’t now what they uncovered, fear, panic sets in. The Schiff/Pelosi fake impeachment hits a roadblock, the witness has nothing, now what. The patriots are sitting back watching the [DS] players destroy themselves, this is all part of the … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNLd3ph83cI How can they ever arrest anyone anymore if these people get away with these crimes.

by iRubGuacOnMyArmpits Also include this post-Flynn interview analysis of Strzok – confirms they left the interview thinking Flynn didn’t lie. Full thread here: https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1187558830105694208 Basically they all framed Flynn. We got proof and Sidney has filed it in her court docs. GET IN HERE: Flynn’s court filings have been unsealed. Lisa Page and Strzok admit … Read more

The nascent RuNet is meant to allow the country to survive an attack — and Putin to monitor and control the population. Russia will test its internal RuNet network to see whether the country can function without the global internet, the Russian government announced Monday. The tests will begin after Nov. 1, recur at least annually, … Read more

by howmuch You may have heard growing up that the path to a good salary was to become a doctor or a lawyer. It turns out that this conventional wisdom is right—at least partly. Our new visualization uses the most recent data from Glassdoor to illustrate the highest-paying jobs nationwide, based on median salary. Use this visualization … Read more

Authored by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner via Wirepoints.org, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has presented her plan to cover an $838 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2020. Like her predecessors, she’s chosen to focus on plugging a one-year budget deficit largely with a one-off deal and a number of tax hikes. And also like her predecessors, she’s … Read more

BY JOHN RUBINO The gold market has a saying — “sell in May and go away” – for a good reason: Asians like to give gold jewelry as wedding gifts and tend to hold most of their weddings in the Spring. Asian jewelers therefore have to load up on inventory – in the form of … Read more

by visualcapitalist An economic downturn is approaching on the horizon. Amid low interest rates and a manufacturing slowdown, industries and investors alike are scrambling to prepare as the window of opportunity closes. Banking is no different. After a decade of expansion, the industry is showing many signs of a late-cycle economy. On top of this, a … Read more

Via The Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI), Ever since last year, nothing has grabbed economists’ attention as much as the whipsawing evolution of the US-China trade war. Just last week, the IMF downgraded its global growth forecast for 2020, citing trade and geopolitical tensions. But economic forecasters are misunderstanding the primary cause of the current global slowdown, which … Read more