Will the stock market and U.S. Dollar fall together soon?

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by Troy With the stock market stuck at its 50% fibonacci retracement, many traders are looking for a pullback/retest. While the Q4 2018 stock market decline coincided with a flat U.S. Dollar, there’s a high probability that the next pullback/retest will coincide with a falling U.S. Dollar. Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. … Read more

FITTON: BIG: ‘Air Pelosi’ – What you don’t know about the lucrative travel our leaders enjoy on your dime.

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by TFittonJW Fox News op-ed today: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tom-fitton-air-pelosi-what-you-dont-know-about-the-lucrative-travel-our-leaders-enjoy-on-your-dime We have long noted Pelosi’s abuse of the perks of public office that granted her access to luxury military travel. This current expedition is hardly new for her. In 2009, during Pelosi’s first speakership, we uncovered documents from the Department of Defense detailing her multiple requests for military air … Read more

The Pharmaceutical industry’s dirty little secret. The data from thousands of clinical trials, often publicly funded, are never disclosed. Instead, the industry cherry-picks trial data to exclude evidence of ineffectiveness or adverse effects.

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by Sabremesh All clinical trials of pharmaceutical products should be pre-registered, and the results should always be released. The prevalence of deliberate non-disclosure means that data which shows adverse side-effects is simply being swept under the carpet. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that failing to report results can lead to the use of “suboptimal … Read more

This Government Shutdown is Blinding Investors

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By Lance Gaitan The partial government shutdown is obviously affecting federal employees that aren’t getting paid, but for the most part, life goes on. These federal workers might be in a pinch right now, but eventually they’ll get paid back for doing nothing during the longest shutdown ever. I agree with Fox contributor John Stossel … Read more

TheHill: “CNN’s Powers says she is removing Twitter app from phone after she was harassed for criticizing Covington students”

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CNN's Powers says she is removing Twitter app from phone after she was harassed for criticizing Covington students https://t.co/hHIArTXDg6 pic.twitter.com/7qqdwWZnQA — The Hill (@thehill) January 23, 2019 Asking false stories get retracted & corrected is not "harassment." Seeking legal remedy for those who refuse to retract libels against minors is not "harassment"; it is civil … Read more

Contrarian who called the 2008 housing crash expects a global recession this year

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Via Marketwatch All at once, storm clouds are gathering over the world economy. The International Monetary Fund has cut its estimates for global growth in 2019, citing concerns about weakness in Europe. China just had its slowest GDP growth since 1990, and President Xi Jinping reportedly has held secret meetings warning Communist Party leaders to prepare for “black … Read more

Asset Bubbles Are Making Davos Billionaires Richer

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by Jesse Colombo The global elite are meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week and are richer than ever. Bloomberg reports – A decade after the financial crisis poured flat champagne on the World Economic Forum, gold-collar executives set to gather there this week have bounced back, and then some. David Rubenstein has doubled his fortune since 2009. … Read more

MSM BUSTED: BuzzFeed “Strategic Partnership”

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NBC raises eyebrows over $400 million relationship with BuzzFeed NBCUniversal invested $400 million in BuzzFeed and the two companies have a “strategic partnership,” raising eyebrows about why the Peacock Network isn’t more transparent when covering the controversial website. NBC News and MSNBC fawned over BuzzFeed’s now-debunked report claiming President Trump directed his former attorney Michael Cohen … Read more

Air Is Coming Out Of The Silicon Valley Startup Bubble

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by Jesse Colombo ZeroHedge published an article I found interesting called “For Silicon Valley’s Startups, The Bill Is Finally Coming Due“: Silicon Valley startups like Hustle, an ad-messaging company that spent lavishly on things like on-tap kombucha and arcade games for employees, are learning the hard way that party is coming to an end and … Read more

AN ONGOING THREAD OF HATE

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  Covington Catholic Is the Terrible Sequel to the Kavanaugh Case. “But this is America in 2019, and it’s full of rage and hate. And parents of young men know that hostile people would instead want to destroy your child’s life. They would want to destroy your own livelihood. They would wish violence on him and … Read more

US Federal Reserve is probing Deutsche Bank over billions in suspicious transactions in another twist in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal

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The US Federal Reserve is investigating how Deutsche Bank handled billions suspicious payments from Danske Bank, as regulators try to unravel who was involved in one of the largest financial scandals in history. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said the probeis in early stages and is looking at Deutsche Bank properly monitored funds from … Read more

Optimism has already returned to the stock market

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by spontaneousdisorder I thought I’d briefly point out a couple of sentiment indicators. The markets got oversold about a month ago but a sharp rally has already worked off that condition. The daily sentiment index has already reached 73% in the S&P and in the investors intelligence survey bears are reduced to just 21.3% and … Read more

Liquidity collapsed to multi-year lows in December, earnings calls are bearish, typical cyclical rolling over, fundamentals getting weaker….

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Liquidity collapsed to multi-year lows in December. While brokers believe that dovish messages on rates from central banks will solve the issue, I believe they miss a bigger picture: Banks are likely to significantly reduce credit growth due to lower demand, not lack of supply pic.twitter.com/GjNPdgEqMV — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) January 23, 2019 These earnings … Read more

It has been 1,876 trading days since $SPX last saw a -5% day; the 4th longest stretch ever; $SPX up in 2019 while the U.S. equity ETFs have seen about $4,000,000,000 in outflows.

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As of right now, it has been 1,876 trading days since $SPX last saw a -5% day; the 4th longest stretch ever. @nunziato_frank wanted to know about all such days in $SPX history (going back to inception in 1923), so this is for him. Do not look at it if you are not Frank. NO! … Read more

The Ruling Elites Love How Easily We’re Distracted and Turned Against Each Other

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by Charles Hugh-Smith No wonder the ruling elites love how easily we’re distracted and divided against ourselves: it’s so easy to dominate a distracted, divided, blinded-by-propaganda and negative emotions populace. Let’s say you’re one of the ruling elites operating the nation for the benefit of the oligarchy. What’s the best way to distract the populace from … Read more

What an Investment Fund, Forced to Take a Big Loss, Said about the Housing Bust in Prime Central London

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Probably now enduring its most protracted period of price suppression since records began.” Here is an interesting and colorful tidbit on the housing market in Prime Central London, one of London’s most expensive areas and once the hotbed of London’s breath-taking property bubble, and now a deep morass. London Central Portfolio … Read more