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Housing prices are still to high and wages too low, let’s bring it on. The country is like a big old backed up toilet in need of a flush and a plunger to get things moving again.   TL

Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, BuzzFeed got nuked by Mueller’s office on Friday night after the liberal media platform floated a fake news Trump-Cohen-Moscow report late Thursday night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH8b8Ondk-8 Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019… President Trump said it “hurts him” to see the mainstream media at such a low point of trustworthiness. President Trump: I thought … Read more

by Martin Armstrong While the dollar haters are constantly calling for its demise, when we look at the stats, we see a very different picture. Since 2005, the euro’s share of bank loans has collapsed from 30% of the world market to just 20%, while the Greenback has soared from 60% to now 70% of … Read more

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Happy New Year; Am I correct in noticing a global connection in the money supply, M1 & M2? You directed us to this long ago. The global banks have found the turning point so this affects everything no? Even the US consumer is sliding to the cautious side of spending – fewer … Read more

by Jon Hall, Free Market Shooter Before the new year rang in, Democrat Elizabeth Warren announced a run for the 2020 Presidency. Although the mainstream media has labeled her as a candidate against Wall Street – much like they did with a certain someone else – it’s on the record that Warren has met with Wall Street CEOs and is incredibly wealthy herself – #69 … Read more

BY JOHN MAULDIN The US and China are the world’s largest and second-largest economies. They are also entwined in so many ways that it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other starts. Some call it “Chimerica.” which is an apt description. But that’s not bad. International trade promotes peace and prosperity for all. It’s … Read more

What an insanely confusing time for investors – central banks are carrying out unprecedented interventions, governments have crushed any semblance of free markets, and entire countries have become “zombified” as a result. We have bubbles in stocks, real estate and bonds – with massive levels of corporate debt waiting like a time bomb. In this … Read more

by SP In this video interview, The Pathology of the Rich, and article from 2013, Lets Get This Class War Started, Hedges tell of a kind of psychopathology that emerges in the supper rich. The rich are different. The cocoon of wealth and privilege permits the rich to turn those around them into compliant workers, hangers-on, servants, … Read more

by Daniel Carter We’re almost two years away from the next presidential election, but Democrats have already begun to jostle for the position of Trump’s number one adversary. Gabbard, Harris, Gillibrand, Warren and Castro have already announced their candidacy for president. O’Rourke, Biden, Sanders, Booker and others are anticipated to announce their candidacy soon. When … Read more

by Daniel Carter Since October of 2018, the price of oil has been absolutely crushed, down over 22 percent. At one point, the severity of the crash dropped the price of oil by over 45 percent. This steep drop in prices, which largely coincided with a big drop in stock prices, has many people worried … Read more

by howmuch Lots of people make New Year’s resolutions to get their personal financial situation in order, and paying off credit card debt is usually a high priority. Credit card debt is at a $1 trillion. The combination of high borrowing limits, steep interest rates and late payment fees make it extremely difficult to get under … Read more

via Zerohedge: The parade of weak bank earnings continued on Tuesday when UBS, one of the first major European banks to report, announced that it had missed analysts’ profit estimates (though it did record a rise in full-year profits) due to outflows from its key global wealth management division.   Here’s a summary of its … Read more

via mishtalk: Corporate America is doing far better than most expected under Trump’s tax cuts. But the cuts didn’t pay for themselves. I am a firm believer the ideal corporate tax rate is zero. Yet I was against Trump’s tax cut. Why? I also believe in balanced budgets and I was certain the Tax cut would … Read more