Investment Watch Blog

by Michael Snyder IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde made headlines all over the globe this week when she declared that “the risk of a sharper decline in global growth has certainly increased”.  As you will see below, signs of economic trouble are popping up all over the planet, and pretty much just about everyone is now … Read more

by Michael Snyder If you add together all of the money owned by the poorest 3.8 billion people living on this planet, it would roughly equal the wealth controlled by the 26 wealthiest men in the world.  Oxfam has just issued a brand new report on global inequality, and what they have discovered is making … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith The social media/search giants have mastered the dark arts of obfuscating how they’re reaping billions of dollars in profits from monetizing user data, and lobbying technologically naive politicos to leave their vast skimming operations untouched. I’ve been commenting on the cancerous disease that’s taken control of the Internet– what Shoshana Zuboff calls Surveillance … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But first-time buyers cling to hope. Sales of newly built detached houses in Australia plunged 6.7% in December 2018 from November, to just 4,622 houses, according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA), easily whizzing by the prior record low of 4,769 sales in August (chart via TradingEconomics.com): In the fourth quarter of … Read more

Here is today’s articles mentioned in this news update: 1. A Weakening Global Expansion Amid Growing Risks https://blogs.imf.org/2019/01/21/a-we… 2. Davos 2019: What you need to know about ‘the world’s most exclusive business bash’ https://www.thelocal.ch/20190121/davo… 3. IMF cuts growth forecasts for second time in three months as global elite gather for Davos https://www.theguardian.com/business/…      

by TFittonJW Enjoy the Judicial Watch video: Was on Fox ten years ago talking about Air Pelosi…. Back when I was 40…there was controversy about Speaker Pelosi’s travel (caused by JW”s investigations and litigation). And now, thanks to President Trump, the same issue is back in the news. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q82V2YnOHUA This Twitter thread is key: .@SpeakerPelosi … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith The net result of a rigged system is the vast majority of the gains in income and wealth flow to the very tippy-top of the wealth/power pyramid. We often hear how the system (i.e. our economy) is rigged to benefit the few at the expense of the many, but exactly how is … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBWMouLSwJQ It’s a shame so many Americans don’t understand what’s going on in Europe. Between Brexit, the yellow vest movement, the Eastern Europeans, Italy, Greece, etc, it’s a whole new ballgame. And it all started with Trump. The EU is freaking out and the mainstream globalist corporate media are becoming irrelevant. What an amazing time … Read more

The [DS] is pushing their agenda with their latest event involving boys from a religious school.Fox accidentally puts up a graphic showing RBG already gone. Blueprint Q lay out the plan to get rid of the swamp. Strange messages, tweets that are coded.The [DS] is planning and they talking to each other, Patriots on Guard. … Read more

By Tsvetana Paraskova Last year’s heightened volatility in energy markets—typically a welcome background for fund managers to make profitable trades—proved to be less than stellar news for energy-focused funds. Energy-exposed funds have been suffering since 2016—first because of subdued volatility, then because of increased volatility. But most of all—because of bets on crude oil and … Read more

The [DS] is pushing their agenda with their latest event involving boys from a religious school.Fox accidentally puts up a graphic showing RBG already gone. Blueprint Q lay out the plan to get rid of the swamp. Strange messages, tweets that are coded.The [DS] is planning and they talking to each other, Patriots on Guard. … Read more

by DCG Why are people supporting Netflix? I’m guessing the “newbs” who sign up are either unaware of the CRAP Netflix supports or they just don’t care. I wonder if new subscribers are aware of the following: Garbage: “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” underage orgy scene on Netflix Netflix ‘Insatiable’ TV series mocks Christianity with young girls pleading … Read more

by Chris If you want to see the “Russia Gate” sausage factory up close and personal, watch as Lee Camp brilliantly takes down one of the more odiferous links when he exposes the who behind the New Knowledge group that both wrote the Senate report on supposed Russian troll interference in the 2016 elections *and* … Read more

Bill Holter interviewed by Sean of SGTreport Bill Holter joins me to discuss the coming global economic reset, precious metals, and the latest high crimes and misdemeanors of the mockingbird media and deep state criminals who are aligned against President Donald J. Trump.  

by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders For those that still believe the US markets are weak and poised for a total collapse, we want to bring something to your attention. Throughout weeks of uncertainty about China trade deals, the US government shutdown, continued Brexit issues and who knows what else… oh yeah US Q4 Earnings data, guess … Read more

Bob Kudla interviewed on X22 Report Spotlight Bob Kudla returns to the X22 Report Spotlight to discuss the ways that President Trump can get rid of the Fed, and by getting rid of the Fed, restore sovereignty to the US. What tools does Trump have at his disposal? Tune in to the interview in its entirety below … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Auto sales plunged in China over the past four months. What was particularly disconcerting was the sharp deterioration at the end of the year in othermarkets, not just China. Each market has its own problems, but they’re sure coming together at an awkward moment (13 minutes).  

James Barrett for the Daily Wire reports, First-term Sen. Kamala Harris, the former attorney general of California, announced on Martin Luther King Jr. Day that she’s running for president in 2020 for two-thirds of what Superman once vowed to defend, as well as some other important things: “truth,” “justice,” “decency,” “equality,” “freedom,” and “democracy.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIUr0pMiRjo … Read more

Cassandra Fairbanks for the Gateway Pundit reports, President Donald Trump has given lawmakers a new proposal to end the shutdown and secure our southern border — by promising three years of protection for DACA recipients. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGdDPyqM37g Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019…   The Trump administration’s proposal was as follows: $800 million for urgent humanitarian assistance. $805 million … Read more