Journalist who exposed corrupt FIFA official is shot dead.

via MarketWatch: A member of Ghana’s Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, once called the journalist, Ahmed Hussein-Suale, “dangerous” and asked members of the public to attack him   ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — An investigative journalist in Ghana who helped expose a high-ranking official at world soccer body FIFA as corrupt was shot dead by gunmen on a … Read more

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has Contracted Pneumonia

by Martin Armstrong Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s while fighting cancer, has now contracted Pneumonia and is fighting for her life. From a purely cyclical perspective, there should be another appointment this year to the Supreme Court. Even on an average basis, since 1789 there have been 114 judges up to Brett Kavanaugh. That means at the very latest … Read more

The Student Loan Debt Crisis Is Negatively Impacting The Housing Market

by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Student loan debt is a fundamental crisis.  Students are borrowing money to pay for school at an alarming rate. But as the problem worsens, it seeps into other sectors, such as the housing market, putting the entire economy on edge. The Federal Reserve is apparently just catching on to the not-so-new reality: student loan debt … Read more

Shock Poll: Trump Gains 19 Points with Latino Voters During Border Wall Shutdown.

via mediaite: “In the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Thursday, President Donald Trump may have suffered some among Republicans overall, but he saw a huge point gain in a different demographic breakdown, and an unexpected one by conventional wisdom. In early December, the poll had Trump’s approval rating among Latino adults at 31%. The results from … Read more

COLD WAR II: China’s Plan to Break off US Allies. “There’s a reason Beijing is pressuring Canada – not the US – over Meng Wanzhou’s arrest. Australia and New Zealand could be next.”

via thediplomat: On the issue of Huawei, China realizes that the United States has enlisted its allies to collectively encircle the Chinese high-tech company. This sets a precedent for the United States to gather allies to suppress China in other areas in the future. The Chinese official media Global Times published a particularly stern editorial entitled … Read more

President Trump Just “Dunked” On Nancy Pelosi With A Power Move That “Has Never Happened In The Annals Of Congressional History”

by Michael Snyder President Trump has done it again.  Less than 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi essentially “disinvited” him from delivering the State of the Union address on January 29th, President Trump delivered a power move that we will be talking about forever.  Just minutes before a congressional delegation including Pelosi was scheduled … Read more

Investors Beware: “The World Economy Is Headed For A Recession In 2019 Unless Something Happens”

by Michael Snyder  Global economic activity has been slowing down dramatically in recent months, and now the mainstream media is filled with dire warnings that a global recession is dead ahead in 2019.  And without a doubt, things do not look good right now as economic numbers from all over the globe just get bleaker and … Read more

Solar Investment Plunges Amid Panel Glut

By Irina Slav Global spending on solar energy declined by almost a quarter last year to US$130.8 billion, mainly on the back of a regulatory policy overhaul in China that led to an oversupply of solar panels, driving prices down. This, in turn, resulted in an 8-percent slide in overall renewable energy investments to US$332 … Read more

Even Apple is starting to cull positions. A rise in US unemployment may be underway already.

via Yahoo: (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. will cut back on hiring for some divisions after selling fewer iPhones than expected and missing its revenue forecast for the holiday quarter, according to people familiar with the matter. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive officer, made the disclosure to employees earlier this month in a meeting the day … Read more

What do you think happens next? 2008 – 2018

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1086022343569346563 what do you think happens next? pic.twitter.com/PBTwM28SSZ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 17, 2019 Richmond Fed Factory Gauge Falls Most Ever as Shipments Drop With the US data staring to deteriorate, following the rest of the world, seems probabilities favor rates following as well. $TLT pic.twitter.com/V8a6a7OgPu — Teddy Vallee (@TeddyVallee) January 17, 2019 Forget the … Read more

Walls Across America

  For all the bloviating we hear from Democrats about how walls are immoral and even racist, the Democrats sure do love to live behind walls themselves.       h/t MrJustNsane

Euro-Gold Ratio Is A Canary In The Monetary Coalmine

Authored by Tom Luongo, For weeks I’ve been telling my subscribers that something changed in the gold market. Since Donald Trump’s election there was a pretty clear pair trade between the U.S. dollar and gold. And that trade was most manifested in the price of gold in euros. During last summer gold experienced its worse (in terms … Read more

NFLX misses everything then guides lower

Netflix Free Cash Inferno pic.twitter.com/U8W5PTanzm — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 17, 2019 Last October, when Netflix reported stellar Q3 earnings and guidance there were many skeptics who said there is no way Netflix could possibly hit its impressive forecasts. They were right, because moments ago the video streaming company reported Q4 earnings which missed on revenue and revealed light guidance … Read more