Investment Watch Blog

The zero interest rates are over. The artificial liquidity is gone. The sugar high of the tax cut funded share buybacks has worn off. Now we return to fair value.

October 26, 2018 12:43 pm

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1055836502478020608 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1055625447629881344 tech splat pic.twitter.com/aKYFecfWiI — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 26, 2018 Protections on risky loans are close to their worst ever levels, says … MarketWatch–19 hours ago As debt cushions deteriorate, they are dragging down the ratings of debt instruments … meaning those investors …

Central Banks Are Frightened Right Now Of 1929 Narrative Shift:Bob Kudla

October 26, 2018 12:31 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=282lUbFPJXs

Images and Video of Bomb Suspect’s Vehicle and Possible Mug Shot of Suspect and Suspected Twitter Accounts

October 26, 2018 12:30 pm

IMAGES: View post on imgur.com VIDEO: https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1055845732870225925 Possible Mug Shot of Suspect https://mugshots.com/US-Counties/Florida/Broward-County-FL/Cesar-Altieri-Sayoc.88783720.html https://www.mugshotsonline.com/minnesota/plymouth/cesar-altieri-sayoc/106749431 Suspected Twitter accounts: https://twitter.com/hardrock2016/with_replies https://twitter.com/hardrockintlent/with_replies h/t KOS

CNN Reports Caravan on Border & CBS Says They Won’t Arrive Till Dec.

October 26, 2018 12:28 pm

by Thinker CBS HAS A REPORTER TRAVELING WITH THE CARAVAN GETTING THE UP FRONT STAGED NEWS FOR AMERICANS – Some migrants in caravan ask to be sent back to Honduras. CBS says they won’t get to the border till December, …

Next Technical Support

October 26, 2018 12:23 pm

by Chris This is a chart of the futures, which I track more closely than the cash markets, so it won’t line up perfectly but it’s close enough on a numbers basis and directionally identical. There’s a big area of …

NO. Just NO: Chelsea Clinton mulling a run for political office?

October 26, 2018 12:20 pm

by DCG Exactly what are her “talents?” From USA Today: Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of a former president and a former presidential candidate, said ahead of an appearance to promote her children’s book that she wouldn’t rule out a run for office. She …

Frank Holmes on gold’s resilience: ‘It’s really quite amazing’

October 26, 2018 12:20 pm

From Kitco: Gold is facing significant macro-economic transitions from foreign investors that could shift the sentiment to the positive side, said Frank Holmes, CEO of U.S. Global Investors. Continue reading at Kitco…

Report: Soros-funded groups are behind migrant caravans… Soros money is everywhere – What’s going on?

October 26, 2018 12:19 pm

A new report claims migrant caravans are being funded by U.S.-based groups with close ties to billionaire George Soros. One America’s Kristian Rouz looks into the matter

Close-up of the stickers on the alleged bomber’s van

October 27, 2018 11:19 amOctober 26, 2018 12:16 pm

Posting because the previous one on here was removed for no submission statement. Here are the zoom-ins. I only have two questions personally: would this even be legal to drive? How are the stickers not washed out by the Florida …

The TSA’s creepy ‘Biometric Roadmap’ could soon track air travelers

October 26, 2018 12:08 pm

From Papers, Please: The U.S. Transportation Security Administration released a detailed TSA Biometric Roadmap for Aviation Security & the Passenger Experience, making explicit the goal of requiring mug shots (to be used for automated facial recognition and image-based surveillance and control) as a condition …

Very Dramatic “”Bounce””

October 26, 2018 12:06 pm

by Chris I don’t know where else to file this except under “desperate.” More than 10x the average volume all hitting the ask, driving the S&P 500 up 20 points instantly. I cannot tell you how dispiriting it will be …

Jim Rickards: Democrats could be in for a surprise

October 26, 2018 12:05 pm

From Jim Rickards, Editor, Daily Reckoning: My specialty is global macroeconomic analysis. I don’t usually get too involved in politics, and frankly I’d prefer to avoid the subject altogether. But at certain times politics intrudes on markets and you have to …

NATO launches ‘biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War’

October 26, 2018 12:05 pm

By Rikard Jozwiak at Radio Free Europe: BRUSSELS – NATO has launched its largest military exercise since the collapse of the Soviet Union, mustering tens of thousands of troops in what the head of the Western alliance called a “strong display” …

Another way government makes life more difficult for entrepreneurs and innovators, and more expensive for consumers.

October 26, 2018 12:01 pm

CATO: The Tangled Mess of Occupational Licensing. In the 1950s, 1 in 20 workers needed government permission in the form of a license to work. Today licensing has ballooned to ensnare 1 in 4 workers. Most of that expansion is new …

ARREST Has Been Made in “Suspected” BOMB CASES!

October 26, 2018 11:55 am

HUGE BREAKING NEWS: CNN has just learned that federal authorities have arrested a man in Florida in connection to the suspected explosive packages. #serialbomber — Javi Morgado (@javimorgado) October 26, 2018 Federal authorities have arrested a man in Florida in …

Millions hit in airline data hack

October 26, 2018 11:52 am

By Kyunghee Park and Jinshan Hong at Bloomberg: Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said a hacker accessed personal information of 9.4 million customers, becoming the target of the world’s biggest airline data breach. The airline’s shares sank the most in almost two years, …

The classical gold standard worked

October 26, 2018 11:51 am

From the American Institute for Economic Research: Government Abuse of Money and the Benefits of Market-Based Money It is worth recalling that money did not originate in the laws or decrees of kings and princes. Money, as the generally accepted medium …

CNN’s hilarious “signs” of a suspicious package graphic is peak comedy.

October 26, 2018 11:23 am

CNN’s hilarious “signs” of a suspicious package Protruding wires? Seriously CNN? It’s almost like hoax bomb makers used this graphic as their reference point. h/t mikeleoncraft

Democrats Hoping That ‘MAGAbomber’ Hoax Hashtag Will Be Enough To Distract Americans From Pending Border Invasion By Mob Caravan

October 26, 2018 11:22 am

by Geoffrey Grider Donald Trump supporters have long complained about being censored on Twitter, but here’s one Trump-related hashtag the platform will apparently allow to trend – #MAGABomber Oh, if you’re a Democrat right now you’re surely having a time of it. The …

Dr. Jill Stein on Twitter: “In case you didn’t know, the United States funds and arms terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS when it needs them to disrupt a country”

October 26, 2018 11:19 am

This was from presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein on Christmas day 2016. This bears repeating from time to time as regulars forget this aspect or new comers have never seen this information or concepts in their education or media experience. …

Native Swedes May Soon Be Outnumbered By Migrants, As Populist Far-Right In Sweden Surges

October 26, 2018 11:18 am

by Jon Hall, Free Market Shooter Richard Jomshof, Sweden Democrats MP, has made a dire warning that without any foreseeable change in policy, native Swedes will become a minority in their own country. Speaking to Parliament, Jomshof also accused the Swedish media establishment of …