Investment Watch Blog

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter QE Unwind continues via the sharp drop in MBS. In August, the Fed shed Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) at a rate that exceeded its self-imposed “cap” of $20 billion for the fourth month in a row, but added some Treasury securities, with a new emphasis on short-term Treasury bills. Total assets … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith If these three charts reflect a “normal” “healthy” Bull market, then why are they so uncommon? The implicit narrative of the latest rally in stocks is that this is just another normal rally in the ongoing 10-year long Bull market. Nice, but do these three charts look “normal” to you? Let’s take a … Read more

CHRIS FARRELL’S ON WATCH (show Premiered August 29, 2019) On this episode of “On Watch” Chris Farrell moderates a fast-paced discussion (48.8 mins.) with Judicial Watch Senior Attorney Ramona Cotca, and Judicial Watch Director of the Election Integrity Project Robert Popper to discuss the latest courtroom victories in election integrity as well as the latest … Read more

http://bit.ly/2kuhhWg On a recent special episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Gavin McInnes went through the timeline of how the polluted college kids in the 1990s are now in power and running the show.

by Michael Snyder We continue to get more numbers that indicate that U.S. economic activity is really starting to slow down.  According to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the number of layoffs in the United States was 38 percent higher in August than it was in July.  A 38 percent increase in one month is more … Read more

Submitted by Danielle DiMartino-Booth Over the last three months, Investment Grade companies have capitalized on falling rates setting the new issuance market ablaze and inciting large-scale M&A; June and August M&A crested $300B taking the three-month total to $860B, the bulk of which is unfunded With large-scale M&A comes the potential to generate a bigger … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Here’s why — and how that’s impacting truck makers.  Orders for heavy trucks that haul part of the economy’s goods across the US plunged by 80.1% in August 2019 compared to August last year, to about 10,400 orders, according to preliminary estimates by FTR Transportation Intelligence. It was the 10th month in … Read more

By Irina Slav The United States stepped up its pressure on Iran by announcing yet more sanctions plus a US$15-million plan aimed at disrupting the operations of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. CNN quoted Washington’s special envoy for Iran Brian Hook as saying Washington was “going to intensify our maximum pressure campaign because Iran, we need … Read more

Fox News Headlines 24/7 anchor Brett Larson on reports 419 million Facebook users’ phone numbers were leaked online and the FTC fine against Google.  

ITS THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT     AC

by Martin Armstrong We think of false information as a domestic problem that Trump is in the battle with CNN and the term “fake news” is just political talk. It’s far more dangerous than that. The history books confirm that the Spanish American War was created by the press falsely reporting an attack that never … Read more

by Brandon Smith This past week was an interesting exercise in false expectations and assumptions. Once again, trade war theatrics were used to stall a stock market plunge as insinuations of a possible “deal” were made by Donald Trump, followed by China’s claim that maybe, just maybe, they would not immediately issue a new round of … Read more