Investment Watch Blog

By Irina Slav When earlier this year Tesla’s Elon Musk said the company could soon have batteries lasting for over one million miles, many probably took it as yet another grand promise with less substance than realism requires. Now it seems Musk may have not been exaggerating. Last month, Wired reported on a paper by researchers from … Read more

by Kimble Charting Stock market deja vu? One key stock market indicator is sending a cautionary message to investors right now… one that we saw back in 2000 and 2007. In today’s chart, we take a long-term look at the S&P 500 Index versus its relative momentum. As you can see, momentum has been slowing for … Read more

With the revelation that Soros has been behind the ‘whistleblower complaint’ and the Brexit chaos overseas, let’s take time to enjoy the growing number of nations that have had enough!  

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10…wer-video/ But this was another lie. Today The New York Times revealed the partisan anti-Trump whistleblower spoke with Adam Schiff’s office before he even filed his complaint! It was all a carefully planned Democratic operation to take down President Trump!   AC

by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “[Whatever] the repo failure involved, it is likely to prove a watershed moment, causing US bankers to more widely consider their exposure to counterparty risk and risky loans, particularly leveraged loans and their collateralised form in CLOs. a new banking crisis is not only in the making, for which the repo … Read more

By Nick Cunningham Oil prices continued to slide on Wednesday, falling on a string of worrying economic news. Markets were peppered with troubling data from September at the start of the week, with each new release compounding fears that cracks in the global economy are growing. Global manufacturing activity declined for the fifth consecutive month in September, … Read more

by Simon Black In early May in the year 878 AD, Alfred the Great of the Kingdom of Wessex fought a decisive battle against a massive Viking army at a place called Ethandun in southwest England. Alfred won the battle, defeated the Vikings, recaptured London, and united England under his rule; he’s generally considered to be … Read more

by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Our research team has been all over this longer-term Pennant/Flag setup and the potential for the breakdown in the US/Global markets.  The US manufacturing data released today confirmed what we believed would be the outcome of the extended trade issues between the US and China – a moderate slowdown in US … Read more

By Dagny Taggart Over 90 percent of people who become infected with it are hospitalized. It carries a mortality rate of 20 to 30 percent. Symptoms can appear as early as the same day of exposure, or as late as 70 to 90 days after infection. It can live in cold temperatures, multiplies rapidly, and … Read more

By John Mauldin I often say a writer is nothing without readers. I am blessed to have some of the world’s greatest. Your feedback never fails to inspire and enlighten me. My last week’s That Time Keynes Had a Point letter brought many more comments than usual. Apparently Keynes is still provocative 73 years after his death, … Read more

Stay up-to-date with the latest probabilities of FOMC rate moves with the CME FedWatch Tool. https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/countdown-to-fomc.html

by Apartment_List Data from the US Census Bureau’s Current Population Surveys, 1968-2018 Data queried using IPUMS-CPS and analyzed using R dplyr Animated gif created using R ggplot2 and gganimate Full analysis/data available here.