Investment Watch Blog

by Michael Snyder Our story could have ended very differently.  If America had embraced the truth, that would have put us on a far different road than the one we are on today.  Instead, we are steamrolling toward oblivion, and only a small handful of brave watchmen are even warning about the ominous fate that … Read more

via reason: In a case of life imitating art imitating life, the Chinese government has purged all references to South Park from the country’s highly restricted internet—following an episode of the show that criticized Chinese censorship. “Band in China,” the second episode of the show’s 23rd season, satirizes China’s heavy-handed crackdowns on free expression. The kids attempt to … Read more

via thefederalist: Political Twitter is easily distracted by stories with a dangerously unbalanced ratio of news value to entertainment value, even more so than the cable networks. (I’m not excluding myself from this.) Because the conversation is driven by coastal journalists who use our accounts for social and professional purposes, there’s a premium on media … Read more

Starting at 7:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE5Ua8AUioY&feature=youtu.be The rats are realizing the INDICTMENT SEASON has begun… https://youtu.be/RE5Ua8AUioY FE

US nukes at Turkey base at risk of seizure — report Think tank warns nuclear assets at Incirlik airfield could fall to ‘hostile elements’ amid protracted civil strife. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-nukes-at-turkey-base-at-risk-of-seizure-report/ https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/us-nuclear-weapons-turkey/ Amid the recent self-congratulatory celebrations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 70th anniversary, there was no mention one of its strangest policies: the nuclear sharing … Read more

John Sneisen and Tim Picciott CFP® CRPC® breakdown the shadow QE efforts the FED is employing to hold the economy together. They also discuss the effect share buybacks have had on the market and how some companies like GE have wasted Billions in productive capital on buyback schemes. This is information you won’t find anywhere … Read more

In previous articles for ClearanceJobs, I’ve thrown rocks at the Army’s catastrophically ill-considered Army Combat Fitness Test—the planned successor to the proven and successful Army Physical Fitness Test. I will admit, however, that my arguments against it emerged strictly from experience and logic. I am a fan of the original APFT because I watched soldiers in my platoon take … Read more

From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Swiss bank sees gold prices jumping to $1,720 in 2020, strategist says gold prices could soar to $2,000 next year, and 5 reasons why owning gold is good strategy. UBS ups its … Read more

by Michael Snyder We are in the process of committing national financial suicide, and most Americans don’t seem to care.  As  you will see below, the federal budget deficit for the fiscal year that ended on September 30th was the largest in 7 years.  In fact, it was actually 26 percent larger than last year.  … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Wages rose with inflation, but not nearly enough to pay for “quality improvements,” which is why working people feel increasingly impoverished. There are two ways to answer the thorny question: One way, as measured by the official CPI for new vehicles. And the other way, as measured by retail prices. So … Read more

By Julianne Geiger While predictions about volatile oil prices abound, one theme keeps popping up: geopolitical risk premium. First it was theories about a closure at the Strait of Hormuz. Then it was fears of an all-out war between Iran and the United States or Iran and Saudi Arabia. All those are merely possibilities, but … Read more