Has Stock Market Risk Been Wrung Out Yet?

by Dana Lyons 3 of our favorite indicators of risk continue to signal “risk off”. In analyzing risk in the market, we predominantly rely on quantitative models that we’ve developed over the years. However, there are other indicators that we’ve found helpful in instructing us as to the “risk-on” vs. “risk-off” situation in the market. These … Read more

Market Precision: Your Daily Re-Cap

by Chris Well, I am just awed at the precision on display here. Imagine you wanted to paint a double bottom, or at least convince other market participants that a double bottom had occurred.  What would you do? Well, I would defend the prior low with everything I had, drive the buying back over that … Read more

As Brexit Looms, EU’s Fragile Growth Threatens to Stall Out

via valuewalk: One can’t help but walk away from Europe worried and concerned. The Continent is long on bickering and skepticism and short on unity and solidarity – all of which is threatening the EU’s fragile cyclical economic expansion and the global earnings of U.S. multinationals. As Europe’s woes accumulate and reach a tipping point, the aftershocks will … Read more

Brutal and Pragmatic Honesty – President Trump Releases Statement on Kashoggi and Saudi Arabia…

by sundance President Trump, not necessarily the White House – but rather, President Trump, releases an absolutely pitch-perfect statement that encapsulates the myriad of interests that have sought to exploit, manipulate, leverage and utilize the murder of Jamal Kashoggi. This entirely accurate and brutally honest statement by President Trump will drive the left-wing media, specifically WaPo, NYT and CNN, absolutely … Read more

Mises Institute: “Money-Supply Growth Falls to 8-Month Low as Mortgage Rates Rise”

via mises.org: Money supply growth slowed in October, falling to the lowest rate recorded since February of this year. Overall, money-supply growth remains well below the growth rates experienced from 2009 to 2016, and has fluctuated very little since March. In October, year-over-year growth in the money supply was at 3.7percent. That was down from September’s … Read more

Is the world experiencing the kiss of death? When commodities AND stock markets are doing the same thing like this we have a MAJOR CREDIT PROBLEM GOING ON…liquidity will get much worse

Is the world experiencing the kiss of death? pic.twitter.com/pZaxea64Cc — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 20, 2018 When commodities AND stock markets are doing the same thing like this we have a MAJOR CREDIT PROBLEM GOING ON…liquidity will get much worse imo pic.twitter.com/OwZv4yyCyb — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) November 20, 2018 Uh Oh – borrowing at the top of … Read more

Chris Gaffney: Main Macro Risk Is Global Growth Slowdown; McCullough: Sell The Rallies

Chris Gaffney, president of World Markets at TIAA Bank joins Remy Blaire at the NASDAQ MarketSite to weigh in on global growth expectations heading into year-end. Gaffney offers his take on the trajectory for the Federal Reserve and considers the outlook for commodities and the currency markets. “Macro Tourists” are clinging to the investing fairytale … Read more

Democrats and Republicans are both starting to get sick of social media – study

There are few things these days which unite liberals and conservatives, but according to a new survey, a growing dislike and distrust of social media companies is one of them. Across the political spectrum, dissatisfaction with sites like Facebook and Twitter is growing – and growing quickly. An Axios survey conducted in November found that … Read more

LIES ARE ALL THEY’VE GOT: Activists, Democrats, and the Media Keep Smearing Betsy DeVos Over New Title IX Rules.

via reason: With an eye toward restoring a measure of fairness to adjudicating campus sexual misconduct, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced new standards for such procedures on Friday. Some in the media seemed determine to misrepresent these changes, and are uncritically parroting claims from victims’ advocacy groups who think any attempt to reform Title IX—the federal … Read more

Scam America

by Jesse “Nevertheless, real sums have started to evaporate. And much of it happened with the biggest stocks in so-called tech. The seven FANGMAN stocks – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google’s parent Alphabet, Microsoft, Apple, and NVIDIA – got hosed today. Again… It gets costly when the entire market depends on a handful of over-hyped mega-caps.” … Read more

“Brutally Cold Temperatures” Threaten To Devastate Black Friday Sales

“Brutally Cold Temperatures” Threaten To Devastate Black Friday Sales  As investors eagerly await channel check reports on this upcoming Black Friday shopping bonanza to confirm the US consumer is still propping up the economy, there could be some unexpectedly bad news that may disappoint Wall Street. First, the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) … Read more

Jerry Brown Might Be in BIG TROUBLE Over Wildfires; Here’s Why…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNavHgQshn4 RWN Official reports, California Governor Jerry Brown might just land in hot water over the recent spate of wildfires as his veto of the 2016 Wildfire Mitigation bill comes under increased scrutiny, per the Washington Free Beacon: Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://rwnofficial.com/jerry-brown-m…      

Firestorm Apocalypse in California

by Mark M. Published on Nov 15, 2018 Douglas Gabriel of the American Intelligence Media talks with Michael Thomas, editor of State of the Nation and other independent news publications, who gives patriots a huge wake up call about the firestorms in California. We need all patriots AWAKE. After you watch the video, please continue … Read more

CDC Warns: Don’t Eat ANY Romaine Lettuce… Major E.Coli Outbreak; Dozens Sickened

CDC: Romaine lettuce linked to E.coli outbreak, 1 in CT infected (WTNH) – Just days before Thanksgiving, the CDC is advising that U.S. consumers stay away from romaine lettuce following an E.colioutbreak. On Tuesday, the CDC said any romaine lettuce should not be eaten, and retailers and restaurants should not sell or serve any. This comes after an outbreak of E.coli … Read more

Junk Bonds sending 2000 & 2007 Bearish messages again!

by Kimble Charting This chart looks at Junk Bond Fund (PHDAX) and the S&P 500 over the past 25-years. Junk bonds sent bearish messages “before stocks peaked in 2000 & 2007.” Bearish divergences took place for 24-months in 2000 and 7-months in 2007, prior to stocks peaking and turning much lower. This year Junk bonds have been sending … Read more