CLINTON LAWYER PREDICTS RICK SCOTT LOSING BEFORE FLORIDA RECOUNT ANNOUNCED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k00GZ221_No Bill Nelson’s Campaign Lawyer Predicts a Hand Recount, and a Victory https://www.rollcall.com/news/politic… The Democratic Party’s premier election lawyer predicts that the Florida Senate race is heading for a hand recount, and he said Thursday that he thinks Sen. Bill Nelson may in fact be re-elected. Marc Elias, the partner at Perkins Coie who is now representing Nelson’s Senate … Read more

It’s Not Pretty: Anatomy of the Housing Downturn in Vancouver, Canada

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In 2018, “each month has brought weaker than normal sales, rising inventory, and continued downward pressure on prices” in Vancouver, British Columbia, writes Steve Saretsky, a Vancouver Realtor and publisher of real-estate blog, Vancity Condo Guide. The market faces another headwind: “With the Bank of Canada determined to reach a neutral rate … Read more

European Central Bank In Panic Mode As Economy Stalls

Authored by Andrew Moran via LibertyNation.com, The eurozone could not borrow from the momentum of the U.S. economy in the third quarter as economic growth slumped to a tepid 0.2%, the slowest rate in more than four years. With the 19-nation currency bloc beginning to stagnate, and the heavyweights failing to post significant gains, Brussels is … Read more

S&P 500’s monthly change in October was at 2009 levels

by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DqyqT0fWkAEiv0S.jpg October was a rough ride for U.S. stocks, which despite regaining a portion of the month’s losses Wednesday ended as one of the worst months since the financial crisis. The S&P 500 lost $1.91 trillion in October, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices analyst Howard Silverblatt. Losses were spread … Read more

You Can’t Pretend Everything Is Awesome Forever

Bearish factors in place… (in part credit to someone) pic.twitter.com/fYbC5zC5jr — coolbiz1 (@coolbizone) November 10, 2018 These are very bullish charts for risk off pic.twitter.com/zQUOV2VO5Q — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) November 11, 2018 A detailed look at weekly put/call ratios…some big things happening in terms of institutional risk aversion building over a long period of time into … Read more

Market outlook: why the stock market will pullback, rally, and roll into a bear market

by Troy The S&P 500 has made a 61.8% retracement and is now stalling. This is completely normal. Most 10%+ corrections have a 61.8% retracement and then a pullback or retest of the lows before heading higher. The economy’s fundamentals determine the stock market’s medium-long term outlook. Technicals determine the stock market’s short-medium term outlook. Here’s why: … Read more

The Distrust of Government

by Martin Armstrong   In Florida, the vote was very close. Ron DeSantis got nearly 40,000 more votes than socialist Andrew Gillum in the Florida governor’s race. Then Rick Scott over 15,000 more votes than Bill Nelson in the Senate race. Florida’s secretary of state ordered a recount Saturday afternoon for the elections for governor and U.S. Senate. Both races … Read more

An Alarming Graph

via Ronald Surz Four years ago I thought I had discovered a leading indicator of market crashes that was flashing red at that time. Then again 2 years ago I thought that surely this indicator was calling an end to the bull market. I was wrong again. You be the judge. Is the indicator a false … Read more

France – Macron’s Popularity in a Free-Fall

by Martin Armstrong In France, things are not much better. Emmanuel Macron, the current president of the French Republic, has collapsed in popularity from 57% to just starting to break the 30% level. Macron has collapsed in popularity faster than Nicolas Sarkozy did, who was a one-term president. Macron said he wanted to turn France into … Read more

China: Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old bronze pot containing “3.5 liters of transparent yellow liquid. It smells like wine.”

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old bronze pot that contains an alcoholic liquid believed to be wine. The discovery occurred on November 6 in China’s Henan province, west of Shanghai. Shi Jiazhen, who is head of the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in the province’s city of Luoyang, tells China’s Xinhua news agency that … Read more