Investment Watch Blog

by DCG Imagine this: A liberal utopia that allows homeless criminals, drug addicts and the mentally ill to freely roam the streets with no consequences for their actions. You taxpayers have coughed up more than a BILLION dollars to help try and “solve” the homeless (now “housing”) crisis in King County. The results? As you’ve seen here, I’ve … Read more

by Troy The S&P has now pushed towards 3000 as various “warning signs” go off. Today’s headlines: NASDAQ’s quick recovery A new yield curve Smart Money Index Monthly RSI divergence New highs vs. new lows Round # resistance Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. For reference, here’s the random probability of the U.S. stock market … Read more

by Dana Lyons The broad Russell 3000 Index is one of many indices and funds presently forming potential “Cup-&-Handle” formations on the charts; is the pattern the next bullish catalyst for the market? There are a lot of complex ways of analyzing the directional prospects for the stock market. Indeed, we ourselves have developed complex models … Read more

Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The American Institute for Economic Research, I’m listening to politicians hock their wares these days. The same ideas keep reappearing. Put them in charge and health care will be free. College education will be free. All life essentials will be free. Jobs will fall like manna from heaven. There will be … Read more

by Simon Black In October of 2008, a plumber from Ohio named Joseph Wurzelbacher made national headlines when he confronted US Presidential Candidate (then Senator) Barack Obama at a campaign rally: “Your tax plan’s going to tax me more,” Joe told Senator Obama. The confrontation sparked a sensation, and Joe became known nationwide as “Joe the … Read more

From Birch Gold Group With recent talk about the Fed dropping rates and markets responding to that talk, it’s a good time to start asking questions. A good question to start with is how much has the Fed actually accomplished this year with its economic action? Is the Fed just talking a good game? The Fed hasn’t cut rates, yet. But … Read more

By Haley Zaremba China’s state-run media giant Xinhua is reporting that the world’s second-largest economy will soon be deregulating and restructuring key sectors of its industry, including oil exploration and mining, in order to facilitate greater foreign investment in China. “In its new ‘special management measures’ addressing foreign investment,” reports by United Press International, Beijing’s reform … Read more

 Tokyo — Japanese authorities on Wednesday directed more than 1 million residents in parts of the southern main island of Kyushu to evacuate to designated shelters as heavy rains batter the region, prompting fears of landslides and widespread flooding. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said the directive was issued in three southern prefectures. Directives … Read more

From Brandon Smith There has been much speculation lately on the Federal Reserve and its ongoing tightening policy. If you were to only read mainstream economic news you would think the Fed had already reversed course and “capitulated”, but this is not the case. The Fed continues to hold interest rates at their neutral rate of … Read more

by Think All by design!!! All part of the deep state new world order. Haters, traitors, losers and liars want the borders open, and everything American to disappear. Who wants guns out of the hands of Americans? Every politician who fights against Trump truth and transparency.        

Using a combination of scientific research and learning A.I. algorithms, we were able to approximate President Trump’s media coverage if he were a Democrat  

By The Phoenix You would do well to ignore the rally from yesterday. This is a holiday week. Trading volume is EXTREMELY light with most of Wall Street already on vacation. Those traders still at their desks are playing games with the futures market. That’s really it. There is nothing fundamental driving the rally, at … Read more

A tornado tore through a bustling city in northeastern China Wednesday evening, killing six and injuring at least 190. Images posted to social media show a large tornado tearing through Kaiyuan City in China’s Liaoning Province around 5:15 p.m. local time. The twister reportedly knocked out power and damaged buildings along its path, particularly in … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER Another indicator turning south, and this is a big one, as it’s the source of most consumer income: Familiar pattern? As if rate cuts would help output, employment, or earnings, all of which are decelerating: Dow rises 100 points and heads for record close amid expectations for the Fed to lower rates … Read more

The far-left fake news outlet CNN came in 15th place in primetime during the previous quarter and lost nearly 20 percent of its already pathetic viewership. Let’s go straight to the numbers… During the second quarter of this year, here’s how the average viewing audience stacked up… Primetime FOX: 2.4 million MSNBC: 1.67 million CNNLOL: 761,000 … Read more