Ex-Scotia Capital, Bear Stearns precious metals trader pleads guilty, will cooperate with feds in ‘spoofing’ probe

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via CNBC: A former Scotia Capital and Bear Stearns trader pleaded guilty and admitted manipulating precious metals futures markets for nine years, the latest in a series of crackdowns on so-called spoofing trades. The trader, Corey Flaum, is cooperating with an ongoing federal criminal investigations into gold, silver, platinum and palladium markets, as is ex-J.P. … Read more

HONG KONG’S CRISIS CONTINUES

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via reuters: The former British colony, which returned to China in 1997, is embroiled in its worst political crisis for decades after two months of increasingly violent protests that have posed one of the gravest populist challenges to Communist Party rulers in Beijing. The demonstrations, mushrooming up almost daily, saw the defacement of China’s main representative … Read more

MARTIAL LAW: Since March 9, 1933, the United States has been operating under a declared National Emergency!

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For years we have heard that the United States was in bankruptcy, that we are under Martial Law. For years we could only suppose this to be true. Dr. Gene Schroder, American Agricultural Movement, has done extensive research into the matter. The results of his research prove that these claims are, absolutely, true. Since March … Read more

Secret U.S. Army mission of undetermined duration in Washington, DC

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by Dr. Eowyn Since last October, the Pentagon has had a secret Army mission with Black Hawk helicopters flying over the Washington, D.C., area, backed by active-duty and reserve soldiers, but we’re only now finding out about it. Anthony Capaccio reports for Bloomberg, July 22, 2019, that the mysterious classified operation was disclosed only when the … Read more

It Is Happening! Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses

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Infrastructure & Technology Issued on: March 26, 2019 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-coordinating-national-resilience-electromagnetic-pulses/ Executive Orders Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses Infrastructure & Technology Issued on: March 26, 2019 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section … Read more

DOUG BANDOW: 1984: China Edition.

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via nationalinterest: Many Americans, myself included, hoped that the PRC’s immersion in the international economic system would encourage further expansion of the freedom of Chinese to debate ideas and ultimately control their political future. Although the CCP showed no willingness to relax its control, intellectual space appeared to grow a bit and liberty expanded in some … Read more

World Trade in Face of Tariffmageddon, Trade Wars & Manufacturing Slowdown

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Consumers and companies keep plugging, the world has not come to an end. World trade volume – imports and exports of merchandise across the globe – increased 0.3% in May from April, after falling 0.6% in the prior month, according to the Merchandise World Trade Monitor, released today by CPB Netherlands Bureau … Read more

Warning: The stock market could be about to drop through this ‘trapdoor’

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via MarketWatch: Back in 2007, when Wall Street was careening toward the financial crisis, the S&P 500 split from the consumer discretionary-to-consumer staples ratio, in a sign that appetite for risk was drying up even as the broader market pushed higher. Now, as Jesse Felder points out this week on the Felder Report blog, we’re seeing … Read more

TRUMP BEWARE! He Just Triggered Deep State Desperation! Their Next Move Could Be Deadly…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pEb_aqqwxc For More Information See: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019… https://www.chicagotribune.com/column… https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/24/chris_wallace_mueller_hearing_has_been_a_disaster_for_democrats_reputation_of_robert_mueller.html https://thehill.com/homenews/administ… https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2…    

“Credit Card Splurge” Suggests Imminent Storm

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Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, You’d think that the drop in yields and a Fed about to cut rates would’ve brought about some relief to credit card bills. No Sir. And you might think that the highest interest rates on credit cards ever would deter consumers from loading up on additional credit card debt. Oh no. … Read more

Stocks No Bid – Gold No Offer

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by Egon von Greyerz It is not difficult to understand Cassandra’s enormous frustration. She was given the gift of accurately predicting important events and her curse was that no one would believe her. Some of us are certain that we can now see the biggest bubbles in economic history coming to an end with totally … Read more

“The Downturn Could Be Particularly Brutal” – ‘First’ Fed Cuts Are Not Bullish

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Authored by Kevin Ludolph via Crescat Capital, Crescat Capital Quarterly Investor Letter Q2 We believe there is an opportunity to capitalize on a material downturn in the business cycle based on the composite of timing and imbalance indicators in Crescat’s 16-factor macro model. US Equity Markets The downturn could be particularly brutal for US stocks … Read more

Palestinian President Ending Agreements With Israel

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#BREAKING Palestinian president says to end agreements with Israel pic.twitter.com/wa2Ob8QDan — AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 25, 2019 Abbas says Palestinian will no longer abide by agreements signed with Israel Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says his government will stop abiding by agreements signed with Israel following the demolition earlier this week of 12 buildings … Read more