Investment Watch Blog

by Martin Armstrong Our confidential sources are reporting that the Fed, ECB, and BoJ have agreed to lobby politicians in an attempt to warn them that they cannot continue propping up the world economy. The ECB, in particular, has been keeping the EU on life support and they have no room to lower interest rates … Read more

Wall St. For Main St., Released on 7/16/19 The Fed is still doing QT and just dumped a record amount of mortgaged backed securities (MBS) of $30 billion dollars in a single month. But who’s buying the toxic MBS? Jason Burack is an investor, entrepreneur, financial historian, Austrian School economist, and contrarian. Jason co-founded the … Read more

by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders I believe the outcome of the past 6+ months with regards to global trade, currency devaluations, and consumer sentiment will result in weaker US earnings in Q2 than at any time over the past 3+ years.  We believe US stocks, after recently breaching key psychological price levels ($300 SPY and $3000 … Read more

On the heals of the successful resolution condemning Trump’s tweets, the Dems are now presenting Articles of Impeachment for “high misdemeanors”. Happened around 7PM Eastern. (Jump to 3:46:15 in the video) Presented by Al Green (D-TX) Full text of resolution here:   Here’s the full text of the resolution: Madam speaker, pursuant to clause 2-a-1 of … Read more

via lawandcrime: Why did the wealthy and connected accused child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have a fake passport that listed his address as Saudi Arabia? The detail came out on Monday in a federal courtroom, where federal prosecutors said they had been made aware that a safe in Epstein Upper East Side townhouse contained a passport; the passport had a … Read more

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by Thinker The report wasn’t out about the $30 million dollar “NOTHING BURGER” on “45,” but there wasn’t a lack of Trump haters who had no problem saying guilty before it was even over!!! LOOKS LIKE DEFAMATION OF A SITTING POTUS TO ME!!! Tucker takes on Rep. Eric Swalwell, who says the Devin Nunes-authored memo … Read more

by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “I don’t think it’s any coincidence that gold runs from $1285 to as high as $1445 around the time that all the news about Deutsche Bank started coming out” [the failure to merge with Commerzbank followed by the “good bank / bad bank” split announcement]. Deutsche Bank is being prevented from … Read more

by northmantrader Everybody is trampling all over themselves to raise bullish targets. $SPX 3,300, $SPX 3,350, $SPX 3500, do I hear Dow 31,500? Yes I am. The big driver of course the Fed and central banks cutting rates again to save the global economy. And amid all the hype and excitement you see headlines like this: Bullish U.S. … Read more

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By The Phoenix As I keep stating, a top is forming. Stocks are tired after weeks of promises and promotions by Fed officials and the Trump administration that something BIG is coming. At this point there is little if any real buyers. It’s only by multiple interventions per day that the market hasn’t broken down. … Read more

by Martin Armstrong U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) held a news conference on Monday to respond to President Donald Trump who targeted the women in tweets and comments, which of course people claimed were racist since you cannot attack what they say … Read more

by Kimble Charting Historically its been positive to see Financials doing well at the same time the broad market is pushing higher! If financial stocks are lagging bit time, should stock bulls be concerned? This chart compares banks and in the U.S. (XLF) & Europe (EUFN) to the S&P 500 over the past 18-months. Currently, XLF is lagging the S&P by … Read more

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by Michael Snyder I know that this headline is alarming, but it is actually a direct quote from a notice that was recently posted in a Kroger supermarket.  And as you will see below, similar notices are being posted in the canned vegetable sections of Wal-Mart stores nationwide.  I would encourage you to examine the evidence … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Kudos to the private equity firm. These things don’t happen overnight for companies. They happen overnight only for investors. Golden Gate Capital – the private equity firm now infamous for asset-stripping its portfolio company Payless ShoeSource into bankruptcy and liquidation – strikes again with another of its portfolio companies, Clover Technologies, whose $693-million … Read more

by howmuch The U.S. is a nation of millionaires and billionaires. Among its population of 323 million people, there are 607 billionaires and 11.8 million individuals with a net worth of at least $1 million. This translates to roughly 3.65% of the country. So who has the most money? That’s the topic of our latest visualization, which highlights … Read more