The Fed Appoints Itself Bubble-Sustainer in Chief

by Alexander Trigaux, Editor, GoldSilver.com   Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has utterly given in to external market pressure to pump air into The Everything Bubble… Fresh off his capitulation in December to stave off The Great Recession Part 2 by ceasing the Fed’s rate-raising, now he is greasing the rails toward 0% interest rates again, an … Read more

Why Deflation Is a Real Risk in the Coming Years

via livewiremarkets: If bond yields were the litmus test it would be easy to believe that inflation in most countries is at zero or below. Bonds should provide investors with a real return from the income yield, but this is not the case. The graph highlights the steady downward trend in benchmark 10-year yields over the … Read more

The Economics Of South Park

Authored by Emmanuel Sessegnon via The American Institute for Economic Research, People love South Park. In an age where shows attempt to avoid controversy at all costs, South Park co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone practically go out of their way to find it.  When asked by the Huffington Post which group they have angered the … Read more

Liquidity Crisis at Woodford Equity Fund Is Symptomatic of Systemic Problem, Bank of England Warns

$30 trillion of assets globally are held by similar open-ended funds. By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: The Bank of England warned on Thursday that “financial stability risks are increasing” from giant open-ended funds, which are estimated to hold some $30 trillion in assets globally. These funds are vast sources of financing for the real economy but … Read more

“Where the American Dream Goes to Die”: Changes in House Prices, Rents, and Incomes since 1960 by Region & Metro

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter How out-of-whack is the discrepancy in growth between incomes, rents, and house prices? The “San Francisco Housing Crisis,” as it’s called on a daily basis, is an extreme. But housing costs in major urban areas in the US have been eating up more and more of household incomes, as house prices … Read more

Left’s Death Threats against Mini-AOC

by Martin Armstrong The peaceful left has made death threats against Ava and her family for her imitation of AOC. Her family posted this on Twitter and announced that they have deleted all posts because the right to freedom of speech does not exist if you disagree with the left.  

When this happens, the stock market goes up 100% of the time

by Troy The market expects a Fed rate cut soon as the stock market pushes to new highs. Today’s headlines: Fed rate cut AAII sentiment Volatility of volatility Using copper to trade stocks Are bonds and interest rates reversing? Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. For reference, here’s the random probability of the U.S. stock … Read more

Independent Trader News – July 2019

by independenttrader Europe is rebelling against the United States More than a year ago, we reported that the United States had unilaterally withdrawn from a nuclear agreement with Iran. Shortly after this decision, Americans began to impose sanctions on Iran. As a consequence, trade with this country has been prohibited. More important countries of the European … Read more

ZUCK OFF EASY: FEDS GIVE FACEBOOK $5 BLLION SLAP AFTER PRIVACY ABUSE… BUT COMPANY HAS MARKET VALUE OF $585 BILLION!

FTC votes to approve $5 billion settlement with Facebook in privacy probe The Federal Trade Commission voted this week to approve a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook that could end an investigation into its privacy practices, according to a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to speak on the record, a deal … Read more

STORM WEEKEND… BRACED FOR ‘HURRICANE’ BARRY…

Tropical Storm Barry Inches Toward Gulf Coast; Heavy Rain Moves In; Dangerous Flooding Ahead in Lower Mississippi Valley At a Glance Tropical Storm Barry will make landfall today along the northern Gulf Coast, possibly as a hurricane. A major threat of rainfall flooding is in play over the northern Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley. … Read more

Could I have some news with my emotions, please?

Walter Cronkite unnerved a nation 56 years ago, by taking off his glasses. The video has been seen by countless millions over the decades: Cronkite announcing on live television in 1963 the death of President Kennedy. He stops for a moment, removes his glasses, composes himself and moves on. That gesture rattled Americans because they expected journalists to … Read more

Unprepared AOC tries to come at Former ICE Director Thomas Homan

🔥HOLY, WOW🔥 Unprepared @AOC tries to come at Former ICE Director Thomas Homan.She gets eviscerated.It's unfair.It's hard to watch.Total savage flex by Homan at the end.AOC *literally* left speechless.I've never see a member get more completely & embarrassingly destroyed. pic.twitter.com/F8qn5wkp2f — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 12, 2019 This clip of AOC begging to be sworn … Read more