Investment Watch Blog

by Lance Roberts At the beginning of this year, I was at dinner with my wife. Sitting at the table next to us, was a young financial advisor, who was probably in his mid-30’s, meeting with his client who appeared to be in his 60’s. Of course, the market had just experienced a 20% correction … Read more

by Michael Snyder Living on the edge, being dragged down by debt, and having little hope for the future is no way to live.  But that is precisely where most Americans find themselves in 2019.  Despite a supposedly “booming economy”, the middle class continues to shrink and most of the country is barely scraping by … Read more

by Michael Snyder Global economic activity has already been slowing down dramatically, and the U.S. trade war with China is just going to make things worse.  In so many ways, what we are witnessing in 2019 is quite reminiscent of what we witnessed as the last recession was beginning.  Global exports are absolutely plummeting, auto … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Retail space asking rents plunge as landlords try to fill scores of vacant shops. The average asking rent on Madison Avenue between 57th Street and 72nd Street, a prime shopping corridor in Manhattan, plunged 25% over the past 12 months, to $1,039 per square foot, and is down 37% from three … Read more

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by Jesse Colombo For the last several years, there has been a tremendous amount of activity and hype in the tech startup arena. In addition to the tens of thousands of startups that been founded in recent years, there are over three-hundred new “unicorn” startups that have valuations of $1 billion or more. Most of … Read more

Via The American Mirror A new federal report shows non-citizens in the United States commit nearly half of all federal crimes, or more than six times their proportion to the American population. For 2017, data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Surveyshows non-citizens comprise about 7 percent of the country’s population, but the 2018 Annual Report … Read more

by Dennis Miller Good friend Ronnie (fictitious name) has owned a popular bar near a prestigious university for decades. He has me convinced the colleges are doing a great job of preparing the executives of tomorrow. As I sipped on my iced tea, I noticed young folks in line at his cash machines waiting to withdraw … Read more

For More Information See and Links See: https://sociable.co/technology/google-aiding-chinese-military-pentagon-advisory-board/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employees-protest-search-censored-china.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/02/google-working-on-censored-search-engine-for-china https://whitehouse.typeform.com/to/Jti9QH https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/15/tech/white-house-social-media-bias-tool/index.html  

by Kimble Charting The economic recovery and ensuing bull market off the 2009 financial crisis lows has been one of the longest in history. And over that stretch of time, the S&P 500 Index has reached technical milestones. While making new all-time highs, the index rallied past big round numbers like 2000 and 2500, and Fibonacci extension 161.8 … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith The real heresy here is the American economy is now rigged for downward mobility. In the conventional narrative, one’s economic class is overshadowed by one’s political belief structure: liberal, conservative, libertarian, etc. In terms of economic class, the conventional narrative divides people into their ideological beliefs about economic ideologies: free market capitalism, socialism, … Read more

Where you live makes a huge difference in your quality of life. Many people live in massive cities to be close to work, to have modern conveniences, live near family, and enjoy themselves. But the same person could have a drastic difference in their current situation by living in a different area. Let’s take a … Read more

US orders all non-emergency personnel to leave Iraq as tensions with Iran grow – embassy Washington ordered to pull out its “non-emergency” staff from Iraq, the US Embassy in Baghdad said on Wednesday. The move comes after an alert on tensions in the country. DETAILS TO FOLLOW https://www.rt.com/news/459377-us-person…q-embassy/

Do you think that China and U.S. trade issues are playing a role in this situation?   With the trade issues constantly applying pressure on both sides, both politically and economically, there are numerous ways each side can play the game. It seems that China has been slowly but surely weaning off of its gigantic … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3dZwBJIy8U I Love My Freedom reports, Mini-AOC is back with a hilarious new video. Eight-year-old Ava Martinez has already smacked down Democrat Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) with two other clips. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://ilovemyfreedom.org/shes-back-…