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via bloomberg: To see why the full picture is more complicated, let’s say the U.S. slaps tariffs on the industrial inputs (whether materials or labor) it is buying from China. It is easy to see the immediate chain of higher costs for the U.S. businesses translating into higher prices for U.S. consumers, and that is what … Read more
via washingtonexaminer: There was a school of thought that said former Vice President Joe Biden would begin to sink in the polls the moment he announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. Biden’s first day in the race, the thinking went, would be his best day. In fact, the opposite has happened. Since formally becoming … Read more
by Caitlin Johnstone “It is hard to overstate the significance of this revelation,” tweets former British MP George Galloway of a new report by the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media (WGSPM). “The war-machine has now been caught red-handed in a staged chemical weapons attack for the purposes of deceiving our democracies into what could have turned into a … Read more
by Francis Marion Nobody here knows if this is hot air or a sign of what is coming. The Liberals deny it. The Conservatives tell us to prepare for it. This country is coming unglued just five months before an election that will likely see the Liberal Party of Canada kicked out. All I will say … Read more
Authored by John Vibes via ActivistPost.com, This month, George Orwell’s legendary novel Nineteen Eighty-Four turns 70 years old, and the warnings contained within the story are now more relevant than ever. Orwell’s predictions were so spot on that it almost seems like it was used as some type of accidental instruction manual for would-be tyrants. In the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four, … Read more
by: Stefan Gleason An unexpected news event caused the stock market to plunge over the past week, with the Dow Jones Industrials losing several hundred points. Stocks had been crawling back up toward new highs last month in low volatility trading…until suddenly, a black swan arrived. According to Investopedia, “A black swan is an event … Read more
by: Steve St. Angelo To understand the dynamics of the markets, we need to look at the technical indicators. While it’s true that technical analysis can’t guarantee how the market reacts in the near term, it provides excellent indicators over the longer run. And, if we look at the technical indicators in the markets now, they … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn On Mother’s Day last Sunday, May 12, 2019, Nabisco’s Chips Ahoy! tweeted a video of a drag queen, Vanessa Vanjie, with this message: #HappyMothersDay to your moms, your drag moms and everyone who celebrates you being YOU. #GetTheseCookies Here’s the video: http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Chips-Ahoy-Mothers-Day-drag-queen-tweet-5-12-2019.mp4 Below are some tweets in response: Reaper: “This is a man” Mark Dice: “Maybe just … Read more
New York, California get ‘aggressive’ when residents try to flee high taxes As an increasing number of residents are looking to leave high-taxOpens a New Window. states, such as California and New York, some of these state and local governmentsOpens a New Window. are not making the process easy. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act introduced a number of reforms, … Read more
It is often noted that the global economy is living on borrowed time. With central banks armed with the capacity to print and distribute new flows of capital at will, the debt crisis is growing at an exponential pace. In the U.S. alone, it is estimated that the world’s largest economic powerhouse is staring at … Read more
by Michael Ballanger via Streetwise Reports Sector expert Michael Ballanger muses on the effects of Twitter and political maneuvers on the markets, and specifically on a favorite gold explorer. I have a confession to make: There are no free markets anymore; there are only interventions. Of course, I bow to Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) cofounder Chris Powell, … Read more
by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch Interview with Dimitri Speck Given the massive intervention and monetary manipulation experiment by central banks over the last decade, the amount of distortions created in the market, as well as the record debt accumulation at all levels of the economy, have given rise to considerable risks for investors. For a more detailed understanding … Read more
Gerald says Trump will do everything he can to win in 2020, including using the Fed to rig the markets. The Fed is a gang and a club. Gerald explains… Gerald Celente interviewed on SBTV SBTV had a great conversation with the fiery and straight-talking Gerald Celente, Founder of the Trends Research Institute, about how he forecast … Read more
by Michael Snyder They actually did it. On Tuesday night, the Alabama Senate passed a bill that would actually make abortion a felony in the state of Alabama. Needless to say, pro-abortion forces all over the nation are officially freaking out about this new law. They know that it is intended as “a direct challenge” … Read more
by Michael Snyder Wall Street is still treating this crisis as a temporary trade dispute, but the Chinese see things completely differently. At this point, the narrative in China is that the U.S. has deeply insulted their national honor, and every angry statement from U.S. officials is just digging the knife in a little bit … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith The net result is we have an economy that’s supposedly expanding smartly while our well-being and financial security are collapsing. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and other metrics of economic activity don’t measure either broad-based prosperity or well-being. Elites skimming financialization profits by expanding corporate debt and issuing more loans to commoners while spending … Read more
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by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan The wall street bear who claimed that an economic recession in 2019 will be “virtually unavoidable” has doubled down on his assessment. He warning that the corporate buybacks will fuel the next recession. Gluskin Sheff Chief Economist and Strategist David Rosenberg acknowledged that his prediction about the recession may have come a bit … Read more
by Keith Weiner of Monetary-Metals We have deviated, these past several weeks, from matters monetary. We have written a lot about a nonmonetary driver of higher prices—mandatory useless ingredients. The government forces businesses to put ingredients into their products that consumers don’t know about, and don’t want. These useless ingredients, such as ADA-compliant bathrooms and supply chain tracking, … Read more
by John Mauldin By John Mauldin You’ve likely heard of the term “income inequality.” It means wealthy people are making a larger share of our collective income. In one sense, it’s nothing new. The people with the highest incomes have more of the total. Math guarantees it. But the top’s share has largely grown in recent … Read more