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CNN FURIOUS Over Trump’s Defense Of Paul Joseph Watson. Following Trump’s defense of Paul Joseph Watson after facebook banned him, CNN reporter Oliver Darcy tweeted in outrage over the actions of the president. In a story he wrote on CNN he published overt and obvious fake news lies from Facebook about how they take action. … Read more

by Lance Roberts Market Update & Review Never Hurts To Ring The Cash Register Portfolio Management Guidelines Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan Manager Follow Us On: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound Cloud,Seeking Alpha Market Update & Review Fortunately, the market rallied on Friday as traders scrambled to hold important support levels following confirmation from Richard Clarida that the Fed … Read more

So, I get on Facebook for my daily check of family and friends post, which is about all I use it for, and I see that they want me to take a survey. Boy, I’m sure they will regret that. So, the first question was what they could do to improve. I told them their … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Fed sheds $46 Billion, Total QE Unwind Reaches $580 Billion. Assets drop to lowest level since Nov 2013. In April, total assets on the Fed’s balance sheet fell by $46 billion, as of the balance sheet for the week ended May 1, released Thursday afternoon. This drop reduced the assets to $3,890 billion, … Read more

via Lexington Law Survey: One in Four Seniors Wish They Had Taken This Basic Financial Advice Sooner The philosophy “live life with no regrets” can help people embrace the present instead of ruminating about the past or worrying about the future. However, there’s a caveat that you should be able to healthily move forward and learn … Read more

By Robert Rapier Over the weekend, I saw a passing reference on Twitter to the declining energy content of gasoline. Intuitively I know this to be correct for reasons I discuss below. But the poster linked to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) that I hadn’t previously seen. The EIA doesn’t directly tabulate the energy … Read more

by Fabius Maximus Summary: We have been on the RussiaGate merry-go-round for almost three years, yet we still have more questions than answers. Let’s take a ride and look at the madness of Republicans and Democrats as they play with the few facts the Deep State has given us, frantically protecting their party’s interests. Here we … Read more

by Jesse “Anyone who bought stocks in mid-1929 and held onto them saw most of his or her adult life pass by before getting back to even.” Richard M. Salsman “Ordinarily, the financial risk in a market, and hence the risk to the economy at large, is limited because the assets traded are finite. There … Read more

by Troy The stock market’s rally is extremely persistent to the point where it looks like every single -1% pullback is being bought. This is quite rare, and the last time we saw this was February 2000 (top of the dot-com bubble). Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. Let’s determine the stock market’s most … Read more

From Birch Gold Group On Tuesday, POTUS took to Twitter and called for the Fed to cut rates by 1%, pointing to 3.2% GDP growth and “wonderfully low inflation.” China is adding great stimulus to its economy while at the same time keeping interest rates low. Our Federal Reserve has incessantly lifted interest rates, even though … Read more

by Tom McClellan A little bit of fear over the old saying about “Sell in May and go away” has led the VIX Index to pop up through its 50-day moving average (50MA), but stopping right at its upper 50-1 Bollinger Band.  The VIX’s pattern of higher lows is not confirming of the higher price highs, … Read more