World Trade Falls Most Since Financial Crisis, Hit by China & Other Emerging Asia

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter US trade mixed, Eurozone stagnating, Japan on downtrend. But Latin America picks up some of the slack. World trade volume, which had been growing at a strong pace last year, peaking at 5.6% year-over-year growth in October, started turning down in November, and by February — according to the Merchandise World Trade … Read more

Durable goods, Chem activity, South Korea

by WARREN MOSLER As per the chart still not looking so good: Highlights Good news on US manufacturing is now much less scarce following a much better-than-expected 2.7 percent jump in durable goods orders for March. The gain is skewed higher by a very welcome 60 percent monthly gain in commercial aircraft orders and also by an … Read more

Eternal Bullishness & Willful Blindness

by Lance Roberts The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite had their highest closings on record Tuesday, regaining ground lost in last year’s rout. Stocks have flourished under a more accommodative Federal Reserve. In January, the central bank said it would hold interest rates steady, setting in motion the stock market’s strongest first-quarter run in more … Read more

Transportation Index Creating A Topping Pattern?

by Kimble Charting This quote comes to mind when I look at the chart above; bottoms are often events and Tops are a process. Could the Dow Jones Transportation be creating a “Topping Pattern” over the past 15-months? Possible! In this monthly chart of the Transports index, we applied Fibonacci extension levels to the 2003 lows and … Read more

Lior Gantz: The World Is Being Prepared, We Are Hitting Peak Productivity

by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan In an interview with X22 Report Spotlight, a YouTube channel focused on economic news, Lior Gantz sits down to discuss the peak productivity and other problems rearing their heads in this economy.  A recession is imminent, and since the United States is at their peak productivity with a tight labor market, the only option for … Read more

Even Cher balks at Bernie Sanders’ proposal that felons in prison have right to vote

by Dr. Eowyn Democrats have gone so far left, even rabid anti-Trumper Cher, who fantasizedputting President Trump in a “straight jacket,” is balking at their latest proposals. In a tweet on April 14, 2019, 72-year-old Cher questioned why some wanted Los Angeles to take in even more immigrants when it already has a large homeless population: I … Read more

Why The United States Needs To Encourage American Citizens To Hold Gold

by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) By Sean Fieler The Federalist, Washington Thursday, April 25, 2019 Foreign central banks are acquiring gold at the fastest pace in 50 years, and their purchases are not driven by investment considerations alone. The Central Bank of Russia, 2018’s largest official-sector buyer of gold, wants to reduce Russia’s dependence … Read more

Sara Carter & John Solomon: “It Will Be Done.” Lists Those Who are Going Down: Comey, McCabe, etc

FOX News legal analyst tells Sean Hannity that Hillary Clinton, James Comey and Andrew McCabe should be indicted. Jarrett added that James Clapper and John Brennan should be indicted for lying under oath to Congress. JOE DIGENOVA DOING THE LORD’S WORK AGAINST DEEP STATE VIDEO: Joe diGenova former DC Attorney: “100% Certain Quite a Few … Read more