Investment Watch Blog

via lewrockwell: I’ve excerpted some quotes from economist John Williams’ most recent economic commentary No. 983-B (ShadowStats.com) which is of interest to every American.  It predicts financial authorities will make a formal admission that the economy is in a state of collapse and in recession on or around September 2019.  Williams made this prediction in 2004!  … Read more

probably not good pic.twitter.com/DQBRe2A4CM — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) April 23, 2019 What great shape the US economy is in. Condo sales plunged 5.3% in March and by 11.5% on a YoY basis to 540,000 units at an annual rate. This is the lowest sales tally since July 2012! Consider that this level is comparable to what … Read more

Central banks spur growth? Well, not really. pic.twitter.com/81jpTNoyNL — Daniel Lacalle Official Account (@dlacalle_IA) April 22, 2019

via fee.org: A generation ago, the national debt stood at just a smidgen over USD $4 trillion and a young presidential candidate named Bill Clinton was discussing a great plan he had to have it entirely paid off by now. Oops. The national debt is now 5.5 times bigger. More than anything, this astoundingly bad public policy … Read more

by DataBaker This “dashboard” was created through a combination of R code (to clean the data) and Tableau (to create all of the visualizations). The data are freely available at http://www.usaspending.gov. For this analysis, I utilized the Keyword Search, searched for “cannabis”, and downloaded the results. USAspending is the US government’s official repository of ALL federal spending … Read more

https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/smart-money/financial-literacy/ We aren’t talking about money growing up and it’s a systemic problem. When I was in college and financially independent, I racked up literally all of my student loans the first two years because I thought I was supposed to use all of the loan money they gave me. The last two years I … Read more

by BucketsofDickFat   I’m not 100% sure how well this fits here (it is financial), but I wanted to warn as many people as possible. Last week on Tuesday morning I was sitting at my desk and suddenly started getting emails. Lots, and lots, and lots of them. 30-40 every minute. They were clearly spam. Many … Read more

by hyousef333   Operating income of $94 million and operating margin of 12%. Average monetizable DAU (mDAU) was 134 million in Q1, up 11% year-over-year. Total revenue was $787 million in Q1, an increase of 18%, or 20% on a constant currency basis. Total US revenue was $432 million, an increase of 25%. Total international … Read more

by Shaun Richards As Easter ends – and one which was simply glorious in London – those of us reacquainting ourselves with financial markets will see one particular change. That is the price of crude oil as the Financial Times explains. Crude rose to a five-month high on Tuesday, as Washington’s decision to end sanctions … Read more

Government officials predicted that Social Security trust funds will be unable to pay full benefits in 2035 unless Congress acts in a timely manner in a report released Monday. The Social Security Board of Trustees released their 79th annual report, which said 80 percent of reserve funding for the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and … Read more

by Ron Paul Imagine being robbed every time you receive a paycheck, but once a year getting some of the stolen money back because the thieves took more than they intended. Would you be happy about it? If you are like most Americans the answer is yes, since most people are grateful when they get a … Read more