Investment Watch Blog

via Zerohedge: Ahead of a fifth day of talks between No. 10 and the opposition on Tuesday, the Daily Telegraph reports that Prime Minister Theresa May is considering amending her withdrawal agreement to include a Commons vote on authorizing a second ‘confirmatory’ Brexit referendum as a ploy to break the deadlock over a revised Brexit deal. With … Read more

by Martin Armstrong Nigel Farage led the Ukip party to victory in the last EU elections in 2014. They won 24 MEPs and brough BREXIT to the forefront, however, Nigel split from Ukip when it turned a hard right. Seven MPs have followed Nigel and switched to the newly-formed Brexit Party after PM Theresa May refused to … Read more

by Adam Taggart “We are on the precipice of the greatest retirement crisis in the history of the world. And that makes perfect sense because, first of all, we have the largest elderly population in the history of the world. Just focusing on the United States: our elderly are woefully unprepared to retire. And in … Read more

By Harry Dent I’m heading back to Australia for a six-city tour – Auckland, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane – from April 24 to May 3. Usually, I only go once a year. This latest will be my third visit in 14 months. One of the reasons I’m going back is that home prices … Read more

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by Lance Roberts With the fourth quarter of 2018 reporting season now behind us, we can take a look at what happened with earnings to see what’s real, what’s not, and what it will mean for the markets going forward. Last November, I discussed an important issue which is not being fully recognized by the “always … Read more

by Martin Armstrong   Marijuana has been prejudiced over the years by people who have never understood the risks and because there was concern that marijuana might compete with the paper industry. There was a campaign waged against marijuana that was born out of an anti-immigration movement against Mexicans. The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 and ran … Read more

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; you were friends with Milton Friedman. Do you agree with his view that the Great Depression was caused in part by the Fed refusing to expand the money supply? Isn’t Quantitative Easing expanding the money supply yet it too has failed to create inflation. Would you comment on this paradox? … Read more

Will The China’s Economic Collapse Happen In 2019? I have been warning for years that the greatest and final economic collapse in this century, would be China. Now that cracks in the great red dragon’s economy are widening, it’s time to prepare for the China’s Yuan crash and The Great Depression In China. China has … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER This has been know to be associated with the housing cycle: Framing Lumber Prices Down 30% Year-over-year This has taken a dive recently:   Global economy enters ‘synchronised slowdown’ (F) The global economy has entered a “synchronised slowdown” which may be difficult to reverse in 2019, according to the latest update of … Read more

by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: In commentary posted SilverSeek, silver market analyst Ted Butler reports confirmation from former Commodity Futures Trading Commission member Bart Chilton that JPMorganChase assumed from the collapsing investment bank Bear Stearns a massive short position in silver and has been allowed to manipulate the … Read more

House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes filed a $150 million lawsuit in Virginia state court against The McClatchy Company and others on Monday, alleging that one of the news agency’s reporters conspired with a political operative to derail Nunes’ oversight work into the Hillary Clinton campaign and Russian election interference. The filing, obtained by … Read more

by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “They may try to run this poor thing straight up and over a cliff. Recall the 2000 top was in March but they briefly ran it back in Sep 00. Ditto in Oct 07. When warning signs are ignored, the endings are abrupt. Maintain safety nets, but don’t assume stupidity has … Read more

by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Last week we had strong numbers out of China and our research continues to suggest the Chinese stock market could be poised for an upside price rally of at least 15% over the next 30+ days before possibly reaching a peak in June or July 2019.  Our Fibonacci predictive modeling system … Read more

From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: Gold demand will hit a four-year high in 2019, gold ready to break out due to numerous tailwinds, and why the long-awaited silver boom could be right around the corner. Metals Focus: Gold Demand … Read more

Grant’s Interest Rate Observer Podcast, Released on 4/8/19 Barclay Leib (@btl0823) founder and principal of Sand Spring Advisors, LLC, comes by the office to discuss asset allocation, forensic accounting and Wall Street history. 1:44 Rules for selecting fund managers 5:40 Where does “edge” come from? 8:18 Fun and games in fund returns 12:17 The famous … Read more