Investment Watch Blog

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Then there’s the sinkhole of $1.5 trillion in MBS and $617 billion in Treasuries that mature in over 10 years. In March, the Fed shed $34 billion in assets, according to the Fed’s balance sheet for the week ended April 3, released this afternoon. This reduced the assets on its balance sheet … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith Zombification / Japanification is not success; it is only the last desperate defense of a failing, brittle status quo by doing more of what’s failed. A recent theme in the financial media is the Japanification of Europe.Japanification refers to a set of economic and financial conditions that have come to characterize Japan’s economy over … Read more

by Michael Snyder Over the last 30 years, there has been a mass exodus out of organized religion in the United States.  Each year the needle has only moved a little bit, but over the long-term what we have witnessed has been nothing short of a seismic shift.  Never before in American history have we … Read more

by Michael Snyder As soon as Jordan Peele’s smash hit “Us” was released in theaters, hundreds of thousands of people started searching Google for Jeremiah 11:11.  We are never told what it actually says, but it appears repeatedly throughout the film.  As you will see below, there is a lot of speculation that it was … Read more

Don’t believe what the Democrats and the mainstream media are telling you when they say there is no crisis on the Southern U.S. border. That’s a huge lie, and the numbers speak for themselves. There was more than 100,000 apprehensions of illegal aliens in the month of March alone. Experts say the crisis is “manufactured.” … Read more

By Tsvetana Paraskova Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern strongman General Khalifa Haftar are advancing west towardthe capital Tripoli in a renewed confrontation between the rival administrations that could escalate and threaten to disrupt, once again, Libya’s oil production and exports. Haftar leads a self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) with a base in the eastern city of … Read more

By Julianne Geiger  As if the solar industry didn’t already face significant headwinds on its way toward world domination, a Facebook page called Solar Energy Today has promised solar energy tax credits or rebates to thousands of unsuspecting Facebook users—tax credits that do not exist, according to the Associated Press. The scam apparently spent $2.4 … Read more

by TrailDust FARRAKHAN CLAIMS JESUS DIDN’T DIE ON THE CROSS, ‘GOD DOES NOT LOVE THIS WORLD’ About the spirit of antichrist… “Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last hour.” — 1 John 2:18 “Many … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER Expect Pre-Earnings Frowns to Turn Upside Down (WSJ) Analysts polled by Refinitiv think earnings per share for companies in the S&P 500 will be down 2% from a year earlier. The number of companies that have had negative first-quarter earnings warnings so far has outpaced those with positive preannouncements by a 2.8-to-1 … Read more

  After publishing less than 10% of the Snowden archives, the Intercept has decided to cease all future publications, unless Glenn Greenwald’s rather absurd promise of finding “the right partner … that has the funds to robustly publish” is fulfilled. The department that was shut down accounted for a measly 1.5 percent of their budget, … Read more

By Tsvetana Paraskova The total value of oil and gas mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals in the U.S. in the first quarter slumped to its lowest level in ten years as the deals market failed to recover from the oil price and equities slump in Q4, energy data analytics company Drillinginfo said on Thursday. In the first … Read more

by Troy The stock market’s rally is slowing down while volume is falling. This is normal. It’s impossible for the stock market to keep rallying at the pace it did in January and February – otherwise it would rally 60%+ in one year. Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. Let’s determine the stock … Read more

No fears… she’ll end up with a sweet gig working for the Clinton Foundation or SPLC CB

From Birch Gold Group Few names ring as many bells among domestic investors as Vanguard, an investment fund with over $5.3 trillion of assets under management. The company’s size, age and resume of reputability has led many investors to believe that entrusting the fund with their money is tantamount to placing it in a foolproof safe. … Read more

By Harry Dent Since last November I’ve been forecasting that we are likely moving into another Dark Window of spectacular gains before a big crash in early 2020. It didn’t look that way into December when stocks were down 20% or more, the largest correction since 2011 during the euro and Greek crisis. But my short-term indicators … Read more

by Dennis Miller Historically, funds holding investment-grade bonds have been considered a safe investment. Lending money to hundreds of well-known companies had little chance of major default and provided interest income. Has your broker mentioned new risks emerging? Bonds ratings fall into two major groups, investment grade and high yield (called junk bonds). The bond rating … Read more