SocGen: Beware the Squeeze VIX

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SocGen: Beware the Squeeze $VIX pic.twitter.com/bomZXVfOUq — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) April 7, 2019 https://twitter.com/TommyThornton/status/1114249577945817090 #HedgeFunds net short 141.5k contracts in $VIX futures. This is higher than 140.4k early Oct last year, when cash began to rally and $SPX fell apart. pic.twitter.com/Icha0zEWbp — hedgopia (@hedgopia) April 5, 2019 $SVXY $SPX $VIX Divergence at the … Read more

Far from #oil fields..but something watch — Eastern #Libyan forces conduct air strikes on #Tripoli as U.N. fails to reach truce

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https://twitter.com/chigrl/status/1114958746269179905 TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Eastern Libyan forces carried out air strikes on the southern part of Tripoli on Sunday and made progress toward the city center, residents said, escalating an operation to take the capital as the United Nations failed to achieve a truce. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-strike-idUSKCN1RJ0CU    

NOT HEALTHY: 13% of developed-country public companies are ‘zombies’ that don’t make enough to cover interest payments on their debts.

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New York (CNN Business)1. Easy money: The past decade of ultra-low interest rates has spawned the rise of “zombie” companies. These debt-laden firms don’t make enough to even cover their interest payments. That’s never a good sign. The number of zombie companies in advanced economies last year stood at 536, or 13% of the total, … Read more

American Airlines extends flight cancellations through June 5 as Boeing 737 Max remains grounded

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American previously announced it would cancel approximately 90 flights a day through April 24. Boeing is working to fix software shortcomings on the planes after two fatal crashes and international probe. Customers affected by the cancellations will be contacted by American representatives with available re-bookings. American Airlines will extend flight cancellations through June 5, more than … Read more

TREASON: The True Legacy Of John McCain

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John McCain made several propaganda tapes for the Vietnamese, betrayed the families of POWs as a Senator, covertly supported ISIS terrorists in Syria, and seditiously undermined President Trump with his “repeal and replace” vote while shopping the fake Russian Dossier to the FBI and various news outlets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5jpIiDc8dQ    

The Reasoning For The Upcoming Bear Market

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by cbus20122 Earnings are set to decelerate over the next few quarters. This comes at a time where we are seeing much more difficult YOY comps after a 3 year earnings bull market accelerated by unprecedented late cycle tax cuts. There are still huge builds in semiconductor inventory as prices are shitting the bed. This comes … Read more

Can Testimony From This Former Senior HSBC Executive Put Away Half Of The Deep State?

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by Dave Hodges via Silver Bear Cafe In one of the most important interviews in the history of The Common Sense Show, I recently interviewed John Cruz, a former Senior Vice-President at HSBC Bank. After being honorably discharged from the military, John Cruz had obtained what he thought was his dream position as the Senior VP at HSBC … Read more

Secretary for Homeland Security Nielsen expected to resign (or has just resigned) to President Trump in WH

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#BREAKING: Secretary for Homeland Security Nielsen expected to resign (or has just resigned) to President Trump in WH https://t.co/grQPkqrXCB — ELINT News (@ELINTNews) April 7, 2019 JUST IN: Two US officials tell @CBSNews DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen meeting with President Trump at 5pm, expected to resign. — Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCNN) April 7, 2019 https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1114999698845097984 #BREAKING: … Read more

Forbes: Federal Policies Are Making Houses Unaffordable

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via forbes: The Senate Banking Committee held two hearings on housing finance reform last week, proving once again the truth of that old adage: The more things change, the more they stay the same. If the Senate witnesses looked familiar, that’s because they were. Many of them had testified in the House last December, and virtually all have long been … Read more

Peter Schiff: Trump has put QE4 in play … Chris Martenson: Unfunded liabilities will crater the U.S. Economy … Goldcore: Silver set to soar to $50/oz …

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BY JOHN RUBINO Jim Rickards: In the next financial panic, “gold will be going up $100 a day, $1,000 a week” … Noam Chomsky on the Russiagate “farce” … Glenn Greenwald is vindicated by Mueller Report … Rick Rule: In precious metals things take place in three or four year cycles; don’t worry about a … Read more

How to know a crisis has started?

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by SambaBrazilian For interest rates the yield curve will steepen (short term rates falling) and stocks will fall. Those 2 together would be my leading indicators of recession. Banks are generally a bit more robust than in 2007 but there are weak ones in Europe, such as Deutsche Bank which could fail early on. I … Read more

Nunes on Bartiromo – 8 criminal referrals to DOJ this week

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P66AK90rngc Fox News article on this https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nunes-to-send-eight-criminal-referrals-to-justice-dept-concerning-leaks-conspiracy-amid-russia-probe 5 LIARs, LEAKERs 3 Criminal referrals 1) Conspiracy FISA Abuse (could be 2 dozen involved, he mentioned strzok and page. 2) Conspiracy manipulating intel 3) Global leak – 12 highly sensitive classified leaked by reporters (2 or 3 reporters involved) DOJ may or may not already have cases open. … Read more