It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like 1937

via Daniel Carter Summary No, not like 1929, 1987, 2001 or 2007. I’ve seen many analyses comparing this economic cycle with those that have ended in tears. Well, I’m no different. The macroeconomic and political conditions today are beginning to resemble …

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Bullish Fund Assets Jump Off The Chart

by Dana Lyons Assets in bullish funds at the Rydex family have soared to uncharted territory – especially relative to dwindling bearish assets. Given the persistent rally in the U.S. equity market in recent months, one might assume that bullish sentiment …

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Don't show President Trump this chart…

Despite the relative freefall in the US Dollar, the US trade deficit disappointed expectations, spiking above $50 billion.   This is the biggest trade deficit since January 2012. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-05/trade-deficit-spikes-6-year-high-despite-tumbling-dollar

'Bomb cyclone' triggers Boston flooding panic, high tides trapping drivers… 'life-threatening' cold overnight Friday and Saturday for Northeast

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com A “bomb cyclone” wreaking havoc in the Northeast on Thursday unleashed dangerous flooding in Boston and unprecedented high tides along the Massachusetts coast, trapping drivers in cars “floating” through ice-slushed streets covered in mini …

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The Debt Beneath

Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, Debt is irrelevant and matters not. It’s different this time. That’s the message from politicians, markets and participants. Tax cuts pay for themselves (they do not), leverage doesn’t matter (it does) and the increased …

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[Crypto] XRP worth $380bn, Ripple labs worlds 10th largest company by market cap, Chris Larsen 5th richest in the world

Having soared 36,000% last year and continuing its crazy run in 2018… Ripple has surged ahead of Ethereum as the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap… Bitcoin $246BN Ripple $143BN Ethereum $97BN   image courtesy of CoinTelegraph Leaving Mike Novogratz breathlessly berating the craziness..as Ripple’s …

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Freedom Caucus calling for Sessions to step down. Write and encourage the caucus to see this through!

This is an easy, and very American thing to do: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/04/jeff-sessions-resign-freedom-caucus-mark-meadows-jim-jordan-324022?lo=ap_a1 Sessions was publicly called out by Trump for reports citing anonymous government intelligence sources, with the president tweeting in July that the attorney general had taken a “VERY weak …

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