Investment Watch Blog

by David Haggith The Fed’s surprise pivot away from any interest rate increases this year has boosted prices of stocks, high yield bonds and other risky assets in spite of nagging investor concerns about slowing global economic growth….. The quandary for the Fed is that easy monetary policy seems more effective in spurring asset values than it does … Read more

by Geoffrey Grider Just two weeks after admitting it stored hundreds of millions of its users’ own passwords insecurely, Facebook is demanding some users fork over the password for their outside email account as the price of admission to the social network. Facebook has become the social media version of the Mark of the Beast, and their … Read more

by WeAreTheResistance Tulsi Gabbard Completely goes after all of the ridiculously naked smear jobs that’s she’s been attacked by so far, so early into her presidential campaign. Tulsi has been treated far worse then even Ron Paul was. One month into her campaign, the trecherous corporate Mainstream Media had already called her; a genocide denier, … Read more

From Brandon Smith I sometimes think that the free market concept is treated like The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’s Quasimodo in the long novel of global economic history. It is considered ugly and undesirable by most people who judge it at a mere glance without bothering to understand it. It is a bogeyman; a scapegoat for numerous … Read more

by jessefelder This post is an excerpt from a recent report published in The Felder Report Premium. I’m a die hard value investor to my core. I think when anyone learns about the “margin of safety” concept it either grabs them immediately or it doesn’t. When I first read about it in The Intelligent Investor it grabbed me … Read more

via visualcapitalist: View the full-size version of this infographic View the high resolution version of today’s infographic by clicking here There are only two cities that have had the distinction of being named the most populous city in the United States. The first city to hold the title was Philadelphia, as the City of Brotherly Love was estimated to … Read more

One of the biggest names behind the Fusion GPS report, which targeted President Trump, turns out to also be one of the most radical leftists in America today. One America’s Pearson Sharp has more on the “dark funding” behind the infamous Steele dossier.    

Wisconsin’s Beloit College snowflakes who work to prevent people with different political views from having a voice on campus, piled chairs on the podium and shouted down the speaker from Blackwater Security Contractors.     h/t Ferly

Hollywood stagecraft brought to Syria by western media and its star performers… Humanitarian crisis in Venezuela: Propaganda vs. reality After viewing the video above regarding Syria, consider the current events taking place in Venezuela that Pompeo and Bolton have recently declared “requires military action.” The very same orchestrated media and political tactics being used in … Read more

SOLAR MINIMUM IS A TERRIBLE TIME TO BLOW UP A SATELLITE Small fragments in high orbits may remain aloft for years, circling the planet like tiny bullets traveling 17,000 mph. http://spaceweather.com   h/t Goofy for God

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: I am a mega dollar bull – I totally get how it is the only game in town.  I’ve lived it too, having seen how the big banks work their balance sheets from the inside. However… occasionally people send me charts like the one below and get all excited.  They say we are … Read more

Should middle America be thankful for all the “jobs” provided by the military in areas like the National Guard? That’s the argument of some pro-war progressives. It’s dead wrong. The massive military budget is driven by the idea that “debt doesn’t matter” – a false notion that is leading us to economic devastation.