According to the latest readings on Yale’s one-year investor confidence indices (so, percentage of respondents who think stocks will be higher a year from now), both the “smart” money and the “dumb” money are now 100% confident that nothing can go wrong …
by Mark Angelides A bit of news has come out of Wikileaks that seems to suggest that Robert Mueller had a career in the FBI that doesn’t quite fit what we could consider a “regular role.” Three incidents during his …
by Mark Angelides Politicians, state workers and the media talk constantly about how we must be doing more to get children into college, especially those from minority backgrounds or poorer families. But what is ignored is the fact that the …
by Pamela Williams Jeb Bush has just noticed the Awan Scandal, and he has announced he wants Debbie Wasserman Schultz indicted. Praise God! Finally someone with some clout is hearing the Imran Awan story, and is outraged. Jeb Bush took to …
by Pamela Williams Investigator George Webb just did a live streaming video, and I wanted to catch up with what he is doing. I have been following George a long time, and I believe in him. I know he has had …
by Michael Snyder Is Donald Trump even going to make it to the 2020 election? The rumors that the deep state is planning to make a big move to try to remove President Trump have become a deafening roar, and …
by John Rubino Someday, stock, bond and real estate valuations will matter again. And the mechanism by which this return to sanity is achieved will probably be the torrent of money now flowing in from people who, for various reasons, …
By Michael Snyder I am about to share with you one of the strangest things that I have come across in a very long time. In the late 1800s, author Ingersoll Lockwood wrote a series of novels which appear to …
by BNI European Council President Donald Tusk believes Poland’s future in the European Union could be in jeopardy over the country’s many disputes with the EU, especially over illegal alien Muslim invaders. Daily Caller Tusk — who served as the Polish …
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/893445565459116032 ‘The bull market could continue forever’ — strategist Jim Paulsen outlines conditions Markets ‘got a good gig going’ until inflation rears its head: Jim Paulsen from CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/04/the-bull-market-could-continue-to-forever–strategist-jim-paulsen-outlines-conditions.html Civilian Unemployment Rate Grey areas = recession pic.twitter.com/0rLszvMweK — Sven …
by Mark Angelides The Young America’s Foundation conference in Washington DC played host to Brexit front man and former UKIP leader Nigel Farage last week. His speech has filled column inches and been dissected by news agencies on both sides …
By Michael Snyder Have you ever asked yourself this question? Ever since I decided to run for Congress, I have spent quite a bit of time thinking about how divided our nation is. Donald Trump has become the most hated …
by Dana Lyons A new take on the issue of diverging transportation stocks – red flag or red herring? After breaking out to all-time highs following last fall’s presidential election, transportation stocks spent the first half of 2017 consolidating that move. …
by Disobedient Media Disobedient Media spoke this evening with Suzie Dawson of the New Zealand Internet Party , regarding the upcoming live drafting event of the Anti Spy Bill. Dawson was forced to leave New Zealand due to government sanctioned harassment she received in response to …
When is the crash coming? Internet data mining expert Clif High says, “We are crashing now. That’s the problem. We may not have a big crash down, but we are crashing now in the form of the crack up boom. …
by Jesse Apparently the Banks have been lobbying heavily, and expending significant amounts of money again, leaning on their Congressmen and pressuring regulators, saying that their capital standards need to be relaxed so that they can make more loans to …
by Pamela Williams This should enrage the American people to the point of revolution! Each day, that Mueller continues the façade of a Russian Interference Probe is another blow to the intelligence of the American people. Not only that he …
by David Haggith One reason I started my own economics blog was because of how tired I was of reading government-regurgitated half truths about the economy. Nothing has changed. As Newsmax and other publications report this week that July was a bumper month …
by Mark Angelides Popular Conservative pundit and NRA spokeswoman, Dana Loesch, has released a new video calling out the New York Times for their bias, dishonesty and subservient compliance with the Democrat party. She berates them for being complicit with …
by Mark Angelides There seems to be a staffing crisis taking place in the White House at present. Every week or so we hear of another appointment or firing, and the media begins its spin machine going again, keeping the …
By Michael Snyder Are we right on the verge of one of the greatest financial collapses in American history? I have been repeatedly warning that our ridiculously over-inflated stock market bubble could burst at any time, but former Federal Reserve Chairman …
by Pamela Williams You may think this is a strange title for a report, but actually it is meant to be a literal question. Soon, even if you live in a gated community, or even on your own farm out in …
by Pamela Williams I know John Podesta has said he wants everyone just to shut up about the Seth Rich murder and investigation, but when you have videos and audios of evidence that should be examined, one must talk …
by BILL BONNER POITOU, FRANCE – This is getting monotonous. Another day, another record high for the Dow… now above the 22,000-point mark for the first time in history. And based on the CAPE ratio – a valuation measure that compares …
by Robert Carbery This Wednesday, August 2nd, President Trump signed the Russia/Iran/North Korea sanctions bill which restricts our ability to improve relations through diplomatic means with these three problem countries. The Deep State seems to have full control of …
by Dana Lyons This week has seen yet more examples of poor internals despite new highs in the major averages. Last week, we highlighted 2 recent potential examples of a weakening in the “internals” of the stock market rally. Again, by internals, …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9cW9FGqC_g Kimberly Morin for Western Journalism reports, The Dow Jones Industrial Average went above 22,000 Wednesday for the first time, and consumer confidence is reportedly higher. Both signs suggest the economy is getting better, so why are so many retailers …
by Tom McClellan Everyone has heard the old saying about “Sell in May and go away,” but history shows that the period of seasonal strength actually ends around August 1. But it is tougher to come up with a catchy rhyming …
Several companies within the casino industry saw their shares on the Chinese Stock Market -the Hang Seng Index- fall in recent days and there’s high expectation of more volatility for prices. The industry, despite optimism not too long ago, is …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Sales volume crashes, prices plunge from April peak. In the Greater Toronto Area, sales of homes of all types in July plunged 40.4% compared to July last year to 5,921 transactions. By type: Detached houses -47.4% …