Optimism has already returned to the stock market

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by spontaneousdisorder I thought I’d briefly point out a couple of sentiment indicators. The markets got oversold about a month ago but a sharp rally has already worked off that condition. The daily sentiment index has already reached 73% in the S&P and in the investors intelligence survey bears are reduced to just 21.3% and … Read more

Liquidity collapsed to multi-year lows in December, earnings calls are bearish, typical cyclical rolling over, fundamentals getting weaker….

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Liquidity collapsed to multi-year lows in December. While brokers believe that dovish messages on rates from central banks will solve the issue, I believe they miss a bigger picture: Banks are likely to significantly reduce credit growth due to lower demand, not lack of supply pic.twitter.com/GjNPdgEqMV — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) January 23, 2019 These earnings … Read more

It has been 1,876 trading days since $SPX last saw a -5% day; the 4th longest stretch ever; $SPX up in 2019 while the U.S. equity ETFs have seen about $4,000,000,000 in outflows.

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As of right now, it has been 1,876 trading days since $SPX last saw a -5% day; the 4th longest stretch ever. @nunziato_frank wanted to know about all such days in $SPX history (going back to inception in 1923), so this is for him. Do not look at it if you are not Frank. NO! … Read more

The Ruling Elites Love How Easily We’re Distracted and Turned Against Each Other

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by Charles Hugh-Smith No wonder the ruling elites love how easily we’re distracted and divided against ourselves: it’s so easy to dominate a distracted, divided, blinded-by-propaganda and negative emotions populace. Let’s say you’re one of the ruling elites operating the nation for the benefit of the oligarchy. What’s the best way to distract the populace from … Read more

What an Investment Fund, Forced to Take a Big Loss, Said about the Housing Bust in Prime Central London

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Probably now enduring its most protracted period of price suppression since records began.” Here is an interesting and colorful tidbit on the housing market in Prime Central London, one of London’s most expensive areas and once the hotbed of London’s breath-taking property bubble, and now a deep morass. London Central Portfolio … Read more

The Trump Administration Is Warning That The U.S. Economy May Not Grow At All During The First Quarter Of 2019

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by Michael Snyder  This government shutdown is really starting to take a toll on the U.S. economy.  On Wednesday, the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers made an absolutely stunning admission.  We all knew that the global economy was slowing down, and we all knew that U.S. economic activity was beginning to sputter, but up … Read more

Gov. Newsom wants $25M in taxpayer funds to help migrants at border

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by DCG I wouldn’t expect anything less from sanctuary California. From SF Gate: California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to use $20 million of state funds to create an “Immigration Rapid Response Program” that provides aid to migrants who arrive at California’s border. In his recently-released 2019-2020 budget, Newsom proposed giving $20 million to humanitarian organizations and non-profit entities … Read more

BREXIT PLANS: An infant’s guide to the Alphabetti Soup

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by John Ward The Cabinet having failed to get past Plan A (iii) on Brexit, the Bercow-Grieve empowered Commons foodies have been engaging in febrile sorcery. Plans B to F are the result. Together, they represent amendments demanding a seat at the already crowded Top Table. Sadly, they also combine narrow political agendas with minimal reality. … Read more

In 1991, David Rockefeller spoke of a globalists-media collusion to install a world government

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by Dr. Eowyn Do you still doubt that there is a global élite who work covertly for a one-world government? Recall that: In 1988, in an essay in The Economist (which is partly owned by the Rothschild family), Lord Jacob Rothschild predicted a world governmentand the dissolution of national economic boundaries by 2018, when the world would be united under a single … Read more

Existing home sales, Trade, BOJ

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by WARREN MOSLER Bad: Highlights Mortgage rates began to move down in December but it wasn’t soon enough to help the month’s resales. Existing home sales fell a sharper-than-expected 6.4 percent to a 4.990 million annualized rate that is the lowest in more than three years and barely makes Econoday’s consensus range. Weakness across the … Read more

The 7 Factors Driving Oil Prices In 2019

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By Osama Rizvi Last year, oil prices rallied all the way up to a four year high before plunging more than $30. There were many factors at play during that volatile period, most notably the Iranian sanctions and the resultant promise by OPEC+ to boost production to avoid a supply shortage. Volatility appears to have … Read more

He Found $50M in Sunken Gold Treasure, Then He Went to Jail

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via fortlauderdaledaily: Just like any treasure hunt, the details are sketchy, a modern-day version of a deserted island map, with an X marking the spot. But here’s what we know. Back in 2010, famed treasure hunter Tommy Thompson told his girlfriend to show up to a self-storage facility in Fort Lauderdale. She had briefcases—they can’t recall … Read more

Felder Report: “Blaming ‘Algos’ For The Decline Is Really Just an ‘Inverted Stock Tip”

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by jessefelder Last month, when stocks were tanking, there was a lot of talk about “algos” and how the computers were responsible for the waterfall decline. It’s true that, as recently reported by the Wall Street Journal, “Roughly 85% of all trading is on autopilot—controlled by machines, models, or passive investing formulas, creating an unprecedented trading … Read more

UN Demands Illegal Aliens Get ‘Free Healthcare’

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via breitbart: The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) is demanding Europe create “culturally sensitive, refugee-friendly healthcare systems” which provide equal access to public health services for third world migrants “regardless of their legal status”. In its first report on the health of non-European migrants living on the continent, WHO Europe cites “xenophobia” and “sovereignism” — the defence of … Read more

Canada’s New Impaired DRIVING LAWS, You Won’t Believe What They Can NOW Do Under Bill C-46

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Dang! This is downright terrifying for you Canadians. The cops probably can use SWAT powers to utterly destroy your entire residence in order to coerce you to submit to a breathalyzer test. Out in public probably strip search you regardless where you are and literally rape or sexually molest you repeatedly in public too. Canada’s Police State … Read more

Fund Manager: Stocks Have More To Fall

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Dave Kranzler of Investment Reserach Dynamics interviewed by Elijah Johnson of Silver Doctors The stock market is bouncing, but not based on fundamental strength of the economy. The current volatility in the stock market is a sign of instability. Markets have further to fall, he says, so be wary of talk about a strong market. Precious metals are on the rise, and … Read more