THE UNDERSEA WORLD OF AQUATIC DRONES: There are at least two manufacturers promoting aquatic drones at CES. This is the FiFish P3:

This is the Navatics Mito: Both units have built-in lighting to overcome the underwater murk, are connected to their remote control via a tether, which, assuming it doesn’t break, will likely come in handy finding the unit if its remote stops working. (Been there, done that, recovered the airborne drone from my roof.)   h/t … Read more

Oil Posts Longest Rally In 17 Months

By Tom Kool Crude oil prices continued to rise on Tuesday, making the most recent rally the longest in 17 months. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) – The Henry Hub natural gas price jumped by 15 cents in 2018 to an average of $3.16/MMBtu. Spot prices spiked in … Read more

Nigeria Lost $2.8B To Oil-Related Crimes Last Year

By Tsvetana Paraskova Oil-related crimes in Nigeria cost the African OPEC producer US$2.8 billion in lost revenues in 2018, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Tuesday, citing a United Nations report on West Africa. “Oil-related crimes resulted in the loss of nearly 2.8 billion dollars in revenues last year in Nigeria, according to government figures,” says … Read more

SGTreport: THIS IS WHY THE GREAT AWAKENING TERRIFIES THEM…

by Sean of SGTreport THIS IS WHY THE GREAT AWAKENING TERRIFIES THEM… I was contacted by two western medicine MD’s and a Silicon Valley insider over the past week. The Doctors have gone through a painful and vast awakening and wanted to share their stories with me. Despite WaPo’s best efforts to characterize the alternative media’s research as … Read more

Comparing Mutual Funds and ETFs

via visualcapitalist: For the vast majority of investors, it makes sense to hold a diverse portfolio of investments. But, unless you are willing to go out and individually pick 20 different securities yourself, it’s likely you will be relying on financial products like mutual funds and ETFs to accomplish this diversification. What is the difference between … Read more

Germany Heads for a Technical Recession – This Economic Slowdown Is Not Unique To Germany But Has Been Spreading Across The EU

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter OK, this is embarrassing in the land of super-stimulus via the ECB’s negative-interest-rate policy and years of QE that were supposed to perform miracles: Production in Germany’s industry, which includes construction, dropped 1.9% in November from the prior month (seasonally adjusted), the German statistical agency Destatis reported this morning. This drop is also … Read more

Democrat Party Propose Higher Personal and Business Tax Rates Than Communist China

Who’s more radical? The Communist Chinese or the US Democrat Party? We all know the answer to that. The Democrat Party is the most radical political party in the world today. On Tuesday tax expert Grover Norquist told Stuart Varney Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is proposing a higher personal tax rate than the Communist Chinese. And … Read more

Stock Market Will DROP Massively If Trade Talks Fail! The Fed Will NOT Rescue the Market!

The stock market is anticipating positive news from the trade issues which have persisted and escalated throughout 2018. The hope is that the conflict will be reduced and confidence will be restored. U.S. stocks have come off their lows in December after 3 months of constant negative sentiment. The question that no analyst will ask … Read more

Embarrassed Liberal, Lost Son to Overdose, Speaks Out for Trump

Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, On Saturday HUNDREDS of Missouri and Illinois patriots turned out to rally in support of PRESIDENT TRUMP, BORDER SECURITY AND THE WALL! The Missouri rally was announced just two days ago on Thursday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX_MeNdGuEk Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019… GREAT RALLY TODAY!! In St. Louis- Clayton, Missouri in Support of … Read more

FLASH CRASH As Japanese Yen SURGES! – The Global Currency CRISIS

Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the flash crash of several currencies versus the Japanese Yen as many theorize many retail investors were bailing out of loss-making positions. The Japanese Yen broke through levels that have held for almost a decade against the Australian Dollar catching investors by surprise and … Read more

Robert Shiller explains the issues he sees as the current drivers of markets.

Bloomberg, Released on 1/7/19 Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management’s International Center for Finance. Mr. Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) … Read more