Investment Watch Blog

A total of 48 lawmakers – both Democrats and Republicans – have said they will not take a salary while the government is shutdown   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t saying whether or not she’ll take her salary Ocasio-Cortez, in December, tweeted that members of Congress should ‘have some integrity’ and not take a paycheck during the shutdown … Read more

via nbcnewyork: New York City will begin guaranteeing comprehensive health care to every single resident regardless of someone’s ability to pay or immigration status, an unprecedented plan that will protect the more than half-a-million New Yorkers currently using the ER as a primary provider, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. It’s not health insurance, his spokesman clarified … Read more

by John Ward The Sky-promoted campaign for televised general election debates is an example of thinly veiled corporate interests coaching a constitutionally unthinking underclass into empowering their bid for absolute rule. It is a clear threat to freedoms and a catalyst for mob rule by bread and circuses. It should be resisted by all thinking people. … Read more

by Shaun Richards One of the longest running themes of this site has been the ostrich like behaviour of Italy about its banks. The official view has been that a corner is just about to be turned on what keeps turning out to be a straight road. I still recall Prime Minster Renzi assuring investors … Read more

by SOMB Hollywood sex charges Pentagon releasing verified UFO footage Omuamua, good chance we’ve seen our first alien probe French Revolution currently in progress Brexit due to actually happen USA economy seems to have started a silent down turn 9/11 grand jury hearing 9/11 hacked files with ‘more to come’ General weirdness (false missile alert, … Read more

via dailycaller: What would happen if President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in order to build a southern border wall? The president is currently exploring the idea of declaring a national emergency so that he can build the wall without the approval of Congress. As the partial government shutdown heads into its third week, Congress … Read more

BY JOHN MAULDIN Last month’s Buenos Aires G20 summit was a chance for world leaders to forge common ground on important global issues. That’s not exactly what happened. But President Trump’s trade discussion with Chinese president Xi Jinping looked initially like a bright spot. They agreed to stop making things worse for a few months, at … Read more

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that its fourth-quarter earnings likely decreased sharply due to lackluster demand in its memory chip business as well growing competition in the smartphone segment. The South Korean tech giant predicted operating profit for the three months ended December was approximately 10.8 trillion Korean won ($9.67 billion). That was 28.71 percent … Read more

Recession, 10% High Yield Spreads and aKey Points 1½% Fed Funds Rate – Prelude to a Storm?Tough it was that dawn to be an investor, but to be in Treasuries was very heaven…’ (after Wordsworth) ask act@liquidity.com for reports ! pic.twitter.com/7OK5qQfl0B — CrossBorder Capital/ GLIndexes (@crossbordercap) January 7, 2019 The spread between LIBOR and SHIBOR … Read more

via arkansasonline: Crooked Creek Bee Co., the retail sales and processing side of Arkansas’ largest commercial beekeeper, closed this week, a casualty of dicamba, Richard Coy, one of its owners, said Friday. The herbicide has been damaging or killing vegetation essential to pollination by bees the past three years, Coy said. Redvine, a flowering plant native … Read more