Investment Watch Blog

via foxnews:  “Romney’s piece is fascinating on its own terms. It’s well-worth reading. It’s a window into how the people in charge, in both parties, see our country. . . . We are ruled by mercenaries who feel no long-term obligation to the people they rule. They’re day traders. Substitute teachers. They’re just passing through. They have … Read more

Just a video of yellow vests using a forklift to break into the French Government Ministry. But I am more interested in why there is almost a media blackout of this story from our major news organizations. Why the silence? Why do we not hear what is really going on? https://youtu.be/8PzsZtjTieU Redditor in France sets … Read more

Former CIA Officer and whistleblower Kevin Shipp predicts a big reset of the U.S. dollar coming sooner than later. Shipp says, “Yes, I do. It’s going to be horrible if the dollar loses its reserve status. I think they will absolutely do that. I think, also, if you add that ‘missing’ $21 trillion, our deficit … Read more

by Martin Armstrong Paula Corbin Jones was the former Arkansas state employee who sued U.S. President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment. He paid her $350,000 to keep quiet and Trump paid his own money $130,000 to Stormy Daniels – the porn star. And the Democrats want to impeach Trump for that when Clinton has a … Read more

Well that takes a tidy slice out of Hillary’s supposed lead in the popular vote now doesn’t it. Wonder how many other Democrat states have people listed that shouldn’t be there. https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/california-and-los-angeles-county-to-remove-1-5-million-inactive-voters-from-voter-rolls-settle-judicial-watch-federal-lawsuit/   Great news, but won’t make much difference in the 2020 presidential election. In 2016, Hillary had 7.3 million California votes compared to … Read more

By Robert Rapier Many articles have been written this past year about the impending demise of OPEC. Shale oil, it has been argued, has ended the cartel’s stranglehold on oil prices. There’s some truth to that argument, but it also understates OPEC’s dominant position in the oil market. I often try to imagine the decisions … Read more

by sundance Last Wednesday night the arrest of a key political organizer of the Yellow Vest protests, a 33-year-old truck driver named Eric Drouet, spurred the movement to claim French President Macron was now arresting his political opponents. The arrest of Drouet has led to an increase in retaliation by the group against the French government. [Video from … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca5YgK3P4rk That’s because 63% of Americans threw out their televisions!! Along with their Television “PROGRAMMING”!!     Jim

RT, Released on 1/5/19 Dan Collins of TheChinaMoneyReport.com predicts 2019 can possibly, at long last, be the year in which the Chinese economy actually does fall apart. Many big names in finance have predicted it over the past decade, but Dan thinks the corporate and household debt may finally catch up with the economy. Will … Read more

by Lance Roberts New Year Starts With A Rally Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan Manager New Year Starts With A Rally Last week, I discussed the potential for a rally as we head into the New Year based on both the more extreme levels of short-term oversold conditions coupled with the statistical tendencies going back to … Read more

by Hollywood Rob Many of us don’t have the time to dig deeply into the machinations of the globalist slime.  It is too hard.  It is too much work.  But some of us manage to focus for long enough to find out what is going on and at least for now, we can see what they … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter This is a very cyclical business.  In December, orders for new Class-8 trucks — the heavy trucks that haul the products of the goods-based economy across the US — plunged by 43% from a year ago, to just 21,000 orders, the lowest since August 2017, and down by 60% from August … Read more

by nealosis I was reviewing all the defaults and charged-off loans in my Lending Club portfolio earlier today and it just makes my blood boil. ​ For Example consider this borrower, who stole $40K and faces zero consequences https://imgur.com/a/a02FQ9f ​ Seems like you can create a massive bump in your income by taking out huge … Read more

I can't believe anyone trusts the ratings agencies at all. pic.twitter.com/DwhNXVXBxX — Rudy Havenstein, Senior Markets Commentator. (@RudyHavenstein) January 5, 2019 The one chart government does not want you to see pic.twitter.com/MtAKt19iXA — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 5, 2019 Average rating of US investment-grade debt market has deteriorated sharply in recent years, with triple B rated … Read more