by Charles Hugh-Smith The net result is capital is impaired in eras of uncertainty. As we look ahead to 2019, what can we be certain of? Maybe your list is long, but mine has only one item: certainty is fraying. Confidence in financial policies intended to eliminate recessions is fraying, confidence in political processes that are supposed … Read more
by Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst, GoldSilver Editor’s Note: We thought it might be timely to reprint this May 2018 article from GoldSilver Senior Precious Metals Analyst Jeff Clark. In times of extreme market downside and volatility, the mainstream financial media will rush to attempt to convince you they have all the answers. And … Read more
Randy DeSoto for the Western Journal reports, The National Rifle Association expressed disappointment with the Trump administration’s bump stock ban, which was announced on Tuesday, for failing to include a grandfather clause for those who currently lawfully own the devices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y97bjFPq2c Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/nra-fi… The Department of Justice’s summary of the final language of the … Read more
The U.S. stock market has been excessively volatile. Every day it’s a wild one. What’s impossible to determine is where the bottom is. Nobody knows. What we can determine is where we keep our savings throughout this time. People have the ability to manage their finances and prepare for any potential devaluation of their assets. … Read more
from the US Department of Congress: Funding for a portion of the federal government expired on December 21, 2018. The Department is prepared for a lapse in funding that would necessitate a significant reduction in operations and is currently implementing its plan. Read the United States Department of Commerce Plan for Orderly Shutdown Due to Lapse … Read more
Just a blast from the past on how Congress steals the public’s money and is never held accountable. Much like insider trading, this is no doubt legal too. via dailymail.co.uk: Obama administration approved $1bn in green energy loans days after failed Solyndra project due to be completed $737m handed to Crescent Dunes project in Tonopah, Nevada, … Read more
Officers quietly wield a lot of unchecked prosecutorial power. From the New York Times: American voters have realized that prosecutors hold the keys to a fairer criminal justice system. In November’s elections, they replaced numerous incumbents with reformers who promised to reduce mass incarceration, its exorbitant costs and its racial disparities. Prosecutors are central to solving … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn She just won’t go away. Last November’s midterm elections returned Demonrats to a majority in the House of Representatives. The result? Elderly Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), 78, whose slurring and brain freezes suggest she has senile dementia, once again will be Speaker of the House. See also “DC pharmacy delivers Alzheimer’s drugs to Congress”. Gateway … Read more
by Jon Rappoport There is an obsession to say that everything is made out of something. Who knows where it started? With the Egyptian pyramid builders? The Sumerians? In the modern era, the fervor has reached a high point. Physicists, biologists, and chemists are relentless in their pursuit of consciousness as a function of the … Read more
by Jon Hall, Free Market Shooter Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy who prepared the infamous “Steele” dossier that led to more than two years’ worth of investigation into Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign, has told a London court that he was hired to to provide assurance of challenging the results of the 2016 election in the result of Hillary Clinton’s … Read more
From ZeroHedge: After several years of disappointing holiday sales, retail analysts told any and all financial media who would listen that this year would be different. With wages finally accelerating at their fastest pace since the financial crisis, and early indicators suggesting a boost in e-commerce ahead of the traditional holiday shopping season, with the National … Read more
From Bloomberg: The richest people on Earth lost $511 billion this year after record first-half gains were obliterated by a succession of bruising market selloffs. Global trade tensions and worries about a U.S. recession dragged markets lower at year-end, leaving the 500 people on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a combined net worth of $4.7 trillion as of … Read more
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1078040352534290433 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1078008035434479621 ICYMI: "While we don’t observe conditions to indicate a 'bottom' from a full-cycle standpoint, we do observe conditions permissive of a scorching market rebound. Yes, that means one or more daily moves of ~100-150 points on SPX and 900-1300 on the Dow. You think I’m kidding." https://t.co/jrKepMpSHN — John P. Hussman, Ph.D. (@hussmanjp) … Read more
Lynette Zang interviewed on X22 Report Spotlight Lynette has a very important update on the coming economic collapse. The bottom line? When the economy collapses, the Fed will be taken over. For Lynette’s update on the coming economic collapse, tune in to the interview in its entirety below:
by Martin Armstrong The German Hyperinflation was by NO MEANS about inflation created by an increase in the money supply under the Quantity Theory of Money (QTM). Today, Angela Merkel has forcefully imposed Austerity upon the whole of Europe because she really does not understand what even caused the hyperinflation. It was at the Palace of Versailles outside … Read more
by sundance As CTH anticipated the first tabulated holiday sales report via Mastercard® shows the results of a very strong consumer confidence level. The first report highlights a very strong 5.1% increase in holiday purchases: “Wall Street is running around like a chicken with its head cut off, while Mr. and Mrs. Main Street are happy with their … Read more
by Chris The long-anticipated “”market”” rally arrived today, almost certainly with some assistance from the Trump administration. I do wish the Deep State would make up its mind. Is it trying to dump Trump or help him? Today it helped him, made him look like a postiviely genius market timer. Over 116 S&P points, and … Read more
by Keith Weiner of Monetary-Metals We could also have entitled this essay How to Measure Your Own Capital Destruction. But this headline would not have set expectations correctly. As always, when looking at the phenomenon of a credit-fueled boom, the destruction does not occur when prices crash. It occurs while they’re rising. But people don’t realize it, then, … Read more
by Martin Armstrong The total global debt hit a record $184 trillion, which is the equivalent to more than $86,000 per person. That is actually more than double the average per-capita income. People ask me will our solution work? Can we really just end government debt and convert it to cash restricted to investing in … Read more
via uniindia: Nairobi, Dec 22 (UNI) China is likely to take over Kenya’s Mombasa port if Kenya Railways Corporation defaults in the payment of a loan from Exim Bank of China. Kenya used Mombasa port to secure the loan which was taken from the Chinese bank to finance construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR). A … Read more