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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 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

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

by jessefelder “May you live in interesting times,” the Chinese curse normally taken to be a blessing, is especially apropos to this past year and not so much because it feels like we have entered uncharted territory in so many ways. In fact, the current market environment may be especially interesting because it so closely … Read more

via dcclothesline: Once the talk of conspiracy theorists — the rich ingesting the blood of the young to foster longevity — is now a reality and an actual business in the United States. Not only is it a business but billionaires are actually admitting their interest in it. Now, even the mainstream media is reporting it. … Read more

https://youtu.be/20OI1r0SRX0 He told them in March he wouldn’t sign another bill like this again.   Judge Jeanine Pirro to President Trump: Keep Up Border Wall Shutdown – “This is Your Moment in History” (VIDEO) President Trump spoke with reporters on Christmas morning in the White House. The president said he will continue the shutdown until America has … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_km1Ns9ttM CNN harassment on that older lady tops it all. CNN is horrible.   AC

by David Haggith Until you got to this tax and spending deal a year ago, it was one of the most hated bull markets. The markets steadily climbed one wall of worry after another, and the problem was that the economic data did not confirm it. Bloomberg That’s right. The market was not rising for the … Read more

via visualcapitalist: In recent decades, extreme world poverty has declined significantly and many millions of people have joined the swelling ranks of the middle class – particularly in China. While these economic shifts are positive, it’s the other end of the global wealth spectrum that attracts the most attention. A high degree of wealth creation is amassed by … Read more

by howmuch Are you in the middle class? You probably think you are, according to new research from the Pew Research Center, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re right. It turns out household size is a major determiner of status in the lower, middle and upper classes. We plotted family size against the income range required … Read more