Investment Watch Blog

via Ryan Vlastelica U.S. stocks fell 2 percent on Friday, extending a recent decline that has threatened to push key sectors and segments of the equity market into bear-market territory as concerns mounted over the health of the global economy. The day’s losses were widespread, with all 11 of the primary S&P 500 sectors in negative territory. According … Read more

Investigations look at Trump’s life from all angles WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigations now entangle Donald Trump’s White House, campaign, transition, inauguration, charity and business. For Trump, the political, the personal and the deeply personal are all under examination. Less than two years into Trump’s presidency, his business associates, political advisers and family members are being … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaGdQi_jeU8 https://dailykenn.blogspot.com/2018/1… Israel: Border wall cut illegal immigration to zero DAILYKENN.com — How to go from 55,000 illegal immigrants to zero illegal immigrants in two years: Build a high-tech border wall. In spite of protests by far-left Democrats, border walls are effective. The former mayor of Shiloh, Israel told Tucker Carlson: Mayor David Rubin: Between … Read more

Former Fed insider Danielle DiMartino Booth says the $250 trillion global debt is going to be a painful and messy problem to resolve. What about a giant global debt forgiveness such as a debt jubilee? DiMartino Booth warns, “I am not so sure something like a debt jubilee, where all countries are supposed to hold … Read more

via Molly Smith The recent weakness in the leveraged loan market isn’t a passing trend, and the asset class is set to perform even worse next year as the U.S. economy edges closer to a downturn, according to Gershon Distenfeld of AllianceBernstein LP and Eaton Vance Management’s Kathleen Gaffney. While the risky debt has outperformed amid frenzied buying … Read more

by TFittonJW Giant Judicial Watch Update: My Clinton Fnd Hill testimony: Cinton under oath: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/hillary-clinton-files-new-answers-under-oath-about-email-system-used-it-for-the-purpose-of-convenience/ JW finds Obama State rushed out Russia docs to get Trump: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-obama-state-department-urgently-provided-classified-russiagate-documents-to-multiple-senators-immediately-ahead-of-trump-inauguration/    

by SP I was very curious about property tax in dollars, like waterdog14 above. Very high property valuations are closely linked with property tax rates in the big cities. As an aside, one of the urgent care doctors I used to work with came into a big inheritance and was able to buy in cash a … Read more

via Matt Belvedere There could be a lot more pain for the stock market if Leuthold’s Doug Ramsey’s historical valuation comparison becomes a reality. Ramsey says the S&P 500 could decline 20 percent over the next six to 18 months. The S&P 500 tanked 6.9 percent in October; bounced 1.8 percent in November; but was … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But no letup in freight rates yet. In November, according to transportation data provider FTR, orders for new Class-8 trucks — the heavy trucks that haul the products of the goods-based economy across the US — plunged nearly 50% from July and August, 35% from October, and 15% from November 2017, to … Read more

Trump cancels the White House Holiday party for MSM. Strzok and Pages texts were wiped on purpose, but nothing is truly deleted. Clinton Foundation whistleblowers testify in front of congress. [HRC] under oath says email system was used for convenience. Huber absent, but not needed, this was a carpet bomb. The push is on, people … Read more

Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, James O’Keefe and Project Veritas made First Amendment history on Monday. A Massachusetts court ruled prohibiting secret recording of public officials in unconstitutional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1a10uQhBRA Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…   Project Veritas broke the news on Monday. Project Veritas attorneys Benjamin Barr and Steve Klein have received word from the United … Read more

Do you believe that we will see banks on the brink of failure during the next financial crisis? Or are they safe now? In one of the most volatile years on record, we are see a story split in two. Depending on the information you acknowledge, stocks are looking weak, the economy is struggling, and … Read more

Alicia Powe for the Gateway Pundit reports, Trump was never called a racist during his long career. Now, we are told he is a Klansman and a neo-Nazi whose separating families from their babies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiemAu2Qd3U Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…      

by John Rubino The past few years have seen more than the usual amount of political upheaval. But, interestingly, most regime changes have resulted in pretty much the same thing: Higher government spending and bigger deficits. Apparently the only “reforms” today’s voters will accept – which is to say the only actions that don’t get a leader … Read more

Lauren Fischer for CNBC reports, Apple recovered from earlier losses Monday after a Chinese court banned the import and sale of most iPhone models in the country as part of an injunction. The stock fell as much as 3 percent, but ended the day up 0.7 percent. Qualcomm requested the injunction for alleged patent violations … Read more

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