Investment Watch Blog

By Bill Bonner BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – A fight with the Fed one week. A trade war with China the next. And now, it’s a war with the Democrats. Donald J. Trump knows how to keep the cameras rolling. From Bloomberg: President Donald Trump staged a confrontation Tuesday with the two top congressional Democrats before television cameras … Read more

Many investors are surprised when the stock market changes trend. Yet, change has been the only constant throughout the market’s history. Even the “big boys” on Wall Street get caught off-guard. Consider the stock market’s 2018 jump in volatility … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfo71GC5E54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0QPOYvfrFU Having bowed to the demands of large-scale, nationwide anti-government protests, French president Emmanuel Macron is facing trouble on another front. Left wing MP’s have tabled a motion of no confidence in his government with the vote to take place later on Thursday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPFbuIbPYmk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnnc4FAge-Y Police dragging a man out of his wheelchair during the … Read more

by Michael Snyder  The middle class has been steadily shrinking, but most Americans still believe that they are a part of it.  Perhaps this is due at least in part to the egalitarian values which have been pounded into our heads for most of our lives.  Very few Americans would have the gall to define themselves … Read more

by Michael Snyder Large earthquakes aren’t supposed to happen in Tennessee.  On Wednesday, the largest earthquake in 45 years hit eastern Tennessee, and it made headlines all over the nation.  The magnitude 4.4 quake was so powerful that it was felt in portions of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Kentucky.  Significant shaking was … Read more

From Birch Gold Group Corporate pensions have been in trouble for quite some time. Some are underfunded, while others are on the brink of termination. Worldwide, the pension crisis is all but imminent, threatening to reach a $400 trillion level. And now, corporate pensions appear to have arrived at a dangerous fork in the road that may lead to a full-blown catastrophe. … Read more

RWN Official reports, Dog the Bounty Hunter Just released a statement that he plans on pressing charges against two men, father and son who aggressively hounded him and his wife Beth, who is very ill with Cancer, while they were at Denver International Airport. However, there are allegations that the star assaulted the 17-year old … Read more

The global markets have suffered in 2018. Weakening all across the world. Central banks have taken unprecedented measures in order to backstop the losses which began in 2008. We are now a decade out from what nearly spiraled out of control, unraveling the entire financial system and they have yet to correct the issues which … Read more

by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders As 2018 draws to a close and the global equities markets continue to find pricing and valuation pressures driving prices lower, a few questions come to mind for all investors/traders – Is a deleveraging event about to unfold?  What will it look like if it does happen and how can I … Read more

By Lance Gaitan Talk about volatility! The unemployment rate stayed at 3.7%, but the expected 190,000 non-farm jobs missed the bar by 35,000, only managing 155,000. To add to that misery, October jobs were revised lower by 14,000 jobs. Wage growth also missed the mark by rising only 0.2% rather than the expected 0.3%. On … Read more

Trends Journal, Released on 12/11/18 (Recorded on 12/10/18) Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a … Read more

by Thinker The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which is the country’s competition regulator, recommended overseeing the commercial activities of Google and Facebook in order to protect smaller tech firms. In its preliminary report released Monday, the ACCC called for a powerful new body which would have the authority to demand information as to … Read more

Looking forward to it! https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-11/three-clinton-foundation-whistleblowers-testify-about-tax-fraud-pay-play Following allegations of sloppy accounting, potential tax fraud and pay-to-play, the Clinton Foundation will be under a Congressional microscope this week after three whistleblowers have come forward and agreed to testify – one of whom secretly submitted 6,000 pages of documents to the IRS and FBI in August of 2017, and all three … Read more

by Jesse “It is no exaggeration to say that since the 1980s, much of the global financial sector has become criminalised, creating an industry culture that tolerates or even encourages systematic fraud.   The behaviour that caused the mortgage bubble and financial crisis of 2008 was a natural outcome and continuation of this pattern, rather than … Read more

Amid the ongoing controversy over political censorship on social media accounts, companies like Facebook are also being accused of hurting small businesses. One America’s Gabrielle Cuccia has more from Washington.    

Peter Brookes joined Fox Business, Wednesday, December 12, to talk about the latest drama with China, particularly the Chinese arresting a Canadian diplomat in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top Huawei executive, and the work left to do to get China playing by the rules the rest of the international community plays by. … Read more

via Eric Peters: Avoiding an accident is actually pretty easy – because most “accidents” aren’t. They are the result of mistakes. In other words, avoidable things. Here are a few common mistakes that can lead to an “accident.” Too much speed, not enough space – The driving public has been hectored for generations that “speed” is bad – … Read more