by Chris The Huawei executive arrest is playing out very poorly in the “”markets””. After all of the efforts to stem the losses taken by the CME last night, the futures have drited lower and lower, and look to be opening with a -1.5% to -2% loss for most indexes, as well as for oil … Read more
A Massachusetts judge reportedly allowed an immigrant who was in court on drugs charges, and what appeared to be a Pennsylvania warrant for drunk driving, to leave through the back door to avoid immigration enforcement officers who had arrived to arrest him. Shelley Joseph, a judge in the suburbs of Boston, is reportedly being investigated … Read more
via Caitlin Johnstone: When even the Washington Post is saying your Russiagate article is bad journalism, your Russiagate article is really, really bad journalism. In an article titled “The Guardian offered a bombshell story about Paul Manafort. It still hasn’t detonated.”, WaPo writer Pul Farhi draws attention to the fact that it has been a week since the Guardian published a claim that … Read more
When will the rest of the West wake up ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMtQTpi55mA Time is way past due for a REAL clean out. Any partial measures will result in the same again, a little down the track, if not much worse. A dirty job for a very dirty ‘civilization’ . The price we pay for apathy and … Read more
by TFittonJW Honored to get Flame of Freedom Award this week: Eric Metaxas as also honored:
by Michael Snyder It looks like the turmoil for the financial markets is going to continue to get worse, and the mainstream media is really starting to freak out. Just a few months ago, they were continuously using the word “booming” to describe the state of the U.S. economy and they were assuring us that the … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter House prices down $265,000 from peak, down $60,000 from year ago. America’s most majestic housing bubble begins to deflate. In San Francisco, the median price of single-family house sales that closed in November fell to $1.435 million. This is down a blistering $265,000 or 15.5% from the crazy peak in February … Read more
What would happen if a major bank failed or essentially was faced with failure? Bailout? Bail-in? IMF bailout? Restructuring? What would happen if a major bank failed? What would the systemic risk look like? There’s no telling how bad the situation would be. No central bank has prepared for that level of destruction. They believe … Read more
Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Tijuana Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum called for the arrest of the organizers of the Central American illegal migrant caravans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY33rDALOzI Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…
by Chris I came across this description frm an American living in Paris. Seems about right: Here’s what’s actually happening in France (from an American in Paris) It’s important to note that the majority of protestors are middle aged, these are not college or university students, who make up the usual French protests. This is … Read more
by Chris After drifiting higher immeidately after the painful close on Tuesday, US stock futures went a bright shade of red immediately upon opening back up again at 6:00 pm. EST (~15 minutes ago). The reason? I think it’s related to this: Canada arrests Huawei’s global chief financial officer in Vancouver DECEMBER 5, 2018 Canada … Read more
BY JOHN MAULDIN Investment advisers say we are “investing for the long run” and diversify among low-fee funds in various asset classes and indexes. Then they trot out studies showing investors will average 8% or whatever in the long run. And those are true statements. The problem is that most investors don’t have the 40 or … Read more
by Zaroden Basically, I’m talking about the sites that we usually share here that aren’t in the mainstream media. Leftwing or rightwing, it doesn’t matter. Let’s share them. Why? So that we can leave no stone unturned and actually be better informed. Yes, we should occasionally listen to what the mainstream media has to … Read more
Martina Markota of The Rebel reports on the Yellow Vest protests in Paris and how far-left groups like Antifa are using the protests as an opportunity to loot and vandalize. MORE: https://www.therebel.media/rebel-medi…
Macron Has Failed, French Protesters Call For Act 4 Saturday. The French Government announced they would suspend the tax hike and they would halt the rising cost of electricity and gas. But the “yellow vests” have said this is crumbs and rejected the appeasement. Now protesters in France are calling for an escalation, for “act … Read more
Economy & Markets – Facebook, Released on 12/5/18 Amid a real estate crisis in Japan, where 8 million or 15% of homes are currently sitting empty, Economist Harry Dent talks about how the Japanese government is offering significant incentives to jumpstart home sales, nearly giving them away altogether… Harry Dent is a Fortune 100 consultant, … Read more
by lets_get_lowwerr French civilians are in a all out revolution against the French government. The French government is using TNT “flash bang” grenades against civilians, which can maim or kill. Media is not reporting on this in America Footage of grenades being used against civilians: https://twitter.com/AbrahamEkris/status/1069507084771827712 GLI-4 Grenades: GLI F4 instant grenade (or SAE 810 ) … Read more
TradersChoice.net, Released on 12/5/18 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate … Read more
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors One of the most reliable indicators of an economic slowdown just flashed a warning sign this week. On Monday, the yield curve between the five-year Treasury yield and three-year Treasury yield inverted, or turned negative, for the first time since 2007. What this means is the shorter-maturity bond … Read more
via CNBC: The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index fell nearly 4 percent. The losses extend pain periods for Apple and Facebook. Amazon and Netflix are each up more than 40 percent year-to-date and getting caught in the rout. Tech stocks are back in correction territory after a painful day for public exchanges. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index … Read more