Investment Watch Blog

by stockboardasset If you want to know what’s swirling around the minds of the American population, just look at Google search trends. It’s all fun and games “buying the f**king dip” until someone mentions “sell stocks.” * * * * Meanwhile, Americans panic search “buy bitcoin.” The gig-economy as per “Craigslist jobs” has plateaued. Americans are now resorting to the “Wal-Mart credit card” in … Read more

https://foia.state.gov/Search/results.aspx?searchText=*&beginDate=&endDate=&publishedBeginDate=20171229&publishedEndDate=20171229&caseNumber The above link goes only to a portion of the 1800 or so docs that were posted. State posting making it difficult to find all the docs easily. State posting process making it difficult to access Abedin/Weiner laptop docs. You can try searching here. If State had simply turned over the docs over to … Read more

by Chris Black This year seems to end on a very interesting note. We just got word that a Federal Elections Committee complaint was filed by the Committee to Defend the President against the Hillary Victory Fund (HVF), also known as Hillary Clinton’s campaign organization, but that’s not all. The complaint also mentions state Democratic … Read more

by Daniel Carter There has been nonstop analysis of the republican tax reform bill since Trump took office in January. Now that the bill has passed, two distinctly separate narratives have emerged. On one hand, you have people on the right who believe the tax bill will give our economy a huge boost. On the other … Read more

by Daniel Carter Apple has become one of the most popular investments in the world for both retail and institutional investors. Their incredible innovations have turned them into the 9th largest company in the world. However, their innovative ability has already diminished significantly since Jobs left the company and will likely diminish even more in the … Read more

by Daniel Carter Almost thirty years ago, the Soviet Union came to a dramatic end. Decades of atrocious economic, social and foreign policy eroded the country’s standing in the world until it completely collapsed. Now, the US – once the most formidable rival of the Soviet Union – seems to be following in their footsteps. Will … Read more

Another “Doomsday Moment” for High-Yield Strategies Felsenheimer, a high-yield and distressed portfolio manager with XAIA Investments, began by warning that his presentation, “The Devil in Disguise,” would be pessimistic. Then he made a strong case that risk in high-yield markets is as high as it has ever been. As Felsenheimer sees it, years of excessive … Read more

Rasmussen Poll shows Trump at 46% APPROVE this morning, with 53% DISAPPROVE… What about Obama at same exact date first year in presidency?? 46% APPROVE, 53% DISAPPROVE! TRUMP MATCHES OBAMA END OF FIRST YEAR… 46% APPROVE, 53% DISAPPROVE… The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters approve … Read more

by Dana Lyons   Based on cumulative losses, stocks endured less adversity in 2017 than any other year on record, going back more than 100 years. Yesterday, we pointed out that, based on the record low level of the S&P 500 Volatility Index (a.k.a., the VIX), stocks enjoyed an unprecedentedly smooth ride in 2017. Of course, … Read more

There are two types of people in this world: leaders and followers. A vast majority is the latter and very few step up to be the former. You may think a leader is born that way, but the truth is, anyone can be a leader if they learn to think and act like one. Being … Read more

By Michael Snyder When Donald Trump gets hit, he always hits back even harder.  So when the deep state decided to conduct a legal witch hunt against President Trump and his family, they should have expected that Trump would return the favor.  In recent days, there have been all sorts of rumblings about sealed indictments, … Read more

It’s so cold in the U.S. and Canada that windows are breaking, and there’s no end in sight The Arctic blast is so severe in Canada that only those above the age of 24 have ever experienced something of this magnitude during the period between Christmas and New Years. Air temperatures from Nunavut to Ontario have plunged … Read more

by Chris Black Let me begin with a rare tweet, courtesy of Matt Drudge, a guy who doesn’t tweet much and also the owner of world’s biggest news-aggregator, the Drudge Report obviously:   Rasmussen Poll shows Trump at 46% APPROVE this morning, with 53% DISAPPROVE… What about Obama at same exact date first year in … Read more

By Robert Carbery Before the bill was even passed through Congress, Trump’s tax cut already started signaling strong signs for the American worker, putting more money in his or her pockets. Corporate America has not only celebrated it, but has literally handed out more money to its employees with the passage of this ultimate Christmas … Read more

by Mark Angelides In a bizarre twist on geopolitical relations, it appears that the Ayatollah of Iran, Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei not only thinks little of President Trump, but has a warm place in his heart for the activist group Black Lives Matter. President Trump is widely criticized for his commenting on the social media platform … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbEzx75vo1c OVER 5 FEET OF SNOW IN 36HRS in Erie Pennsylvania. State Emergency Declared Snow continues to fall in Erie, Pennsylvania, and surrounding areas that already have seen a record amount of snow over the past few days, prompting a emergency declaration. A Christmas storm brought more than 60in of snow to a Pennsylvania city, … Read more

By Michael Snyder Demonization is the first step toward making something illegal.  Over the past couple of months, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have experienced a tremendous surge in popularity.  Personally, I was completely floored the other day when my nephew wanted to ask me questions about investing in Bitcoin.  It seems like the whole world is … Read more

By Chris Black The self described socialist and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an actual communist (he spent his honeymoon in Soviet Russia by his own volition) who keeps blathering about “millionaires and billionaires”, a strange dude who never had a real job in his life until he was like 40 years old and then  started … Read more

Total revolving #credit is nearing all-time highs made during the financial crisis. If times are so good, why pull out the charge cards? h/t @Lemieux_26   “The market is net short the most 5-year contracts ever,” H/T .@kevinmuir The “most important chart in the world” with yield curve added in… h/t @WhatILearnedTW  

CNN’s Allyson Camerota expressed her concern about how the tax breaks for Americans will harm the Democrats chances of winning in the mid-term elections with Michigan’s Democrat Congresswoman Debbie Dingell. Camerota appeared somewhat panicked, as she started out her segment whining to Dingell about bonuses and pay raises that Americans will receive as a result of Trump’s GOP … Read more

by John Rubino One of the hallmarks of late-stage bubbles is a shift of power from lenders to borrowers. As asset prices soar and interest rates plunge it becomes harder to generate a decent yield on bonds and other fixed income securities, so people with money to lend (like pension funds and bond mutual funds) … Read more

“The FBI DISAPPOINTED all Americans” Trey Gowdy THRASHES FBI with Jason Chaffetz Over BIAS GOP REP CALLS FOR ‘PURGE’ OF ‘DEEP STATE’ CRONIES WITHIN THE FBI This is common sense. Most congressmen are too afraid of deep state retaliation to say it.   Republican lawmaker Francis Rooney of Florida called for a “purge” of “deep … Read more

by howmuch Americans have racked up almost $13 trillion in personal debt for things like mortgages, car notes and student loans. $13 trillion is an enormous pile of money, but here’s the kicker. That’s significantly better than the run-up to the Great Recession. Still, it’s hard to imagine what that looks like across the country. So, we created a … Read more

Every year I become more and more convinced that the high reputation of law enforcement agencies, and particularly of the FBI, owes much more to the role of same in popular fiction, television, etc, than it does to any real-world performance of those agencies. OUCH: UPDATE: Flashback: A former FBI agent battling Deputy Director McCabe said … Read more