Investment Watch Blog

The Next Financial Crisis Will Be Worse Than the Last One   The Fed and Debt Bubbles The Federal Reserve raised rates three times this year. With trepidation that more or larger hikes would cause a market meltdown (because cheap money has lifted banks and markets over the past decade), each time the Fed acted, it did so … Read more

NoBubbleNoBubbleNoBubble And most of it is (again) speculation. This is QE money that was supposed to go to small businesses & homeowners as loans.   Major US Indexes starting to deteriorate Internals of the stock market are weak     SPX/VIX Ratio Tags Extremes   LOL–> Russell 2000 P/E 131.96 h/t StockBoardAsset  

The fraud in the food stamp program is so rampant and easy to commit, we’ve become a global magnet for grifters who immigrate and set up shop to cash in on money for food stamps. This program is ripe for reform but what’s most disturbing is the very lenient penalty for the crime of food … Read more

by The-Truth-Fairy Why did the face in the Oval Office change but the policies remain the same? Critics tend to focus on Obama himself, a leader who perhaps has shifted with politics to take a harder line. But Tufts University political scientist Michael J. Glennon has a more pessimistic answer: Obama couldn’t have changed policies much … Read more

If you own a vehicle in the United States, you will eventually need to purchase insurance for that automobile. It is illegal to drive a vehicle in the United States without any insurance. Unfortunately, this presents a big dilemma for the mass majority of consumers, since automobile insurance can be incredibly expensive. Thankfully, there are … Read more

by TFittonJW Here is link to the 139 new government emails found on the Weiner laptop. https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-weiner-full-emails-00684/ The State Department Cover Letter: https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-abedin-weiner-emails-foia-letter-f-2015-06322/ Reference Sheet which includes links to other laptop materials which supposedly have already been made public (important to check this for classified redactions, too.) https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-abedin-weiner-emails-06322-reference-sheet/ Classified docs on the Weiner laptop from what we were able … Read more

by Ruby Henley There have been rumors swirling around the Internet that the United Nations’ Peacekeepers are invading the US through Chicago.  I can say as of today, December 29, 2017, I believe it to be true for more than rumor’s sake.  There is evidence Chicago has been prepping for this takeover through the    Model … Read more

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