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From Jeff Clark, Editor, Market Minute: There’s a cop car parked next to a stop sign at the bottom of a hill in my neighborhood. Nobody is in the car. It’s just parked there – with its red and blue lights flashing – for several hours every day. The idea is that, even though there’s no … Read more

by Egon von Greyerz In 1988, the UK magazine, The Economist forecast that 2018 would be the year of a new currency which they named the Phoenix. Quite a mind boggling prediction 30 years ago really, especially since 2018 in fact looks like a year when a major currency upheaval could take place. For conspiracy … Read more

The Dow has closed at an all-time high 70 times in 2017. That’s more than any other year in history. The S&P 500 has not had 3% drawdown the entire year… Market is about 28% overvalued? One of the great mysteries of 2017 is why M&A wasn’t stronger, despite a strong stock market. Unlike late … Read more

Credit-Card Payments SURGE Americans increasingly relied on credit cards to make payments in 2016, and made more of those payments remotely, according to new data the Federal Reserve released Thursday. The number of credit-card payments grew 10.2% last year, to 37.3 billion, compared with an annual growth rate of 8.1% over the previous three years. … Read more

by Harry Dent Cycles reoccur throughout history, but they more rhyme than duplicate. Each bubble tends to get more extreme than the last one because there’s more wealth to chase it. Wealth is concentrated in the top 1% to 0.1% and grows exponentially (income does not). The greatest bubble of our lifetimes was the tech bubble … Read more

by Ruby Henley I just read an article that reports bestiality is on the rise.  It went as far as saying Germany was opening animal brothels due to the rise in migrants.  A man who owned sheep said migrants were breaking into his property at night and having sex with his goats. Frankly, I could … Read more

By Robert Carbery “My high-speed rail proposal will lead to innovations that change the way we travel in America,” Obama boldly proclaimed during his first year of his first term. A recent Investor’s Business Daily article pointed out that the recent Amtrak train derailment near Tacoma, Washington, was on a stretch of track that was … Read more

by Chris Black To no one’s surprise, the Australian Muslim man who used his vehicle to mow down eighteen people in Melbourne Australia had no link to terrorism, according to officials. Instead, he was allegedly suffering from mental issues, other than Islam that is. This is the new politically correct and hugely convenient excuse used … Read more

by TabulaInnate If anybody is familiar with 9/11 conspiracies then you have heard about the missing 2.3 trillion dollars that Donald Rumsfeld announced days before the 9/11 attacks occurred. A theory that has floated around regarding the Pentagon attack was that people and intelligence involved with the knowledge of this missing money were targeted. Fast forward … Read more

The bitcoin bandwagon is gathering pace, and now there are few people who haven’t heard of the magical internet currency. Its meteoric rise from nothingness to a value of nearly $18,000 in December 2017 has had investors kicking themselves at the fact they didn’t buy it up five years ago when it was nearly worthless. … Read more

By Robert Carbery Before we get into the real estate ramifications portion of the GOP tax bill, let us recall and reiterate the fact that zero Democrats voted for a tax plan that cuts the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35% to make American corporations more competitive and bring more taxable income home, simplifies … Read more

By Robert Carbery The GOP’s tax reform bill passed through the House of Representatives for the second time this week on Wednesday by a vote of 224-201. Once passed by the Senate, the bill will be sent to President’s Trump’s desk. It will be the largest legislative achievement of the almost one-year long presidency that … Read more

By Chris Black Political discourse just reached a new high in the Trump era, courtesy of social media and the interwebz. Obviously, I am referring to Twitter and that strange creature Rosie O’Donnell, a feral never Trumper who was so blatantly stupid she tried to bribe US Senators offering them millions of dollars cash provided … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith Isn’t it obvious that if we set out to design the most perverse, toxic and doomed system possible, we’d end up with the Keynesian Cargo Cult’s insane permanent growth/Landfill Economy? Few topics are off-limits nowadays: the personal and private are now splashed everywhere for all to see. One topic is still taboo: the … Read more

by Daniel Carter Two hundred and forty-one years ago, this country was wrestled away from the tyrannical forces of the British Empire. The United States founders planted the seeds of enlightenment principals that have lasted all these years later. Enlightenment principals include things such as freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right … Read more

by Daniel Carter It’s no secret that tensions are heating up between the US hegemony and the emerging super powers of the east. While the US frantically tries to prop up its empire, Russia and China try to tear it down. The conflict is very serious and is quickly progressing towards a military showdown, according to … Read more

Former Reagan White House Budget Director David Stockman says, “The central banks realize they cannot keep printing money at these crazy rates, and by that I mean the bond buying. Now, they are going to begin to normalize and shrink their balance sheet. . . . By the fall (of 2018), they (the Federal Reserve) … Read more

by Daniel Carter Since 2011, Syria has been the scene of one of the most intense conflicts on earth. A rebel force backed by the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia tore through the country in an attempt to overthrow Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria. This created a destabilized environment that eventually attracted ISIS. Wanting to … Read more

It should come as no surprise to learn that you can make a lot of money, by investing your money. In fact, a lot of people from all around the world have already done so. Warren Buffett and others have made millions by investing their money into stocks and bonds. You can definitely do the … Read more

By Michael Snyder Even though the stock market continues to set new record high after new record high, poverty is exploding all over America.  It is being reported that 41 million people are living in poverty at this moment, and 9 million of them do not receive a single penny of income from anyone.  Once you have been … Read more

by Michael Snyder Fedcoin doesn’t even exist yet, and yet the Washington Post is already hyping it as the primary cryptocurrency that we will be using in the future.  Do they know something that they rest of us do not?  Just a few days ago I warned that global central banks could eventually try to take control of the … Read more

by Michael Snyder Republican members of Congress are racing to pass the tax reform bill so that they can get home in time for Christmas, and it looks like it is actually going to happen.  The key is the Senate, and at this point it looks like there will be enough votes, but we have seen … Read more