Exuberant stock market, disappearing middle class, history repeats itself….1 in 5 American households have ‘zero or negative’ wealth, drowning in credit card debt, paychecks just aren't growing

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Exuberant stock market, disappearing middle class, history repeats itself [ A 32-year-old mother of 7 children called Florence Owens Thompson, Nipomo, California. February 1936.] One in five American households have ‘zero or negative’ wealth U.S. homes have regained value since the Great Recession, but many households have not Millions of Americans are living on the … Read more

U.S. ECONOMIC CRISIS AHEAD: Major Failure Of Analysts To Spot Danger

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BY SRSROCCO  The U.S. economy continues towards an epic crisis while the overwhelming majority of analysts are completely in the dark.  Even though some alternative media analysts understand that our highly leveraged fiat monetary system and markets will crash, they fail to understand the underlying reasons.  Thus, we are heading into a future we are not … Read more

Enron Déjà Vu? Citi, BofA, HSBC, Goldman, BNP on the Hook as Steinhoff Spirals Down

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter $21 billion of debt. Off-balance-sheet entities. Moody’s wakes up, downgrades it four notches, with more to come. Steinhoff International Holdings – which acquired nine companies in the past two years, including Mattress Firm Holding in the US, and which presides over a cobbled-together empire of retailers and assorted other companies in … Read more

Michael Pento: Epic Stock Market & Fixed Income Bubble Will Not End Well; Bitcoin Spikes; More Investors Sell Bitcoin for Gold/Silver

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by moneymetals https://s3.amazonaws.com/ILB_MS_BUCKET/ILB-171208-WeeklyMarketWrap.mp3  DOWNLOAD MP3 Don’t want to listen? Read the podcast below! Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Coming up we’ll hear a truly explosive interview with Michael Pento of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Michael describes for us what may be coming in the bond and fixed income markets and the impact … Read more

Gary Cohn: Obama's Economy Was The Worst Of Any Post-war President…. Billionaire Leon Cooperman: If Hillary Clinton Had Won The Presidency, The Us Would Be In A Recession

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Gary Cohn, Trumps main Economic Adviser, laughed out loud when asked by Stuart Varney if this was Obama’s economy. Obama’s economy was the worst of any post-war president. Trump’s economy is booming! Gary Cohn, Trumps main Economic Adviser, laughed out loud when asked by Stuart Varney if this was Obama's economy. Obama's economy was the … Read more

It's Official: Stock Market Cap Now Higher Than 2000 Bubble Peak. Don't Be Alarmed, But Last Time This Happened Stocks Corrected -30%…

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Don't be alarmed, but last time this happened stocks corrected -30%… pic.twitter.com/4e5g0eBkTn — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 8, 2017 Market Remains Overvalued The chart below differs from the one above in that the two valuation ratios (P/E and Q) are adjusted to their geometric mean rather than their arithmetic mean (which is what most people think of as … Read more

Peter Schiff Warns Of Impending Crash: ‘Everybody Is Going To Get Wiped Out!’

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Mac Slavo December 6th, 2017 SHTFplan.com This coming crisis will hit everyone in the wallet. Money manager Peter Schiff, who accurately predicted the 2008 financial crisis, can already see the writing on the wall – and he says everyone is going to get wiped out. Schiff says that this time, gold will explode and the dollar will … Read more

Everyone In The (Stock Market) Pool?

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by Dana Lyons The percentage households’  financial assets currently invested in stocks has jumped to levels exceeded only by the 2000 bubble. Updating one of our favorite data series from the Federal Reserve’s latest Z.1 Release, we see that in the 3rd quarter, household and nonprofit’s stock holdings jumped to 36.3% of their total financial assets. … Read more

Better Than Bitcoin and FANG Stocks in 2017! Guess the BEST Performing Stock Market ON EARTH?

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Venezuela is the perfect example of what a central bank can do to a currency. Completely destroy it. This is what happens to fiat currencies with central bank control. They expand it until it devalues entirely. Central planning is a failure. Financial and political. But have no fear, Venezuela’s new cryptocurrency, the Petro will save … Read more

Five Ways To Defeat The Social Justice Warriors

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by Daniel Carter If you are a freedom loving American, you are probably well aware of the rabid social justice movement. United States college professors have successfully indoctrinated the past few generations with Marxist/Communist ideas, and now it has finally culminated into a movement that threatens to destroy the enlightenment values of the west. People who … Read more

How The Deep State Weaponized Trump

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by Daniel Carter Leading up to the 2016 presidential election, candidate Trump galvanized millions of faithful supporters with a message against the Deep State. “Drain the swamp” was the motto he used to signify the coming destruction of the old and corrupt establishment. In the minds of many, this meant an “America first” policy; a policy … Read more

President Trump To Bypass Treasonous US Intelligence Agencies – Plus – Impeachment Vote Fails.

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by Ruby Henley Blackwater founder Erik Prince, ex-CIA officer John Maguire, and Oliver North are advising President Trump to create his own private global spy network, which would report directly to him and CIA Director Mike Pompeo.  At this point, President Trump is surrounded by treasonous US Intelligence Agencies, which are part of the vast … Read more

Greenspan: Congress Should Focus On The Deficit Or Risk Inflation Getting Out Of Control… Ron Paul: Inflation Is All Over The Place' And It's Creating A Dangerous Distortion In Stock Market

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Greenspan: Tax overhaul will do ‘very little’ for growth; inflation is biggest danger Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan said the Republican-sponsored tax overhaul plan will do “very little” for economic growth. Instead, he said in an interview with CNBC that Congress should focus on the deficit or risk inflation getting out of control. Greenspan cautioned in 1996 about “irrational … Read more

Freedom Caucus Members Want Hillary & FBI Accountable During Powerful Press Conference

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCTDbbDwy_o Freedom Caucus Members Push To Hold Hillary and the FBI Accountable During Powerful Press Conference. ~~ Links: 1) http://thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/f… 2) Thumbnail image – Rep Matt Gaetz.jpg Fox News, http://thegatewaypundit.com 3) Music – Youtube Audio Library “Ambient Ambulance” https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/ VIDEO: 8 Congressmen hold live Clinton ‘Special Treatment’ Press Conference demanding investigation Congressmen Gaetz, Jordan, Meadows, … Read more

A Potential Government Shutdown Is Literally Just Hours Away, But Congressional Leaders Insist That Everything Will Be Just Fine

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By Michael Snyder Either the Republicans are going to give Democrats virtually everything that they want, or the federal government will shut down at the end of the day on Friday.  We have been through this process time after time, and in every single instance the Republicans have always folded like a 20 dollar suit.  … Read more

Trump Exposes Elizabeth Warren Stole $5 BIL from Taxpayers, What She Did With It Will Make You SICK!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5mZ-SPCFC8 Trump Just Uncovered Elizabeth Warren Stole $5 BIL From Taxpayers – What She Did With It Will Make You SICK! ~~ Links: 1) https://freedomdaily.com/trump-just 2) Thumbnail image – 1-17-1200×630 (1).jpg Warren, https://freedomdaily.com 3) Music – Youtube Audio Library “Ambient Ambulance” https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/  

New Bonds of Steinhoff – Acquirer of Mattress Firm, Sherwood Bedding, etc. – Collapse just after the ECB Bought Them

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Accounting irregularities” If you’re holding shares or bonds of a company, such as Steinhoff International Holdings — which acquired Mattress Firm Holding in 2016, Sherwood Bedding in 2017, and a bunch of other companies — well, you don’t want to get this kind of corporate announcement, even if you’re the ECB … Read more

Taxpayers paid $17M+ in Congress’ hush-money settlements

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by Dr. Eowyn The Congressional Accountability Act (CAA) of 1995 requires Congress and legislative branch entities to follow many of the same employment and workplace laws applied to private business and the rest of the Federal Government. In all, 13 civil rights, labor, and workplace safety laws are applied by the CAA: Occupational Safety and Health Act … Read more

1 in 6 Hedge Funds Are LEVERAGED 15 TIMES! This Will Collapse Worse Than 2008!

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The complete failure of this system is being exposed. The amount of leverage has always, every single time, caused a crisis to expand faster and harder then originally thought. There are no soft landings, Janet Yellen. Only crashes, loss of pension funds, and savings evaporated. You saw it during the Financial Crisis and you’re seeing … Read more