To save or to invest?

Whether to invest or save is one of the most common dilemmas in personal finance management. Practice shows that the best option would be to organize your finances in a way that would let you do both simultaneously, although this is not always possible, unfortunately. What is the principal difference between saving and investing and … Read more

What Yesterday’s Elections Really Tell Us

by Mark Angelides There will be a lot of speculation and recrimination around the results of yesterday’s elections. The DNC will (and already are) claiming it as a rejection of President Trump, whilst the GOP is remaining somewhat silence. But what is the real deal here? Who truly won and lost, and what are the … Read more

Charts: Shocking Truth About Extremes

SPX/VIX Ratio Is Telling A Shocking Truth About Extremes pic.twitter.com/ZHHKcVkNN8 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 7, 2017 Scariest Chart Of The Day h/t WolfStreet pic.twitter.com/GM0UAlK2s6 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 7, 2017 The Last Time 2s10s Curve Death Cross Occurred It Was 2007 pic.twitter.com/BuCZAbNrmm — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 7, 2017 A Growing Number Of Realtors May Signal … Read more

IMF SDR inforce 1 jan 2018… goodbye $USD

Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Dear President Trump, Over the last couple of years I’ve been all over TV… from Fox News to CNBC, CNN and Bloomberg. I’ve been telling our fellow Americans that the financial global elite was planning to issue their own globalist currency called special drawing rights, or SDRs. And that those … Read more

Healthcare Spending Now Accounts For Almost One-Fifth Of The Entire U.S. Economy

by Michael Snyder Everybody agrees that healthcare costs are way too high.  Back in 1960, healthcare spending accounted for approximately 5 percent of GDP, and by 2020 it is being projected that healthcare spending will account for 20 percent of GDP.  And when you break those numbers down into actual dollars, they become even more staggering.  Back in 1960, an … Read more

US Clergy Considers Packing Heat

by Chris Black To begin with, there is a warrior’s attitude, and I won’t explain it, you’ll have to understand it for yourself, which says: “No one is coming, it’s up to us.” With this preamble in mind, following the Texas church massacre where a psycho-killer murdered 27 people in a shooting rampage just a … Read more

Mauldin: The Next Crisis Will Reveal How Little Liquidity There Is

Authored by John Mauldin via MauldinEconomics.com, This is something I’ve been pondering for some time. I think the next crisis will reveal how little liquidity there is in the credit markets, especially in the high-yield, lower-rated space. Dodd–Frank has greatly limited the ability of banks to provide market-making opportunities and credit markets, a function that has … Read more

How Many Mass Shooters Have Been Members Of The NRA?

By Michael Snyder The left is using the tragedy in Sutherland Springs to demonize the NRA.  Personally, I am so sick and tired of these relentless attacks, and I am proud to stand with the NRA, the Gun Owners Of America and every other organization that is working hard to defend our 2nd Amendment rights.  As … Read more

Donna Brazile’s “Spook” Friend Told Her She Needed Protection For Herself – Cameras, Alarms, Backup Power At House – However – Remember The Wheeler Investigation!

by Ruby Henley Since Donna Brazile has come out of ruins of the DNC, she has written a book called HACKS.  In that book, I found an interesting comment.   Her friend, the “spook” told her after Seth Rich was murdered she “needed protection for herself, including cameras, alarms, and backup power at her house.” One … Read more

ELECTION 2017: Parties Watch for Wider Signals… POLL: Views of Dems Hit Low Mark

ELECTION 2017: Parties Watch for Wider Signals… Developing… What to Watch as Virginia and New Jersey Votes Are Tallied Both parties will be looking for signals about the landscape heading into next year’s midterms Tuesday’s gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey are the first big, statewide elections since Donald Trump won the presidency. Both parties … Read more

Yield Spreads Flash Warning, Life Savings At Risk, An Economic Downturn Is Underway… Stock Market Levels And Wealth Inequality Levels Similar To The Conditions That Created The Great Depression

North American yield curves are narrowing further today, now with less than .5% between the 10- and 2-year Treasury yield in Canada, and less than .70% in the US. Both are now at the narrowest spread since the last market cycle peak in 2007. Here is my partner Cory Venable’s update chart showing the US … Read more

Short-Volatility Funds Are Being Flooded With Cash (VIX Evaporating)

by Anthony B Sanders The SPX volatility index VIX is near an all-time low as The Federal Reserve attempts to raise their target rate and unwind their $4.46 trillion balance sheet. The question remains as to how further rate increases and balance sheet unwinding will impact equity volatility. (Bloomberg) Exchange-trade products betting that volatility will sink … Read more

The Developing Gig Economy: Freelancers Predicted to Become the U.S. Workforce Majority Within a Decade

by Robert Carbery In mid-October, Upwork, a global freelancing platform where businesses and individual freelance workers connect and collaborate online, released the results of a new study on the gig economy, in conjunction with Freelancers Union, titled “Freelancing in America: 2017”  — the most comprehensive measure of the U.S. independent workforce.   This is the … Read more

Stock and Awe, Bears in Bondage

by David Haggith The Trump Rally pushed ahead relentlessly through a summer full of high omens and great disasters, all which it swatted off like flies. Even so, all was not perfect in the market as nerves began to jitter midsummer beneath the surface even among the most longtime bulls. Wall Street’s fear gauge (the CBOE Volatility Index) … Read more

Reports Of Internet Outages And Questions About Texas Baptist Church Shooter Indicate Our Concerns Were Not So Absurd About November 4, 2017.

by Ruby Henley I did a report a couple of days ago about concerns surrounding the Emergency Nationwide Drill being performed at the same time that the Left organization Refuse Fascism/Antifa declared their protests to oust President Trump and Vice President Pence from office. The fact check site, Snopes called all our concerns to be … Read more

The Big List: 24 Awesome Pro-Trump Candidates That Are Running For Seats In The House Or The Senate In 2018

by Michael Snyder Do you want to be part of a movement to get pro-Trump candidates elected to Congress?  Six months ago, I publicly called for “an army of pro-Trump activists”all over the nation to run for seats in the House or the Senate, and it is actually happening.  In this article I am going to share … Read more

The Economy Is Okay? U.S. Retail Store Closings Hit A New Record High As West Coast Homelessness Soars

By Michael Snyder If the U.S. economy is doing just fine, why have we already shattered the all-time record for retail store closings in a single year?  Whenever I write about our “retail apocalypse”, many try to counter my arguments by pointing out the growing dominance of Amazon.  And I certainly can’t deny that online shopping is … Read more

THE U.S. STOCK MARKET: Highly Inflated Bubble To Super-Charged Tulip Mania

BY SRSROCCO Investors need to be concerned that the U.S. Stock Market is well beyond bubble territory as it has now entered into the final stage of a Super-Charged Tulip Mania.  Not only are stock prices inflated well above anything we have ever seen before, but valuations are also reaching heights that are totally unsustainable.  Unfortunately, … Read more

Now We Have Learned That The Texas Church Shooter Was A Hardcore Atheist

by Michael Snyder Devin Patrick Kelley was a devout atheist that “hated Christians”, and that may help to explain why he specifically chose a church as his target.  According to Gateway Pundit, Kelley’s Facebook page (which has now been deleted) showed that he had liked pages such as “Atheist Republic” and “Friendly Atheist”.  Authorities tell us that the … Read more