Investment Watch Blog

by Chris Here’s a quick attempt to line up a crude fire outline with a Zillow map for the northern parts of Santa Rosa as a means of eyeballing the costs of the fire. First, here’s the fire outline with some colored circles to help us orient to the next maps: I’m not sure if … Read more

by Anthony B Sanders The crypto currency Bitcoin just hit another all-time high, reaching 5606. Bitcoin’s market cap is now $93.5 billion. Making Bitcon almost as large as Goldman Sachs in terms of market capitalization. While not quite bigger than Goldman Sachs, Bitcoin is on its way. But unlike Goldman Sachs, Bitcoin is NOT Too-big-to-fail (TBTF). Here … Read more

by Dana Lyons The 4th quarter of years ending in “7? have historically exhibited the stock market’s worst quarterly performance of the decadal cycle. Exactly 3 months ago, we published a post highlighting what we discovered to be serially poor historical performance in the stock market during the 2nd half of years ending in a “7”. In … Read more

by Ruby Henley I am taking a second look at Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock, and a possible ISIL connection.  An Australian friend and boyfriend of Marilou Danley’s sister just gave an insightful and articulate interview to ‘A Current Affair.’ Adam Le Fevre knew Paddock well in that he made several trips to the Philippines … Read more

by Thinker What is stupid? Not knowing how to read and write? – No! Not having a college degree? – No! Not being able to get good grades? – No! Stupid is believing everything you see in a news paper, magazine, or the programmed box called a television. How much has your box taught you … Read more

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/918389272301973504 The $VIX’s corollary, the inverse $XIV, embarked on an explosive near one way journey since the US election coinciding with over $2 trillion central bank intervention in just the first 9 months of 2017… Tech rally stall? @TgMacro sees investor positioning in the sector at 18 months lows… pic.twitter.com/gxR7690jbc — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 12, … Read more

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, During my morning reading, I ran across a couple of very interesting articles that tied a common theme relating to the current risks in the financial markets. Via Zerohedge: 88-year-old investing icon John “Jack” Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, said: “The valuations of stocks are, by my standards, … Read more

by Ruby Henley President Trump needs the support of Republican senators to pass key legislative items in the coming months. Upcoming measures include bills to raise the debt ceiling to avert default, fund the government to avoid a shutdown, and overhaul the American tax system.  However, the out and out feud he has with Mitch … Read more

We will not be lied to! Quit lying to us! https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/reinstate-smith-mundt-act H.R.5736 – Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 – Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to authorize the Secretary of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors to provide for the preparation and dissemination of … Read more

By Michael Snyder The wildfires that are roaring through northern California are already “among the most destructive fire events in U.S. history”, and by the time it is all said and done this could be the worst wildfire season in the history of the state.  So far, fires have scorched more than 250 square miles, … Read more

Is it 1987, 1937, 1929 ? — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 11, 2017   It will be a crash like we’ve never seen before. This doom porn, the skeptics will say, is almost as old as Deep Throat(released in 1972). Markets crash from time to time, but they always bounce back. Central banks and governments come to … Read more

Has anyone even stopped to think about the financial impact on the US and its Banking Mortgage Industries, in addition the Insurance Industries? Well let’s talk about it, it could be the thing that financially causes the whole house of cards to come tumbling down. First, let’s talk about Harvey, whoa, quoting from an article … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith The quality, durability, utility and enjoyment-of-use of our products and services has been plummeting for years. One of the more mysterious aspects of the official inflation rate is the hedonic quality adjustments that the Bureau of Labor Statistics makes to the components of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The basic idea is that when … Read more

Economist Michael Pento says even though the stock market has made huge gains in 2017, don’t expect this to continue. Pento contends, “Year-over-year growth for the third quarter (Q3) is just 2.9%. . . . So, you have no more earnings growth. It’s very miniscule. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) according to the New York Fed … Read more

by Ruby Henley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSXTFxkPGzs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbIiUQstzrc This is just my theory, and to be honest with you…I really cannot fully make the connection in totality. However, I believe that Stephen Paddock was definitely a gunrunner, who could have been involved in transporting guns between the United States and Australia.  Why, Australia? I just read the article … Read more

by Robert Carbery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trump_vs._CNN.jpg I thought the press coverage of President Trump was slanted but I didn’t think it was this bad.   The obvious bias has now been quantified in new research done by Pew Research Center looking into the negative stories on the president.   Over Trump’s first 100 days in office, 24 … Read more

By Michael Snyder It is time to flush the toilet in Washington D.C., and I am so glad that Steve Bannon has decided to declare “war” on the Republican establishment.  For decades, these globalists have told us what we want to hear during election season, but then once they take office they betray us over … Read more

Ahead of bank earnings season, analyst Dick Bove warns investors that financials are a pure momentum play, and sell-off risks are high. A close look at bank earnings with analyst Dick Bove from CNBC.   The Vertical Group’s Richard Bove warns that the overall market is just as dangerous as the late 1990s, and he … Read more

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by Ruby Henley There is a new theory or piece of so-called evidence being revealed daily concerning the Las Vegas massacre.  I find myself going off in every direction while investigating the differing aspects of this American tragedy. It made sense to me that ISIS was claiming responsibility for this massacre, as that is what … Read more

by David Haggith It was a summer fit for the start of the Epocalypse followed by a fall where every event leans into Halloween. Summer began with a total solar eclipse that cast a long shadow across the nation from sea to shining sea, and fall began with hurricanes, mass bloodshed and fire. And through it all, the … Read more

Winner of the Nobel Prize in economics Richard Thaler said to PBS news hour tonight that Americans should consider pulling their money out of the stock market . Go to 8:50 “As far as the stock market goes, I’m a little worried about it there’s no real explanation for why it keeps going up other … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEfpaQzxX9s FANG stocks — Facebook, Apple, Amazon, and Google (now Alphabet) — hit their most recent share price highs about two months ago. Is this the time to “buy the dip,” or a sign that the NASDAQ 100 is “cruising for a bruising”?

By Michael Snyder The nation is still reeling from a series of major disasters in recent weeks, and now another one has hit us.  At this moment, an enormous “firestorm” is consuming tens of thousands of acres in eight counties in northern California. Wind gusts of up to 50 mph are rapidly driving 15 large … Read more