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“Echoes of the 1987 Crash." Barrons warns of a Black Monday 2.0: A machine-driven market meltdown. https://t.co/ECyz0TurVE pic.twitter.com/P4CfFyaFx2 — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) October 15, 2017 The PROLIFERATION of COMPUTER-DRIVEN INVESTING has created an illusion that RISK can be measured and managed. But several anomalous episodes in recent years involving sudden, severe, and seemingly INEXPLICABLE PRICE … Read more

by Michael Snyder Are you ready for your health insurance premiums to go up again?  Ever since Obamacare became law, health insurance premiums have been rising dramatically year after year.  In 2016, one study found that the average Obamacare premium rose by about 24 percent, and similar increases have been seen all around the nation in 2017.  As … Read more

by Ruby Henley If someone had told me this is how the puzzle would have been completed, I simply would have never believed it.  It is as if “conspiracy” was the TRUTH all along.    So I am never going to use the word “conspiracy” again!  I am as angry as I am enlightened in learning … Read more

by Thinker The only people who don’t want to tell the truth are people with something to hide, the famous quote from Obama. It’s easier to tell the truth, then you don’t have to remember so much. How many years can a person lie and remember what they said a decade ago? Emails are revealing … Read more

I don’t care how many people disagree with this information. It’s the truth. And the truth hurts sometimes. Get over it. Canadian real estate has allowed Canadians to make incredible profit by extracting the value of the home in the form of a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit). Coupled with extremely low interest rates … Read more

If you don’t want to watch the entire 1:52 seconds: * The question is asked at 1:05. * Her response is at 1:08 * Set your courser at 1:08, and play through 1:11 * Click and replay over, and over, and over. It’s freakin’ HYSTERICAL!! Somebody…P-L-E-A-S-E remix this video! AC

Author Patricia Muth, who is also a former floor trader for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, thinks that the establishment is afraid of President Trump being successful. Muth contends, “That’s absolutely right. People are strongly supporting Trump, and the more the establishment bucks him, the stronger the people become. The faith in God is what is … Read more

by Ruby Henley The following report consists of facts I believe to be of absolute importance in understanding the Las Vegas massacre; also, in clarifying underlying facts involving the alleged liability of MGM Grand.  The first lawsuit has been filed, and it basically alleges fault with MGM Grand, owner of the Mandalay Hotel..  The characters … Read more

by Thinker How far will the new world order go? They’re just about to the end of the goal and there seems to be one nation left off the list. Originally published in March 2007 General Wesley Clark: Because I had been through the Pentagon right after 9/11. About ten days after 9/11, I went … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZLkun_YsXI He is going over dozens of names of people that have come forward to tell how bad it is in California h/t Jake  

by Ruby Henley I think the path to the truth in the Las Vegas massacre is becoming free of roadblocks…at least for me. Report – FBI wiping eyewitness computers clean. Report –  Jesus Campos, wounded security guard at Mandalay Resort, and family silenced by gag order. Report – Between time of Las Vegas shooting and … Read more

by Michael Snyder Americans have never needed to lose weight more than they do right now.  According to brand new numbers that were just released by the National Center For Health Statistics, nearly 40 percent of all U.S. adults are now officially obese.  That is an all-time record.  And as you will see below, more than … Read more

By Michael Snyder Happy days are here again for the U.S. economy – at least temporarily.  On Friday, U.S. stocks hit another brand new record high.  It seems like we are saying that almost every day lately, and most investors are absolutely thrilled by this seemingly endless surge.  Global stocks are surging too – today … Read more

by Dana Lyons The following guest post is a first-hand account of the events surrounding the Crash of 1987 by JLFMI President, John S. Lyons.   Personal Recollections of the Crash of 1987 on its 30th Anniversary “There was no ‘smart money’ that day.” What do the assassination of President John F Kennedy, the beginning of … Read more

This keep getting more strange by the day. Las Vegas security guard Jesus Campos disappears moments before TV interviews Where in the world is Jesus Campos? The Mandalay Bay security guard shot by Stephen Paddock in the moments leading up to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history was set to break his silence … Read more

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