Is The Top In? Prices Are Too Damn High! Think Back Six Months. Do You Remember All The Warnings From The Legendary Hedge Fund Managers About The Impending Stock Market Doom?

STOCKS SMASH NEW RECORDS…  The S&P 500 posted an eight-day winning streak and its sixth straight record close. Financials and information technology led advancers in the index. The move higher in financials follows a rise in yields sparked by the House passing a $4.1 trillion budget, the first concrete step toward tax reform. Wall Street … Read more

Bull Trap: The False Promise Of Tax Cuts

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Last week, I did a fairly extensive analysis on the release of the 9-page “Trump Tax Cut” plan.  The most important aspect of that discussion was the difference between 1982, the last time there was permanent tax reform, as compared to today. “Comparing Trump’s economic policy proposals to those of … Read more

Rationality Versus The Market — The Late Stages Of Financial Bubbles Are Always Tough For Rational Analysts

by John Rubino The late stages of financial bubbles are always tough for rational analysts. Focused as they are on the numbers, such analysts are relatively immune to the emotion that drives the action at market extremes, so they find themselves making predictions that turn out to be “wrong” for months and sometimes years. Then … Read more

Update on the Deflating Housing Bubble in Toronto

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Missing Chinese money? Hardest hit is the priciest segment: detached houses. Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area plunged 35% in September compared to a year ago, to 6,379 homes. The plunge in volume was spread across all types of homes. Even condos got hit: Detached houses -40.4% Semi-detached houses -30.2% … Read more

Main Shareholder and CEO of Mandalay bay: main partner is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia… MANDALAY CEO SELLS 1/2 MILLIONS SHARES MGM 24Tth SEPT!

James Murren Direct Connection to Dubai Saudi Arabia. During Murren’s tenure, MGM joined with Dubai World in the development of the Las Vegas Strip’s CityCenter. When CityCenter opened in December 2009, it represented the largest single private development and the largest green project ever undertaken in the nation’s history[6][7] and America’s number one generator of … Read more

CATALONIA WILL SPLIT FROM SPAIN ON MONDAY… King's Authority at Stake… 'Bigger Threat than Brexit'… MORE Regions in EU Seek Independence…

* Pro-independence parties seek Monday vote on independence * Crisis weakens euro, Spanish bonds and shares * Economy minister, Caixabank seek to reassure depositors * Spain’s king says Catalan leaders have divided society (Adds EU comment, mediation proposal, army moving gear for police) By Angus Berwick and Sonya Dowsett BARCELONA/MADRID, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Catalonia … Read more

Comparing Two Natalee Holloway Documentaries – Connecting The Dots – Searching For The Truth After DNA Results For Bones Come Back Negative For Natalee Holloway.

by Ruby Henley I have been trying to  connect the dots for Natalee Holloway for years.  In fact, I have researched her disappearance from the island of Aruba since that day she did not make her flight home.  That horrific day was May 30, 2005, and it began one of the biggest investigations ever launched … Read more

The Las Vegas Massacre Is Exactly What It Appears To Be – Stephen Paddock Was A Terrorist – Room Filled With Antifa Literature – Strange Woman Warns Crowd They Will Die.

by Ruby Henley A former FBI Special Agent says the profile of Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock is not easily deciphered.  “This is not traditional,” said the agent, David Couvertier, who interrogated numerous suspects during his lengthy  FBI career.  Paddock’s ability to seal himself off is the first clue. Couvertier said Paddock’s career working in … Read more

US Non-financials have repeated their 1995-2000 'Irrational Exuberance' run to the last Tech Bubble top. Fear and Greed index reaches 92, highest level in 4 years… Probably normal?

probably normal pic.twitter.com/uQeOn0n1UG — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 2, 2017   As here: US Non-financials have repeated their 1995-2000 ‘Irrational Exuberance’ run to the last Tech Bubble top. #SPX #Nasdaq pic.twitter.com/G42XOxTkp0 — Wild Goose (@TrueSinews) October 3, 2017 Hedge Funds Are ‘Dancing on the Rim of a Volcano’ The market is calm. Perhaps too calm. The … Read more

SOMETHING ISN'T ADDING UP!

Around 1:20 the CNN footage of interest starts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqfFtop8G20   Five Glaring Inconsistencies in the Vegas Shooting that Need to be Addressed By  Matt Agorist  October 3, 2017 There is a fine line to walk, however, between questioning everything and automatically assuming everything is a government conspiracy or false flag. … Every time an event happens … Read more

How Did Things Get So Bad in Catalonia? Will Spain Trigger Article 155 of the Constitution?

By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Unless concrete measures are taken to calm tensions between Madrid and Catalonia, one of Spain’s richest, safest and most visited regions could soon be plunged into chaos. With neither side willing for now to take even a small step back from the brink, the hopes of … Read more

Running Interference

by Mark Angelides If it seems like you don’t know which news is factual, which is opinion, or which is just plain old propaganda, that’s because you’re not supposed to know. Facts are biased and don’t resemble the truth; and even the truth itself seems a more malleable concept today. So what’s happening? The governments … Read more

How to Financially Prepare for an Economic Crisis and Stay Out of Debt

In the past, the occurrence of financial crises has led to a widespread devastation. While most people dread the thought of an economic meltdown, it’s important to understand how it affects your personal finances and take the necessary precautions. Without proper understanding and preparedness, it would be difficult to weather the financial storm. Since the … Read more

An Act of Pure Evil From the Thirty-Second Floor and What the Media Are Not Telling You

by Robert Carbery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdoQq5bn7b4 Addressing the nation on Monday, President Trump said the Las Vegas shooting was an “act of pure evil.” This much is true. With more than 59 killed and over 527 injured at the Route 91 Harvest Festival after a gunman opened fire for over ten minutes from the thirty-second floor of … Read more

Was The Las Vegas Shooting A Preview Of The Violent Chaos That Antifa Plans To Unleash Starting On November 4th?

by Michael Snyder On November 4th, Antifa is pledging to “gather in the streets and public squares of cities and towns across this country”, and they are promising not to end their protests until “the Trump/Pence Regime” is “removed from power”.  But of course these won’t be entirely peaceful protests.  In fact, Antifa activists are very … Read more

The Buildup Of Conditions For A Collapse "Stimulated" The Economy… But There Is No Free Lunch

Stock prices – the highest US stock prices ever apart from 1 week in 2000 Debt – the most ever by a huge margin (compared even to 2007), especially in Chinese debt, corporate debt, government debt and unsecured consumer debt (auto, student etc). Debt quality – Lowest ever corporate debt protection (covenants) by a huge … Read more

The Las Vegas Shooting – Massive Inconsistencies

by Mark Angelides This is not an opinion piece, this is an article pointing out the huge amount of changing reports and inconsistencies that have occurred since news first broke of the horrific mass-shooting on the Las Vegas Strip. What should have been a series of basic facts reported by the media has turned into … Read more