Investment Watch Blog

by Anthony B Sanders The people of the once thriving country of Venezuela are suffering mightely.  Although lower than the all-time high of 2,432.9%, the current annual inflation rate is 2,274,78%. Compare Venezuela’s inflation with that of the USA which has 1.40 or 1.68% YoY, depending on your government measure of choice. A survey by … Read more

by Thinker Over the past few weeks, NFL protests have metastasized into something racist and nauseating. No longer are some of these athletes (owned and contracted to do what the owner tells them) content to quietly protest by sitting or kneeling through our National Anthem, as we’re now witnessing an rising number of athletes flashing … Read more

by Ruby Henley Anthony Weiner is going to do hard time in Federal prison, but he might literally have more friends there than he has had while living in the Union Square building with his son, Jordan, 5.  It is hard to believe that his ex-wife, Huma Abedin, would still allow him to have contact … Read more

The four coaches arrested come from Arizona State University, Auburn University, Oklahoma State University and the University of Southern California. They said the probe has revealed numerous instances of bribes paid by athlete advisers, including financial advisers and associate basketball coaches, to assistant and associate basketball coaches to exert influence over student athletes. https://twitter.com/alboenews/status/912681394358304768   … Read more

By Michael Snyder Does the NFL actually think that it can go to war with the national anthem and the American flag and win?  Many are trying to frame this controversy as a “protest against Trump”, but the truth is that owners, coaches and players can speak out against President Trump any time that they … Read more

by Ruby Henley FBI Special Agents Robert Wright and John Vincent of the Agency’s Chicago Counter-Terrorism Field Office had been conducting a counterterrorism investigation of Saudi money laundering into and in the United States before September 11, 2001.  Both of these Agents believed a massive terrorist attack was imminent, and they reported this to then … Read more

by Robert Carbery https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/912000070882557952 I haven’t been into the NFL for a few years now. This year in particular I have been pretty turned off by the sport. And I am far from alone. The league has been experiencing double digit drops in viewership in recent weeks and over much of last year. Sunday Night … Read more

by Samvel Z. Harutyunyan Awful. Simply awful. Simply tragic and so depressive. Such are the impressions from the Mexican Gulf countries, which were attacked by the elements in August – September of 2017. Multiple storms, which at first washed, then washed away, and then flooded these heavenly Caribbean shores, have gradually passed into another tragedy – … Read more

by Dana Lyons Non-Commercial Speculators’ net-short position in VIX futures just spiked to its largest ever. The proliferation in exchange traded products (ETP’s) has certainly marked a new era of investment accessibility by the masses. Individual investors now have vehicles by which to gain exposure to all sorts of markets that were previously difficult for them … Read more

Commodities Not Suggesting Reviving Economy h/t .@LanceRoberts #OOTT pic.twitter.com/EP8XhiWESV — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 25, 2017 Sign of the times… Peak $FB? pic.twitter.com/iJv3aNUIB0 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 25, 2017 Tech stocks are getting hammered this morning, extending losses from Friday, led by NFLX. This is FANG’s biggest drop in almost four months as they catch down to the … Read more

By Michael Snyder This is going to backfire on the left in a major way.  On Sunday, more than a hundred NFL players knelt during the playing of the national anthem.  It was obviously an attempt to make some sort of public statement about President Trump, but it was an exceedingly poor way to go … Read more

by Michael Snyder The portion of “the Ring of Fire” that runs along the west coast of North America is starting to shake like a leaf. As most of you already know, the outer perimeter of the Pacific Ocean is known for high levels of seismic activity, and the experts tell us that more than 80 … Read more

by Jim Quinn “This time may seem different, but all too often a deeper look shows it is not. Encouragingly, history does point to warning signs that policy makers can look at to assess risk—if only they do not become too drunk with their credit bubble–fueled success and say, as their predecessors have for centuries, … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A778dMvbrJg In Support of Police and Firefighters, FANS are burning their NFL Seaon Tickets on Social Media in Support of AMERICA and our Patriots, fighting back against those who Kneel. #BoycottTheNFL #NFLGhostTown @DNN https://youtu.be/rmchiIkdYio https://youtu.be/856sTi9zwgw https://youtu.be/SDz7A-CyO94 https://youtu.be/iuOU5e_UtoY AC

by Ruby Henley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-xC_N0oX6c As President Trump is in deep contemplation on the North Korean dilemma, he understands that the military might of the United States is now also its currency.  Nations around the world are being led by China and Russia to remove the US dollar as the primary world reserve currency.  This is … Read more

by Mark Angelides All of these NFL players and now MLB players who are protesting the symbols and institutions of the United States are at best hypocrites and at worst liars. They have every right to protest any perceived insult or unfairness that they think exists, and I have the right to call the liars … Read more

by Mark Angelides The Alternative for Deutschland Party has had a major win in today’s elections. While Chancellor Angela Merkel has won herself a fourth term (albeit with a much reduced vote share), the big news is that a party on the right of politics and opposed to the European Union has made huge gains … Read more

by Geoffrey Grider At least three liberal nonprofit organizations the Justice Department approved to receive funds from multibillion-dollar mortgage settlements were instrumental in killing the ObamaCare repeal bill and are now lobbying against GOP tax reform, as well as efforts to rein in illegal immigration. An estimated $640 million has been diverted into what critics say … Read more

by Thinker A CALL TO PATRIOTS…ANTIFA HAS CALLED FOR CIVIL WAR ON THEIR WEBSITE AND IS EVEN HOLDING FUND RAISER FOR IT…ANTIFA MEMBERS HAVE HAD GUNS BOUGHT FOR THEM AND THEY ARE TRAINING EVERYDAY—SINCE MOST OF THEM HAVE NO JOBS. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO START NOVEMBER 4TH 2017 UPDATE–IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT … Read more

by Dana Lyons The percentage of financial assets that households currently have invested in stocks has only been exceeded by the 2000 bubble. From the Federal Reserve’s latest Z.1 Release (formerly, Flow Of Funds), we learn that in the 2nd quarter, household and nonprofit’s stock holdings amounted to 35.7% of their total financial assets. This is … Read more

By Michael Snyder I really need your help.  As most of you already know, I am running for Congress in Idaho’s first congressional district, and because there is no incumbent the race is totally wide open.  I announced that I was running on July 4th, and so September 30th is my very first FEC quarterly … Read more

The recent CCleaner malware outbreak is much worse than it initially appeared, according to newly unearthed evidence. That evidence shows that the CCleaner malware infected at least 20 computers from a carefully selected list of high-profile technology companies with a mysterious payload. Previously, researchers found no evidence that any of the computers infected by the … Read more