Investment Watch Blog

by Charles Hugh-Smith The point is institutional ownership of bitcoin is in the very early stages. If I had a bitcoin for every time some pundit declared bitcoin is a bubble, I’d be a billionaire. There are three problems with opining that bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are bubblicious: 1. Everything is in a bubble now: stocks, bonds, housing, … Read more

By Michael Snyder After North Korea successfully tested a hydrogen bomb on Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis warned that the United States is more than capable of “the total annihilation of a country”.  Unfortunately, the North Koreans may have already gotten to the point where they are capable of the same thing.  Just … Read more

The price of gold and silver has been going up recently. Financial writer Bill Holter, a precious metals broker, says price is irrelevant to the average investor. It is possession that is most important now. Holter explains, “I think the streets are going to be completely cleaned of gold and silver, and they are going … Read more

by Mark Angelides After President Donald Trump reiterated his commitment to building the southern US border wall last month at his Arizona rally, his threats to “shut down” the government were taken a s a strong signal that something was going to get done. Yet “voices” within the White House are apparently saying that the … Read more

by Ruby Henley I AM MAKING A RETRACTION NOTICE IN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE.  IT IS ENTIRELY MY ERROR, AND NOT THE ERROR OF IWB.  THE PICTURE OF OBAMA BELOW IS ACTUALLY MADE IN 2015 IN WASHINGTON DC ON THANKSGIVING.  IT HAD BEEN CIRCULATED ON TWITTER AS OBAMA FEEDING VICTIMS OF HURRICANE HARVEY. SNOPES PROVED IT … Read more

by Ruby Henley H.R. McMaster is the enemy within, who is quietly working to fill the Trump White House with Obama Pentagon staff members.  Not only that, he is giving them senior National Security Council roles.  Who are they? You probably have never heard of them.  They are Ylli and Ylber Bajraktari, Albanian-Kosovan brothers, who … Read more

By Michael Snyder Meteorologists have been shocked at how rapidly Hurricane Irma has been strengthening, and they are already warning that if it hits the United States as a high level category 5 storm the devastation would be absolutely unprecedented.  Of course we are already dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and many experts are … Read more

by Mark Angelides  Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a multi-part series of an Exclusive Interview with former Deputy Assistant to the President, Dr. Sebastian Gorka. In this series, Dr. Gorka talks about the MAGA platform and current problems in the White House. MARK ANGELIDES Dr. Sebastian Gorka, until last week, was the Deputy … Read more

by Ruby Henley This is not difficult to believe, as we know President Trump is being controlled by General Kelly and General McMaster. Further we are aware that McMaster fired Trump staffers while keeping Obama holdovers.  No, they do not want us to believe that – and, yes, the media is aligned with these anti-Trump … Read more

  And yet it the Fed itself is exempt from taxes Federal Reserve banks are exempt from paying taxes at the federal, state and local levels, except on real estate holdings, according to the government website, federalreserve.gov, which outlines rules on taxation set forth in Section 7(c) of the Federal Reserve Act. http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/651513

by Mark Angelides In what is surely one of the most ludicrous (yet entirely unsurprising) displays of the pitiable excuse for leadership in the Western world, the European Union’s EU counter-terrorism coordinator, Gilles de Kerchove said the way to combat terrorism is putting up bollards. ‘We must work more at protecting so-called easy targets. Bollards, … Read more

by Mark Angelides The cosmetic company, L’Oreal, has run into difficulty with their latest “commitment to diversity.” Having hired British, transgender model Munroe Bergdorf, she promptly went on a lengthy Facebook rant about white people that is as idiotic as it is ignorant. The diatribe ignores some very basic realities and buys completely into the … Read more

by Michael Snyder It has become exceedingly clear that we need to try to remove as many establishment Republicans from Congress as we possibly can in 2018. Even though the Republicans are in control of the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives, the “Make America Great Again” agenda is not being implemented, and … Read more

by Disobedient Media On August 30, 2017, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, regarding the conduct and handling of the Clinton and Russia investigations by former FBI Director James Comey. In his letter, Grassley states that according to the unredacted portions of transcripts provided by … Read more

By Michael Snyder It is now being estimated that the total amount of economic damage caused by Hurricane Harvey will be somewhere in the neighborhood of 190 billion dollars.  It is a disaster unlike anything that we have ever seen before in all of U.S. history, and federal officials are already admitting that they are literally going … Read more

by howmuch The national conversation in the U.S. is focused squarely on improving the lives of people in the working class. The debate revolves around exactly how to do that. Politicians and pundits have all sorts of ideas, from efforts to save jobs, create tax cuts, subsidize housing, and provide universal healthcare. Thing is, people don’t even agree on how to … Read more

Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about an incredible new development as the big banks are getting slapped with a multi-trillion dollar litigation. A New York federal judge appointed three law firms to lead counsels in the multi-trillion dollar suit accusing Goldman Sachs, Barclays and 18 other financial institutions of rigging … Read more

by Mark Angelides After a year of investigations into the sheer criminality of the former Secretary of State and presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, the FBI has decided not to not turn over files related to its investigation because they say there is a “lack of public interest in the matter.” This is the most disingenuous, … Read more

by Mark Angelides A pastor from Chicago, James Dukes, has taken the next, almost inevitable step of calling for the erasure of prominent historical figures from public view; specifically folks like George Washington and Andrew Jackson. After the events in Virginia made it “acceptable” to erase history that some people (any peple) find offensive, it … Read more

by Ruby Henley President Trump is now talking about tax reform, and he is sounding good to me. He is asking every member of Congress to unleash America’s potential. He wants tax reform now…not later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZpU5HWv8i8 The president is scheduled to visit a company in Missouri that manufactures fans, blowers and laboratory exhaust equipment. He … Read more

by Ruby Henley What a joke the FBI is telling:  “no public interest in the files of Hillary Clinton!” However, I am not laughing…are you?  Jason Chaffetz is now a contributor to FOX NEWS, and he is not laughing.  In fact, he says they are trying to protect the “Deep State.”  Thank you, Jason Chaffetz … Read more

by Gary Christenson Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 Hurricane on August 25. The wind and flooding caused massive destruction. The news mentioned one hundred billion dollars as a preliminary estimate of the damage. Eight days before on August 17 Harvey became a named storm. There was no apparent cause for alarm on August 17. … Read more

Charles Nenner, renowned financial and geopolitical analyst is also long term bullish on gold. Why does he like the yellow metal? Nenner says, “Gold goes up 50% of the time in inflation and also 50% of the time in deflation. Most people don’t know that. If stocks go down and bonds are not safe and … Read more