Investment Watch Blog

by John Rubino What’s the last big toy you buy when things have been good for a really long time and you already have all the other toys? An RV, of course. A completely idiotic thing to own if you already have a house, but when the good times seem likely to roll on forever, … Read more

by Pamela Williams If we do not stay one step ahead of Imran Awan and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Imran will end up fleeing back to Pakistan just as his brothers did.  I just read an article by the NEW YORK TIMES, and basically it claims Imran is a poor Pakistani government employee that committed bank fraud, … Read more

Wow really funny: https://youtu.be/55xTk8FEoJQ   Should have included him demonstrating ‘victim with torn trousers’. Good message at the end. I like this.     h/t Mike

by Chris What are all those machines feeding on?  A wall of central bank liquidity, that’s what.  All those machines “earning” money every single day for their operators have to get that money from somewhere. As always, I prefer to trust what people do, not what they say.  Here’s what Draghi has recently said: Draghi … Read more

by Pamela Williams It is my time right now 10:59 Eastern Standard Time Friday night (July28/2017).  In my opinion we are in a crisis.  North Korea just launched another missile at 10:45…just a short while ago.  We have not heard anything from the Pentagon yet, but anyone who thinks this is not serious is out of … Read more

by Jim Willie CB   The Chinese Govt is greatly irritated by the requirement to use USDollars in payment for crude oil in the global market. The Beijing officials finally have some leverage in arranging for a major deal to pay for crude oil in RMB currency, their Yuan. The negotiations have been in progress … Read more

by Chris For 10 years [during the Roaring Twenties], between the destruction of World War I and the misery of the Great Depression, people in North America were actually happy. With money in their pockets and a renewed sense of optimism after the end of the Great War, Americans and Canadians developed an insatiable appetite … Read more

by Mark Angelides The news that President Trump is looking to remove the State’s Waivers on the Welfare to Work program has been greeted with howls of anger by the MSM. They are hunting down every single sob story they can find about how good people have been negatively impacted; and the stories are sad, … Read more

by Michael Snyder Is this the generation that is going to witness the end of America? If our country stays on the path that it is currently on, it is very difficult to see how we are possibly going to make it. Throughout human history every great society has eventually entered a period of decline, … Read more

The US is preparing to tip into recession (within an unannounced depression). The only time federal tax receipts stop growing is right before recession. It is the ultimate “sign” of what is to come. See below: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/W006RC1Q027SBEA Business loans have stalled. There is no longer a growth impulse: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BUSLOANS This is already one of the … Read more

by FS Financial Sense recently spoke with Caroline Miller, Senior Vice President and Global Strategist at BCA Research, one of the world’s leading providers of investment analysis and forecasts, to discuss the details of her recent webcast, Global Reflation: Where Next for Policy, Profits, and Prices? As Caroline explained to FS Insider last week, given the current trends … Read more

by Daniel Carter Ever since the British Empire relinquished its empire status to the US in the early 20th century, the US dollar has thrived as the Global Reserve Currency. This means that the US dollar is currently the most commonly used currency in the world by far. Because the US dollar is trusted and accepted … Read more

by Daniel Carter On the surface, the conflict between the US and North Korea looks simply like the world’s superpower trying to quell the dangerous power of a dictatorial madman. However, after examining the details of this conflict more closely, a much more complex and dangerous situation is revealed. The origins of this conflict began during … Read more

https://youtu.be/eAUfDk8MKGU This SCANDAL is now officially blowing up! All Fox evening programs were leading with this Story in detail! If even McCallum and Stirewald attack this for fun you know that it hits mainstream! SPEZ: Newt demanding Congressional Investigation -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y31Z3prEeaQ&feature=youtu.be Hannity and Newt killing it full vid-> “The Story” vid-> https://youtu.be/jt19WoK_H3k ALSO on “The … Read more

by Mark Angelides Everyone’s view on taxation is different. Whether you believe that taxing income is wrong or that it is a citizen’s duty to pay their fair share, the fact remains that almost no one can agree on where those tax dollars should be spent. When a Party stands for election, they give broad … Read more

by Mark Angelides   President Trump has declared that he rolling back Obama’s policy of allowing transgendered people to serve “in any capacity” in the US military. The usual suspects have come out of the woodwork stating how “discriminatory” this policy reversal is and that it is fuelled by bigotry. I don’t know the President … Read more

by Michael Snyder Donald Trump just continues to become even more bold about his faith in Jesus Christ. On Wednesday, he posted a message to Twitter about his faith which has already been liked more than 81,000 times and retweeted more than 23,000 times. I know that a lot of people have complained that Trump is … Read more

By Michael Snyder We are living in the greatest debt bubble in the history of the world.  In 1980, total government and personal debt in the United States was just over the 3 trillion dollar mark, but today it has surpassed 41 trillion dollars.  That means that it has increased by almost 14 times since Ronald Reagan … Read more

by Jesse With low inflation and continuing stagnation in median wages another housing bubble is just what the doctor ordered as a cure for the last financial crisis, caused in part by the rampant financial fraud associated with Housing Bubble 1.0. And it looks like we have yet another tech stock bubble well underway. Meanwhile … Read more

by Pamela Williams H.R. 4310 passed into law when it was signed by the President Obama on Jan 2, 2013.  There is an ongoing controversy surrounding the Bill. I want to start this report with a video: Congressman Dennis Kucinich opposes H.R. 4310 – National Defense Authorization Act for 2013. However, Kucinich does not oppose it … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpdIX10TEls   … Illustrating the bipartisanship that AIPAC typically summons, it also includes several of the most right-wing senators such as Ted Cruz of Texas, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and Marco Rubio of Florida. …. … a group of 43 senators — 29 Republicans and 14 Democrats — wants to implement a law that would make it a felony for Americans … Read more

by Geoffrey Grider The National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation violated specific civil liberty protections during the Obama years by improperly searching and disseminating raw intelligence on Americans or failing to promptly delete unauthorized intercepts, according to newly declassified memos that provide some of the richest detail to date on the spy agencies’ ability … Read more

by Phil Happy anniversary! It’s been 5 years today since ECB President and Goldman Sachs (GS) stooge, Mario Draghi said: “The ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough.”  At the time, the EuroStoxx index was at 2,000 and now we’re at 3,500, a 75% gain … Read more

by The Phoenix The single biggest trend for the next year or so will be the collapse of the $USD. The fact is that the Fed will be forced to walk back its hawkishness. Indeed, this process has already begun with Janet Yellen testifying before Congress that the Fed was just about done with rate hikes. … Read more