TICK TOCK – The Fed is always surprised by recessions, financial crisis, and the busts created by their own policies.

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Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “This country, and with it most of the Western world, is presently going through a period of inflation and credit expansion. As the quantity of money in circulation and deposits subject to check increases, there prevails a general tendency for the prices of commodities and services … Read more

The U.S. Yield Curve Just Inverted. That’s Huge.

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via Brian Chappatta The U.S. Treasury yield curve just inverted for the first time in more than a decade. It’s a moment that the world’s biggest bond market has been thinking about for the past 12 months. I wrote around this time last year that Wall Street had come down with a case of flattening fever, with six of the … Read more

A TRUTH Revealed: If This Goes Public America Will Wake-UP, If Not We’ll Suffer a Stalin Regime

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeVHgF_-V-Q For More Information See: https://www.dailywire.com/news/38936/… https://www.dailywire.com/news/37920/… https://gunsinthenews.com/without-the… https://www.businessinsider.com/china… https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti… https://www.thenation.com/article/chi… https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/… https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/… https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/… https://www.newsweek.com/white-farmer…      

The Flattening Yield Curve Just Produced Its First Inversion since 2007

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-03/the-flattening-yield-curve-just-produced-its-first-inversion Some analysts attributed the short-end underperformance to demand for riskier assets as global trade tensions eased following this weekend’s tariff truce between U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping. Others pinned it to modestly higher expectations for Fed hikes next year after the summit between the two leaders. Either way, the five-year is … Read more

Morgan Stanley Predicts Ford to Cut 25,000 Jobs in Overhaul

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-03/morgan-stanley-predicts-ford-to-cut-25-000-jobs-in-restructuring Ford Motor Co.’s $11 billion restructuring could cost 25,000 employees their jobs, exceeding the cutbacks General Motors Co. announced last week, according to Morgan Stanley. Ford has yet to detail its job cuts, but Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas predicts they could be larger than GM’s in a note to investors. “We estimate a … Read more

Equities in particular don’t look very healthy at all. Gold is a surprising winner, intraday-chartwise.

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by Dave After watching for two hours, I’m seeing the following: Gold’s chart looks strong.  Its a steady move higher, although it may have run into resistance at 1240. Silver looks a bit less strong than gold – there’s some selling pressure, but still in an uptrend. Miners gapped up at the open, but have … Read more

Encouraging Trade Truce or Insignificant Trade War Pause? Trump and Xi Strike a Deal in Argentina While Cold War 2.0 With China Brews

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By Bob Shanahan President Donald Trump and 20 other world leaders were in Argentina over the weekend. On Friday, Trump signed a new North American trade agreement with Mexico and Canada, replacing the Clinton-implemented North American Free Trade Agreement. While a notable win for the Donald, the more important news that surfaced from the G20 … Read more

Stock market got wrong message from Jerome Powell’s speech – Business Insider ABSOLUTE must read.

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via BI: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech on Wednesday wasn’t as dovish as the stock market believed. That was evidenced by the bond market barely reacting. Nothing has changed. So on October 3, the Federal Reserve chairman said we were “a long way from neutral.” And indeed we are. On Wednesday, the junky monkeys … Read more

Systemic risk is on the horizon! In the last 5 days, the world just experienced a massive intervention to get ahead of a significant slowdown.

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Credit Suisse’s systemic risk score reaches the highest since 2006/2007. Credit Suisse's systemic risk score reaches the highest since 2006/2007. pic.twitter.com/NYjPB4w1pg — Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) December 2, 2018 In the last 5 days, the world just experienced a massive intervention to get ahead of a significant slowdown. pic.twitter.com/IerMPVyPt9 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 3, 2018 $spx … Read more

Grad student asked to move out because of her legally owned guns

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by DCG No laws or rules were broken. Yet feeeeeeeeelings were hurt. Pirnie’s roommates must the type who believe urination will somehow deter a would-be rapist. Good luck with that, girls… From Fox News: A Harvard graduate student who was asked to move out of her apartment after her legally owned firearms made her roommates “uncomfortable” said Sunday on “Fox & Friends” … Read more

Misdiagnosing The Risk Of Margin Debt

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by Lance Roberts This past week, Mark Hulbert wrote an article discussing the recent drop in margin debt. To wit: “Plunging margin debt may not doom the bull market after all, reports to the contrary notwithstanding. Margin debt is the total amount investors borrow to purchase stocks, which historically has risen during bull markets and fallen during bear … Read more

Senator Rand Paul is infuriating Republicans & Democrats alike by blocking a bill that would give $38 billion in US tax dollars to Israel.

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Senator Rand Paul puts hold on $38 billion US-Israel military aid legislation 11/29/2018 The move has angered pro-Israel lobby groups who have launched attack ads against the senator in response https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/189848-181129-senator-rand-paul-puts-hold-on-38-billion-us-israel-military-aid-legislation — Israel advocacy groups unite to pressure Rand Paul over hold on Israel aid AIPAC’s sponsored Facebook and Twitter ad asks Kentuckians to “Urge … Read more

206 Civilians Killed by US Airstrikes in Eastern Syria in November: At least 77 children slain in US attacks on towns

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by axolotl_peyotl It’s truly shocking and appalling that one of the only “news” outlets reporting these numbers in any significant way is “antiwar.com”. This is further proof that the Mockingbird Media is one of the main drivers of public opinion, and this is to the detriment of a free and peaceful society. It’s incredible that … Read more

When governments restrict guns, people make their own by the millions

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Sophisticated firearms are becoming ever-easier to illicitly manufacture in basic workshops, says a new report. We’ll even show you how to do it! From Reason: Around the world, governments attempt to limit subjects’ legal access to weapons – ostensibly to keep the peace, but in reality often done to minimize challenges to government power. And, around … Read more