Well, Thank God For “”Market”” Miracles

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by Chris Well, the great, everything-is-awesome news is that somehow +30 S&P 500 points got slapped onto the decline right there in the last 15 minutes. One thing “they” love doing is printing hammer bottoms.  A nice needle into the darkness as everything rebounds the other way. It’s how I would do it too.  Save … Read more

“Believe In History” – GMO’s Grantham Reflects On Dangerous Investment Voyages

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Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the weekend, I was reviewing some old commentary and stumbled across a piece from 2012 which contained an excerpt from Jeremy Grantham who is the famed investor at GMO. I have spoken, and written many times in the past, that the media and Wall Street alike promotes the … Read more

Cuomo Criticizes Fox News, Gaetz Makes Him Regret It Instantly

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iF146jaTd0 RWN Official reports, “CNN’s Chris Cuomo criticized Fox News’ coverage of President Trump while interviewing Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz — who responded by bringing up the networks’ ratings on his show Thursday night. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://rwnofficial.com/cuomo-critici…

Real Estate Prices MUST Fall With Devastating Gravity! Excessive Debt Will Cause Crisis!

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What do you think is happening with real estate right now in the major cities? Mortgage rates continue to climb putting further pressure on homebuyers. Their salvation is always to be able to rent. However, today in most major U.S. cities, rent prices have skyrocketed over the years, making it completely unaffordable to the majority. … Read more

Jim Grant Podcast (W/Chris Whalen) – A Tightening Fed, Rising Credit Costs, Leveraged Loans: Goodbye Wealth Effect?

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Grant’s Interest Rate Observer Podcast, Released on 10/29/18 Chris Whalen, publisher of the Institutional Risk Analyst and financial industry expert, stops by the office to discuss the economy, credit and the Fed. @rcwhalen 1:22 The banks, as safe as a house? 6:51 A tightening Fed and profits 10:55 Rising credit costs coming down the pike … Read more

Rising mortgages eclipse home values…

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From Zillow: Image by iStock.com/peeterv A combination of high home values and rising interest rates has sparked concerns that the housing market may be due for a slowdown. The current economic expansion is now the second longest in U.S. history. If it continues beyond July 2019 – and a recent survey of experts suggests it will – it … Read more

A national debt 6 times the size of the economy?

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From Reason: By the time a child born in 2018 is settling into retirement, the national debt could be six times the size of the American economy. Without making any changes to current policy—in other words, even without the glut of new entitlement spending proposed by some of Bernie Sanders’ acolytes—that’s the trajectory for the national debt over the … Read more

America’s opinion of the two-party system has soured

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From Gallup: WASHINGTON, D.C. – A majority of Americans, 57%, say there is a need for a third, major political party, while 38% of Americans believe the current two party system does an adequate job of representing the people. These views have been consistent since 2013. Americans’ views of the two-party system have soured since Gallup’s initial … Read more

What’s The Best Reason To Vote Republican In November Midterms? Hillary Clinton Said ‘I’d Like To Be President’ If Democrats Win Big

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by Geoffrey Grider On Friday, failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stated she would “like to be president” during a live taping of Recode Decode at New York City’s 92nd Street Y Hillary Clinton is back, and she has a message for America. In a live interview with Recode at the NYC 92nd street YMCA, Clinton … Read more

Now Everything Is Up In The Air – Whiff of Panic After Mexico Voted to Scrap Mega-Airport & Corruption Project

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By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. The results are finally in from one of the most controversial voting exercises ever held in Mexico. The people — albeit a tiny fraction of the whole electorate — have voted to scrap a new $13-billion airport for the capital that is almost one-third finished, at … Read more

The Disappearing Middle Class from Democratic Socialist and Feminist-Controlled California

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By Bob Shanahan California now has the fifth largest economy in the world, recently surpassing the United Kingdom. But the state’s prioritization of identity politics, illegal immigrants, and anti-business policies have doomed the future of a once great state, resulting in a mass migration of companies and residents.   The Golden State is the most … Read more

Max Keiser and Alasdair Macleod on the sudden turn in the credit cycle … Lynette Zang: “The bottom is falling out” …

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by John Rubino Bricks and slaughter: Exposing Australia’s housing crisis … Max Keiser and Alasdair Macleod on the sudden turn in the credit cycle … Lynette Zang: “The bottom is falling out” … Peter Schiff: “This is one of the worst Octobers on record” … John Stossel on “the pension bomb” … Ann Coulter: “This … Read more

Is it Possible to Recession-Proof Your Trading Portfolio?

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Image: Pixabay.com There are legitimate concerns that another recession, coupled with a bearish market for stocks, is on the horizon. Recessions are part and parcel of the global economic cycle. There will always be periods of uncertainty where financial investors become concerned. It’s how you deal with that within your trading portfolio that can limit … Read more

No! Banning Speech is not good for democracy

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No! Banning Speech is not good for democracy (Link to article below) https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/10/22/banning-bannon-is-good-for-democracy.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=230pm&utm_campaign_id=Opinion&utm_content=banningbannonisgoodfordemocracy&fbclid=IwAR2IgOU6fuLfsmITyMN-dfOpfz7pRnx1nIKaL3R6tCJEIs7xU03zAW5gOrA

SMART INVESTORS WATCH THE BUFFET INDICATOR…

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https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1056823984807927808 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1056770220331855872 How quickly years worth of gains can be lost in bubble markets….if it wasn't for the US blowing out it's deficit and global QE of $15T and 0% rates for so long, these would have become permanent. At @peakearnings this time, be careful out there if we bounce into yearend pic.twitter.com/aez5XOnxNr — M/1_LP … Read more