Investment Watch Blog

via Bespoke The S&P Regional Banks have gotten battered once again today, down 3.01%.  But that is purely a continuation of what has been a rough Fall.  The index has fallen 16.58% from its high back in early June and has fallen 7.05% since the start of October.  The stocks in the index are down … Read more

via Ben Leubsdorf The economic expansion that began in mid-2009 and already ranks as the second-longest in American history most likely will end in 2020 as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to cool off an overheating economy, according to forecasters surveyed by The Wall Street Journal. Some 59% of private-sector economists surveyed in recent days … Read more

via Natasha Doff The U.K.’s largest active manager is taking up arms against what it sees as an imminent liquidity crunch coming to credit markets. As bouts of late-cycle volatility prompt fears of an impending race for the exits, Aberdeen Standard Investments has been scooping up securities with greater liquidity relative to cash bonds, like credit … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WRv-HVDAu0 Ryan Saavedra for the Daily Wire reports, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley made fun of Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a charity dinner on Thursday night after the Massachusetts Democrat released the results of her DNA test, which blew up in her face. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/37337/…

Here is the track of Hurricane Willa and it is poised to wipe out the Migrant Caravan as it marches North through Mexico: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/10/22/c…ms-mexico/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KoV8gcmDTk h/t Natura Naturans

The illegal migrant caravan is making its way up to the US, this is a Soros deep state plan. Rosenstein is going to be questioned, why only two D’s and two R’s. Just because you don’t see it happening doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. The deep state is projecting what they are going to do … Read more

from Financial Survival Network Ned Schmidt‘s thinking that gold and silver have put in their cycle lows. Now they’re out performing the stock market, which he was expecting. Will this be gold’s moment in the spotlight? Perhaps. Ned’s also bullish on soybeans, not in spite of the Chinese tariff actions, but because of them. He stated … Read more

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via godfatherpolitics: One of the most prominent “research” groups behind the attacks on conservative free speech on the Internet this year is a company called “New Knowledge.” But now a new review of the company shows that one of its biggest backers is one of our biggest international opponents, the Chinese Government. New Knowledge co-founder Jonathon … Read more

by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains & Capital It is looking increasingly likely that the bull market is OVER. The Russell 2000 (IWM) has lead the S&P 500 throughout the bull market begun January 2016. Over that time period, the Russell 2000 rose 54% compared to the S&P 500’s performance of 42%. This is of major importance because … Read more

by Chris Black   Motto: I’m ready but the waiting is taking a toll. They promised me nuclear war when I was a kid, they promised me robots too and Mars colonies.   This news went mostly under the radar, but President Trump announced on Saturday that he’s withdrawing the US from the INF Treaty … Read more

CNBC, Released on 10/22/18 Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz chief economic advisor, speaks with CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” about his take on the global economy and how investors should approach markets that can no longer count on consistent support from central banks.