Investment Watch Blog

by DCG And yet the proggies in that area continue to try and strip citizens of their Second Amendment right. I am so glad I moved away from that area. From MyNorthwest.com: (Correction to story below) The Everett Police Department reports this crime did not happen within its jurisdiction. The original story has been updated. The field … Read more

From Forbes: Gold is back under the spotlight because of the renewed appetite amidst traders. This is primarily because of the rising geopolitical tensions and worries over the slowing global economic growth. The gold price traded near a two-and-a-half-month peak last week and is at $1,227 at the time of writing. Year to date, the price … Read more

by Shaun Richards As ever there is plenty of news about the UK housing market around but let us start with a consequence of government action which led to this reported by the BBC at the end of last week. The boss of house building firm Persimmon has walked off in the middle of a … Read more

Zheng Xiaosong, the head of China’s liaison office to Macau died late on Saturday after falling from the building where he lived, the Chinese government said on Sunday. Zheng had been suffering from depression, the Hong Kong and Macau Office of the Chinese government’s State Council said in a statement, adding representatives of the Beijing … Read more

by Orangutan The power structure is all askew in this population. We need to vote them all out and keep an eye on them along the way. University Investigates Whether Governor’s Daughter Earned Degree https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/us/22heather.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/24/how-a-senators-daughter-became-ceo-of-the-company-at-the-center-of-the-epipen-controversy/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b89ce9c3d61c

From the Los Angeles Times: If something cannot go on forever,” the economist Herbert Stein famously wrote, “it will stop.” Stein’s Law, as that dictum and its variations have come to be known, originally referred to ever-widening budget deficits, though quickly expanded to include phenomena such as economic booms. We may soon watch the rule assert itself … Read more

by axolotl_peyotl These two situations are obviously very different and involve entirely different state actors, but something is not sitting right with me here. The sketchy Deep State connections to Khashoggi aside (ie his friendship with Osama bin Laden), I found it shocking how the disappearance of Interpol chief Meng Hongwei was reported by the Mockingbird MSM, along with … Read more

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/why-chinese-stocks-have-crashed-in-2018-2018-10 Chinese stocks have lost more than 30% of their value since the start of 2018. Fears of a slowing economy, rising debts and the impact of US President Donald Trump’s trade war have all played a role in pushing the Chinese market lower. However, a wave of forced selling of company shares could see … Read more

by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Global stocks are advancing this morning following news that China is considering using fiscal policy to jumpstart economic growth US stocks index futures are pointing to a modestly positive open in NY with the Dow Jones minis +0.37%, S&P500 minis +0.35 and Nasdaq 100 minis +0.70% This is a busy week for … Read more