Investment Watch Blog

by Michael Snyder U.S. bonds have not fallen like this since Donald Trump’s stunning election victory in November 2016.  Could this be a sign that big trouble is on the horizon for the stock market?  It seems like bonds have been in a bull market forever, but now suddenly bond yields are spiking to alarmingly … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Because that’s where the money is, on paper. But it’s not where the market is. There are plenty of brand-new apartments to choose from, thanks to a multifamily construction boom in major cities. These apartments are in good locations. They’re nice and have everything you’d want. But for many people, rents … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith We’re living in a fantasy, folks. Bubbles pop, period. The nice thing about the “wealth” generated by bubbles is it’s so easy: no need to earn wealth the hard way, by scrimping and saving capital and investing it wisely. Just sit back and let central bank stimulus push assets higher. The problem with … Read more

by Michael Snyder Should men wear stilettos?  At one time that would have been unthinkable, but in recent years the trend toward “gender-fluidity” has broken down many of the old barriers that once ruled the fashion world.  So now many men are wearing whatever they feel like wearing, and they are doing so very publicly.  … Read more

by Chris Black   If you are sick and tired of the Kavanaugh nomination for SCOTUS extravaganza, here’s an interesting piece of news that went under the mainstream media’s radar. A weirdly dressed and even weirder-acting soy-boy hit a pro life woman activist in the face for absolutely no reason. This is the tolerant left … Read more

by Ruby Henley She must feel so out of control right now.  Sad, she could not tell the truth to the person who questioned her.  More than that, why has she been trained to help someone to break the law?   Why would she lie to Prosecutor Mitchell when she knew the penalty was perjury? … Read more

by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains & Capital More and more “bells are ringing” for this market rally. The microcap index, called the Russell 2000, typically leads the overall market in risk on/ risk off moves. With that in mind, what does the below chart suggest? Historically, another market leader are financials stocks. With that in mind, what … Read more

via Jim Leaviss As we pass the 10-year anniversary of the Lehman default and we started thinking about what we were doing back in 2008 (desperately moving my savings out of certain banks was high on the list for me, whilst listening to MGMT and Los Campesinos; album of the year? TV On The Radio’s Dear … Read more

Tess Pennington Ready Gardens Have you ever wondered why you should start your own garden when food is readily available at grocery stores?  What about those who would love to be self-sufficient to the point of living off the food they can grow on their own land? The simple answer is yes, this is possible, but it … Read more

From Brandon Smith Blind faith in the U.S. dollar is perhaps one of the most crippling disabilities economists have in gauging our economic future. Historically speaking, fiat currencies are essentially animals with very short lives, and world reserve currencies are even more prone to an early death. But, for some reason, the notion that the dollar … Read more

by Geoffrey Grider Ana Maria Archila, one of the two women who confronted Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator on Friday, helps lead a progressive organization funded by billionaire George Soros that heads an $80 million activist effort characterized as part of the anti-Trump “resistance” movement. The video was riveting, no question about … Read more

by John Rubino This morning’s jobs report was stronger than expected, which – combined with Amazon’s dramatic increase in its minimum wage to $15/hr — implies rising wages going forward. The bond market reacted as you’d expect to the prospect of higher wage inflation, with the yield on 10-year Treasuries hitting its highest level in … Read more

Follow The Money, Released on 10/3/18 This week, we are joined by legendary investor and world traveler, Jim Rogers. He shares his latest insights on the U.S. economy and the ongoing economic war between the U.S. and China. In this segment, economist/trading coach Jerry Robinson is joined by American businessman, financial commentator, world-renowned investor, and … Read more

via GPC The financial markets are now rapidly running out of liquidity. The Fed will withdraw $50 billion in liquidity from the financial system this month via its Quantitative Tightening, QT, program. This is the largest liquidity withdrawal since the 2008 crisis. The Fed is not the only one. The ECB will halve its QE program … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SHoOW4M1iE Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the White House was terminating a 1950s treaty with Iran after a United Nations court ruled the accord prevented the US from imposing sanctions that would affect humanitarian aid. http://marygreeley.com/?p=76056

From Jim Rickards, Editor, The Daily Reckoning: The U.S. trade war with China and China’s daunting debt problems are well understood by most investors. Coming U.S. sanctions on Iran and Iran’s internal economic problems are also well understood. What is not understood is how these two bilateral confrontations are intimately linked in a three-way tangle that … Read more