Investment Watch Blog

by Jody Chudley via Daily Reckoning In early August, I wrote about how one of the best hedge fund managers of the past twenty years has put a staggering 40 percent of his fund into stocks in India. That isn’t just a bold bet. That’s a “putting your career on the line bet,” which suggests an incredibly high … Read more

There’s so much false media noise over tariff wars, currency manipulations, Russian poisoning charges, supposedly shifty allegiances in Washington toward Moscow and other theatrical propagandistic concoctions that there’s very little chance the wider English speaking populace will view – let alone understand – the much larger macroeconomic and thus geopolitical stakes plaguing increasingly deteriorating relations … Read more

Do you think WALL ST. and MAIN ST. are correlated?   There are thousands upon thousands of indicators we can look at to determine the health of the economy. Or we can just look out the window, take a drive down the street, or ask business owners. Sometimes, it’s better to see or experience the … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_m_9huGeWc The Patriot Beat reports, Just a couple of days after failed former President Barack Hussein Obama attempted to take credit for President Trump’s amazingly successful economy, the clueless ex-prez took another blow, when small business optimism SURGED to it’s the highest level EVER in a new poll. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://patriotbeat.com/2018/09/12/obamas-economic-comments-blow-up-in-his-face-again-as-small-business-surges-under-trump/

Trends Journal, Released on 9/14/18 (Recorded on 9/13/18)

by Jeremiah Johnson  In the article, “Earth’s Big Freeze Looms as Sun Remains Devoid of Sunspots for Most of 2018, the writer addressed an issue that we are perhaps beginning to see the start of right now. Throughout the United States, you may notice the change in seasons from summer to fall is happening at a … Read more

by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: Well it’s not hailstones down here. It is snow. Even the animals are confused. REPLY: Well it certainly looks very dramatic from here in Florida.

by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper Just about every website owner I know is feeling personally victimized by the recent social media purge that has been going on.  But here’s an interesting fact: it isn’t, as is widely perceived, just conservative voices that are being silenced. It is dissenting voices. It’s the voices of critical thinkers whose … Read more

The reporter for the Weather Channel is having a hard time standing. He is bracing himself with his back to the wind and is still being rocked by the hurricane force winds. Meanwhile two men in the background are causually walking arounding checking theri phones. Added drama for more excited viewing? Fake weather report?   … Read more

Macro Voices, Released on 9/14/18 (Recorded on 9/13/18) Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Charlie McElligott to Macrovoices. Erik and Charlie discuss the curve steepener as a recession signal and the current impact that the dollar, real rates and inflation expectations have on the markets. They further touch on the Chinese credit/financing impulse and the … Read more

by Jesse “Under this system [Bretton Woods II and the petrodollar], the U.S. is running massive current account deficits to be the source of export-led growth for other countries.  To fund this deficit, central banks, particularly those on the Pacific Rim, are buying up dollars and dollar-denominated assets.” Daniel Drezner “The inability of global leaders … Read more

@ 19:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwQUAfw0kDk&feature=youtu.be&t=1152 Sean Hannity 9/14/18 | Fox News September 14, 2018 h/t KOS

by Jesse “You do not know the working class. But you are not to be blamed for this. How can you know anything about the working class?  You do not live in the same locality with the working class.  You herd with the capitalist class in another locality. And why not?  It is the capitalist … Read more

A few thoughts on bubbles  Technical comments on the Dow Jones Internet Commerce Index  China on the brink via Martin Pring Last week, I pointed out that most of the FAANG stocks remained in uptrends, with the possible exception of Netflix and the confirmed bear market in Facebook. The Dow Jones Internet Commerce Index is designed to measure … Read more

https://heavy.com/news/2018/09/hurricane-florence-looting-wilmington-nc-video/ http://www.wect.com/story/39097792/reports-of-looting-at-wilmington-family-dollar https://twitter.com/Alb0_m4drId/status/1041065161283563520 The effects of the category 1 hurricane are still being felt with intense flooding conditions. A video of rampant looting at a Family Dollar store in Wilmington, NC, reflects chaos and panic as people are seen leaving the store with packs of Gatorade and bread, with debris strewn all over the street. … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_qRoOa6pqg The Patriot Beat reports, While the fake news media ignores the violent rhetoric from unhinged anti-American Democrats, and push a false narrative that President Trump and his supporters are perpetuating violence, Trump supporters are facing real danger in the world, with no end in sight. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://patriotbeat.com/2018/09/12/da…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et5YOIDsaX0 Kassy Dillon for the Daily Wire reports, In the latest attempt to target Donald Trump, a group of D.C. residents complained to the city’s liquor board that the President of the United States does not pass the “good character” test required for those who sell alcohol in the city. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/35737/…