Investment Watch Blog

by shadow332 The video is in the article and it’s long but there is some real damning evidence in it. If I was at this meeting I would stand up and ask what they were doing to stop racism in Israel. I’d be fired so fast. Key moments from the video can be found at the following … Read more

That’s a perfect picture of socialism. The people live in poverty while the rulers live as royalty. h/t GR

Mark O’Byrne, Research Director of GoldCore.com considers the growing and unappreciated risks from Brexit to the London property market – Brexit in conjunction with severe price unaffordability, rising interest rates and global economic uncertainty is leading to sharp price falls in London home prices – London home prices have fallen five months in a row … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Women weren’t so lucky either. But who got the spoils? On the surface, the annual household income data released by the Census Bureau today, looks mediocre. But beneath the surface, it looks grim – grim for whom? Ha, we’ll get to that. So the mediocre news right up front: Median household income in … Read more

by Michael Snyder The bizarre story of Hurricane Florence just keeps becoming even more strange.  The good news is that meteorologists are telling us that the storm is expected to lose intensity as it approaches the east coast, but the really, really bad news is that it is now being projected that Florence will slow … Read more

by Michael Snyder We all knew that Hurricane Florence was going to be bad, but now it is being projected that it will cause more economic damage than any other storm in all of U.S. history.  As you will see below, one firm is estimating that the total damage from Florence could cost “more than … Read more

by Egon von Greyerz Many emerging markets are now turning to submerging markets as country after country is experiencing falling economies, currencies and stock markets. The currency is often the best indication of a country’s economic health. Just look at these six currencies submerging into obscurity: CURRENCY CONTAGION IS SPREADING But these are just some … Read more

Do you believe that pensions will be CUT in Illinois?   If you are located in Chicago, or Illinois for that matter, and you think you will get your pension one day, I have a newsflash for you. The system is so overburdened and indebted that the only possible solution the government can provide to … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzlbIF9IQPE J. Paul Getty said it best, “If you owe the bank $100 that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the banks problem.” But when that debt has been turned into a product and sold back to the public…We all have a problem. What can you and I do? The same … Read more

From Jim Rickards, Editor, the Daily Reckoning: Several years ago, I began warning my readers that a global trade war was likely in the wake of the currency wars. This forecast did not seem like a stretch. It would simply be a replay of the sequence that prevailed from 1921–39 as the original currency war started … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_izHCh-Fqk Mike Papantonio and Trial Magazine Executive Editor Farron Cousins discuss hearings in D.C about the banning of dissenting viewpoints from social media outlets and Justice Dept. announcement that they would be meeting with State Attorney General’s to discuss the legality of these bans, and whether or not there needs to be tighter regulation of … Read more

WEIRD HOW THIS ISN’T GETTING MUCH PRESS EXCEPT ON DRUDGE: WHY ARE DEMOCRATS SO VIOLENT? California Man Arrested After Trying to Stab GOP Candidate, Police Say: California man Farzad Fazeli was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trying to stab a congressional candidate at a fair on Sunday, police said. Local media identified the candidate as Republican Rudy Peters, who is … Read more

Trump signed an executive order to sanction anyone that interferes with the US election.JW is suing the government for the emails on Weiner’s laptop. Jeff Session looking to investigate social media giants. Grand Jury indicts the NM compound individuals. The deep state is pushing their agenda in Libya attacking the oil facilities. Syria making trade … Read more

via GPC Yesterday’s piece generated a lot of interest, so we’re going to develop this theme some more. The key item of note is that while US stocks are holding up, the Fed’s hawkishness has already blown up much of the global financial system. In particular, Emerging Market Stocks have already entered full-blown bear markets. … Read more

via Megan Henney The U.S. economy is beginning to show signs that it’s ready to roll over into the next recession, according to David Stockman, the former budget director for President Ronald Reagan — and if you have money invested in the markets, you should consider taking it out. “What you do is, you put it … Read more

by John Ward MP Sarah Wollaston quite rightly wants the police to do more about (and tighten up the prosecution of) potentially dangerous stalkers. But now the crime includes “Cyber abuse”, her Private Member’s Bill is too lax in its definitions about what stalking is, and police guidelines on priorities. Equally worrying, a majority of those … Read more

by Simon Black One of our major themes this year has been avoiding big mistakes… Mostly, we’ve been talking about avoiding assets that are irrationally expensive (like most stocks and real estate today). And we’ve been discussing ways to raise cash and diversify outside of traditional investments to protect your capital. But now that you have … Read more