Trump Tries to Deal with the Pension Crisis

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by Martin Armstrong   Most small businesses do not offer retirement plans because the excessive regulation which drives the costs significantly higher. Trump’s new Executive Order is primarily designed to reduce those costs by streamlining the excessive regulation. The order further makes it clear: “Within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the … Read more

Is This Really A Possibility? Chilling To The Bone – Michael Avenatti Says He May Run For President In 2020.

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by Ruby Henley I don’t know why a Michael Avenatti as ‘President’ would shock me – frankly, this Country would just be finished off.  It is almost gone now, but that obnoxious man would take any hope left and literally TRASH it. Michael Avenatti made his first big speech as a prospective candidate calling on … Read more

Housing Bubble Pops in Sydney & Melbourne, Australia

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter And with impeccable timing, an immense flood of new construction. In Sydney, breeding ground for one of the world’s biggest housing bubbles, prices of single-family houses dropped 7.3% in August, compared to a year earlier. Prices of “units” — condos in US lingo — fell 2.2% year-over-year. Price declines were the … Read more

Transports-Potential topping patterns in play

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by Kimble Charting CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE The chart looks at Transportation ETF (IYT) on a weekly basis. Its long-term trend remains up and nothing that has changed the trend. IYT peaked in January along with the broad markets and then fell where it tested short-term rising channel support, which held. Joe Friday Just The Facts Ma’am– … Read more

Dave Janda: We Will See Movement On The Sealed Indictments Before The November Elections

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Dave Janda interviewed by Sarah Westall on Sarah Westall Part 1: Dr. Dave Janda joins the show to discuss his time in Washington and why he decided to devote his time to fixing healthcare. He shares incredible stories of corruption and corporate greed that he encountered while in D.C. We also talk about the world power structure and how … Read more

“There are lies, damned lies, and statistics…”

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by Trivirus With the recent media propaganda and “gaslighting” over the 3.9% figure, I’ve been thinking… What other figures relevant to the job market are not only misleading, but possibly corrupt? Let me give you an example of questionable data (that isn’t everyone’s second favorite target aka inflation): Salary/wage data. The BLS compiles data about worker … Read more

Investor Alert: USD curve flattening, third reflation attempt failed, global slowdown, stock market utilization rate reverses…

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The recent $USD curve flattening indicates that markets are in a late-cyclical mindset. But what happens during the 6 months that precede a curve inversion in the US? See picture$NZD usually suffers a lot, while $JPY performs! More in our FX weekly -> https://t.co/9IeHUvJYJl pic.twitter.com/cQTMWtfkVg — Andreas Steno Larsen (@AndreasSteno) September 3, 2018 .@neelkashkari, has … Read more

This is a ‘Blow-off topping phase’ in one of the many central grotesque asset bubbles inflated by our reckless central banks.

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This is a ‘Blow-off topping phase’ in one of the many central grotesque asset bubbles inflated by our reckless central banks. Can Apple go higher? $300Billion in Ponzi share buybacks? What could possibly go wrong? Party like it’s 1929! https://t.co/9Pejwlkrws — Planet Ponzi (@PlanetPonzi) September 1, 2018 #Nasdaq BUBBLES 5.7% In August – Hits New … Read more

China’s ‘New Silk Road’ Project Hits Debt Jam

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by stockboardasset President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” trade infrastructure project could be hitting significant bottlenecks as some countries begin to sound alarms regarding the massive debt loads their governments are incurring. Xi first announced the trade initiative also known as the “New Silk Road” in 2013, which needs more than $26 trillion of infrastructure investment by 2030 … Read more

Ocasio-Cortez Praises Venezuela For Making Everyone A Millionaire Through Hyperinflation

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Via The Babylon Bee NEW YORK, NY—In an interview on Meet the Press Sunday, Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez scolded American leaders for not setting the minimum wage as high as Venezuela, whose hyper-inflated currency is forcing minimum wage increases all year long. Ocasio-Cortez then pointed out that if we would just raise the minimum … Read more