Investment Watch Blog

by Charles Hugh-Smith If you want to preserve your sanity and avoid unhappy derangement, turn off all corporate and social media from now to Thanksgiving. Since elections are extremely profitable for traditional media / social media corporations, your sanity will gleefully be sacrificed in the upcoming election–if you are gullible enough to watch the “news” … Read more

Lauren couch-surfed through South Africa to make her documentary, without security, sleeping in farmers families’ houses. She deserves all the respect and support we can give her. Her work will be remembered decades from now. AC

Our taxes keep going up, but the infrastructure is breaking down. They make us believe that they need more and more money, but even though we keep dealing with increased taxation, we get less and less. They lied to us. Let me know about the infrastructure in your area. Breaking down? You can see the … Read more

by Adam Taggart Another debt-fueled crisis & and hangover approaches Lance Roberts sees trouble ahead. As chief investment strategist of Clarity Financial and chief editor of Real Investment Advice, Lance issues commentary weekly on the financial markets. He sees a major market correction/crash dead ahead, likely in early 2019 as the US economy offically slides back into recession — … Read more

by Lynette Zang of ITM Trading Turkey boasts the fourteenth largest economy and they’ve had easy access to global debt markets. If that debt were issued in terms of lira, no problem, it could be paid off with cheaper lira. Unfortunately, roughly $450bn of that debt was issued in terms of other fiat currencies, with USD denominated bonds … Read more

The deep state is backed into a corner and from Grassley’s letter we might have discovered the other agent involved. The UK is using propaganda to push the story that there was a close call with Russia in the black sea. Turkey and Russia will use their own currencies to transact business. The ceasefire deal … Read more

JCPenney is in trouble, they are at a risk of a default. Walmart says they are improving and sales are up, but operating expenses are down, store closures are up and people are looking for the cheapest options. Philly Fed has crashed. Housing starts disappoint, huge miss. Countries are dumping treasury bonds the only buyer … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter It’s cyclical. The transportation sector is a reflection of the goods-based economy in the US. Demand has been blistering across all modes of transportation. Freight shipment volume (not pricing… we’ll get to pricing in a moment) by truck, rail, air, and barge, according to the Cass Freight Index  jumped 10.6% in July compared … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Emerging Markets turmoil: The price of cheap debt & misallocation of capital. “Excess liquidity usually leads to the misallocation of capital, masking any balance sheet constrains. As this tide of excess liquidity recedes, it reveals the misallocation of capital and the mispricing of risk,” Nedbank CIB strategists Neels Heyneke and Mehul … Read more

by TFittonJW https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-uncovers-six-more-clinton-emails-containing-classified-material-on-her-unsecure-non-state-gov-email-system/

by stockboardasset So, I think a global slowdown is developing in Asia and Europe, along with spreading into emerging markets. The US is the last man standing, as it is the last domino to fall. The one question we ask: When do US traders start pricing in the next downturn? To get more color on the … Read more

https://youtu.be/B-U50xO4Fv8 The burden Tommy carries is massive, he’s a stronger man than most.   AC

https://youtu.be/8VoN7R_0H-8 The First Amendment should take precedence over any and all multinational corporations. Corporations should not have the authority to usurp and/or supersede the First Amendment. The FCC is an independent agency of the United States government – to regulate communications agencies. Their parameter, function & loyalties are to the First Amendment. Trump forces FCC … Read more

DNC Chairman Tom Perez delivered remarks to liberal supporters at an “indoor Latin mall” in Atlanta, Georgia this week, speaking to a nearly empty room as Democrats struggle to connect with American voters just months ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Perez was speaking at the Plaza Fiesta shopping center Wednesday when he slammed President … Read more

China regulators delay approval of video game licenses  Micron, Nvidia tumble as all 30 stocks in Philly index slump via Lily Katz China’s freeze on approving new video and streaming games is icing American chipmaker stocks. All 30 members of the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell at least 0.5 percent Wednesday, with Micron Technology Inc. plunging more … Read more