Tech Rally Getting Thinner

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by Dana Lyons Recent new highs in the tech sector have occurred on decreasing participation. For the most part, the rally off of the early 2018 correction lows has occurred on strong breadth, or widespread participation from individual stocks. We are starting to see some potential signs of a change in that trend this week, however. … Read more

DOW / GOLD – A 98% FALL NEXT

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by Egon von Greyerz “The winner takes it all, the loser standing small” (an Abba song) is the next phase in the world economy. Sadly there will be few real winners since the world and its people will be the loser in the coming phase of destruction of asset values, implosion of debts as well as … Read more

Fake News & Their Conspiracy with the Deep State Exposed

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by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Did the Deep State indict the Russians to sabotage the Trump Putin summit? The Daily News seems to be cheering World War III. What is going on? ANSWER: The Justice Department DELIBERATELY indicted Russians they can never put on trial and it was done days before the summit to intentionally disrupt it and set the fake news up … Read more

Here’s How Systems (and Nations) Fail

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by Charles Hugh-Smith These embedded processes strip away autonomy, equating compliance with effectiveness even as the processes become increasingly counter-productive and wasteful. Would any sane person choose America’s broken healthcare system over a cheaper, more effective alternative? Let’s see: the current system costs twice as much per person as the healthcare systems of our developed-world competitors, a medication … Read more

U.S. Trade Wars Enter Dangerous New Phase

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From Birch Gold Group The trade war between the U.S., China, EU and other countries has been heating up for a few months now. Here are some revelations about this trade war (so far), specific to China: A trade war will likely help China. China will fight back vigorously if it keeps escalating. China has a nuclear option they haven’t used … Read more

Former Wall Street Trader: Save Until It Hurts

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BY JARED DILLIAN Financial folks tend to overcomplicate things. Their jargon is an impenetrable wall of confusion to new investors. Let me uncomplicate things for you. For most people, all you need is a bank account. Let’s unpack this a bit. You are reading this note because you are a professional or semi-professional or serious investor. Most people … Read more

Facebook – Ghosts of Bubbles Past

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by Jesse “This is how Ron Chernow correctly described what was happening for New York Times’ readers on March 15, 2001: ‘Let us be clear about the magnitude of the Nasdaq collapse. The tumble has been so steep and so bloody — close to $4 trillion in market value erased in one year — that … Read more

Meet Your New Self-Driving Chauffeur To Walmart

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by stockboardasset Alphabet Inc’s Waymo, an autonomous car company, could have just unlocked a rather displeasing future for the heavily indebted consumer, one where corporate America uses self-driving vehicles to herd the bottom 90 percent to brick and mortar retail stores. In fact, this is now a reality, as Waymo and Walmart have launched a pilot program to … Read more

WaPo Contributor Declares “God Bless The Deep State” and U.S. Intelligence Agencies – Ignoring The Partisan Figures That Once Led Them

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by Jon Hall, Free Market Shooter Last Thursday, Eugene Robinson – MSNBC analyst and writer for the Washington Post – published a column criticizing President Trump for failing to side with the U.S. intelligence community over their conclusion on Russian meddling in the 2016 election during a diplomatic summit with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. Remember when the “deep state” was written off as a … Read more

The FAANGs Will Crash

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by Bill Bonner YOUGHAL, IRELAND – Poor Mark Zuckerberg. Rumor has it that he is some sort of advanced robot, “reptilian,” or alien. “Lord Zuck,” the kids call him. Lord Zuck Yesterday, his company lost $151 billion in stock market value. The stock fell 20% after hours. Today, if after-hours trading trends continue, Facebook will suffer … Read more

Washington Post-CIA connections: back to basics

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by Jon Rappoport There are now hundreds of supposed “facts” which prove Russia influenced the 2016 US election. I thought I’d go back to a few basics… “The CIA says” is never a great way to start a sentence. But that’s one basis of the charge that Russia “hacked” the US presidential election. Members of … Read more

Mark Cuban on dangers of A.I.: If you don’t think Terminator is coming, ‘you’re crazy’

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via CNBC: Billionaire entrepreneur, star of ABC reality show “Shark Tank” and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team Mark Cuban is certain that a version of the Terminator is coming. Speaking to an audience of conservative high school students at the High School Leadership Summit Turning Point USA event in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Cuban laid down several serious … Read more