Investment Watch Blog

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: It certainly seems that the cryptocurrency world has its flaws and may even be worse than traditional bank accounts and credit cards. They keep getting hacked. So they are trying to defeat central banks but may be running into the arms of scammers and thieves. I read one guy even claimed Bitcoin … Read more

via BI  Warnings across Wall Street that global markets have entered the final stage of their cycle have been gathering steam in recent weeks. The chief investment strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the latest to weigh in, sharing five reasons he’s now bearish on risk assets. All good things must come to … Read more

Via Global Macro Monitor, You would never know it listening to the market cheerleaders but asset prices, both real and financial, are, once again, at extreme valuation levels relative to the trend economy.  The valuation reality coupled with the prevailing, but false, “don’t worry” market narrative sets us up for another major financial crisis. A … Read more

via GPC  Thus far in his tenure as Fed Chair, Jerome Powell has emphasized that he is more concerned with the real economy than the financial markets. Put another way, the Powell Fed, unlike the Bernanke or Yellen Feds before it, is willing to sacrifice stocks in the name of normalizing monetary policy provided the … Read more

The Supreme Court totally rejected everything the US was built upon, no taxation without representation. New Homes surge in only one area the South, the rest of the country new homes plunged. Europe warns of an upcoming trade collapse. The Fed just let the world know what is about to do but no one clued … Read more

by stockboardasset A new report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights in the United States finds about 40 million live in poverty, 18.5 million in extreme poverty, and 5.3 million live in Third World conditions. The 20-page report by Philip Alston, U.N. Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, warned the U.S. has one of … Read more

CNN & CNBC Agree: Trump’s Popularity Still Rising Despite Recent Attacks CNBC: “Family separation policy fails to dent Trump’s rising popularity” View post on imgur.com President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which dominated the news cycle last week and resulted in more than 2,000 children being separated from their families near the southern border, … Read more

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by Jesse Physical gold is moving from West to East. New York has become a highly leveraged, largely ‘paper trading’ market, whereas ‘the New Silk Road’ is the center of physical gold accumulation. This may resolve via a major short squeeze on paper claims unable to be fulfilled by physical gold at anywhere near today’s … Read more

by Michael Snyder Civil conflict is coming to America, and it is going to tear our nation apart. Earlier today I received an email from a good friend about the rising tide of anger and frustration that we are currently witnessing in America. After thinking about it for a few moments, I wrote back and … Read more

by Michael Snyder It is supposed to be illegal for the NSA to spy on communications that are completely domestic, but that appears to be precisely what is happening. According to a brand new report from Ryan Gallagher and Henrik Moltke of the Intercept, NSA documents indicate that the NSA is systematically capturing our emails, our phone … Read more

by Dave The big rally to 19k had nothing to do with the powers that be, nothing to do with whether bitcoin was a great idea, or a stupid one, and everything to do with a tidal wave of dumb money pouring into the space. Given that, the only way bitcoin moves to 50k (its … Read more

by Ruby Henley This is a breaking news story, and it is shocking to say the least.  It was broken by The Hill’s contributor, John Solomon. In March of 2017, a ‘behind the scenes’ deal to negotiate with Julian Assange was in the works.  It was essentially brokered to persuade Assange to the redaction of … Read more

via John Murphy NASDAQ AND TECHS LEAD MARKET LOWER … Tech stocks and the Nasdaq are leading the rest of the market lower. Chart 1 shows the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) falling more than 2% today and bearing down on its 50-day average. The Nasdaq is the weakest of the major market indexes. Falling technology shares … Read more

NSA has hidden spy hubs all around the US. The Skripal’s house is going to be purchased by the UK government using tax payer money. Italy is pushing back against Merkel and the rest of Europe is starting to break apart. North Korea receives coffins from the US. War drills have been permanently suspended in … Read more

We have been told that ‘fact checkers’ are the ultimate in reliability. Facebook even uses Snopes to determine what fake news is. But these example show, we need watchers to watch the watchers. via thefreethoughtproject: Before the 2016 election, people freely chose their sources for information, had discussions about the veracity and accuracy of those sources … Read more

by David Haggith No, the Trump tax breaks for major corporations are not going to bonuses and wage increases. Sure we’ve seen some token $1,000 bonuses go out to laborers with hyuge orchestrated fanfare. The stint of articles you saw all over the media earlier in the year about those bonuses originated from an organized PR campaign … Read more