Investment Watch Blog

via MarketWatch: We are in store for the margin call to potentially end all margin calls. The peak of margin debt, one of the primary factors in the 2000 dotcom bubble collapse, never got close to $100B. Investor margin debt is currently over $300B. And as the below chart reveals, that very margin debt (this time, concurrent … Read more

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1001630201195958272 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1001627166654812160

from Eric Peters: New cars have become so “safe” they’re becoming dangerous. They have systems which make an accident more likely – while touting how much more crashworthy they are now vs. previously. Arguably, the safer policy would be to avoid the crash. But that’s getting harder to do when the car second-guesses your steering inputs – and … Read more

by Jeremiah Johnson As you have undoubtedly seen in the news, there is a fresh outbreak of the disease Ebola in Africa and in the past, there have been fears that the deadly virus is mutating. One of the main differences with this particular outbreak is that the WHO (World Health Organization) and experts from the CDC … Read more

From Visual Capitalist: In the ocean ecosystem, plankton is the raw material that fuels an entire food chain. These tiny organisms on their own aren’t that remarkable, but en masse, they have a huge impact on the world. Here on dry land, the massive volume of content and meta data we produce fuels a marketing research … Read more

Via Reason Los Angeles firefighter Donn Thompson had a busy year in 2017. If his pay stubs are to be believed, he literally never stopped working. Data obtained by Transparent California, a project of the Nevada Policy Research Institute, show that Thompson pulled down $300,000 in overtime pay during 2017, on top of his $92,000 salary. … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHA4V3XHqPY

by FS FS Insider recently interviewed Chris Puplava, CIO of Financial Sense Wealth Management, to discuss the bonanza in stock buybacks by US companies, why risks are brewing for emerging markets, and how we now see an inversion in the “private” yield curve, which has flagged financial troubles in the past. Emerging Market Risks Accelerating A … Read more

by Lance Roberts With the markets closed for Memorial Day yesterday, our analysis remains. In case you missed it, we updated our potential pathways following last week’s stagnation as follows: “As shown by the reddish triangle, the ongoing consolidation process continues. Eventually, this will end with either a bullish or bearish conclusion. There is no ‘middle … Read more

by Thinker The Israeli military, enforcing a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, have prevented two Palestinian boats from reaching the open sea. The attempt was part of a wider Palestinian protest against Israeli policies in Gaza. On Tuesday dozens of small motor boats and two larger vessels carrying 17 people departed from a seaport … Read more

by Thinker The founder of the world’s second biggest cryptocurrency Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, has questioned whether the Rothschild conspiracy theory extends to digital money. “Are ‘the Rothschilds’ even well-coordinated enough to be worth caring about as a group these days?” Buterin asked on Reddit. Buterin raised the issue as cryptocurrency enthusiasts are discussing the opaque … Read more

Following the Supreme Court ruling by a margin of 6-3 that sports betting should be legalized across the United States, it has brought many other forms of gambling sharply into focus. But, like many other issues from gun law to socialized medicine, it’s a very controversial topic with outspoken proponents always ready to weigh in … Read more

Civil defense officials are telling residents in certain areas that they must evacuate immediately due to a fast-moving lava flow. Seismic activity and explosions ramp up at Kilauea summit As lava crosses roads, authorities worry more routes may be closed Workers face uncertain future as eruptions hit Big Island tourism hard Number of structures destroyed … Read more

A joint-investigation into the mysterious booms rattling the communities of Bucks and Lehigh Counties reveals the cause to be explosions, according to police. h/t Rachael

GOP ad showing democrats embraced MS-13. They aren’t so bad.   Jack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aKSh9Ee1RU SICKENING