Here’s How China DUMPS MASSIVE Amounts Of U.S. Dollars Without Selling A Single U.S. Treasury

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via silverdoctors: Call it “Shadow De-dollarization” or “Backdoor De-dollarization”, but no matter what you call it, this scheme is pure genius. Here’s the details… Selling their massive hoard of U.S. treasuries is not the only way that China can “dump the dollar”. Here’s a look at a crude (pun and no pun intended) and clever way … Read more

Fund Manager: Subprime Mortgages Are Back Just Like A Dog Returns To Its Vomit

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by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics Other people’s money is always more fun to play with recklessly than your own.  As such there’s been a quiet escalation in number of  private capital pools offering mortgage (and auto) financing to subprime quality borrowers.  “Special Circumstance Lending” is one such lender in Denver.  It constantly runs ads on Denver … Read more

China Unleashes “Island Encirclement” War Drill Around Taiwan

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by stockboardasset It is an uncomfortable time for Taiwan. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) began a dangerous “island encirclement” war drill around the country, which on Friday saw bombers and fighter jets simulating strikes on Taiwanese targets for the first time. It seems as Beijing will not wait for reunification; it wishes to intimidate the island … Read more

Divy Equities shuts down consumer-facing business

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by MGoAzul Just received the below email from Divy saying they are shutting down their consumer-facing fractional share brokerage and focusing on the commercial business. Cool idea, shame it’s closing down: Dear Client: We are making some changes to our business at Divy Equities as our parent company, Divy Inc., turns its primary focus from … Read more

7 Stanley Druckenmiller is now 90% tech

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https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1536411/000153641118000008/xslForm13F_X01/form13f_20180331.xml Largest Holdings representing 75% of his portfolio are : Google Amazon Microsoft Salesforce Alibaba It is interesting that for such a tech heavy portfolio he doesn’t own Apple or Facebook   h/t vegaseller

Bond Breakdown Gathers Momentum

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Peter Schiff, Released on 5/15/18 Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including … Read more

Global Synchronized Growth Narrative Collapses – Uncle Sam’s Free Money Drying Up Fast, Crisis Brewing In Merging Markets, Libor Continues To Surge

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Chart of the Day: "Uncle Sam’s Free Money Drying Up Fast" h/t @DA_Stockman pic.twitter.com/JQaVNxFGsX — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 16, 2018 global synchronized growth narrative collapses pic.twitter.com/8bjvPwWhHx — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 16, 2018 BBG: JPN's economy shrank for the first time in 2 years during the 1st quarter, contracting more than expected on a surprise fall … Read more

Has Mueller Given Comey Immunity??

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Synopsis: Slowly, but relentlessly, the group of experts mostly coalescing around Fox News, are assembling not only the truth about what has been going on for the last 9 years, but gigantic and lawless scope of it. Former US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Joe DiGenova and former Federal Prosecutor Sidney Powell, summed up … Read more

Giuliani Ending Mueller Probe After Midterm Elections

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGm0qXBv7RU Trump team ready to ‘pressure’ Mueller at probe’s one-year mark https://www.politico.com/story/2018/0… Judge rejects Manafort motion to dismiss Russia probe charges http://thehill.com/regulation/court-b… U.S. identifies suspect in major leak of CIA hacking tools https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-identifies-suspect-in-major-leak-of-cia-hacking-tools/2018/05/15/5d5ef3f8-5865-11e8-8836-a4a123c359ab_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b1b6abea69c9

Vatican’s Biggest Scandal Ever!

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Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s third-highest-ranking official, must stand trial on several charges of sexual abuse, an Australian court ruled on Tuesday. Many see as a moment of reckoning for a church racked by scandal. AC

If Any Other Country Was Shooting Civilians Like Israel, The US Would’ve Invaded By Now

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The death toll in Gaza increased dramatically on Monday as Israeli Defense Forces opened fire on thousands of Palestinian civilians, killing 41 and injuring at least 1,700, and the United States’ response served as a reminder that if the governments in Iran, Syria, North Korea or Russia had done the same thing, the U.S. would … Read more

Bernie Sanders: “Israel Should Be Condemned” For Killing Unarmed Protesters

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Sen. Bernie Sanders condemned Israel’s response to violence on the Israel-Gaza border during an interview Monday with Mehdi Hasan of the Intercept, saying: “Innocent people are being killed.” “Do you believe, as many human rights groups — American, Israeli, Palestinian, European — are saying, that the IDF snipers shooting kids, people in wheelchairs, are those … Read more