An Orderly Unwind of Stock Market Leverage?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter That would be a first, but it might be happening. Everything in slow motion, even market declines?    There is nothing like a good shot of leverage to fire up the stock market. How much leverage is out there is actually a mystery, given that there are various forms of stock-market … Read more

STUDY: Quarter Of Children Under 7 OWN Smartphone!

LONDON — How young is too young when it comes to owning a smartphone? Believe it or not, according to a new study, a quarter of children six and under actually own a mobile device. Researchers with musicMagpie, a company that helps people declutter by selling their unwanted electronics online, conducted the study after they noted a … Read more

Commodities: The Top Asset Class of 2018 So Far

by visualcapitalist Is the commodity supercycle coming back from the dead? For now, such a claim could perhaps be considered both bold and premature – but there does seem to be some compelling evidence that is mounting to back it up. THE ASSET QUILT According to the most recent “Asset Quilt of Total Returns” put together … Read more

Fake Markets Produce A Fake Economy

by John Rubino Automtaic Earth’s Raúl Ilargi Meijer just posted an essential essay on the world’s financial markets – or what used to be the world’s financial markets. Here’s an excerpt: “[Price discovery] is the process of determining the price of an asset in the marketplace through the interactions of buyers and sellers”, says Wikipedia. Perhaps not … Read more

Nicaragua Protests Over the Collapse of Social Security

by Martin Armstrong At least 10 people have died in Nicaragua during this week’s violent protests over the government’s planned changes to the social security system. Nicaraguans began protesting on Wednesday against measures that increase worker contributions and lower pensions. The economics of Marxism has completely failed and the decline in the birthrates spells doom … Read more

Gun control, Chiraq style: 10 shot, 3 fatally, in Saturday gun violence

by DCG Hey #GunControlNow crowd, how’s that working in Chicago for their gun violence statistics? From MyFoxChicago: Three people were killed, and at least 7 were wounded, Saturday in shootings across Chicago, including a woman who was fatally shot in an attempted robbery in the Austin neighborhood. About 2:50 p.m., a 34-year-old woman was putting a toddler into … Read more

Gun Control: CDC suppresses its findings on defensive gun use

by Dr. Eowyn The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution specifies that we have the right to bear arms. In 2008 in a landmark though razor thin 5:4 ruling, District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court states that the Second Amendment protects the individual‘s right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use … Read more

“The Money Masters”, incredibly informative documentary that has woken up thousands.

A look at the real history of how positions of power within government and the economy were infiltrated by those seeking to establish a “New World Order”. A must watch for any truth seeker. This documentary analyzes the progression of history, particularly regarding money and finance, and how those who control the money, control the … Read more