Investment Watch Blog

Has Europe really recovered?   h/t @StockBoardAsset

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Investors are still blowing off the Fed. But not much longer. CVS Health Corp. sold $40 billion of bonds on Tuesday to help fund its $69 billion acquisition of Aetna, which is still pending regulatory review that may conclude later this year. CVS will also obtain a $5 billion loan, use … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vfih1Wn9rY Cristina Laila for the Gateway Pundit reports, President Trump brought the pain from his Twitter account this week. The president unleashed on Obama’s criminal administration for investigating him with “zero proof of wrongdoing” in an effort to discredit him so Crooked H could win the election. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: http://thegatewaypundit.com/2018/03/b…

Here are a few links that are probably unrelated to one another. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/outrageous-hsbc-settlement-proves-the-drug-war-is-a-joke-20121213 https://www.hannity.com/media-room/obama-on-edge-trumps-doj-to-release-hidden-fast-and-furious-documents/ As a result of a dispute over the release of Justice Department documents related to the scandal, Attorney General Eric Holder became the first sitting member of the Cabinet of the United States to be held in contempt of Congress on … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIIQ_xOg-CE Fast and Furiously throw them in JAIL!

Bill Gates: We will have another financial crisis like the one in 2008—it’s a ‘certainty’. The wealthy get the real data, not the propaganda the teevee spews. The 2008 financial crisis led to the Great Recession and millions of jobs lost. It took years for America to recover and many citizens still feel the ripple effects. According … Read more

I love how John Coleman, co-founder of the Weather Channel says it’s a hoax and a political platform. I’ll still be cautious of my footprint and waste though. h/t TheCIASellsDrugs

by Spencer P Morrison, NEE President Trump Promised Tariffs, Let’s Hope he Delivers In 1988 Donald Trump told Oprah Winfrey that America was being “ripped off” by its trading partners. Between 1979 and 1988 nearly 2 million Americans lost their manufacturing jobs to cheap, government-backed Japanese competitors. The audience applauded. Three decades later and nothing has changed: America … Read more

Markets vs Centrally Planned economies – It is all about the incentives (Link to Antony’s Book Procrastination Annihilation below) https://www.beyourselfandloveit.com/e…  

Peter Schiff, Released on 3/7/18 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 the Wall … Read more

John Rubino interviewed on Future Money Trends There is so much economic turmoil and uncertainty simmering under the surface that it’s hard to keep up with it all, but John Rubino can put the pieces together like few can. John says there’s a huge crisis that’s coming ahead, both for President Trump and for the economy. From … Read more

by gerold The rich are rich because they’re smart. The corollary is that the poor are poor because they’re stupid (see ‘Notes’ at end.) I admit that’s harsh. But, that’s life. Get used to it. Learn from it so you don’t become stupid and poor. We get rich by spending less than we earn. We don’t … Read more

Authored by Baruch Lev via Knowledge Leaders Capital blog, Baruch Lev is the Philip Bardes Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Stern School of Business, NYU. This article first appeared on the Lev End Of Accounting Blog and is shared here with his permission. We are inundated with great economic news: The stock market is at all-time high … Read more

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via Markos Kaminis SUMMARY Tariffs and the possibility of an escalating trade war threaten the profitability of homebuilders, the housing recovery and the affordability of homes. It appears rising costs of home construction is playing a role in rising home prices, which may be impeding sales growth. Relative tariffs and trade war appear to be a … Read more

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The percentage of household assets invested in stocks fell from almost 40% in 1969 to a mere 13% in 1982, after thirteen years of grinding losses. The conventional wisdom of financial advisors–to save money and invest it in stocks and bonds “for the long haul”–a “buy and … Read more

As North Kore and South Korea talk about peace the US pushes sanctions on NK, why? Dan Coats says the White House is getting ready to send in troops into Syria for a major op, this is not going to happen, propaganda. The White Helmets are at it again staging false flags, this time with … Read more