Investment Watch Blog

by John Coumarianos This is my most recent Citywire article on an academic study of bubbles. Despite what Eugene Fama asserts, they have telltale signs. ——- The return of volatility earlier this month set stock markets on edge, but are we really in bubble territory? Pundits blamed the prospect of interest rate increases for the … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrQaddNkP0s This is one of many reasons I do not use facebook.

Authored by Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog, The global economy is the sum of its production of goods and services versus its capability to consume those.  This article will outline the mismatch of fast rising capacity versus the deceleration of consumptive capability. As for productive capacity; mechanization, innovation, technology, and cheap debt have helped ramp up the potential.  Going forward, a flurry of advancements including AI, … Read more

Authored by Alex Deluce via GoldTelegraph.com, In the United States, the proven route out of poverty has always been education. A higher level of education has been viewed to be the direct cause of a higher level of income. Surprising studies have revealed that this economic axiom may no longer hold true for everyone. Despite wage growth, women … Read more

Look at the 1%. They get richer and richer. Look at the bottom 90%. Constantly getting poorer. It’s a fact and it’s accelerating. Doesn’t matter about your 7 shares of Amazon. Doesn’t matter about your 12 shares of Google. The global elite are moving the chess pieces to ensure that you remain part of the … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idaHIzyuJgM Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren took to the streets of West Hollywood, California, and asked liberals why they hate Fox News — and Sean Hannity wants her to go back!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zcf6jSAc0k California Border Activists Back Jeff Sessions Against ‘Sanctuary State’ http://www.breitbart.com/california/2… http://www.breitbart.com/big-governme… http://www.breitbart.com/california/2… https://fightsanctuarystate.com/attor… http://www.breitbart.com/california/2… http://www.breitbart.com/big-governme…

Trump agrees to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on denuclearization http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/major-… North Korea: Donald Trump agrees to meet Kim Jong-un as dictator pledges no new nuclear tests http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wor…  

by GoldCore Women’s Pension Crisis Highlights Dangers To Savers – International Women’s Day highlights the underreported UK Women’s pension crisis – 2.66 million affected by UK government’s change to state pension act – Women’s pension crisis is one of many in the UK, where there is a £710bn deficit for prospective retirees – Changes by … Read more

by Dave Below is the “net change w/w” in the total outstanding bank credit for all commercial banks in the US.  When the black line drops below 0, that means a decline in the amount of credit vs the previous week. TOTBKCR is the most frequently updated bank credit timeseries, and has a 2 week … Read more

by Ruby Henley In 2014, Fox News warned us of what was to come, but that was in 2014.  Now it is 2018, and Internet Censorship is indeed occurring. There is much more to this story, and I have gone back in time to research the many facets of this complex manifestation.  It is shocking, … Read more

by Egon von Greyerz Central bank heads have been at it again last week. And they have clearly all been singing from the same hymn sheet. The messages have been very similar from the bosses of the Fed, ECB and BOJ. The head of the Swedish Riksbank had a different and much more interesting message. … Read more

by West of Westpacific Trend Trading The Collapse Looms and Everyone Is Like Deer in the HEADLIGHTS ! Confidence is such a game. Everyone is so used to a rosy stock market that constantly charges higher, even after a decade. What if I told you that’s all about to change? Will not say much here. I’m not … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryF35pESVIg Cillian Zeal for the Conservative Tribune reports, For many conservatives, the president’s decision last week to impose a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent on imported aluminum was where they decided to get off the Trump train. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://conservativetribune.com/tarif…

THE DISHONEST CPI DILEMMA   h/t @OccupyWisdom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI-coUrc6O4 While many people have celebrated gains in the stock market and government employment numbers which paint a rosy economic picture – America’s economic future is not good. Stefan Molyneux looks at the economic Sword of Damocles which hangs over the head of every American and the tragic amount of suffering that will occur when … Read more

by Martin Armstrong CNN Money is reporting the headline “A top JPMorgan Chase executive is warning that stocks could fall as much as 40% in the next few years.” CNN reports that Daniel Pinto, JPMorgan’s co-president, said on Bloomberg Television he believed that market gains should continue for the next year or two. However, he added that investors … Read more

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; Has interbank lending collapse due to a lack of confidence concerning counter-party risk? Thank you for being a rare source with experience ER ANSWER: Yes that is a correct statement. The failure of Lehman and Bear Sterns was the result of interbank lending when they could not make good on the collateral … Read more