US Debt Becoming A Problem For The Dollar

via UPFINA Some analysts speculated if the Fed would try to keep rates low to support the government’s spending binge. However, instead of worrying about the debt, the $400 billion spending plan and the tax cuts are being used as an excuse to raise interest rates and let the government bonds on the Fed’s balance sheet … Read more

China Just Made A Mistake Of Global Proportions That Will Cost Them & The Social Media Minions ALL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZV59VlBIno China Has Truly Gotten Too Big &Too Desperate & Now We Take Them & Their Social Media Minions OUT They Might Be Too Desperate & Too Stupid That They Might Actually Think They Can Get Away With Complying With Mass U.S Censorship At China’s Demand http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/03/02/china-announces-national-campaign-to-clean-up-the-internet/  

"Texas sets early voting record in non-presidential year" — Democrats are throwing everything they can into making their fake 'blue wave' a reality.

Texans have set a record for early voting in a non-presidential primary election year, the Laredo Morning Times reported Friday.  More than 602,000 voters have cast ballots in the largest counties through Wednesday. That total includes votes cast in both Democratic and Republican primaries, with more ballots cast buy Democrats than Republicans. It does not count ballots … Read more

Keiser Report: Scams on Wall St the same, just repackaged

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOIqSn-dFfQ In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy discuss JP Morgan stacking silver in response to Max Keiser and also about the whistleblower claiming the VIX index is manipulated. In the second half, Max interviews Mitch Feierstein of PlanetPonzi.com about manipulation of the volatility index and the collapse of some of its … Read more

Canada Will be the Most Impact by a Steel Tariff

by Martin Armstrong Canada is the largest exporter of steel to the United States. The decline in the Canadian dollar has helped this trend in particular. Trump is clueless when it comes to the impact of currency on foreign trade. If he wants to do tariffs, they MUST be indexed to the currency. Failure to do that … Read more

Dan Mitchell: Is There An Endgame For Us Debt?

via misesmedia Economist Dan Mitchell joins Jeff Deist to discuss what might be the biggest threat of all to American prosperity: the shocking and unconscionable US government debt. What does $20 trillion in Treasury IOUs really mean for the private economy? Will the US government ever default and force bond holders to take a well-deserved haircut—or … Read more

Has Bitcoin Infected Wall Street?

By Adam O’Dell It’s been difficult for me to believe that bitcoin (!) – the wackiest of financial products – could ever infect traditional capital markets. “It’s so fringe. It has to be a fad,” I’ve thought. But now, I’m beginning to change my mind. Harry’s found a quite interesting link between the ups and downs of bitcoin… and the stock … Read more

Bull Market Staple Being Tested Again

by Dana Lyons An Up trendline has supported a popular consumer staples ETF without fail on several occasions since the 2009 low; it is under attack again at the moment. We can glean a lot about the state of the overall stock market during a correction and its reaction. One interesting observation from the current correction … Read more

The Market's Junk Problem

Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, The market has a big junk problem and it’s very evident when taking a close look at the chart of $JNK, the high yield bond ETF. It’s been a brilliant technical indicator as of late and was one of the signals employed in fading the rally earlier in the week. … Read more

Categorizing Media Bias In One Chart

by SP Someone has attempted to categorize the biases of the different media outlets and organize that on one big chart.  It is very interesting effort. Here is the big chart: http://www.allgeneralizationsarefalse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/media-bias-chart_3.0_Hi-Res.jpg And here a slightly smaller rendering (that is hard to read). I believe that this approach fails badly.  I have found things of … Read more

Inflation Is Here, Stock Market Back To Normal?

The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: Inflation Is Already Here The recent indictment of several traders caught manipulating the precious metals markets was met with a relative shrug by the overall markets. Evidence that inflation is not only on the way, but already here, continues to mount. There is so much perception masquerading … Read more