Did the short vol unwind trigger the "real crisis"?

WTF is happening to US Real Estate?? pic.twitter.com/d4rukOjbK1 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 9, 2018   Higher interest rates are not good for financials. Higher interest rates mean more loans go into default, and lower prices for the assets collateralizing the debt. They also mean lower loan volume. Higher rates will crush bank profits. — Peter … Read more

NY TIMES posts quarterly loss as costs rise… Online subscriptions account for 60% of revenue

The company posted a net loss of $57.8 million, compared with a year-ago profit of $37.6 million, mostly due to higher costs and pension settlements. Excluding one-time items, the company earned 39 cents per share. Analysts were expecting a profit of 29 cents per share on revenue of $467.3 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. … Read more

Russian Collusion – Bill Clinton (Holding No Government Position) Met Russians To Close Deal For The Clinton Foundation By Giving Away American Uranium.

by Ruby Henley If you listed in basic English on a school blackboard the crimes and evils of the Obama Administration, including in that the Clintons, it could clearly be read out loud to a classroom of students.  If you included on that blackboard legitimate sources and facts, you would be giving those students the … Read more

Stocks Get Messy, Dip-Buyers Get Crushed Again

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter What would the Fed to? The Dow fell 4.1% today to 23,860, with the index plunging 480 points in the last hour. This 1,033-point drop was the worst drop since, well, the 1,175-point drop on Monday, which had been, as it was endlessly repeated, the biggest point-drop in history – and … Read more

Sanctuary benefit: Oregon hospital denies illegal alien a liver transplant then terminates its “archaic” policy

by DCG Photo from GoFundMe Wonder how many US citizens she gets to bypass for her new liver. From Fox News: An Oregon hospital who denied an illegal immigrant a liver transplant due to her lack of citizenship later terminated the policy. Silvia Lesama-Santos, 46, who’s said to be in “critical condition,” was denied a liver transplant … Read more

GRASSLEY GRAHAM MEMO ENDING MUELLER RUSSIA PROBE. CLINTON HELPED COMPILE STEELE DOSSIER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_AtHN4sMu0 He recounted numerous times that the Russians bragged that the Clintons’ influence in the Obama administration would ensure CIFIUS approval for Uranium One. And he was right.” https://saraacarter.com/fbi-informant… Attorney for Uranium One Informant: Clintons ‘Can Attack All They Want,’ My Client Has the Truth http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/02/08…  

Gold Fireworks On The Horizon

by jessefelder The gold price has risen about 20% since I wrote “It’s Time To Get Greedy In The Gold Market” but it looks to me like it could now get really exciting for gold bulls. On the weekly chart there is now a clear head and shoulders bottom pattern in play. A break above the … Read more

The Age of Inflation Is About to Begin

by BILL BONNER PARIS – Today’s screens are full of green numbers (things going up). Investors may breathe a sigh of relief. “Whew! Glad that’s over…” they are likely to say. But it’s way too early to relax… and way too late to worry about it. New Fed Hack Greenspan, Bernanke, and Yellen at the Fed … Read more

Seas of Change?

by northmantrader The post below is an excerpt of notes Mella sent to clients this week. I think it’s too good not to share: Some observations on the recent market action. What defines a bull market? Price clearly, it goes up right, and remains fairly stable. Volatility is low and up we go. We have been … Read more

The Truth about Syria : A Manufactured War Against An Independent Country

https://youtu.be/2tlt3slhDvI The Truth About Syria : A Manufactured War Against An Independent Country The people of the world should ask Western leaders and their allies: Why are you prolonging this war? Why do you continue funding and enabling the terrorists? Isn’t five years of civil war enough? Is overthrowing the Syrian government really worth so … Read more

Judicial Watch sues for FBI info on Comey book deal and coordination on anti-Trump testimony.

by TFittonJW FITTON: Comey seems to have protected status for any misconduct and we want to know if he had a special deal for his book from his friends in the FBI. Here’s the latest Judicial Watch lawsuit over FBI docs on Comey book and testimony! https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-fbi-docs-comey-book-deal-coordination-comey-testimony-senate-intelligence-committee/ We also sued DOJ for Comey testimony collusion … Read more

Hackers can now steal your data even from Faraday Caged Air Gapped computers

“A team of security researchers—which majorly focuses on finding clever ways to get into air-gapped computers by exploiting little-noticed emissions of a computer’s components like light, sound and heat—have published another research showcasing that they can steal data not only from an air gap computer but also from a computer inside a Faraday cage. Air-gapped … Read more

TRIGGERED! Conservative Leader Gives BEST ANSWER EVER To Student Who Asks How To Deal With Liberals Who Accuse Her Of Having ”White Privilege"

In the video below, Charlie Kirk, president and founder of Turning Point USA, is asked by a college student how to respond to other students or professors who accuse her of having “white privilege.” Charlie Kirk gives a powerful argument for the student to put forth, that would make it very hard for any liberal … Read more

Here Comes The Yield Shock—The Beltway Borrowers Are Going Berserk

By David Stockman You can say this for the swamp creatures: Their gall knows no limits. Apparently, the two government lifers running the US Senate—-Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer (hereafter “Mitchels & Chuckles”)—-have reached a deal to bust the already red-ink soaked budget by $400 billion over the next two years and by upwards of $3.5 trillion over a decade. Consequently, bond yields have … Read more