Uh Oh! Yield Curve Is Flattening

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by Chris The signs coming out fo the US Treasury market have been less than encouraging for the stock bull case. In fact, the combination of rising interest rates and a falling dollar is possibly a sign that a major player(s) is walking away from US assets (by selling Treasuries and then selling the resulting … Read more

Pentagon Schedules Its China War for 2018

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This week on China Watch, America aches for its manhood measuring moment in Asia; but will China oblige? Pacific Command’s Admiral Harry Harris is promising big doings in the Indo-Pacific—you know, that region that isn’t supposed to have China in it—in 2018. Will the Chinese rise to Admiral Harris’s bait prematurely…or will the PRC continues … Read more

Volatility Rising…

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Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, Volatility remains historically low, but have you noticed the rising tide? Volatility has been rising even as markets have been making new highs. We’ve seen this before in the mid 90’s so it may not necessarily be a bad thing for markets. Or it may mean a lot. After all the entire … Read more

Welcome To The "Honey Badger" Market – 'Investors Just Don't Give A Shit'

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Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, There is a LOT of optimism in the markets currently. But why shouldn’t there be? Speaking at Davos, the head of world’s largest hedge fund says “If You’re Holding Cash, You’re Going to Feel Pretty Stupid”. “We are in this Goldilocks period right now. Inflation isn’t a problem. Growth is … Read more

Twitter Ablaze With Alleged First Page Of FISA MEMO – Genuine Or Not – Chilling – FISA COURT Found Obama Guilty!

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by Ruby Henley I was on Twitter last night, and I follow  Matt Couch @TheRealMattCouch.  I noticed a document was being tweeted between many following Seth Rich. Matt Couch tweeted this:  Amazing with the Fisa Memo Information.. And some of you think our Team is wrong about them Murdering Seth Rich??? #HisNameWasSethRich #ReleaseTheMemo #SethRich #AmericaFirstMedia: … Read more

It's Starting To Happen… Cracks Are Showing In China's Shadow Banking Industry, Hot Housing Market Begins To Cool, Media Told Not To Mention The Debt

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Cracks Are Showing in China’s Shadow Banking Industry Recent payment delays shake confidence of Chinese depositors Refinancing of maturing products hurt by slump in issuance     Strains are spreading in China’s $15 trillion shadow banking industry as investors pull back from the debt-like savings products that helped drive leverage to dangerous levels. Most affected are some … Read more

It begins: Trump DOJ goes after sanctuary cities/states

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by Dr. Eowyn Part of presidential candidate Donald Trump’s platform on illegal immigration includes his opposition to sanctuary jurisdictions (cities, counties and states), on which he has not wavered. Her name is Kate Steinle President Trump’s most recent statement on that subject was his weekly address on December 9, 2017. Referring to a San Francisco jury’s acquittal … Read more

1 in 3 American Children Live in Immigrant Households

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by John Whitaker, NEE Up to One-Third of Americans Under the Age of 18 Have at Least One Immigrant Parent According to data from the Migration Policy Institute, over one quarter (25.8 percent) of all Americans under the age of 18 has at least one immigrant parent, as of 2016—double the share of immigrant children from 1990. … Read more

TED talk about the secret prisons run by the FBI

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~15 min video by Will Potter that talks about the prisons run inside of prisons in Illinois and Indiana by the FBI. He provides good Insight on the unconstitutionality and unfairness in treatment of prisoners by the FBI. Published on Nov 9, 2015 Investigative journalist Will Potter is the only reporter who has been inside … Read more

‘Perfect Storm’: Global Financial System Showing Danger Signs, Says Senior OECD Economist

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via Ambrose Evans-Pritchard The world financial system is as dangerously stretched today as it was at the peak of the last bubblebut this time the authorities are caught in a “policy trap” with few defences left, a veteran central banker has warned. Nine years of emergency money has had a string of perverse effects and lured emerging … Read more

Is The Pentagon Preparing For War With The Newly Upgraded 30,000-LB Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bomb?

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by stockboardasset Earlier this month, three B-2s and over 200 airmen arrived at Andersen Air Force Base on the island of Guam, an American territory in Micronesia, in the Western Pacific. The addition of the B-2 brings unique capabilities to the Pacific theatre, especially ones that would be essential for the Pentagon’s task of nation-building in … Read more

People still don't get it. The only reason the economy "recovered" is that a rising dollar kept interest rates low and consumer prices in check, allowing America to go deeper into debt and consumers to keep spending. As the dollar sinks the economy will go down with it.

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People still don't get it. The only reason the economy "recovered" is that a rising dollar kept interest rates low and consumer prices in check, allowing America to go deeper into debt and consumers to keep spending. As the dollar sinks the economy will go down with it. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) January 25, 2018 … Read more