Investment Watch Blog

by Brandon Smith While the mainstream media and general public tend to assume that every new day is bringing us closer to a better future, many alternative analysts focus on the underlying weirdness of our world and all of the crisis factors that average people don’t want to think about. I have to say, in my … Read more

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What is going to cause this financial bubble to pop? Economic researcher and futurist Chris Martenson says, “The price of oil is likely going to be the pin that pricks these bubbles. No central banker is going to do it. They are deathly afraid of these markets they have created. . . . They are … Read more

by Dana Lyons Based on one metric, the stock market’s current uptrend is the strongest in history – by far. In our habitation within the investment-based social media realm, we have noticed a ongoing discussion between market observers related to the present stock rally. On the one hand, there is a loud chorus from folks (likely … Read more

by Geoffrey Grider APPLE IS PREPARING TO LOCK HORNS WITH ARCH-COMPETITORS AMAZON AND GOOGLE BY RELEASING A MICROPHONE-EQUIPPED SMART SPEAKER. ITS ‘HOMEPOD’ WILL GO ON SALE IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, THE TECH GIANT ANNOUNCED TODAY. “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their … Read more

Slowing Cash Flow Could Mean a ‘Nasty Surprise’ for U.S. Stocks There’s been a “steady” decline in the growth of net operating cash flow in U.S. stocks, excluding the financial and energy sectors, the French bank’s analysts highlighted in a recent note. (Financials have benefited from rising interest rates, while oil companies have been bolstered … Read more

The Fed is likely to raise interest rates at this week’s FOMC meeting, another step will have been taken in the Fed’s “Normalization” plan. The Fed will, however, enter 2018 facing many more issues: the continued unwinding of response measures taken during the Financial Crisis and the high levels of turnover in the Federal Reserve … Read more

By SchiffGold Ten-year bond yields have hit their highest level since July 2014. Meanwhile, the stock market has gone up about 45% since that time. Contrast that with earnings that have increased just 6%. As Peter Schiff pointed out in his most recent podcast, a lot of the justification for that increase in stock market valuation … Read more

US housing, jobs and the economy are going to decline rapidly. The entire economic system is based on an illusion, the housing market has been pumped up, the unemployment number are manipulated and the economy is in the worst shape we have ever seen. Richmond fed declines rapidly.Trump starts trade wars with China and South … Read more

by John Whitaker Americans are Against Mass Immigration—So Why Can’t Congress Pass Immigration Reform? According to a new Harvard-Harris poll, 81 percent of Americans want a reduction in immigration levels to 1 million or lower.  Last year over 1.4 million legal immigrants arrived in America, while the number of illegals is unknown.   The Free Beacon reports: The plurality … Read more

by John Whitaker, NEE Fingerprint Data Shows that 90 Percent of Moroccan “Child” Migrants are Adults A new cooperation agreement between Sweden and Morocco to share their fingerprint databases reveals that 90 per cent of “underage” Moroccan asylum seekers are actually adults. Per Löwenberg, Group Head of the Swedish National Border Policy Division, had this to say of … Read more

via ronfkingswansonTOP Called the 17.2K bulltrap when folks were expecting to unload bags at 18-19K. Called the 9K low on the second selloff, when folks were clamoring for even more blood.Now we’re repeating the same rebound, retrace, and collapse cycle on this pitchfork . This rally should get stuck under the old yellow triangle bottom, so no more … Read more

Former US Attorney Joe DiGenova: Members of the “Secret Society” NO DOUBT Continue to Communicate With Eachother

by Harry Dent We called the real estate bubble top in late 2005, just before it began to burst in early 2006. So did Jim Stack, a newsletter writer in Whitefish Montana. Now Jim has a Housing Bubble Bellwether Barometer that’s flashing a sell signal after going up 80% last year. All our alarms are going … Read more

So basically Trump has had the goods & he is letting them all hang themselves to see just how far they will go.   JL

The text messages between Strzok and page have been released and they are very damaging. The memo for the FISA warrants shows most of them have been issued illegally. US and Turkey are going to talk about Syria. Russia deploys the S400 missile system to Tartus and other bases in Syria. The UK believes a … Read more

by John Whitaker, NEE According to the Tax Foundation, the Top 50 Percent of Earners Pay 97.2 Percent of All Income Tax A new report from the Tax Foundation shows that the top 50 percent of earners pay 97.2 percent of all individual income tax. While this doesn’t come as a shock, it does confirm that America’s progressive … Read more

by BILL BONNER BALTIMORE – The titans of one era become the schmucks of the next. Marshal Michel Ney, one of France’s greatest soldiers, was executed by his own people… who later put up a statue of him in Paris. General Robert E. Lee was revered by both sides in the War Between the States; statues … Read more