Investment Watch Blog

by NorthmanTrader Is anyone paying attention? I don’t know, but the cost of carrying debt has been rising and it’s already showing measurable impacts despite the Fed Funds rate still being very low. My concern of course is that the global debt construct will bring global growth to a screeching halt (see also The Debt Beneath). As … Read more

Image from TradeStops.com From Richard Smith, Founder, TradeStops: Nobody is paying attention to gold these days as bitcoin and other cryptoassets have stolen gold’s gleam. Meanwhile, gold is mounting a quiet rally and that’s a very good sign for our favorite metal. We’ve been bullish on gold for well over a year now and so far, we haven’t … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y2pdCbFHT4 More than seven years after Pennsylvania officials requested that the disposal of radium-laden fracking wastewater into surface waters be restricted, a new Duke University study finds that high levels of radioactivity persist in stream sediments at three disposal sites. Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-radioac…

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-22/ex-accounting-oversight-regulators-accused-of-tipping-kpmg Revolving door policies between the most powerful global accounting firms in the world and government regulatory agencies show that once again…they simply cannot be trusted. This is a small introduction to the umbrella corporations that rule the world. I’m going to start making a weekly post covering the heavy hitters whose job it is … Read more

H.R.4760 – Securing America’s Future Act of 2018 – is a massive giveaway to the police state which will use a National ID to track Americans. Earlier this month,  Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA-6] introduced H.R.4760 – Securing America’s Future Act of 2018, a sweeping bill that entails everything from Education and the Workforce to Homeland Security … Read more

Cleaning Up Air Pollution May Strengthen Global Warming New research is helping quantify just how big that effect might be Pollution in the atmosphere is having an unexpected consequence, scientists say—it’s helping to cool the climate, masking some of the global warming that’s occurred so far. That means efforts worldwide to clean up the air … Read more

JUDICIAL WATCH JUGGERNAUT/BEAST has two dozen FOIA lawsuits — to start! JW discussion on the “Release the Memo” issue: We already suing for the underlying docs: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-fbi-records-uk-trump-dossier/   h/t Tom Fitton

by stockboardasset The homeless population at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has nearly tripled since the start of winter, said Fox 5. Atlanta police officers working at the world’s busiest airport have sounded the alarm about the deteriorating conditions for travelers caused by the increasing homeless population. While the homeless cannot pass through the security checkpoint without a passport … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKnFIl6SA1U “They Should Storm Capitol Hill” Sarah Sanders SLAMS ABC Reporter Over DACA sarah huckabee sanders lets this reporter know that there is a way for change and action this was taken during the white house press briefing today and is also news today from the white house press briefing , this is also news … Read more

by Chris Black After three days of government shutdown by the Democrats, a “near extinction event” (just kidding) nobody actually noticed, nor was affected by it, the GOP scored a major victory against the left, as they managed to gather sufficient DEM votes on Monday to pass a short term spending bill that will fund … Read more

Class war in the American west: the rich landowners blocking access to public lands Private landowners present a rising threat to the millions of acres set aside for public use by blocking access to public lands The Diamond Bar X is a postcard-perfect slice of Montana solitude. A former cattle ranch that’s been parceled up into sprawling … Read more

by sundance Representative Dave Joyce (R-OH), told Fox News Monday the House intelligence committee plans on releasing the document, but warned that once Americans see it they’ll “be surprised how bad it is.” https://youtu.be/H8nnD17ZNrg

by Ruby Henley I have been researching the Las Vegas Massacre, listening to videos, and I have compiled some new information.  First of all, I so admire these investigative journalists, who have spent their time investigating this mass shooting.  They have actually spent time and money going to Las Vegas. First, I want to discuss … Read more

By Robert Carbery The retail apocalypse has hit the banking sector as physically going into a bank becomes less and less necessary in this age of rapid technological change and retail disruption.   Wells Fargo closed 194 net branch locations last year while JPMorgan Chase shuttered 137. The Huntington National Bank shut down 134 and … Read more

by Chris Kimble Below looks at Bitcoin from two different time frames. The chart on the left looks at Bitcoin on a weekly basis over the past few years and the chart on the right looks at it on a Daily basis over the past 5-months. The left chart highlights that Bitcoin has spent the majority … Read more

In this episode of Probable Cause, Newsbud’s founder and editor Sibel Edmonds is joined by attorney and rancher Todd Macfarlane. Edmonds and Macfarlane discuss the current war that is being waged against small, independent ranchers and farmers by the U.S. government and the mega corporations, including the Dwight and Steven Hammond case, who were imprisoned … Read more

Okay, a culture of misery and poverty: http://archive.is/dGsYC