Investment Watch Blog

by Ruby Henley While this is an update I promised to a loyal reader of IWB, it is also a validation of my theory that there is a depopulation event taking place in Chicago.  While the United Nations has designated Chicago its role model city, it fails to recognize the crime taking place in the … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter First decline in its colossal balance sheet since 2012. An amazing – or on second thought, given how central banks operate, not so amazing – thing is happening. On one hand… Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda keeps saying that the BOJ would “patiently” maintain its ultra-easy monetary policy, so too … Read more

by Sam Bocetta, Free Market Shooter The secure ledger technology of the blockchain is something that has been hotly debated by financial experts and prognosticators alike. Some predict that blockchain firms will fail while others are of the mind that crypto investing in the blockchain will be the best path going forward for all investors. As digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have … Read more

From Kim Iskyan, Publisher, Asia Wealth Investment Daily: Keep it, and over time it will be worth less and less. It doesn’t yield anything. Multiple rounds of quantitative easing by the world’s central banks (often described as “printing money”) has made it feel like it’s worth as much as newsprint. If you misplace (or burn) it, … Read more

Sauce article: https://howmuch.net/articles/countries-scaled-to-the-economic-aid-they-receive-from-us Add 26 billion or so for Mexico to reflect the cash transfers from the US. Now imagine how that map looks. http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/01/02/cash-remittances-mexico-set-26b-record-2017-says-central-bank/ US freezes Palestinian refugee aid funds   h/t goonsack

From Nick Giambruno, Editor, International Man: Buying marijuana in California is now as easy as buying beer. On January 1, it finally became legal for adults age 21 and up to buy recreational cannabis in the state. This was the true tipping point. It practically doubled the US legal cannabis market overnight. Now that recreational pot … Read more

Judicial Watch has been on Clinton-State cash machine since 2009! Judicial Watch juggernaut paving the way. FBI has much to look at! Here’s the vid: We first exposed the Clinton cash machine back in 2014! https://www.judicialwatch.org/bulletins/state-department-approved-215-bill-clinton-speeches-controversial-consulting-deal-worth-48m-hillary-clintons-cos-copied-decisions/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/clinton-conflict-of-interest/ NEVER FORGET: The minute Crooked lost the election, Australia and other countries cut their donations to the Clinton … Read more

by moneymetals Gordon Chang: Blowup w/ China or North Korea Could Change Almost Everything Overnight https://s3.amazonaws.com/ILB_MS_BUCKET/ILB-180105-WeeklyMarketWrap.mp3  DOWNLOAD MP3 Don’t want to listen? Read the podcast below! Happy New Year and welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Coming up we’ll hear a wonderfully insightful interview with Asian expert Gordon Chang. Gordon shares his … Read more

Mac Slavo January 4th, 2018 SHTFplan.com French President Emmanuel Macron says he will push a new law aimed at cracking down on alternative media and news that isn’t liberal. He invoked the term “fake news” saying he hopes to have the law in place by the end of the year. Oh, the irony of guys like Macron thinking … Read more

The early stages of the fourth industrial revolution is upon us. Building on the digital revolution, it is a fusion of technologies that blurs the lines between the physical, digital and biological worlds. The technologies that form this revolution are AI, robotics, sensors and the internet of things, blockchain and DLT, 3D printing, autonomous vehicles … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8xauCforso GOP senators request criminal investigation of Trump dossier author http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action… Official: FBI investigating Clinton Foundation ‘for months’ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/hill… FBI Launches New Investigation into the Clinton Foundation https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/01/… Justice Department ‘Looking Into’ Hillary Clinton’s Emails— Again https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDDDF4ipBjo Hillary is Facing THREE Investigations, But There Could be a FOURTH! http://truthfeednews.com/hillary-is-f… https://www.dailywire.com/news/25427/… https://www.dailywire.com/news/25426/… https://www.dailywire.com/news/25420/… https://www.dailywire.com/news/24940/… https://www.dailywire.com/news/24982/… https://www.dailywire.com/news/24826/… https://www.politico.com/interactives…  

Here we are again same as 2016, Bombogenesis. Once considered rare, now twice in two years. The grand solar minimum is here. Ten thousand flights cancelled, blizzard warnings from Alabama to Maine, Florida swimming pools freeze, NCY snow bound, ocean ice floats in on floods from 100MPH + winds. The amplification begins, 2018 will be … Read more

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by Dana Lyons AAII’s allocation survey shows stock investment at the highest level since 2000. Yesterday, we highlighted a measure of money flow that suggested short-term bullish sentiment may be getting a tad bit extreme. Today, we look at another series currently indicating a potential elevated extreme in stock investment – only from a longer-term perspective. … Read more

The author of the explosive new Trump book says he can’t be sure if parts of it are true “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” has set the political world ablaze. It contains vivid, detailed, and embarrassing accounts of President Donald Trump and those around him. But the book’s author, Michael Wolff, says … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihLLcRTEIi0 BREAKING: House Finally Uncovers What FBI Has Been Hiding From the Public Concerning Hillary ~~ Links: 1) https://conservativepost.com/breaking… 2) THumbnail image – hillary-claim-fbi.jpg https://conservativepost