Investment Watch Blog

By Michael Snyder It has become exceedingly clear that the Democratic Party is in deep trouble.  Close to 55 million dollars was spent on the race in Georgia’s sixth congressional district, and that shattered all kinds of records.  Democrat Jon Ossoff was able to raise and spend six times as much money as Karen Handel … Read more

by Umar Farooq Canada is a G7 country with a varied economy. As one of the US’ largest trading partners, what happens in the Canadian economy can have consequences for the rest of the world. One issue in Canada that has nervous bankers, investors, homeowners and the government is the sharp spike in real estate … Read more

by Robert Carbery Peter Beinart’s enlightening in-depth piece in the July issue of The Atlantic digs into the left’s drastic transformation on immigration. In it, Beinart details just how far liberals have gone in just the last decade to the left on immigration, shifting from following federal immigration law to touting open borders.   He … Read more

by Robert Carbery It is becoming clear now that the U.S. will maintain a military outpost in Afghanistan for the foreseeable future.   With Secretary of Defense James Mattis set to announce the deployment of an additional 5,000 American troops to Afghanistan in the coming weeks after Trump handed over authority on Tuesday to Mattis … Read more

Financial expert and former top Federal Reserve insider Danielle DiMartino says, “I think gold is in the very late stage of a correction phase. Once we get a sniff of true market reaction to any of these geopolitical events, I think you could see gold take off like a boomerang or a hockey stick. . … Read more

Retail sales continue to decline, when compared to wages we can see as wages are dropping so are sales. GE is in trouble, they do not have enough to meet their pension obligation. Caterpillar posts a positive sales after 54 months of declining sales, this was accomplished by China ordering equipment most likely a one … Read more

by Mark Angelides Protestors took to the streets of London purportedly in response to the tragic fire at Grenfell Towers; but the reality is that this is nothing but the Militant Left using undemocratic means to force another election. Politicians are to blame for this directly; it is no coincidence that Labour Shadow Chancellor, John … Read more

By Michael Snyder Do you have an emergency fund?  If you even have one penny in emergency savings, you are already ahead of about one-fourth of the country.  I write about this stuff all the time, but it always astounds me how many Americans are literally living on the edge financially.  Back in 2008 when … Read more

by Mark Angelides The European Union is taking Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to court for refusing to take 160,000 migrants in under an agreement made in 2015. They are looking at a fine of 250,000 Euros per migrant. But what is not being reported is the fact that these three countries ARE taking … Read more

by Chris Hamilton Economists spend inordinate time gauging the business cycle that they believe drives the US economy.  However, running in the background (and nearly entirely forgotten) is the population cycle.  The positive population cycle is such a long running macro trend thousands of years in the making that it is presently taken for granted.  It is assumed that upon every … Read more

by Michael Snyder After a bit of a lull for the past couple of months, the march toward war appears to be accelerating once again. On Monday the U.S. military shot down yet another Syrian aircraft, and it appears that President Trump’s patience with North Korea’s nuclear program may have run out. Unlike our wars … Read more

by Dr. Eowyn I’ve posted about Americans’ dismal state of finances before, but this news shocked even me. Today, Bankrate.com released the results of its June Financial Security Index survey that 24% of Americans — 1 in every 4 Americans — don’t have even a single dollar saved for an emergency. According to the U.S. Census … Read more

By Guido Lasken By Guido Lasken   There’s not much more than a year before the midterm elections – and those will be much too important to let the Deep State and its media outlets turn them into the usual “left” vs. “right”, “Republican” vs. “Democrat” or “progressive” vs. “conservative” battle, or even a referendum … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The HK financial system is “very strong” and “can withstand an adjustment in the property market.” The Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the US dollar. Hong Kong’s monetary policy is follows the Fed’s monetary policy. The Fed has embarked on a tightening cycle, raising rates four times so far. The … Read more

by Geoffrey Grider ARIZONA REPUBLICAN SEN. JOHN MCCAIN IN 2012 TURNED OVER NEARLY $9 MILLION IN UNSPENT FUNDS FROM HIS FAILED 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO A NEW FOUNDATION BEARING HIS NAME, THE MCCAIN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP. EDITOR’S NOTE: Donald Trump promised to ‘drain the swamp’ when he was elected. RINO Sen. John McCain is … Read more

by Ian Shilling The PetroDollar Economy The petrodollar system was set up by Kissinger in circa 1975 to drive up the demand for U.S. dollars. In 1971 the U.S. went bankrupt from the costs of the Vietnam War and the U.S. could no longer afford to pay its foreign creditors in Gold at $35 per … Read more