Investment Watch Blog

by Dana Lyons Speculators (a.k.a., “dumb money”?) are holding their largest net-short position in the history of the VIX futures contract. Every week, the CFTC releases their Commitment Of Traders (COT) report on the collective positioning among major futures players. Like most market data, the majority of the time, we do not find the COT report … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4orZ14_VLHg Despite recent gains in their sector, the CEOs of major U.S. financial institutions have been selling their own stock. This should grab the attention of investors like you. Here’s what we have found usually happens following big market decisions by corporate insiders.

by Amna El Tawil Terrorism has no religion, although most people tend to think otherwise. The statement proved to be correct when masked gunmen entered a Quebec City mosque during Sunday night prayers, killed six, and wounded eight people.   The Reuters reports that two suspects had been arrested, but gave no details about them … Read more

by Amna El Tawil For weeks, British lawyer Graham Guest’s petition to stop Trump’s visit to the UK didn’t get much attention. Things have changed now as the number of signatures passed 1 million and more and more people are signing it. The main reason for the sudden outburst of petition signatures is Trump’s infamous … Read more

by Amna El Tawil The 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump, introduced an executive order a few days ago forbidding refugees and individuals from “terror-prone” countries to enter the country. This decision was met with an outburst of disapproval from millions of people around the world and the US which is why people … Read more

by Pamela Williams When a Miss Universe contestant was asked what she thought about President Donald Trump – she understandably looked a little blank. Miss Kenya Mary Esther looked completely shocked when Steve Harvey asked her the tough politics question. “Arguably, no United States president has had a more active first 10 days in office. … Read more

By Michael Snyder It doesn’t take much of a trigger to push extremely large crowds of very angry protesters into committing acts of rioting and violence.  And rioting and violence can ultimately lead to widespread civil unrest and calls for “revolution”.  The election of Donald Trump was perhaps the single most galvanizing moment for the … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Wall Street hocus-pocus has done an awesome job. The Dow-20,000 hats have come out of the drawer after an agonizingly long wait that had commenced in early December with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tantalizingly close to the sacred number before the selling started all over again. What a ride it … Read more

by Pamela Williams A new book is coming out by author Edward J. Epstein on Edward Snowden. Epstein did an intensive study into Snowden’s revelations concerning the Intelligence Community, and he said Trump is right to challenge the Community’s status quo. He indicates that the Intelligence Community is so politicized that it has lost its … Read more

by Pamela Williams I woke up to this, and I thought I was having a lucid nightmare. PHOTO FROM: #IMWITHHER: Clinton: 'This is not who we are' – The Hill (blog) https://t.co/Hzkl0Vsm2j #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/3rU0auqTxm — Hillary Clinton Fans (@fans_clinton) January 29, 2017 Hillary Clinton just had the gall to tweet to the world: ‘This is … Read more

by Phil Sometimes we forget the basics. In our video series, there’s a lesson called “The Secret to Consistent 20-40% Annual Returns on Stocks” and I hope you’ve seen it.  Although the low implied volatility of the market has made it a rough year for option selling, we were still able to scratch out just … Read more

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by Pamela Williams We cannot fall into trap that is currently being set by the LEFT! I hope as many read this as possible, because after researching on progress in charging Hillary Clinton for her crimes, I have found nothing. I know Jason Chaffetz is heading a Congressional investigation, but he keeps preparing us for … Read more

by Pamela Williams Tulsi Gabbard, Democrat from Hawaii, Iraq war veteran, and counselor to President Trump made what some are calling a secret trip to Syria.  She met with President Trump to discuss Syria and fighting the Islamic State before she left.  I see this trip by Gabbard a step in the right direction by … Read more

by Pamela Williams Republicans watched as President Obama invoked war after war, but we did not really try to divide the Country over his wars.  We complained about his policies, but we were respectful in doing so.  We did not go out and protest against our President, but Democrats are such hypocrites they are proving … Read more

This whole video is informative but for the part specific to the thread title it starts at about 1:40 seconds Obamacare just this last year registered 12.7 million people. When the voter registration portion of the Obamacare app is completed – they can fill in whatever they want and do not have to prove citizenship. … Read more

Initial and continuing claims continue to surge. New home sales collapsed.The Dow hit 20,000 and the debt is about to hit 20 Trillion all at the same time. The stock market fueled by debt. Trump’s expected Ambassador says the EU will collapse. Deutsche Bank reports the global economy is about to rollover and world trade … Read more

by Pamela Williams The mainstream media’s fake news operation is predictably spinning this as resignations by officials who couldn’t stand the idea of working under Trump. Except that Patrick Kennedy had been begging to keep his job. These were resignations in name only. State Department underling Patrick Kennedy was Hillary Clinton’s “fixer” to the point … Read more