Investment Watch Blog

by J.G. Martinez via The Organic Prepper Every Venezuelan has a story of how the nationalization of industry negatively impacted his life. These stories could fill a shelves’ worth of books. We didn’t always have these stories, however. They were forced upon us. We adapted to a post-nationalization world, but it was neither ideal nor desired. But to … Read more

by bpra93     The risk is a series of bear-market rallies that don’t last, hurting dip buyers and further damaging investor confidence https://www.wsj.com/articles/conditions-are-ripe-for-a-deep-bear-market-11653166864?mod=hp_trending_now_article_pos1 With the S&P 500 briefly on Friday down 20% from its January peak, it is very tempting to start trying to call the end of the selloff. The problem is that … Read more

President Joe Biden has raided the Strategic Petroleum Reserve three times, but the actions have had minimal impact on oil and gasoline prices, data showed. “Today, we’re launching a major effort to moderate the price of oil — an effort that will span the globe in its reach and, ultimately, reach your corner gas station, … Read more

or three years, the wife and I have been waiting. Last month it finally happened. The surgery happens in a few weeks, and we’re not taking any chances with the China Flu gumming things up. We’re quarantined. Going nowhere, seeing no one, groceries delivered—the whole enchilada—toughest of all, no movies. So I haven’t seen Top Gun: … Read more

(CNN)Americans’ confidence in police has hit a new low — aided in large part by a growing gap between Black and White people about how much they trust officers. Around 48% of Americans said they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in police, down from 53% the previous year, according to … Read more

HAPPENING NOW: “DO SOMETHING! DO SOMETHING!” Uvalde residents exclaim to President Biden. Secret service told the community President would meet and shake hands with them, but is met with angry chants and instead leaves. This after Catholic Service in honor of victims. pic.twitter.com/kgaGIoKLzc — Anthony (@anthonycabassa) May 29, 2022 POTUS didn’t speak to anyone in … Read more

by Boo_Randy The bursting of Housing Bubble 2.0 is going to vaporize trillions in fake wealth created by central bank funny money. Got popcorn? https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2022/05/mortgage-meltdown-torches-new-zealands-housing-market/ The latest mortgage data from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) paints a worrying picture for the nation’s housing market. This month’s RBNZ Financial Stability Report showed that fixed mortgage rates … Read more

Health officials say two mosquito pools in South Georgia have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). EEE is a rare virus that’s spread to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. While there are only a few cases reported each year in the United States, EEE has an approximate 30% fatality rate. And … Read more

HOWARD LAKE, Minn. (WCCO) — Massive flames burned down a barn with tens of thousands of chickens in Wright County. The fire started late Saturday night at Forsman Farms in Howard Lake, causing major damage. The Trebesch family thought they would spend Saturday night around their bonfire, but just after 10 p.m. they noticed massive … Read more

by dpow Do you know what DEF fluid is? It’s Diesel Exhaust Fluid. Every Diesel truck that has been made since 2010 is required to use it. It’s a product made of 32.5 percent urea and 67.5 percent deionized water. Every newer diesel truck you see driving down the road today has to have this product … Read more

by Festortheinvestor https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/03/executive-order-on-addressing-the-threat-from-securities-investments-that-finance-certain-companies-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/ Executive order active from June 3th, prohibiting Americans from owning/investing in Chinese companies of a certain criteria (mostly all of them) This is going to have big implications on the finance sector, Hedgies.r.fuk

by Tosh_00 Evergrande and the rest should have defaulted like 9 months ago but US funds need them alive as collateral for their balance sheets.   Dropping developer sales, decreasing GDP, dollar-bond default rate spikes and FED warns of high leverage Developer Sales Sales of developers have plummeted. Of 31 listed Chinese developers 26 cited … Read more

https://twitter.com/grindfacetv_/status/1530286151856050176 They claim he tried to rape a woman on the train, of course even with all of the filming everyone does these days there is no proof of that. Yet looking at the comments 90% commending these animals for cowardly hanging up on this man in a clear obvious hate crime. Cheering it on. … Read more

They include a mandatory buyback of guns the government considers assault-style firearms, a crackdown on high-capacity firearm magazines and efforts to combat gun smuggling. Though a national ban is not anticipated in the bill, the government could take steps in that direction by phasing out handgun ownership with a cap on the number of firearm … Read more

Around the middle of April, Cathie Wood sat onstage at the storied Fontainebleau hotel in Miami. It was an awkward time to be a keynote speaker at a conference for money managers: Wood’s flagship fund, the ARK Innovation ETF, had lost roughly half of its value over the prior year, as its aggressive bets on … Read more

by Skilver21 German Inflation Hits 60-Year-High, ‘Worse To Come’, Says Allianz(German sheeple, having learned nothing from the Weimar Republic hyperinflation, keep electing globalist stooges who are craven toadies to the banksters and oligarchs. File this under “reaping what you voted.”) Euro area inflation probably accelerated in May, according to Bloomberg Economics. pic.twitter.com/jMowbi3Gb8 — Daniel Lacalle … Read more

(Ohio utilities can only change rates every June) AES in Dayton Ohio is jumping from .04 to .10 per kWh (DO the math!) THEY ARE GONNA FLIP!!! We are only going from .11 to .13 per kWh so WHEW! Only another $20 per average household (or $30 for us personally)!!! Gas rates aren’t out quite … Read more

https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1531044360938217472 h/t PlainSightHider

We’re gonna lose a major war https://t.co/1Viqcu4C5s — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) May 30, 2022

Sri Lanka has already defaulted, who is next? 👇 (Schroders) pic.twitter.com/2HCZAEzDEU — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) May 29, 2022

Reminder: the only thing the Fed can do to try and slow inflation down is to bring this blue line down. Last week the blue line moved significantly up and I can’t imagine the Fed being happy about that. Can you? pic.twitter.com/nlToQKjUsu — Alf (@MacroAlf) May 29, 2022 Oil price breaches $120 a barrel on … Read more

More canceled flights piled up on Sunday on a busy Memorial Day weekend. More than 1,500 flights were canceled Saturday morning in addition to the 2,300 flight cancellations on Friday. Delta Airlines blamed bad weather and “air traffic control actions” for Friday’s cancellations. 1,460 flights were canceled as of 7 PM ET Sunday, according to FlightAware. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/05/travel-canceled-flights-pile-memorial-day-weekend-5260-canceled-flights-sunday-evening/