The combination of a strong dollar, rising oil prices, and higher rates will weigh on US economic growth. Bond market fireworks highlight recession worries

The combination of a strong dollar, rising oil prices, and higher rates will weigh on US economic growth. Source: @RealAlpineMacro pic.twitter.com/4xpbQo5XXG — (((The Daily Shot))) (@SoberLook) March 21, 2022 Bond Market Fireworks Highlight Recession Worries – Yahoohttps://t.co/DAIcQ5xa98 — LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) March 21, 2022 Each recession over the past 3 decades has been accompanied by a … Read more

META, the stock formerly known as Facebook, has plummeted 40%, sending its best employees scurrying for another job.

Shares of Facebook and Instagram parent Meta have plummeted more than 40% over the past six months — and some employees saddled with underwater stock options are eyeing the exits. “Joined Meta near [all-time stock high], now feeling like s—t,” one Meta employee said this week in a popular thread on Blind, a corporate message … Read more

China has fully militarized at least 3 islands in South China Sea

China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment, and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating nearby, a top U.S. military commander said Sunday. U.S. Indo-Pacific commander Adm. … Read more

Get ready for a story that’ll make the laptop from hell seem small

Get ready for a story that'll make the laptop from hell seem small pic.twitter.com/VdSDNKzEPd — Raw Paul | X39 Patriot (@realRawPaul) March 20, 2022 …Apparently old Joe is using Hillary Clinton's email scandal technique and claiming the intel community and every news agency believes its Russian misinformation, despite the fact it being validated by numerous … Read more

WHEN YOU IGNORE THE TRUTH, IT DOESN’T GO AWAY…

San Francisco’s out of control crime no longer deniable. The Wall Street Journal is out this morning with a long feature about out-of-control crime in San Francisco. It is no longer possible to obfuscate the problem. Terry Asten Bennett’s family has been running Cliff’s Variety Store since 1936. In all that time, they’ve never experienced the amount of burglaries … Read more

Getting ugly out there… Traders and hedge funds still very bullish… The pandemic super bailout convinced gamblers they should never capitulate and never sell.

getting ugly out there pic.twitter.com/eYHewcOMW0 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 21, 2022 $spx futures traders still very bullish pic.twitter.com/i3t6BaHP0x — Álvaro Oviedo (@alvoviedo) March 21, 2022 Despite Expecting A #Recession, Hedgies Are Loading Up On #Stocks In A Big Way, Trying To Front Run The Eventual Powell Pivot On QE & Rates – Despite Plunging Economic … Read more

Why The US Dollar Is Doomed (Gold Is Universal Money?)

Lynette Zang on GoldCore TV This week on GoldCore TV, Dave Russell welcomes Lynette Zang to discuss how central banks have weaponized financial assets to exert pressure on Russia. Will these actions have unintended consequences not only for financial markets but also for central bank currency reserves, jeopardizing the US Dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency … Read more