Investment Watch Blog

by Boo_Randy In a world drowning in debt, here come the cascading defaults. Sorry, central banker scum, you won’t be able to print this away. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-24/default-threat-reaches-pakistan-in-deepening-political-crisis?srnd=premium-asia&sref=ibr3A0ff Soaring inflation. Squabbles over fuel prices. A fractious political environment. For months, Pakistan has struggled to keep its economy afloat, raising the prospect that one of the world’s most … Read more

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by ConspiracyBartender I know violence is violence. And if it weren’t guns, it would be knives, bombs, running people over with vehicles. There’s a deep evil and mental sickness growing in our society due to lack of resources, love, education, growing poverty and homelessness. I think we should all ask ourselves, why did “X” do “Y”. … Read more

By Tsvetana Paraskova High LNG exports and warmer weather are the driving forces behind the rally in U.S. natural gas. U.S. natural gas prices have surged by more than 130% since the beginning of the year. The price is currently 3.3 times above the five-year average. U.S. benchmark natural gas prices jumped to above $9 … Read more

At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting for 2022, an event where powerful CEOs and world leaders meet to “find solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges,” YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki committed to persistent censorship of “misinformation” and praised YouTube’s existing censorship efforts. Wojcicki made the comments after Alyson Shontell Lombardi, the Editor-in-Chief of Fortune … Read more

by cicada3322 A Bear Market can take an extreme psychological toll on both new and experienced investors. But on thing stands firm. Nothing is forever. It has been proven time and time again that Bull markets last much longer than Bear markets. So I have some words of advice and psychological tips to keep you in … Read more

Walmart customers in six states will soon be able to have their orders delivered by drone in less than 30 minutes. Why it matters: This will be the first large-scale drone delivery operation in the United States. So far, drone deliveries have been available only in a few small towns, with customers selecting from a short … Read more

by Boo_Randy Well this is rich. “Zimbabwe Ben” Bernanke, who should be serving out a life sentence in a Supermax prison for his role in causing the 2007 housing bubble bust & the 2008 Great Financial Crisis – is “explaining” why his fellow Keynesian fraudsters at the Fed have fueled roaring inflation, rather than acting … Read more

by Boo_Randy The Bank of England sees no housing bubble. 1 GBP = $1.28 USD. A tiny studio flat which is so small the shower is in a wardrobe has gone on the rental market for nearly £1,000-a-month. The 108 square foot flat in Barons Court has no toilet and the shower – with only … Read more

by Howell–Jolly As Warren Buffett said, “The stock market is the only market where things go on sale and all the customers run out of the store.” Six months ago people would have been throwing their life savings into Facebook if it suddenly dropped to $200 and now they run from it at $170.

People around the world are likely to lose 50 to 58 hours of sleep a year by 2099 due to global warming, a new study revealed.https://t.co/M65bQOHyYi — CNN (@CNN) May 24, 2022   h/t JF Priest

Archbishop Vigano issues statement on W.H.O. Treaty pic.twitter.com/TlJvxcvqeW — Micky276 (@TheFarm99410868) May 25, 2022 ht/ Tess

Sugar is the next food you might have a hard time getting your hands on as India announces it's limiting sugar exports https://t.co/1RNwtP1EcK — Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) May 25, 2022 India is capping sugar exports at 10 million metric tons for the year through September. India’s government said the move is to ensure domestic sugar … Read more

Top House Republicans are demanding answers from the FBI after court-ordered information came to light showing that the federal agency had collected the information of over 3 million Americans without a warrant. In a May 25 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio) asked Wray to explain why his agency … Read more

No bad idea ever dies in Washington. Once it takes root, it will reemerge in another form. So, all the huzzahs about the demise of the Biden administration’s Orwellian “Disinformation Governance Board” are premature. As we note in our I&I/TIPP Poll, the board attracted widespread hatred among the public, with 55% saying that they wouldn’t trust … Read more