by jessefelder There’s an important disconnect between stocks and bonds today. Specially, I am looking at two fundamental indicators for evaluating long-term interest rates. The first is the performance of small cap stocks relative to large caps. Typically, this ratio has moved in concert with the 30-year treasury yield. For the past few months, however, … Read more
by visualcapitalist For decades, China has been a top priority for American companies looking to expand. This is because the country’s middle class is simply enormous, growing from 3.1% to 50.8% of the country’s total population between the years 2000 and 2018. According to Brookings, there are now at least 700 million people in China’s middle class, and … Read more
The only reason we aren’t in a total vax pass dystopian gulag right now is because a intransigent minority refused to bend the knee, even at the expense of being fired and isolated from society. If you are one of those warriors, I salute you. And be prepared to do it again. — Michael Krieger … Read more
A deceptively edited video taken from the Joe Rogan podcast that has been viewed by more than a million people online appears to show the host agreeing with a guest’s racist assertions about African-Americans’ genetic predisposition to violence. The unedited video shows Rogan pushing back against these claims, however.
by Simon Black of Sovereign Man The year 238 AD began with Maximinus I as Emperor of Rome– a former peasant who had worked his way up through the ranks of the military before being chosen as Emperor by his troops. By August of that year, Maximinus was dead, and five other men had briefly held the title … Read more
by confoundedinterest17 The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released their weekly mortgage application survey this morning. Mortgage applications decreased 8.1 percent from one week earlier, for the week ending February 4, 2022. The Refinance Index decreased 7 percent from the previous week and was 52 percent lower than the same week one year ago. The seasonally adjusted Purchase … Read more
BREAKING: School mask mandate in Massachusetts will be allowed to expire on February 28, governor’s office to announce. — Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) February 9, 2022 Illinois Governor just announced that he will lift the indoor mask mandate on February 28th. BREAKING: Illinois Governor just announced that he will lift the indoor mask mandate on February … Read more
Judge orders Ottawa Police to return fuel to the trucker convoy. Members of the convoy promptly test the fuel to find that it had been contaminated with water. Water in fuel can cause serious damage to an engine. h/t Marvin Heemeyer
Wall St. For Main St., Released on 2/8/22 Still in a Gold Tug of War but strong physical demand news stories lately: U.S. Mint sees strongest gold coin sales in 12 years, sells 1.25 million ounces in 2021 https://www.kitco.com/news/2022-01-04… 2021 Chinese Gold Demand Surged Above Pre-Pandemic Levels https://schiffgold.com/key-gold-news/… Looks Like There’s a Whale Snapping Up Gold Bullion … Read more
by Martin Armstrong The truckers are still going strong in Canada and fighting for ALL of us. Trudeau’s Administration has no empathy and does not understand why anyone would want to interfere with the tyrannical plans of Schwab’s groomed young leader. Ottawa police are now saying that it would take 1,800 police officers to end … Read more
by Martin Armstrong Jennifer Morgan of Greenpeace has been behind Greta Thunberg, and I believe was caught even writing her speeches. She is friends with Al Gore who succeeded in inserting Greta into the movie on Davos, “The Forum.” Now the German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) has brought Greenpeace’s boss Jennifer Morgan into the … Read more
Facebook share price drop by more than 25% 1/4 share price is crash pic.twitter.com/V7gFr9hpDJ — Deepak (@deepakc_310) February 3, 2022 BREAKING: Jeff Zucker out at CNN due to an improper relationship with a colleague. “I am resigning today. I certainly wish my tenure here had ended differently." — Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) February 2, 2022 Maddow … Read more
Supply and demand charts are the first topic of the first chapter in economics textbooks, and they are the building blocks upon which all economic theory is founded. From the demand side of the equation, the law is very simple: As prices go up, buyers are less likely to buy a product. Central bankers around … Read more
By Egon von Greyerz In an investment world of instant gratification and Fed Intervention, when short term trading and speculation is the norm, real values are forgotten. Confucius understood the value of long term thinking and thus real values: If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed, if in terms of ten … Read more
Funny how many people forget about the insulin thing. It sort of got buried under the skyrocketing price of gas. I remind anyone I meet about both every time I get the chance while asking, “If raising the price of insulin and gas were their top priorities, two of the very first things they did, … Read more
The U.S. Commerce Department has “red-flagged” 33 Chinese hi-tech companies amid growing concerns about the technology theft by Beijing-controlled entities. Adding these companies to the “unverified list” will restrict their ability to access products and technology developed by U.S. private sector players. The blacklisted entities are “primarily hi-tech manufacturers, including those that produce laser components … Read more
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Former La Mesa, California, police officer Matthew Dages told “The Ingraham Angle” on Tuesday he “lost everything” after his reputation was tarnished. Dages used a low level of force against a Black man who had allegedly assaulted the officer in May 2020. https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-california-police-officer-left-terrorized-family
Hunter Biden was brokering a lucrative pipeline deal with a Chinese oil company under sanctions in Kazakhstan and a former Kazakh prime minister charged with treason, according to a new report. Apparently, the president’s son teamed up with the former prime minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Massimov, now on trial for high treason, to bribe Western … Read more
The police are going to use state child protective services to break up the trucker rally The excuse: 100 kids are living in the trucks, the trucks are loud, the trucks are a carbon monoxide threat and the kids are going to be endangered by a police action. That’s right: The police are openly admitting they will soon … Read more
After the “fuel ban” it is now illegal to bring gas cans to the Freedom Convoy Peaceful Protest — here is what the streets of Ottawa looked like tonight. God bless these people 🙏🏻😂 pic.twitter.com/kswVn4vtVS — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 9, 2022
Tomorrow will be lit! 💥 pic.twitter.com/j6AxZayRmS — IV (@iv_technicals) February 9, 2022 U.S. CPI MoM% — Before & After New Seasonal Factors Introduced Yesterday) {ECAN} pic.twitter.com/luBJagNwcI — Michael McDonough (@M_McDonough) February 9, 2022
Wake up: coffee futures at their highest since 2011 pic.twitter.com/vIOXudQKCG — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) February 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/aeon_vax/status/1491172093555138564 h/t Mason Firefly
STAGFLATION@SoberLook pic.twitter.com/jRmTL58YNW — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) February 9, 2022 Stocks down, bonds down, USD down…then whats up ? Crude oil and foreign exchanges. This is not 2000 this is not 2008, this is 70s stagflation bear market bear works slowly on stock market first, this is where we are now, then accelerates gradually , … Read more