via reason: Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance spent nearly $250,000 over the past five years from a state asset forfeiture fund on fine dining, first-class airfare, and luxurious hotels, according to public records obtained by The City, a nonprofit news outlet in …
…..the Fed is that easy monetary policy seems more effective in spurring asset values than it does in boosting prices of goods and services. The S&P 500 Index rose by an average 8.5 percent from 2014 through 2018, while the …
Authored by Andreas Steno Larsen via Nordea Bank, The short positioning in VIX is heavier than prior to the February and October sell-offs, which is why we are on alert to a new potential squeeze of volatility positions. From the …
BY JOHN RUBINO Mike Maloney: Basel III, gold, and the next financial crisis … Rick Rule: These are the gold miners you should own … Max Keiser on the surge in negative-interest rate bonds … Marc Faber: Huge asset bubble …
Legendary contrarian investor Dr. Marc Faber warns, “When I started to work in 1970 on Wall Street, the stock market capitalization of the U.S. as a percentage of GDP . . . was between 25% and 30%. Now, the stock …
by Mark Nestmann On February 20, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Eighth Amendment prohibition against “excessive fines and fees” applies to the states in civil forfeiture cases and other civil, non-criminal proceedings. The case involved a man named Tyson …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Even if the Fed hadn’t institutionalized perverse incentives to borrow and speculate in asset bubbles, the economy would still be generating far fewer winners than losers. If we scrape away the shuck and jive (a difficult task when …
by Martin Armstrong The US Supreme Court ruled UNANIMOUSLY (9-0) that the Constitution’s ban on Excessive Fines within the Eighth Amendment, is being reported incorrectly that this is a case against these outrageous Civil Asset Forfeitures – SORRY – Not True! This is a case that …
Luke Gromen interviewed on Palisade Radio To subscribe to our newsletter and get notified of new shows, please visit http://palisaderadio.com Luke discusses his background as a research analyst which led him into data aggregation research at an institutional firm. He argues that everything …
by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on civil asset forfeiture – that states are bound by the Eighth Amendment – may be a step in the right direction, but it’s only a baby step. Police are still …
Everything is overbought right now. That didn’t take very long! Essentially NO resistance on the way up since late 2018. If the trade deal goes through which there might be at least some level of progress to report to the …
by John Rubino Among all the many things governments do that seem to violate the Constitution — not to mention common sense and basic fairness – asset forfeiture stands out. Believe it or not, states and cities now partially fund …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jib5ieawrA Why popularize theft? ! No matter who it comes from, it is still theft! TB
by Martin Armstrong The end of the Venetian Empire, otherwise known as the Republic of Venice, traditionally was a sovereign state and maritime republic in northeastern Italy, which existed for over a millennium between the 7th century and the 18th …
by Charles Hugh-Smith The economy is far more precarious than the surface boom/bubble suggests. A great many households, enterprises and municipalities are in overloaded boats whose gunwales are just a few inches above the water; the slightest wave will swamp and …
by Jesse Colombo The global elite are meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week and are richer than ever. Bloomberg reports – A decade after the financial crisis poured flat champagne on the World Economic Forum, gold-collar executives set to gather there this …
The Fed FOMC meetings are behind closed doors. But after 5 years, the meeting minutes become public. We can get a glimpse of what is said behind the curtain and use it to our advantage. To get the depth of …
via visualcapitalist: We’re only a few days into 2019, but it appears markets have picked up exactly where they left off. There is growing uncertainty and volatility almost everywhere, and individual events are starting to become catalysts for sell-offs or rallies. …
via @MI_Investments: Q/T stopped forcing C/B’s to explain $20T bal sheets not temporary. US deficits $1T–>$2T. Debt crises erupt + spread globally. #DebtMatters #Vol #TradersMkt Strong economy, Jay Powell? Or an economy on IV infusions of debt just to maintain …
by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Du-GFSTUYAAj-9B.jpg This year’s top-performing asset class isn’t stocks, bonds, commodities, or real estate. And no, it’s not crypto-currency either. It is cash. That’s right. Cash is the top performing asset class year-to-date. Beating out U.S. …
The stock market had one of the worst weeks on record. It has been one drop after another as we see the compounding effect only making matters worse. First it was the VIX in January. Then everything began to go …
Soaring rents outran tenant wages, which can’t last. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Spain’s residential rental market has been on a bit of a roll of late. Over the last 45 months, median rents have risen …
More financial technology startups are wading into a crowded, stodgy business: checking accounts. Last spring, personal finance app Acorns and lending startup SoFi announced new debit cards. “Neobank” Chime has been offering free online checking accounts since 2014, and it …
What does the government always want? More money. Over the last few years many have taken to a practice called asset forfeiture, where they take what you have and many times never return it, even if it is proven that …
by jessefelder The stock market today is celebrating the rapid reversal in the Fed’s hawkish attitude under the tenure of Jay Powell. Oct. 3/2.18 Fed Funds Rate: 'We may go past neutral. But we’re a long way from neutral at this …
via MarketWatch: Havens? What havens? If you emerge from this year mostly unscathed, count your blessings, because unless things change in a hurry, 2018 is about to make a dubious mark on history. This chart pretty much tells the story: …
Famous Asset Bubbles within 9 Yrs of Peak Bitcoin 2011-2017: 66xTulip Mania 1617-1622: 53xNasdaq 1991-1999: 13xOil 2001-2008: 7xSilver 2004-2013: 6xMiami Condo Mkt 1998-2007: 6xNikkei 1982-1990: 5xNasdaq 100: 2009-2017 5xUS Stocks Dow 1921-1929: 5x v @BearTrapsReport — Lawrence McDonald (@Convertbond) November …
by GoldCore Asset management firm Fasanara Capital compared stock valuations to bitcoin in that “it is totally disconnected from fundamentals,” its chief executive told CNBC Impending tipping point for markets is due to a synchronicity of enterprise overvaluation, high indebtedness, low cash balances …
Ray Dalio: Fed raised rates to the point where they’re hurting asset prices from CNBC. Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio argues the Fed has raised rates to a point where they’re hurting asset prices. The central bank needs to …
by COMPUTER1313 https://www.ft.com/content/d6f9b346-9bbc-320c-b5c5-7b9b4f854c91 “We’re in a 50-year transformation of the infrastructure world. We’re 10 years in; we have 40 left to go. By the end of that 50 years most infrastructure in the world will be transferred to private hands,” …