By John Mauldin The Soviet Union’s collapse ended the socialism vs. capitalism argument. Semi-free markets spread through Eastern Europe. Collectivist economies everywhere began turning free. Capitalism seemingly won. Even communist China adopted a form of free market capitalism. Although, as they …
Air Freight & logistics index is getting crushed in a global slowdown. This tells me that any rally is not sustainable in stocks b/c global macro is quickly deteriorating pic.twitter.com/yOHBMpxb9E — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 19, 2018 In a matter of …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Just in case you missed what’s going on in France: the status quo in Europe is doomed. The status quo has a simple fix for every crisis and systemic problem: 1. create currency out of thin air …
With the blizzard and Arctic front crushing temperature and snow records across the US and Canada, here are the final numbers, and this coupled with the new (Fourth National Climate Assessment) released out of the US, somehow record cold was …
Why haven’t we seen any domestic terrorism charges yet? Violence for political reasons, the very definition of terrorism. AC
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday after fracturing three ribs on her left side in a fall at her office a day earlier, the court said in a news release. Ginsburg, …
by Jesse Colombo It was another red day in the markets with the Dow dropping 608.01 points or 2.41% and the S&P 500 dropping 84.59 points or 3.09%, which means that both indices are now down for the year. As …
from Financial Survival Network Ned Schmidt‘s thinking that gold and silver have put in their cycle lows. Now they’re out performing the stock market, which he was expecting. Will this be gold’s moment in the spotlight? Perhaps. Ned’s also bullish on …
Obama 2008 campaign fined $375,000 President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign was fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for campaign reporting violations — one of the largest fees ever levied against a presidential campaign, POLITICO has learned. The fine — …
(CNN) — It’s not very often that Michael Phelps gets knocked off the record board. But a 10-year old swimming phenom with a superhero name has done just that. His name is Clark Kent Apuada. And of course, they call him …
by Thinker President Barack Obama made many promises while campaigning for office in 2008 and 2012, but very seem to actually be top priorities for the commander in chief. From closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to increasing government transparency, …
by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper A lot of people like to think that the SHTF is some distant thing that probably won’t ever happen. But, in reality, it happens every single day, someplace in the world. Riots have occurred …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVUSoP7t6WE Owen Shroyer lays out how US authorities have been conducting operation ‘Broken Heart’ to covertly arrest thousands of men and women who help participate in the creation and dissemination of online child pornography.
Task forces organized nationwide by the Justice Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children project arrested 2,300 suspected child sex offenders this spring, the department announced on Tuesday. Dubbed “Operation Broken Heart,” the coordinated effort by 4,500 state, local and tribal law …
“Mainstream News will never tell truth about war, which is why we’ve been in continual war for almost 2 decades & R spending 40% more on bombs than during height of Iraq war. Telling the truth about war threatens the …
via CNN: Eventually, there aren’t any more half measures to take or stalling tactics that work. It doesn’t matter what you were promised or what you believe you earned. Pension recipients simply will not receive what they were promised to …
by Dana Lyons We would have titled this post “Trend-Setting”, except we already used that title for a post a few weeks ago. The genesis of that post — as with this one — was our weekly #TrendlineWednesday feature on our Twitter and StockTwits feeds. We …
by Egon von Greyerz Between today and 2025, the world will be a very different place. We can learn nothing about the next 4 to 7 years from government, central bank or media propaganda as they neither understand what will …
10 year yield has broken to the upside. I expect, yield rise to strangle growth causing a recession, which will take yields down again. One last drop/re-test before NEW LT YIELD REGIME. Notice rounding-bottom and pot. break-out target at either …
by NorthmanTrader The S&P 500 is internally broken. You don’t see it in price yet, but you can see it in the internals. For weeks I’ve been outlining my concerns of narrow leadership in markets including in late January before the …
by Chris One of the key ways of manipulating these “‘markets”” over the prior years has been through the use of VIX slamming. Just buy a bunch of VIX ETF and ETN products and you can magically elevate the overlying …
XIV is supposed to be the inverse of the VIX, the volatility index. However, the XIV is now down 90% after-hours. This is the first time an ETF will have triggered the termination, or “acceleration” clause in history. Insane. Something …
Amidst the flurried activities of “cryptos”, stock markets, ETF’s, hedge funds and the likes, a simple review of history indicates the basic practice of the slight-of-hand. “As you can see, there is nothing up my sleeve”. “Every time history repeats …
by stockboardasset Last week, while the “bomb cyclone” exploded over the East Coast, schools across the northeastern and southeastern United States were forced to close due to the dangerous winter weather. But that was not the case for Baltimore schools, as we explained, …
by Ruby Henley In this report, I am documenting evidence that I have found that shows bullet holes, wounds, and damages from the Las Vegas massacre. It is my sincere belief this was a bloody killing field like most of …
by David Haggith For the first time in US history a handful of US states is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Illinois is about to be downgraded to junk bond status, which will turn its financial problems catastrophic overnight. Illinois …
by Mark Angelides If we look back at the last 30 years of politics, the sad reality is that very little has changed. Every few years we get crazy about which politician or party we should be voting for and …
By Michael Snyder Is this the beginning of the end for the United States of America? It has been said that a house divided against itself will surely fall, and today we live in a shattered union. In all my …
“He’s probably gonna WIN AGAIN.” View post on imgur.com "My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the U.S. of A." … About f-ing time some president says that. — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) March 1, …
For those, like Alexander Hamilton, who once or now wondered if the Judicial Branch would be too weak. Wonder no more. — Trey Gowdy (@TGowdySC) February 10, 2017 It is pretty amazing that a circuit court, with judges that …