via kunstler: Unfortunately for the nation, the RussiaGate fiasco is only half over. There is just too much documented official turpitude on the public record for the authorities to answer for and the institutional damage runs too deep. Act One, the …
by QuantalyticsResearch US Stocks Preview Ahead of the Open Solid earings this morning from both sides of the Atlantic are fueling risk-appetite today with global markets rising and US futures flat after being lower earlier JP Morgan (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon said he thinks …
recession comes when Fed cuts pic.twitter.com/8AqgEFX2pZ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 27, 2019 Ok if my earlier tweet on $HYG didn’t WAKE YOU UP… “Almost 117k contracts net short by commercials, i.e ~2b notional short exposure.” $VIX Largest inflow to $UVXY …
via Zerohedge: When it comes to estimating China’s total outstanding debt, there has long been confusion about the real number with most putting the debt/GDP at around 250%, while the IIF in 2017 calculated China’s debt load as high as …
Venezuela is becoming a post-apocalyptic society Watch the latest video at foxnews.com When Hugo Chavez turned Venezuela into a socialist state, he started with the oil industry. In 2007, leftists around the world rejoiced when the strongman ordered a government takeover of the industry …
By Jared Dillian Headline in Bloomberg the other day: “Millennials Are Facing $1 Trillion in Debt.” A trillion always sounds like a lot. It is a lot. But while the absolute number is large, that is not the issue. The issue is what makes …
U.S. exports of agricultural products to China totaled $20 billion in 2017, so if China wants to buy another $30 billion, then China would more than double its intake of American farm goods. Unless China means they will hit $30 …
Jeffrey Gundlach CEO of Doubleline Capital discusses risk factors for investors including corporate debt, national debt, bond maturity and the next recession. JEFFREY GUNDLACH: I’m not so sure that the market has an opinion where the Fed’s going to is …
via thefreethoughtproject: (RT) — A BBC producer believes that scenes from a hospital in Syria’s Douma, which ignited a media frenzy in 2018 after showing children allegedly suffering from chemicals, were staged. But he says Assad did attack the town. Emotive scenes …
From Birch Gold Group The long and convoluted tale of Woodbridge Group, a real estate conglomerate of more than 100 companies, has finally reached a climactic ending. What may have looked like a promising investment venue just a few years ago …
via CNBC: The Caixin/Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) came in at 48.3 in January, compared to 49.7 in December. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the Caixin PMI to be 49.5 last month. It was the second-consecutive month of …
by NorthmanTrader Complacency is back and comes in the form of recession denial in the face of global slowing data. We didn’t see the slowdown coming but we are confident it will not produce a recession so the narrative goes. Not …
by Bix Weir of Road To Roota The United States of America is on the FAST TRACK to Socialism…unless we FIGHT for our FREEDOM! Capitalism has not been part of our system since the Free Markets turned to Rigged Markets in the 1960’s …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains & Capital As I keep warning, the global economy is rapidly moving into a recession. If you don’t believe me, consider that in the last two weeks, the following have been announced… 1) South Korean exports, a …
The BREXIT did not go very well for Theresa May, the parliament voted against the deal. May might be in trouble. Trump reports that Volkswagen will be spending millions in the US to create jobs. PG&E is filing for bankruptcy, …
by John Mauldin For a couple of years now, the economic narrative has shown a comparatively strong US against weakness in Europe and some of Asia (NOT China). The US, we are told, will stay on top. I agree with that, …
From Brandon Smith In 2018, a very significant economic change occurred, which sealed the fate of the U.S. economy as well as some other economies around the globe. This change was the shift of central bank policy. The era of stimulus …
Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Professor Alan Dershowitz joined FOX and Friends on New Year’s Day morning. During the discussion Professor Dershowitz was asked about the Deep State and Democrat Party’s intentions to impeach President Trump in 2019. …
Plastic waste inputs from land intothe ocean – Science Magazine This isn’t shocking. Look up the carbon output of China alone. Leftists want to save the world but don’t even know who they’re fighting against. Sad! h/t afriendlyalt
by Dr. Eowyn William Nardi reports for The College Fix, Dec. 24, 2018, that a new student club, Satanic Students at NC State, just completed its inaugural semester at North Carolina State University (NCSU), a taxpayer-funded public university. According to the …
by David Haggith Make no mistake about it, there’s real fear and panic out there as markets are dislocating to the downside…. But note that on many charts we are showing 2008/2009 like conditions, something that is entirely inconsistent with the …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The Fed has warned about them, and investors fear a run-on-the-fund. The $1.3 trillion “leveraged loan” boom is coming unglued: Not because the junk-rated, highly leveraged, cash-flow-negative companies that issued these loans are massively defaulting – …
Joseph Curl for the Daily Wire reports, Around Christmastime, everyone’s rushing here and there, agitated, sometimes even a bit angry, as they juggle a hundred things ahead of the holiday. And that’s what makes what happened in Nashville on Saturday …
via moneymetals: This week, a white metal reached a rare feat. Palladium has traded at a higher cost per ounce than gold. Last month, the palladium market pushed through all remaining technical barriers by posting a new all-time high. A chronic supply deficit …
Mike Maloney covers all the trouble brewing in the global economy in this 11-minute video – including data he promised to show you last week.
by John Rubino A quick recap of the past couple of months: Stocks plunge. The politicians, bureaucrats and bankers who depend on artificially-elevated financial asset prices start to panic. The Fed announces that maybe it won’t have to raise interest rates …
every time oil prices crash like this – a slowdown comes, and central banks bail out the world in a synchronized fashion – this time it might be harder pic.twitter.com/PEwhDa4IwX — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 23, 2018 The market is telling …
This article was originally published at Zero Hedge Stock buybacks may be back as blackout session ends, but suddenly companies’ appetite to repurchase their own shares appears to be slowing sharply. After an initial record surge in the amount of US …
For Russia Change Comes SWIFT By Thomas Luongo November 3, 2018 During the ruble crisis of 2014/15 Russia announced in the wake of U.S. and European sanctions over reunifying with Crimea that it would begin building a domestic electronic financial transfer …
The US is hurting, this is not something that just happened, it happened when politicians sold out and gave control of a monetary system to a private western central bank. Wages and jobs have been declining over the many years, …