As Goes January…? Really?

by Tom McClellan The stock market’s relationship to its normal seasonality has gotten wacky lately.  October to December is supposed to be an up period for stock prices, and instead we saw a very sharp correction.  In recent years, January has …

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On January 3rd 2019 the House Proposed HR 25, ‘‘Fair Tax Act of 2019’’- A Bill That Will Destroy the IRS and the Privately Operated Federal Reserve Forever

by T3Baron 116th Congress, 1st Session To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. HR …

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Beginning January 22, 2019, Vanguard will no longer accept purchases in leveraged or inverse mutual funds, ETFs (exchange-traded funds), or ETNs (exchange-traded notes)

via vanguard: Beginning January 22, 2019, Vanguard will no longer accept purchases in leveraged or inverse mutual funds, ETFs (exchange-traded funds), or ETNs (exchange-traded notes). If you already own these investments, you can continue to hold them or choose to sell …

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Pfizer to Raise Prices on 41 Drugs in January: The plans mean Pfizer would resume the practice of raising drug list prices after rolling back some increases under criticism from President Trump

via WSJ: Pfizer Inc. plans to resume its practice of raising drug prices early next year after bowing to pressure from President Trump over the summer when the company rolled back some increases. Pfizer, among the world’s biggest drugmakers by …

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Terrible participation since January with only an uptick since then on #SPX; 37 Hindenburg Omens have now triggered on the NYSE and Nasdaq over the past 12 months

This is the mcm-smart-money study and its showing terrible participation since January with only an uptick since then on #SPX pic.twitter.com/BzEjOkD1jk — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) September 11, 2018 37 Hindenburg Omens have now triggered on the NYSE and Nasdaq over the …

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Tommy Thornton:”SPX 52 week highs only 4% today vs 33% in January. Other divergences like this led to periods of weakness,”

$SPX 52 week highs only 4% today vs 33% in January. Other divergences like this led to periods of weakness. https://twitter.com/TommyThornton/status/1026154017314037760 Chart (@TheTerminal): Emerging/developed markets volatility divergence – https://twitter.com/SoberLook/status/1026287789288112129 Don’t count on strong future #StockMarket returns when buying at high …

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Are the internet stocks in a bubble? Since January 2009 Netflix is up 8,180%. Tencent is up 3,963%. Amazon is up 3,069%. Apple is up 1,629%. Alphabet is up 600%. While US nominal GDP is only up 33%.

It’s the stock buybacks. Companies are expected to buy back 10% of their market cap this year. They are borrowing money to do it. Likely be a huge credit crisis and crash in the future from it, but enjoy the …

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WATCH: Comey in January 2017 lying and giving the impression that he NEEDED to take notes on his Trump meetings…and the media RAN with the story for WEEKS…and now we have his memos and they prove otherwise.

The real question here: Given what we now know, why do we have a special counsel? There appears to have been no basis for Mueller’s appointment. Published on Jun 8, 2017 James Comey explains to the Senate Intelligence Committee why …

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Top Ten Videos — January 22

by John Rubino Ron Paul interviews Gerald Celente. Rick Rule: “Finally, a gold-backed cryptocurrency.” Gordon T. Long on “accelerating social change.” Nomi Prins on the destructive nature of global debt. Peter Schiff: “Everything that can go wrong will go wrong.”