by John Rubino In the notoriously hype-ridden junior miner space there’s never a shortage of great-sounding stories. Most fail to pan out, which means investors who survive in this sector are first and foremost cynics. Still, some juniors do end …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Look no further than Brexit in Britain, the yellow vests in France and the Deplorables in the U.S. for manifestations of a broken social contract and decaying social order. Among the many trends currently in play, Gordon …
The House ethics committee today released three charges of ethical wrongdoing against Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California. The charges relate to whether Waters gave inappropriate assistance to a bank to which she had personal connections in getting federal bailout …
by confoundedinterest One of the world’s most important borrowing benchmarks staged its biggest one-day decline in a decade on Thursday. The three-month London interbank offered rate for dollars sank 4.063 basis points to 2.697 percent, the largest one-day slide since May 2009. The move …
Following the arrests this morning of three defendants who allegedly operated “birth tourism” outfits that catered to Chinese clients, federal authorities today unsealed indictments that charge a total of 19 people linked to three schemes that operated across Southern California …
Jan. 24, 2019 – 5:54 – California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy says that as federal employees are set to miss their second paycheck, Nancy Pelosi is sending House members home instead of working on legislation to end the partial government …
via MarketWatch: How low can they go? With earnings from three of the four biggest banks in, one metric stands in sharp relief. Mortgage lending just keeps plunging. In the fourth quarter, mortgage originations at Citi C, +0.31% were down 23% compared …
by John Ward Specialised Wonkism is getting in the way of Renaissance thinking ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ And now, here is the news…. A recent poll showed that a majority of Tory activists (and an overwhelming majority of Brexiteer voters across the board) would …
via sputniknews: The arrested conspirators are said to be involved in a large-scale credit fraud that ruined the economy of Mozambique in 2016. Three former Credit Suisse Group bankers have been arrested in London in connection with a loan fraud scheme that ruined the …
by John Rubino Much about 2019 is uncertain. But a few things are pretty much guaranteed, including the following: Government debt will rise at an accelerating rate Like a life-long dieter who finally gives up and decides to eat himself …
via MishTalk: The number of US Treasury bond inversions took a big leap today. I count 5 inversions, three of them with the 1-Yr bill. In this snapshot, the 5-year, 3-year, and 2-year treasury yields inverted with the 1-year yield. In …
by Thinker How is it that a General under the Obama/Clinton administration can lie under oath in front of a committee and not go to jail, and now under Trump administration and in a room without a camera, General Flynn …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital Yesterday’s bounce was yet another example of why bear markets are so difficult to navigate. Everyone is so excited that President Trump might be able to cut a deal with China… that they’re buying stocks without looking …
The Three Most Important Factors in Picking a Day-Trading Academy – with Input from Meir Barak, Tradenet We see dozens of companies advertising, marketing, and pitching their day-trading academies online. However, the only way to pick one correctly is through …
Newly filed court documents confirm that Fusion GPS, the company mostly responsible for the controversial “Trump dossier” on presidential candidate Donald Trump, made payments to three journalists between June 2016 until February 2017. The revelation could be a breakthrough for …
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via IntelligentPresence: A few years ago I interviewed Mr Levine about his true crime novel Deep Cover. I wanted to write a movie screenplay about the happening. It’s conspiracy in it’s truest form. The DEA and CIA worked together with the Attorney …
by Sovereign Man This doesn’t make front page news… But it should. Every year, cost of living adjustments increase Social Security benefits. Over the past decade, payouts have increased by an average of 1.66% per year, according to the Social Security …
by Geoffrey Grider OPEC has lost what control of the oil market it ever had. The actions (or tweets) of three men — Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman — will determine the course …
Still think globalization will bring peace? They thought that in 1914, too. From Bloomberg: Last month, I traveled to Vienna, the former seat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and a fitting place to contemplate the approaching 100th anniversary of the conclusion of …
by DCG From Fox News: An illegal alien accused of a triple murder in Missouri was previously jailed and released in New Jersey on domestic violence charges, authorities said, putting the spotlight on the conflict between local and immigration authorities nationwide. Luis …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byUZ_EUljj8 On this week’s Stansberry Investors Marketcast, John Gillin and Greg Diamond discuss last week’s “brutal” markets. All the major indices suffered big losses, and bear markets are popping up everywhere. As John explains, 40% of S&P 500 companies are …
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via GPC Once again, the economy appears to be roaring as it enters the late stages of a major credit expansion. Once again this late stage credit expansion is entering the inflationary blow off top. And once again, “growth” sectors of the …
via marketwatch: You know the old adage that “a rising tide lifts all boats?” What if you don’t own a boat in the first place? That rising tide won’t do much for you, will it? And so it is with this …
From Jim Rickards, Editor, The Daily Reckoning: The U.S. trade war with China and China’s daunting debt problems are well understood by most investors. Coming U.S. sanctions on Iran and Iran’s internal economic problems are also well understood. What is not …
by SuperCharged2000 The FBI has refused to declassify 37 pages of materials related to the Uranium One deal, citing national security and the privacy issues, reports The Hill’s John Solomon. The documents are thought to contain information regarding then-Secretary of …
via thebeartrapsreport: Looking back over the last decade, stocks have only been this much loved four times. After the last dance with extreme euphoria in January, stocks lost 11.3% from January 26th to February 12th. Likewise, just before 2015-2016’s 14% equity market …
