investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar arrested, faces federal charges in ‘pay-to-play’ corruption probe.

Update : City Councilman Jose Huizar was accused of accepting more than $ 1.5 million in bribes and other benefits @ @ @ @ @ building projects and shape the Los Angeles development landscape , prosecutors said on June 23 @

Update: City Councilman Jose Huizar was accused of accepting more than $1.5 million in bribes and other benefits to approve or stall large building projects and shape the Los Angeles development landscape, prosecutors said on June 23.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--Why is EVERYONE Leaving BIG CITIES Forever? The Great American City Exodus.

The time has come to leave big cities forever .
Aw , the suburbs .
They ’ re so charming , aren ’ t they ?
Where people might know your name , and you can sorta park your car and not have to deal with crap .
In case you aren ’ t watching the news , right now , the US population is leaving the big city life and heading in this direction .
We go through phases when it comes to migration patterns , so this isn ’ t new .
In the 50s after world war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , bolstered by cheap home loans .
In the late 60s when highways exploded and violence in big cities escalated , we saw a big exodus into the suburbs then , too .
We ’ re currently right in the middle of another shift .
Today , we ’ re going to talk about places you can move if you want to get out of the big city yourself .
And we ’ ll also tell you places you shouldn ’ t go if you MUST live in a big city , god @ @ @ @ @ @ @ started .
Before we begin , I ’ ll briefly go into the reasons why the big cities are losing their favorability .
First of all , the cost of living is not making it easy for families to live here anymore .
Gentrification and modern improvements have made urban cities really expensive .
And crime is going up now too – big cities are more dangerous now than they ’ ve been since crime HAD fallen by half since the 1990s .
In some places now , it ’ s outright chaotic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health crisis , which has meant having a lot of people packed into one place is a bad idea .
Companies are now allowing people to work from home now , making big cities unnecessary .
62 % of employers said they expect to move a significant amount of work to remote work .
All of this chaos and high cost of living is forcing people raising families to leave .
Both middle class and the white collar professionals are sick of it .
Even Millennials are also a part of the big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cities for greener , less expensive pastures .
Many of them have stated they originally took jobs in big cities , but realized they didn ’ t like them Anyways , all of that shows up in the actual data , in the polling and coming straight from people being interviewed on the streets .
Now , let ’ s get to the places you should go .
That ’ s the real reason you ’ re here , right ?
Moving a family is a complex task , but the main things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cost of living , traffic and schools .
Basically , more land , more space , more free time and a better quality of life .
We ’ ll talk about places like Idaho , Nebraska , Texas , Florida , North Carolina and even foreign countries .

The time has come to leave big cities forever.
Aw, the suburbs. They’re so charming, aren’t they? Where people might know your name, and you can sorta park your car and not have to deal with crap.
In case you aren’t watching the news, right now, the US population is leaving the big city life and heading in this direction.
We go through phases when it comes to migration patterns, so this isn’t new. In the 50s after world war 2, tons of Americans fled cities, bolstered by cheap home loans. In the late 60s when highways exploded and violence in big cities escalated, we saw a big exodus into the suburbs then, too.
We’re currently right in the middle of another shift.
Today, we’re going to talk about places you can move if you want to get out of the big city yourself. And we’ll also tell you places you shouldn’t go if you MUST live in a big city, god help you. Let’s get started.
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Before we begin, I’ll briefly go into the reasons why the big cities are losing their favorability. First of all, the cost of living is not making it easy for families to live here anymore. Gentrification and modern improvements have made urban cities really expensive. And crime is going up now too – big cities are more dangerous now than they’ve been since crime HAD fallen by half since the 1990s. In some places now, it’s outright chaotic.
And then there’s the health crisis, which has meant having a lot of people packed into one place is a bad idea. Companies are now allowing people to work from home now, making big cities unnecessary. 62% of employers said they expect to move a significant amount of work to remote work.
All of this chaos and high cost of living is forcing people raising families to leave. Both middle class and the white collar professionals are sick of it.
Even Millennials are also a part of the big city flight, now, leaving big cities for greener, less expensive pastures. Many of them have stated they originally took jobs in big cities, but realized they didn’t like them
Anyways, all of that shows up in the actual data, in the polling and coming straight from people being interviewed on the streets.
Now, let’s get to the places you should go. That’s the real reason you’re here, right? Moving a family is a complex task, but the main things to consider are safety, taxes, cost of living, traffic and schools. Basically, more land, more space, more free time and a better quality of life. We’ll talk about places like Idaho, Nebraska, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and even foreign countries.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--WHEN MONEY BECOMES WORTHLESS: What a Currency Collapse and Frozen Stock Market Looks Like

Today Lynette illustrates a clear picture of what it will look like when money becomes worthless…which is exactly where we @ @ @ @ @ are hundreds of examples throughout history ( and also some very recent ones ) which @ @ @ @ @ we are in our Currency-Life Cycle .
The current stock market is one of the @ @ @ @ @ ever see , and if you don ’ t pay close attention to what ’ @ @ @ @ @ scenes , you ’ ll one of millions of people who get robbed of their @ @ @ @ @ .
Lynette gives you a quick breakdown of what to look for , and…what to @ @ @ @

Today Lynette illustrates a clear picture of what it will look like when money becomes worthless…which is exactly where we’re headed. There are hundreds of examples throughout history (and also some very recent ones) which all point to exactly where we are in our Currency-Life Cycle. The current stock market is one of the biggest illusions you’ll ever see, and if you don’t pay close attention to what’s really happening behind the scenes, you’ll one of millions of people who get robbed of their wealth when this transition happens. Lynette gives you a quick breakdown of what to look for, and…what to do about it.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--Doug Casey on What Happens Next for China—Collapse or War with the US?

International Man : While many have been distracted by the unrest in the US , tensions with China are soaring .
Recently , Beijing passed a national security law that would undermine Hong Kong ’ s autonomy .
What comes next for US-China relations ?
Doug Casey : I lived in Hong Kong , on and off , from 1985 to 2005 .
When I first moved there , it was a Chinese city , but there were a lot of Western expats .
When I returned most recently , it had transformed into a Chinese city with very few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Singapore .
What ’ s happening in Hong Kong is unfortunate , but frankly , it ’ s none of our business .
Unfortunate things are happening in a hundred places around the world .
You just can ’ t solve other people ’ s problems for them , nor should you try .
Nobody likes a busybody .
As I ’ ve said so many times in the past , the US government has got to stop sticking its nose in other people ’ s business .
The US has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cop since at least WWII , as often as not stepping in on the side of the bad guys—whether it knew it or not— and bankrupting itself while making enemies in the process .
In the case of Hong Kong , my view is that the Beijing regime is totally wrong , but it would be a disastrous error for us to get involved .
The same goes for the South and East China Seas , which were in the news a few years back .
The US is sending a bunch of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which is dangerous and provocative and none of our business .
Just as it would be none of China ’ s business if the US decided to make the Gulf of Mexico its own private backyard sea .
Should China try to contest that ?
Should China step in if Mexico decided the Gulf is really its territorial water ?
The fact is that Chinese and US businessmen get along just fine .
If the Chinese prove to be unethical or dishonest , a US business should just stop working with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US government be involved ?
The US and Chinese governments are posturing at each other like a couple of angry chimpanzees .
The Chinese government and the US government are both dead hands on their economies .
Neither serves a useful purpose .
They ’ re the problem , not Chinese and American businessmen .
The Chinese government sees Taiwan as a breakaway secessionist province .
They don ’ t recognize its independence , much as Lincoln didn ’ t recognize the Confederacy .
I think it ’ s great the Taiwanese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not our problem .
It ’ s just as stupid for the US government to chance a war there as it would be for the Brazilian government to make Taiwan its business .
International Man : What does it mean for the economy and US politics ?
Doug Casey : Well , there ’ s a huge trade deficit between the US and China , which Trump loves to point out .
I don ’ t see that as a problem at all .
The Chinese produce stuff and the US consumes it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consumer ’ s benefit .
We pay them in US dollars , which will soon be treated like Old Maid cards , created by the trillions .
If the US government wants the deficit to stop , it only has to stop its printing presses .
The fact is that the Chinese economy has been tremendously successful because it dumped communism starting in 1980 and free-marketized .
The progress that they ’ ve made in the last 40 years is totally unprecedented in world history as a result .
Well , unprecedented for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kong , Dubai , all city-states—have done at least as well by implementing low taxes and almost no regulations .
That said , the Chinese economy could actually collapse .
Why ?
Because the expansion that they ’ ve gone through over the last 40 years has been financed by hundreds of millions of Mrs. Wongs saving half of their income .
They save it in Chinese yuan , and they put it in the banks .
The banks lend it to governmental entities and businesses .
It ’ s a debt-driven economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PRC has made huge progress , but—unlike Hong Kong , Singapore , or Taiwan—it ’ s built on bank debt .
The yuan isn ’ t a sound currency .
China has an active stock market , and it ’ s true that Mrs. Wong is involved in the stock market .
But the Chinese stock market doesn ’ t raise capital so much as substitute for a casino .
Mrs. Wong trades the stock market but treats it like a version of the Macau casinos .
Because the Chinese economy is built @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because the government controls so much of the economy , a lot of that debt has been misallocated .
And can ’ t be repaid .
Remember , whenever the State is involved , things are done mainly for political , not economic , reasons .
And there ’ s always corruption whenever government is involved .
How so ?
Everybody ’ s heard about the scores of new Chinese cities that have been built but largely unoccupied , combined with roads and bridges that go nowhere .
Is it brilliant strategic thinking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planning ” and bureaucratic stupidity ?
I can ’ t say from a current boots-on-the-ground standpoint because it ’ s been about five years since I ’ ve been to China proper .
But I believe that there ’ s been a huge waste of capital—because it ’ s being politically allocated .
If Mrs. Wong goes to take her yuan out of the bank and she can ’ t because it has been put into uneconomic projects or if she gets her yuan back and they ’ re worth nothing—there could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US descends into the Greater Depression , a lot of Chinese factories producing for the US market are going to be in trouble .
That will result in a lot of Chinese unemployment , mostly urban .
China has had one of the great mass migrations of history since 1980—most peasants have moved from the countryside into the city .
If people in the cities become unemployed , they ’ re going to blame the government , and their government will blame the US .
The whole world revolves around government today .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US and China , but all countries .
What ’ s the upshot of this ?
Will manufacturing return to the US ?
I don ’ t think so because the US isn ’ t very business-friendly .
For one thing , taxes in the US are going to go up .
Most governments—the US government , the states , cities , and local governments—are more bankrupt than ever before because of the COVID hysteria .
These governments are also adding regulations—they ’ re not deregulating .
Why should businesses come back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vastly more regulations than in the Orient ?
US labor costs are also higher , even though labor is less and less an element in manufacturing .
As taxes and regulation grow , at some point the US is likely to have foreign exchange controls to keep capital from leaving .
A word to the wise on that subject—diversify abroad .
In any event , during a depression , the general standard of living goes down .
It ’ ll go down both for the Chinese , who will be producing less .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll be consuming less .
International Man : What are your thoughts on China ’ s future overall ?
Doug Casey : First , I ’ d like to point out that a lot of people still refer to the country as “ Communist China.
” That ’ s a huge misnomer .
It hasn ’ t been a communist system for 40 years , since Deng Xiaoping reformed the economy .
China may still have pictures of Mao on their currency , but it has nothing to do with communism anymore .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , benefitting its members alone .
They get to live high off the hog .
The Communist Party is nothing more than the Chinese Deep State .
It no longer has anything to do with Marx , Lenin , or Mao—an unexpected plus .
We shouldn ’ t call it communist China , because it ’ s not communist .
It ’ s not even socialist .
They have a fascist system , just like we have in the US .
In other words , business is privately owned , and consumer goods @ @ @ @ @ @ @ controlled by the State .
It ’ s an authoritarian system .
The Chinese have moved towards the US system , even while the US is moving towards the Chinese system .
There ’ s an excellent chance China will go the way of Yugoslavia , which broke up into six smaller countries , or the USSR , which broke into 15 .
Czechoslovakia broke up into two .
Or the United Kingdom , for that matter , which is probably going to become disunited .
This is a trend all over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smaller ethnic-based units .
It could happen in China .
And the US as well—but that ’ s a whole different conversation .
About 80 % of the people in China are ethnic Han Chinese ; most speak Mandarin as their mother language as well .
At the same time , there are scores of other languages and cultures within China , representing over 300 million—that ’ s a lot of people .
For instance , in Southern China—Hong Kong , Guangzhou—the native language isn ’ t Mandarin .
It ’ s Cantonese @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mandarin does , but the language is as unintelligible to a native Mandarin speaker as , say , Danish is to an English speaker .
We ’ re talking about 68 million native Cantonese speakers .
That ’ s a huge number .
It ’ s larger than most countries in Europe .
The same is true of the Shanghai-ese .
I ’ m not even counting Mongolia , Tibet , and Xinjiang—which are all actually separate countries with ethnically , culturally , and linguistically different natives .
They ’ re being purposefully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Han Chinese .
There are a dozen other seriously different countries within China itself .
I don ’ t doubt that when the going gets tough , they ’ re going to look to independence , as opposed to being bossed by Beijing .
Of course , the central government will resist violently , the same way the Russians recently did with the Chechens , the Burmese did with the Karens and Rohinga , or the Indonesians with the East Timorese .
But there are scores of other examples .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ autonomous regions run by warlords , much the way it was during the 1930s .
As outlandish as that might sound .
International Man : What are the odds of a military clash over Taiwan , Hong Kong , or the South China Sea , and what would be the consequences of that ?
Doug Casey : Well , it ’ s quite possible .
But why does that have to be the problem of the US ?
It ’ s almost impossible for the US to invade China .
What kind of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US going to launch a bunch of ICBMs onto Chinese cities ?
That makes no sense because the Chinese have their own ICBMs to fire back .
That ’ s not what World War III is likely to look like .
And there will be something resembling World War 3 .
History hasn ’ t ended , contrary to Fukuyama ’ s silly book of some years ago .
So if the US can ’ t and won ’ t invade China and won ’ t do an ICBM strike , what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a hot war , it will look like what I described in our recent interview .
But , along the way , the US government will try to destroy the Chinese economy .
Getting into a military dust-up with the Chinese—using aircraft and aircraft carriers—would be a catastrophe for the Americans .
The Chinese have sophisticated bases all along their shore .
This makes the dozen or so US aircraft carriers nothing but sitting ducks .
They ’ d be turned into artificial reefs .
I ’ m sure divers of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Americans won ’ t .
A war is not out of the question , but , again , it won ’ t be a conventional war using today ’ s military junk .
It ’ s not really feasible , although the generals and admirals will be the last ones to figure that out .
International Man : Recent polls suggest that nearly 2/3 of Americans have a negative view of China .
What role will China play in the upcoming presidential election ?
Doug Casey : That is an interesting question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race riots now taking place in the US right now .
When the going gets tough in any country , it makes all the sense in the world for that country ’ s government to find a foreign enemy to unite the people .
In the case of the US , they ’ d hope to change the equation from whites versus blacks and browns , to Americans against the Chinese .
Of course , they ’ ve played this card against Iraq and Iran .
They played it against Russia .
When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that almost every ethnic group considers itself to be special or superior .
That absolutely includes the Chinese .
In fact , the Chinese , as a group , probably have more belief in their racial superiority than any other group .
That augurs poorly for world peace .
But will the Chinese have anything to do with the coming election ?
I ’ d say very little .
In so far as they do , however , they ’ re going to be Democrat-leaning .
The US still thinks it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ elections and governments .
The Chinese dislike nationalists such as Trump .
Trump is capable of all kinds of foolishness , as he ’ s already shown , with import duties and quotas .
They ’ d much rather have a globalist who would try to cooperate with them .
As you know , I made a money bet that Trump would win in 2016 .
This time , I don ’ t care about Trump losing , per se .
He ’ s a guy with no philosophical core , although @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against PC types and cultural Marxists on a gut level .
What I really care about is the Democrats not winning , because that would be a catastrophe .
Unfortunately , however , the collectivists have momentum on their side .
Why ?
They have an actual philosophy , even if it ’ s a very bad one .
The Republicans , however , have none .
They only counter by saying their enemy is going too far , too fast .
That ’ s why they always come off as confused and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to put money on it this time , the winner is likely to be whoever cheats best .
Both sides are going to stuff the ballot boxes and do all kinds of things with electronic voting and voting by mail .
The Democrats , however , are much more professional and experienced at this type of thing than the Republicans .
They ’ re likely to win .
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Via International Man
International Man: While many have been distracted by the unrest in the US, tensions with China are soaring.
Recently, Beijing passed a national security law that would undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy. What comes next for US-China relations?
Doug Casey: I lived in Hong Kong, on and off, from 1985 to 2005. When I first moved there, it was a Chinese city, but there were a lot of Western expats.
When I returned most recently, it had transformed into a Chinese city with very few expats. They’d all gone to Singapore.
What’s happening in Hong Kong is unfortunate, but frankly, it’s none of our business. Unfortunate things are happening in a hundred places around the world. You just can’t solve other people’s problems for them, nor should you try. Nobody likes a busybody.
As I’ve said so many times in the past, the US government has got to stop sticking its nose in other people’s business. The US has been acting as the world’s self-appointed cop since at least WWII, as often as not stepping in on the side of the bad guys—whether it knew it or not— and bankrupting itself while making enemies in the process.
In the case of Hong Kong, my view is that the Beijing regime is totally wrong, but it would be a disastrous error for us to get involved.
The same goes for the South and East China Seas, which were in the news a few years back. The US is sending a bunch of aircraft carriers there to show the flag, which is dangerous and provocative and none of our business. Just as it would be none of China’s business if the US decided to make the Gulf of Mexico its own private backyard sea. Should China try to contest that? Should China step in if Mexico decided the Gulf is really its territorial water?
The fact is that Chinese and US businessmen get along just fine. If the Chinese prove to be unethical or dishonest, a US business should just stop working with the firm that cheats them. Why should the US government be involved?
The US and Chinese governments are posturing at each other like a couple of angry chimpanzees. The Chinese government and the US government are both dead hands on their economies. Neither serves a useful purpose. They’re the problem, not Chinese and American businessmen.
Taiwan is another simmering problem.
The Chinese government sees Taiwan as a breakaway secessionist province. They don’t recognize its independence, much as Lincoln didn’t recognize the Confederacy. I think it’s great the Taiwanese are independent, but it’s not our problem. It’s just as stupid for the US government to chance a war there as it would be for the Brazilian government to make Taiwan its business.
International Man: What does it mean for the economy and US politics?
Doug Casey: Well, there’s a huge trade deficit between the US and China, which Trump loves to point out.
I don’t see that as a problem at all.
The Chinese produce stuff and the US consumes it. It’s one-sided—to the American consumer’s benefit. We pay them in US dollars, which will soon be treated like Old Maid cards, created by the trillions. If the US government wants the deficit to stop, it only has to stop its printing presses.
The fact is that the Chinese economy has been tremendously successful because it dumped communism starting in 1980 and free-marketized. The progress that they’ve made in the last 40 years is totally unprecedented in world history as a result. Well, unprecedented for a country that size—because Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, all city-states—have done at least as well by implementing low taxes and almost no regulations.
That said, the Chinese economy could actually collapse. Why? Because the expansion that they’ve gone through over the last 40 years has been financed by hundreds of millions of Mrs. Wongs saving half of their income. They save it in Chinese yuan, and they put it in the banks. The banks lend it to governmental entities and businesses.
It’s a debt-driven economy, not an equity-driven economy. The PRC has made huge progress, but—unlike Hong Kong, Singapore, or Taiwan—it’s built on bank debt. The yuan isn’t a sound currency.
China has an active stock market, and it’s true that Mrs. Wong is involved in the stock market. But the Chinese stock market doesn’t raise capital so much as substitute for a casino. Mrs. Wong trades the stock market but treats it like a version of the Macau casinos.
Because the Chinese economy is built on debt from the banks, and because the government controls so much of the economy, a lot of that debt has been misallocated. And can’t be repaid. Remember, whenever the State is involved, things are done mainly for political, not economic, reasons. And there’s always corruption whenever government is involved.
How so? Everybody’s heard about the scores of new Chinese cities that have been built but largely unoccupied, combined with roads and bridges that go nowhere. Is it brilliant strategic thinking or a gigantic example of State “planning” and bureaucratic stupidity? I can’t say from a current boots-on-the-ground standpoint because it’s been about five years since I’ve been to China proper. But I believe that there’s been a huge waste of capital—because it’s being politically allocated.
If Mrs. Wong goes to take her yuan out of the bank and she can’t because it has been put into uneconomic projects or if she gets her yuan back and they’re worth nothing—there could be a revolution in China.
As the US descends into the Greater Depression, a lot of Chinese factories producing for the US market are going to be in trouble. That will result in a lot of Chinese unemployment, mostly urban. China has had one of the great mass migrations of history since 1980—most peasants have moved from the countryside into the city.
If people in the cities become unemployed, they’re going to blame the government, and their government will blame the US. The whole world revolves around government today. It’s not just true in the US and China, but all countries.
What’s the upshot of this? Will manufacturing return to the US? I don’t think so because the US isn’t very business-friendly. For one thing, taxes in the US are going to go up.
Most governments—the US government, the states, cities, and local governments—are more bankrupt than ever before because of the COVID hysteria. These governments are also adding regulations—they’re not deregulating. Why should businesses come back to the US and be subject to vastly more regulations than in the Orient? US labor costs are also higher, even though labor is less and less an element in manufacturing.
As taxes and regulation grow, at some point the US is likely to have foreign exchange controls to keep capital from leaving. A word to the wise on that subject—diversify abroad. In any event, during a depression, the general standard of living goes down. It’ll go down both for the Chinese, who will be producing less. And for the Americans, who’ll be consuming less.
International Man: What are your thoughts on China’s future overall?
Doug Casey: First, I’d like to point out that a lot of people still refer to the country as “Communist China.” That’s a huge misnomer.
It hasn’t been a communist system for 40 years, since Deng Xiaoping reformed the economy. China may still have pictures of Mao on their currency, but it has nothing to do with communism anymore.
The Communist Party is just a scam, benefitting its members alone. They get to live high off the hog. The Communist Party is nothing more than the Chinese Deep State. It no longer has anything to do with Marx, Lenin, or Mao—an unexpected plus.
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We shouldn’t call it communist China, because it’s not communist. It’s not even socialist. They have a fascist system, just like we have in the US. In other words, business is privately owned, and consumer goods are widely available—but it’s all controlled by the State. It’s an authoritarian system. The Chinese have moved towards the US system, even while the US is moving towards the Chinese system.
What’s next for China?
There’s an excellent chance China will go the way of Yugoslavia, which broke up into six smaller countries, or the USSR, which broke into 15. Czechoslovakia broke up into two. Or the United Kingdom, for that matter, which is probably going to become disunited. This is a trend all over the world today. Countries are subdividing into smaller ethnic-based units. It could happen in China. And the US as well—but that’s a whole different conversation.
About 80% of the people in China are ethnic Han Chinese; most speak Mandarin as their mother language as well.
At the same time, there are scores of other languages and cultures within China, representing over 300 million—that’s a lot of people.
For instance, in Southern China—Hong Kong, Guangzhou—the native language isn’t Mandarin. It’s Cantonese. They use the same ideograms as Mandarin does, but the language is as unintelligible to a native Mandarin speaker as, say, Danish is to an English speaker.
We’re talking about 68 million native Cantonese speakers. That’s a huge number. It’s larger than most countries in Europe.
The same is true of the Shanghai-ese.
I’m not even counting Mongolia, Tibet, and Xinjiang—which are all actually separate countries with ethnically, culturally, and linguistically different natives. They’re being purposefully overwhelmed, demographically conquered, by the Han Chinese. There are a dozen other seriously different countries within China itself.
I don’t doubt that when the going gets tough, they’re going to look to independence, as opposed to being bossed by Beijing. Of course, the central government will resist violently, the same way the Russians recently did with the Chechens, the Burmese did with the Karens and Rohinga, or the Indonesians with the East Timorese. But there are scores of other examples.
It’s not unlikely China will break up into autonomous regions run by warlords, much the way it was during the 1930s. As outlandish as that might sound.
International Man: What are the odds of a military clash over Taiwan, Hong Kong, or the South China Sea, and what would be the consequences of that?
Doug Casey: Well, it’s quite possible. But why does that have to be the problem of the US?
It’s almost impossible for the US to invade China. What kind of attack can the US mount? Is the US going to launch a bunch of ICBMs onto Chinese cities?
That makes no sense because the Chinese have their own ICBMs to fire back. That’s not what World War III is likely to look like. And there will be something resembling World War 3. History hasn’t ended, contrary to Fukuyama’s silly book of some years ago.
So if the US can’t and won’t invade China and won’t do an ICBM strike, what will they do? If it comes to a hot war, it will look like what I described in our recent interview.
But, along the way, the US government will try to destroy the Chinese economy.
Getting into a military dust-up with the Chinese—using aircraft and aircraft carriers—would be a catastrophe for the Americans. The Chinese have sophisticated bases all along their shore. This makes the dozen or so US aircraft carriers nothing but sitting ducks.
They’d be turned into artificial reefs. I’m sure divers of the next century will enjoy that—but today’s Americans won’t. A war is not out of the question, but, again, it won’t be a conventional war using today’s military junk. It’s not really feasible, although the generals and admirals will be the last ones to figure that out.
International Man: Recent polls suggest that nearly 2/3 of Americans have a negative view of China. What role will China play in the upcoming presidential election?
Doug Casey: That is an interesting question, especially in the context of the race riots now taking place in the US right now.
When the going gets tough in any country, it makes all the sense in the world for that country’s government to find a foreign enemy to unite the people. In the case of the US, they’d hope to change the equation from whites versus blacks and browns, to Americans against the Chinese.
Of course, they’ve played this card against Iraq and Iran. They played it against Russia.
When we talk about racism, the fact is that almost every ethnic group considers itself to be special or superior. That absolutely includes the Chinese. In fact, the Chinese, as a group, probably have more belief in their racial superiority than any other group. That augurs poorly for world peace.
But will the Chinese have anything to do with the coming election? I’d say very little. In so far as they do, however, they’re going to be Democrat-leaning. The US still thinks it has a monopoly on interfering with other countries’ elections and governments.
The Chinese dislike nationalists such as Trump. Trump is capable of all kinds of foolishness, as he’s already shown, with import duties and quotas. They’d much rather have a globalist who would try to cooperate with them.
As you know, I made a money bet that Trump would win in 2016. This time, I don’t care about Trump losing, per se. He’s a guy with no philosophical core, although he is a cultural conservative, and against PC types and cultural Marxists on a gut level.
What I really care about is the Democrats not winning, because that would be a catastrophe. Unfortunately, however, the collectivists have momentum on their side. Why? They have an actual philosophy, even if it’s a very bad one. The Republicans, however, have none. They only counter by saying their enemy is going too far, too fast. That’s why they always come off as confused and weak hypocrites.
If I was going to put money on it this time, the winner is likely to be whoever cheats best. Both sides are going to stuff the ballot boxes and do all kinds of things with electronic voting and voting by mail.
The Democrats, however, are much more professional and experienced at this type of thing than the Republicans. They’re likely to win.
Editor’s Note: The US government is overextending itself by interfering in every corner of the globe. It’s all financed by massive amounts of money printing. However, the next financial crisis could end the whole charade soon.
The truth is, we’re on the cusp of a global economic crisis that could eclipse anything we’ve seen before. And most people won’t be prepared for what’s coming. That’s exactly why bestselling author Doug Casey and his team just released a free report with all the details on how to survive an economic collapse. Click here to download the PDF now.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--Mannarino: The Markets Are A Mind Twisting PSYOP

“ This is all about CONTROL.
” Gregory Mannarino started his career working for the securities and trading arm of @ @ @ @ @ before the dot-com bubble .
After realizing that working on Wall Street was not like @ @ @ @ @ on to get a medical degree and practiced medicine as a Physician Assistant .
He @ @ @ @ @ States Naval Reserve Medical Service Corps , having attained the rank of Lieutenant .
He @ @ @ @ @ the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance , global economics , @ @ @ @ @ currently hosts a business day “ MarketReport ” on YouTube .
You can find out @ @ @ @ @ at his website Traderschoice.net .

TradersChoice.net, Released on 7/1/20
“This is all about CONTROL.”
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Gregory Mannarino started his career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. After realizing that working on Wall Street was not like the movies, he moved on to get a medical degree and practiced medicine as a Physician Assistant. He also served in the United States Naval Reserve Medical Service Corps, having attained the rank of Lieutenant. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading. Gregory currently hosts a business day “MarketReport” on YouTube. You can find out more about what he offers at his website Traderschoice.net.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING?

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING?

The Chicago Tribune reported last week that , “ …more than 40,000 Illinoisans applied for a gun permit in a little more than two weeks this month , more than 500 % over this time last year , according to Illinois State Police.
” Applications for the state ’ s Firearm Owner ’ s Identification Card ( FOID ) from June 1 to 17 also increased by 501 percent when compared to the same period last year .
A first-time gun buyer—who asked that his name not be used—explained to the reporter that despite being a liberal Democrat who once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ My views have recently changed , and I have accepted that the Second Amendment provides for the personal ownership and use of a firearm.
” Among the reasons cited for his change of opinion were the pandemic , its commensurate increase in unemployment and civil unrest .
The volume has strained the Illinois firearms services bureau , which issues concealed carry permits and FOIDs .
On an average day 1,135 people register on the bureau ’ s website , but on June 1 new users totaled 9,558 .
To handle the demand , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sometime in July .

Carry Permit Demand Skyrockets in Illinois.
The Chicago Tribune reported last week that, “…more than 40,000 Illinoisans applied for a gun permit in a little more than two weeks this month, more than 500% over this time last year, according to Illinois State Police.” Applications for the state’s Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (FOID) from June 1 to 17 also increased by 501 percent when compared to the same period last year.
A first-time gun buyer—who asked that his name not be used—explained to the reporter that despite being a liberal Democrat who once supported most gun control legislation, “My views have recently changed, and I have accepted that the Second Amendment provides for the personal ownership and use of a firearm.” Among the reasons cited for his change of opinion were the pandemic, its commensurate increase in unemployment and civil unrest.
The volume has strained the Illinois firearms services bureau, which issues concealed carry permits and FOIDs. On an average day 1,135 people register on the bureau’s website, but on June 1 new users totaled 9,558. To handle the demand, nine members will join the 30-person staff sometime in July.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--The mainstream democrats will have to look at that and ask if that “thing” represents them…

So we are now ending racism by being classist and racist ?

So we are now ending racism by being classist and racist?
— Michael 😷 (@TokyoZooms) July 1, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--FBI ARRESTS MULTIPLE DEMOCRAT OFFICIALS IN ‘SHOCKING’ BRIBES FOR VOTES SCANDAL

The reason why people go into politics is to fatten their pockets with tax paying money .
It ’ s @ @

The reason why people go into politics is to fatten their pockets with tax paying money. It’s shameful.
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DW


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--The Insufferable and Political Media Stupidity Around “The Russian Bounty” Narrative…

In case you might have missed the latest faux-controversy assigned by political operatives to the media narrative engineers , the issue surrounds leaked sketchy intelligence reports , to the New York Times , claiming Russians were willing to pay Taliban members to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan .
The evidence provided by the Times includes : From this tenuous evidence footnoted with “ according to multiple officials familiar with the intelligence ” , democrat operatives in media desperately clutch their pearls and stake out another batch of apoplexy claiming President Trump is not doing anything about it .
Setting aside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media or the DNC political operatives in/around capitol hill has any substantive intelligence to prove the claim , let ’ s first look at the underlying premise : ‘ Russians are paying the Taliban to kill American soldiers.
’ First , obviously these same voices need to ignore that in 2010 Iran was paying insurgent fighters in multiple fields of combat including Iraq , Afghanistan and Syria , to kill Americans .
Those well-documented examples must be overlooked because despite the overwhelming evidence the Obama administration paid Iran over $ 170 billion in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
Once again , in order to retain their left-wing political position the media must pretend not to know things .
Iranian bounties on American soldiers during the 2010 Obama administration were rewarded .
Contrast that against unsubstantiated rumors of Russian bounties on American soldiers in Afghanistan in 2020 being the most horrific and alarming situation in history .
It was reported in 2010 that five Iranian companies were winning construction contracts in Afghanistan funded with foreign aid .
The money was sent back to Iran via the underground hawala money transfer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighters $ 200 per month .
If they kill a U.S. soldier , they get a $ 1,000 bonus and a $ 6,000 bonus for the destruction of a military vehicle .
Bounties began being offered as early as February 2005 , when a U.S. government document reported that Iran was offering $ 1,470 for the killing of Afghan soldiers and $ 3,841 for the death of Afghan officials .
Taliban and similar terrorists are also trained in Iran and are paid for their time .
Hundreds go to Zahedan in the winter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ learning how to attack convoys without getting captured .
Improvised explosive devices ( IED ) are the trade taught in the second month .
In the last month , attacks on military outposts are simulated .
( LINK ) Again , ignoring that Iran also funds Hezbollah , which involves payments for the killing of U.S. and allied western soldiers , the politics of the narrative engineers are so hypocritical they are choking .
Additionally , when Russia invaded Afghanistan , guess who was paying the Mujahideen to kill Russians ?
Yup , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did we pay the Mujahideen ( the early Taliban ) to kill Russians , we also supplied all the arms and munitions they needed to do it .
The U.S. were paying bounty for the killing of Russians .
Hypocrisy much .
Decades later , when U.S. President George W Bush invaded Iraq , again we put bounties on the heads of Iraq commanding officers we wanted to kill or capture .
Anyone remember the paying cards with the faces and names of the targets ?
Oh , and lets not forget the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Leon Panetta spent on bounties in Libya and Syria where we gave money and weapons to al-Qaeda factions to kill Libyan and Syrian soldiers .
All bounties are not created equal I guess .
The entire argument underpinning the pretext of the claim is ridiculous .
However , what ’ s even more ridiculous is how the media has to set aside all prior information and all pretense of journalism in order to sell a narrative that , even if true , is nothing more than a continuation of proxy war fighting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ financial player in history .
Does Russia pay elements , possibly Taliban in Afghanistan , to maintain a forceful position against the U.S. ?
Hell , I would certainly think the answer is yes .
Why should Russia be more magnanimous to our Afghanistan boondoggle than we were to theirs ?
Does Russia pay the Taliban directly to kill Americans ?
There is no direct evidence supporting that claim ; and specifically the U.S. intelligence apparatus including the NSA , CIA , NSC and ODNI have said there ’ s no such direct @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really the point is it .
Even if there was direct evidence that Russia was offering bounties against U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan , how is that different from Iran offering bounties against U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan during the Obama administration ?
The entire premise of the outrage is ridiculous ; and too make matters worse the number one facilitator of U.S. bounties paid to kill foreign fighters is Senator Lindsey Graham .
Mohamed Al Zawahiri was on the CTH radar since his release from prison in March 2011 during the Egyptian Islamist uprising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders released Mohamed Al Zawahiri after they permitted the Muslim Brotherhood to re-organize following 30 years of banishment .
The Brotherhood then opened the jails to release all the Hosni Mubarak captured prisoners .
Mohamed al Zawahiri was the guy who coordinated and called for the protests at the U.S. embassy in Cairo September 11 , 2012 .
He is also the guy who coordinated with the Benghazi rebels in 2011 to assist their uprising against Libyan leader Qaddafi .
Mohamed planned to coordinate efforts in Egypt , Syria , Jordan , Libya @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Africa ( AQIM ) .
Meanwhile his brother , Ayman al Zawahiri , continued the same efforts in Pakistan , Afghanistan and Iraq , while aligned with AQAP ( al-Qaeda Arabian Peninsular ) .
In 1999 , security forces picked up Mohamed Al Zawahiri in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) , where he had settled with his family and was working as an engineer for a construction company .
He claims UAE authorities tortured him for four months — at the behest of the CIA — in an attempt to extract @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time , Zawahiri says , he offered to mediate between his brother and the West , something he believes could have prevented the Sept.11 attacks , but his overtures were rebuffed by UAE officials .
In 1999 , he was extradited to Egypt to face terrorism charges related to Sadat ’ s assassination and conspiracy to topple the regime — charges he denies , but he was jailed by Mubarak in Egypt .
He was later acquitted upon appeal , but Mubarak refused to let him leave prison .
He remained in jail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released .
Zawahiri spent the following five years in solitary confinement in Egypt ’ s notorious underground prisons .
There , in a 6-by-6-foot cell with no access to sunlight , he says , he was repeatedly waterboarded , electrocuted , and subjected to sleep deprivation .
His family had no idea where he was , or even if he was alive , until it emerged that the United States wanted his DNA to compare it to a skull found in a cave in Afghanistan — one that might belong to his brother @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movements pose a big enough threat that the United States will ultimately yield to his demands .
“ Hundreds or thousands of attempts may fail , but one can succeed and destroy the Western civilization , ” he writes in his proposal , citing al Qaeda ’ s attempts to obtain weapons of mass destruction and the escalation of violence in Iraq .
“ The next hit or string of attacks can not be anticipated .
No single group or persons can force themselves to control the situation or prevent it.
” Learn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this article .
Judging by what the “ West ” has put this guy and his family through , it would be pretty darned difficult to think of him burying the hatchet per se ’ , without his intention to bury it deep in the psyche of the United States .
Apparently , “ we ” have created this monster , “ we ” have hardened him , and subsequently he holds MAJOR street cred with all factions of radical Islam .
This guy is a Martyr in life , he did not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the trigger ” – everyone shoots .
Given Mohamed ’ s enormous Islamist pulpit , he will leverage influence over multiple varying factions within all of the aforementioned radicals ( al-Qaeda , al-Nusra , Taliban , Salafists , Brotherhood etc ) .

In case you might have missed the latest faux-controversy assigned by political operatives to the media narrative engineers, the issue surrounds leaked sketchy intelligence reports, to the New York Times, claiming Russians were willing to pay Taliban members to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. The evidence provided by the Times includes:
(New York Times Graphic Source)
From this tenuous evidence footnoted with “according to multiple officials familiar with the intelligence”, democrat operatives in media desperately clutch their pearls and stake out another batch of apoplexy claiming President Trump is not doing anything about it.
Setting aside for the moment that nothing claimed by media or the DNC political operatives in/around capitol hill has any substantive intelligence to prove the claim, let’s first look at the underlying premise: ‘Russians are paying the Taliban to kill American soldiers.’
First, obviously these same voices need to ignore that in 2010 Iran was paying insurgent fighters in multiple fields of combat including Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, to kill Americans. Those well-documented examples must be overlooked because despite the overwhelming evidence the Obama administration paid Iran over $170 billion in cash and entered a nuclear deal with them. Once again, in order to retain their left-wing political position the media must pretend not to know things.
Iranian bounties on American soldiers during the 2010 Obama administration were rewarded. Contrast that against unsubstantiated rumors of Russian bounties on American soldiers in Afghanistan in 2020 being the most horrific and alarming situation in history.
It was reported in 2010 that five Iranian companies were winning construction contracts in Afghanistan funded with foreign aid. The money was sent back to Iran via the underground hawala money transfer networks and was used to pay Taliban fighters $200 per month. If they kill a U.S. soldier, they get a $1,000 bonus and a $6,000 bonus for the destruction of a military vehicle. Bounties began being offered as early as February 2005, when a U.S. government document reported that Iran was offering $1,470 for the killing of Afghan soldiers and $3,841 for the death of Afghan officials. Taliban and similar terrorists are also trained in Iran and are paid for their time. Hundreds go to Zahedan in the winter. The first month is focused on learning how to attack convoys without getting captured. Improvised explosive devices (IED) are the trade taught in the second month. In the last month, attacks on military outposts are simulated. (LINK)
Again, ignoring that Iran also funds Hezbollah, which involves payments for the killing of U.S. and allied western soldiers, the politics of the narrative engineers are so hypocritical they are choking.
Additionally, when Russia invaded Afghanistan, guess who was paying the Mujahideen to kill Russians? Yup, that would be USA. Not only did we pay the Mujahideen (the early Taliban) to kill Russians, we also supplied all the arms and munitions they needed to do it. The U.S. were paying bounty for the killing of Russians. Hypocrisy much.
Decades later, when U.S. President George W Bush invaded Iraq, again we put bounties on the heads of Iraq commanding officers we wanted to kill or capture. Anyone remember the paying cards with the faces and names of the targets?
Oh, and lets not forget the billions that President Obama, Hillary Clinton and Leon Panetta spent on bounties in Libya and Syria where we gave money and weapons to al-Qaeda factions to kill Libyan and Syrian soldiers.
All bounties are not created equal I guess.
The entire argument underpinning the pretext of the claim is ridiculous. However, what’s even more ridiculous is how the media has to set aside all prior information and all pretense of journalism in order to sell a narrative that, even if true, is nothing more than a continuation of proxy war fighting where the U.S has been the largest financial player in history.
Does Russia pay elements, possibly Taliban in Afghanistan, to maintain a forceful position against the U.S.? Hell, I would certainly think the answer is yes. Why should Russia be more magnanimous to our Afghanistan boondoggle than we were to theirs?
Does Russia pay the Taliban directly to kill Americans? There is no direct evidence supporting that claim; and specifically the U.S. intelligence apparatus including the NSA, CIA, NSC and ODNI have said there’s no such direct evidence; but that’s not really the point is it.
Even if there was direct evidence that Russia was offering bounties against U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, how is that different from Iran offering bounties against U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan during the Obama administration?
The entire premise of the outrage is ridiculous; and too make matters worse the number one facilitator of U.S. bounties paid to kill foreign fighters is Senator Lindsey Graham.
FUBAR.
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Mohamed Al Zawahiri was on the CTH radar since his release from prison in March 2011 during the Egyptian Islamist uprising. The interim “governing” Egyptian leaders released Mohamed Al Zawahiri after they permitted the Muslim Brotherhood to re-organize following 30 years of banishment. The Brotherhood then opened the jails to release all the Hosni Mubarak captured prisoners.
Mohamed al Zawahiri was the guy who coordinated and called for the protests at the U.S. embassy in Cairo September 11, 2012. He is also the guy who coordinated with the Benghazi rebels in 2011 to assist their uprising against Libyan leader Qaddafi.
President Obama, Hillary Clinton and Leon Panetta paid these guys.
Mohamed planned to coordinate efforts in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Libya, Tunisia and Turkey toward al-Qaeda North Africa (AQIM). Meanwhile his brother, Ayman al Zawahiri, continued the same efforts in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq, while aligned with AQAP (al-Qaeda Arabian Peninsular).
In 1999, security forces picked up Mohamed Al Zawahiri in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he had settled with his family and was working as an engineer for a construction company.
He claims UAE authorities tortured him for four months — at the behest of the CIA — in an attempt to extract information about his brother. During that time, Zawahiri says, he offered to mediate between his brother and the West, something he believes could have prevented the Sept.11 attacks, but his overtures were rebuffed by UAE officials.
In 1999, he was extradited to Egypt to face terrorism charges related to Sadat’s assassination and conspiracy to topple the regime — charges he denies, but he was jailed by Mubarak in Egypt. He was later acquitted upon appeal, but Mubarak refused to let him leave prison. He remained in jail until March of 2011 when he was released.
Zawahiri spent the following five years in solitary confinement in Egypt’s notorious underground prisons. There, in a 6-by-6-foot cell with no access to sunlight, he says, he was repeatedly waterboarded, electrocuted, and subjected to sleep deprivation.
His family had no idea where he was, or even if he was alive, until it emerged that the United States wanted his DNA to compare it to a skull found in a cave in Afghanistan — one that might belong to his brother Ayman.
Zawahiri thinks that militant Islamist movements pose a big enough threat that the United States will ultimately yield to his demands. “Hundreds or thousands of attempts may fail, but one can succeed and destroy the Western civilization,” he writes in his proposal, citing al Qaeda’s attempts to obtain weapons of mass destruction and the escalation of violence in Iraq. “The next hit or string of attacks cannot be anticipated. No single group or persons can force themselves to control the situation or prevent it.”
Learn about his approach and his intentions in this article.
Judging by what the “West” has put this guy and his family through, it would be pretty darned difficult to think of him burying the hatchet per se’, without his intention to bury it deep in the psyche of the United States.
Apparently, “we” have created this monster, “we” have hardened him, and subsequently he holds MAJOR street cred with all factions of radical Islam. This guy is a Martyr in life, he did not need death. He says “pull the trigger” – everyone shoots.
Given Mohamed’s enormous Islamist pulpit, he will leverage influence over multiple varying factions within all of the aforementioned radicals (al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, Taliban, Salafists, Brotherhood etc).
Guess what happened next?…. Yep, ISIS !


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--Pandemic caused 18 percent rise in deaths in US: study

The coronavirus pandemic in the US claimed at least 122,000 more lives than would be expected in a normal year @ @ @ @ @ 18 percent , says a study released Wednesday .
But this is just a national @ @ @ @ @ death rate was particularly high in virus hot spots such as New York City , @ @ @ @ @ people than usual and up to seven times as many during the peak of the @ @ @ @ @ week by week study carried out at Yale University and published in the journal JAMA @ @ @ @ @ York City , the expected deaths under a demographic model based on statistics from previous @ @ @ @ @ March 1 through the end of May .
But this time the number of deaths @ @ @ @ @ is more , throughout the first phase of the pandemic in the US the official @ @ @ @ @ underestimated , the statistics in this study show .

The coronavirus pandemic in the US claimed at least 122,000 more lives than would be expected in a normal year, for a rise of 18 percent, says a study released Wednesday.
But this is just a national average, and the excess death rate was particularly high in virus hot spots such as New York City, which buried three times more people than usual and up to seven times as many during the peak of the pandemic, according to a week by week study carried out at Yale University and published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
In New York City, the expected deaths under a demographic model based on statistics from previous years would be 13,000 from March 1 through the end of May. But this time the number of deaths recorded was 38,170.
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What is more, throughout the first phase of the pandemic in the US the official COVID-19 death toll was widely underestimated, the statistics in this study show.
www.france24.com/en/20200701-pandemic-caused-18-pc-rise-in-deaths-in-us-study


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--Not wearing a mask can cost you $50 in South Beach under new COVID crackdown

Not wearing a mask in South Beach may cost you $ 50 beginning on Tuesday .
Amid a rising number @ @ @ @ @ in Miami-Dade County , the mayor of Miami Beach announced Monday the city would begin @ @ @ @ @ ignore rules requiring the use of facial coverings indoors and outside if social distance can @ @ @ @ @ city ’ s new crackdown does not go as far as its neighbors across the @ @ @ @ @ Miami , which requires the use of masks at all times in public except for @ @ @ @ @ working outdoors or by very young or medically vulnerable groups .
You can still walk @ @ @ @ @ , for example , but you ’ ll need your mask on if you chat @ @ @ @ @ way .
Masks are now mandatory in all public spaces in Pennsylvania

Not wearing a mask in South Beach may cost you $50 beginning on Tuesday.
Amid a rising number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Miami-Dade County, the mayor of Miami Beach announced Monday the city would begin issuing fines to those who ignore rules requiring the use of facial coverings indoors and outside if social distance cannot be observed.
The city’s new crackdown does not go as far as its neighbors across the bay in the city of Miami, which requires the use of masks at all times in public except for when exercising, eating or working outdoors or by very young or medically vulnerable groups.
You can still walk your dog along the street, for example, but you’ll need your mask on if you chat with a neighbor along the way.
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www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/not-wearing-a-mask-can-cost-you-2450-in-south-beach-under-new-covid-crackdown/ar-BB167MTT
Masks are now mandatory in all public spaces in Pennsylvania
www.wtae.com/article/masks-are-now-mandatory-in-all-public-spaces-in-pennsylvania/33026253#


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--Texas Lt. Governor: If they’re willing to burn the country, tear statues down, why not steal some ba

Texas Lt. Governor: If they’re willing to burn the country, tear statues down, why not steal some ballots out of a mailbox?’

Texas Lt .
Governor Dan Patrick cautioned against the push to use the coronavirus as an excuse to vote by @ @ @ @ @ left will always look to “ steal ” elections .
The Republican lawmaker spoke out @ @ @ @ @ vote-by-mail method , telling SiriusXM ’ s Breitbart News Daily that the alternative to in-person @ @ @ @ @ the COVID-19 pandemic will create a risk for President Trump ’ s reelection campaign .
@ @ @ @ @ the only way Trump loses in November , is if you have a proliferation of @ @ @ @ @ state , particularly the swing states , ” Patrick told host Alex Marlow during an @ @ @ @ @ s campaign team is “ on top of it , ” he added , as @ @ @ @ @ normal absentee voting and the new push by the left to push voting through the @ @ @ @ @ will work to Democrats ’ favor especially in key states like Michigan , Pennsylvania , @ @ @ @

Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick cautioned against the push to use the coronavirus as an excuse to vote by mail, warning that the left will always look to “steal” elections.
The Republican lawmaker spoke out about the danger of the vote-by-mail method, telling SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily that the alternative to in-person voting in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic will create a risk for President Trump’s reelection campaign.
“In my view, the only way Trump loses in November, is if you have a proliferation of voting by mail-in state after state, particularly the swing states,” Patrick told host Alex Marlow during an interviewlast week.
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Trump’s campaign team is “on top of it,” he added, as he noted the difference between normal absentee voting and the new push by the left to push voting through the mail, which he believes will work to Democrats’ favor especially in key states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin.
www.bizpacreview.com/2020/07/01/texas-lt-governor-if-theyre-willing-to-burn-the-country-tear-statues-down-why-not-steal-some-ballots-out-of-a-mailbox-941412


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--Rep. Matt Gaetz Tweet: “Black Lives Matter is a Marxist movement.”

One of the FOUNDERS of BLM straight up said she was a Marxist .

Black Lives Matter is a Marxist movement. — Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) June 29, 2020
One of the FOUNDERS of BLM
straight up said she was a Marxist.
Not just a Marxist
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A TRAINED MARXIST
h/t dr0id


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--Watch Gold: It’s About To Do Something We Never Seen Before

Today ’ s interview is with David Moadel .
David talks about the economy , he talks about the gold @ @ @ @ @ about how it is going to move up .
Gold is going to move like @ @ @ @ @ .

David Moadel on X22 Report Spotlight
Today’s interview is with David Moadel. David talks about the economy, he talks about the gold price, and he talks about how it is going to move up.
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Gold is going to move like we have never seen before.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in dust storm over Mexico?

Yesterday , June 30 , 2020 , Spirit Daily posted a truly alarming image from social media of what appears to be the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in a Saharan dust storm over some place called Chalatenango : But Spirit Daily does not give the source or date of the apocalyptic social media post , nor does are we even told who Hey Maje Wacha 530 is .
So I did my research on the Internet and found the following : ( 1 ) A huge sand storm from the Sahara Desert in North Africa , the third largest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Arctic .
has made its way across the Atlantic , engulfing some Mexican cities and America ’ s Gulf coast states .
Here ’ s an NBC “ Today ” news video on the dust storm .
Shocking footage from Torreón , Mexico showed a huge wall of dust encompassing the entire city , sparking claims of the “ apocalypse ” .
The sand storm from the Saharan Desert has reached North America after travelling across the Atlantic last week .
Incredible videos of the sand storm hitting Mexico went viral , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and sparked travel chaos over visibility concerns… .
The storm is expected to continue moving north and east through the weekend , reaching areas from Texas and Florida all the way up to as far north as the Canadian border .
Here ’ s a YouTube video of the dust storm over Torreón on June 24 : ( 2 ) Hey Maje Wacha 530 is a Mexican media/news company .
On June 25 , 2020 , Hey Maje Wacha 530 posted the four horsemen image on its Facebook page .
( 3 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found the original undoctored image , which proves that the Four Horsemen image is a photoshop .
The image wasn ’ t even taken in Chalatenango , but in Torreón , Mexico .
In fact , the Express article I referenced earlier in this post included the above image .
The image is also in the NBC “ Today ” news video on the dust storm , from which I had this GIF made , showing there are no Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the dust storm .
( 4 ) There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Spirit Daily claims .
The only Chalatenango I could find on Wikipedia is a city in El Salvador .
The times we find ourselves in are already distressing and unsettling without Spirit Daily posting the very alarming and misleading Four Horsemen image , without undertaking the necessary research to confirm or debunk the image .

by Dr. Eowyn
Yesterday, June 30, 2020, Spirit Daily posted a truly alarming image from social media of what appears to be the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in a Saharan dust storm over some place called Chalatenango:
Spirit Daily‘s comment (I supplied the red bold emphasis):
From Twitter (mailbag): Photo-shopped? See the 4 horsemen? Someone took a picture of that image formed from the dust happened at 1:40 in the afternoon in Chalatenango Mexico
But Spirit Daily does not give the source or date of the apocalyptic social media post, nor does are we even told who Hey Maje Wacha 530 is.
So I did my research on the Internet and found the following:
(1) A huge sand storm from the Sahara Desert in North Africa, the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic. has made its way across the Atlantic, engulfing some Mexican cities and America’s Gulf coast states.
Here’s an NBC “Today” news video on the dust storm.
The UK Express reports on June 27, 2020:
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Shocking footage from Torreón, Mexico showed a huge wall of dust encompassing the entire city, sparking claims of the “apocalypse”. The sand storm from the Saharan Desert has reached North America after travelling across the Atlantic last week. Incredible videos of the sand storm hitting Mexico went viral, as the dust blocked out the sun and sparked travel chaos over visibility concerns…. The storm is expected to continue moving north and east through the weekend, reaching areas from Texas and Florida all the way up to as far north as the Canadian border.
Here’s a YouTube video of the dust storm over Torreón on June 24:
(2) Hey Maje Wacha 530 is a Mexican media/news company. On June 25, 2020, Hey Maje Wacha 530 posted the four horsemen image on its Facebook page.
(3) An alert Facebook poster Orlando Elgordo Fernandez found the original undoctored image, which proves that the Four Horsemen image is a photoshop. The image wasn’t even taken in Chalatenango, but in Torreón, Mexico.
In fact, the Express article I referenced earlier in this post included the above image. The image is also in the NBC “Today” news video on the dust storm, from which I had this GIF made, showing there are no Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the dust storm.
(4) There is no Chalatenango in Mexico, as Spirit Daily claims. The only Chalatenango I could find on Wikipedia is a city in El Salvador.
The times we find ourselves in are already distressing and unsettling without Spirit Daily posting the very alarming and misleading Four Horsemen image, without undertaking the necessary research to confirm or debunk the image.
Shame on Spirit Daily.
~Eowyn


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--Safety fears over 85 million masks and respirators | Covid-19 UK

In May , this programme revealed that 200 million items of personal protective equipment ( PPE ) in the UK @ @ @ @ @ time Covid-19 was declared a pandemic .

In May, this programme revealed that 200 million items of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the UK stockpile had expired by the time Covid-19 was declared a pandemic.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--Australian Police Raid Home of Pro-China Politician

Australian politician Shaoquett Moselmane is at the center of an international espionage investigation by ASIO , Australia ’ s FBI @ @ @ @ @ has been trying to influence Australian politicians through money .
And Moselmane has said some @ @ @ @ @ ’ s relationship with Australia .
Is there more to the story ?

Australian politician Shaoquett Moselmane is at the center of an international espionage investigation by ASIO, Australia’s FBI. The Chinese Communist Party has been trying to influence Australian politicians through money. And Moselmane has said some very interesting things about China’s relationship with Australia. Is there more to the story?
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investmentwatchblog--2020-07-01--This Might Be The Craziest Thing I’ve Seen In My Stock Market Career

As I write this , the Nasdaq 100 Index is up 30 % over the past year while continued jobless @ @ @ @ @ highs as the result of a pandemic .
It ’ s like nothing I ’ @ @ @ @ @ anyone else has ever seen , for that matter ) .
Typically , when recession @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s not good for the stock market as both revenues and earnings take @ @ @ @ @ past , the trends in continued jobless claims and stocks had a negative correlation , @ @ @ @ @ rose the latter fell .
Over the past few months , however , we have @ @ @ @ @ tandem .
And there may be no better representation of the massive gulf between the @ @ @ @ @ right now .

by jessefelder
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As I write this, the Nasdaq 100 Index is up 30% over the past year while continued jobless claims have soared to record highs as the result of a pandemic. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen (or anyone else has ever seen, for that matter). Typically, when recession hits and unemployment rises dramatically it’s not good for the stock market as both revenues and earnings take a hit. In the past, the trends in continued jobless claims and stocks had a negative correlation, meaning that when the former rose the latter fell. Over the past few months, however, we have seen both rise strongly in tandem. And there may be no better representation of the massive gulf between the stock market and the economy right now.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--FED MINUTES show the rally has barely started?

The yield curve ( YCC ) is the relationship between rates on bonds of varying durations .
Investors generally demand a higher yield for holding longer-term debt , meaning that the curve is normally upward sloping .
And normally , central banks manage monetary policy through short-term rates only : The Fed , for instance , creates incentives to keep overnight borrowing within a range it specifies — what ’ s known as the Fed Funds rate .
In a policy of yield-curve control , the central bank also sets a target yield for one or more specific maturities of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do that , and what does that do ?
A central bank pursuing yield-curve control will announce its target rates and maturities — and that it will buy those securities in whatever amounts are necessary to peg the rate there .
As well as capping longer-term borrowing costs for the government , this will bring down rates for businesses and consumers .
The policy also helps convey the message that benchmark short-term rates will be staying low , according to some Fed officials .
Should yield curve control go global , it would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the buyers of last resort , boosting risk appetite , lowering volatility and intensifying a broader hunt for yield .
While money managers caution that such an environment could fuel reckless investment already stoked by a flood of fiscal and monetary stimulus , they nonetheless see benefits rippling across credit , equities , gold and emerging markets .
Of course , such a widespread bullish outlook comes with risks , especially at a time when asset valuations are near extremes .
A rally in U.S. stocks has pushed estimated price-to-earnings to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a precarious bubble that could eventually burst , should the wall stimulus spur inflation down the road and eat into investors ’ profits .
WHO GIVES A F*CK WE ARE HERE TO MAKE MONEY NOW .
• MEMBERS AGREED FED WAS COMMITTED TO USING ITS FULL RANGE OF TOOLS TO SUPPORT THE U.S. ECONOMY • DISCUSSED WHETHER YIELD CURVE CAPS OR TARGETS COULD SUPPORT FORWARD GUIDANCE AND “ COMPLEMENT ” ASSET PURCHASES • PARTICIPANTS AGREED THAT THE DATA FOR THE SECOND QUARTER WOULD LIKELY SHOW THE LARGEST DECLINE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ECONOMIC SIMULATIONS SUGGESTED THAT FINANCIAL CONDITIONS WOULD NEED TO BE HIGHLY ACCOMMODATIVE “ FOR MANY YEARS ” TO MEANINGFULLY QUICKEN THE RECOVERY • FED STAFF PRESENTATION SAID LIQUIDITY CONDITIONS CONTINUED TO IMPROVE IN GENERAL , BUT SOME STRESS WAS STILL EVIDENT IN SEVERAL FINANCIAL MARKETS • STAFF REVIEW OF YIELD CURVE TARGETS INCLUDED REVIEW OF U.S .
EXPERIENCE IN WORLD WAR II , CURRENT POLICIES USED IN JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA • A NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS JUDGED FORWARD GUIDANCE ON RATES AND BOND-BUYING SHOULD AIM TO SUPPORT RAPID ECONOMIC RECOVERY , FOSTER ‘ DURABLE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PARTICIPANTS EXPECTED SOCIAL DISTANCING , SAVING AND LOWER LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME TO RESTRAIN THE PACE OF EXPANSION OVER THE MEDIUM TERM • A “ NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS ” SPOKE IN FAVOR OF TYING FORWARD GUIDANCE TO INFLATION GOALS ALLOWING A “ MODEST TEMPORARY ” OVERSHOOT OF 2 % TARGET • FED STAFF SAID A SECOND WAVE OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK WAS NO LESS PLAUSIBLE THAN THEIR BASELINE FORECAST SCENARIO AND IF IT OCCURRED , ECONOMIC DISRUPTION WOULD BE MORE SEVERE AND PROTRACTED • A FEW PARTICIPANTS NOTED THAT CURRENT LOW RATES @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ASSET PURCHASES BEYOND THOSE NEEDED FOR MARKET FUNCTION ; A FEW WORRIED ABOUT IMPACT ON FINANCIAL STABILITY • IN DISCUSSION OF YIELD CURVE TARGETS , “ NEARLY ALL PARTICIPANTS ” HAD “ MANY QUESTIONS ” ABOUT THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF SUCH AN APPROACH .
PARTICIPANTS “ GENERALLY SAW ” AUSTRALIA ’ S EXPERIENCE AS MOST RELEVANT TO THE U.S. • PARTICIPANTS RAISED “ A NUMBER OF CONCERNS ” OVER WHETHER THE FED COULD KEEP CONTROL OVER THE SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF ITS BALANCE SHEET WHILE ALSO SETTING A YIELD CURVE TARGET • @ @ @ @ @ @ @ YIELD CURVE TARGET , POSSIBLE RISKS TO CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE , AND IMPACT ON PRIVATE MARKETS • “ A COUPLE OF PARTICIPANTS ” DEFENDED AN “ APPROPRIATELY DESIGNED ” YIELD CURVE TARGET AS A “ POWERFUL COMMITMENT DEVICE ” So , JPOW and his henchmen are essentially agreeing to talk more about yield curve control and are for sure going to really consider it once Q2 numbers are out showing continued economic devastation .
When they eventually implement it , or even just the idea that they are likely to do so , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than you can imagine .
Disclaimer : This information is only for educational purposes .
Do not make any investment decisions based on the information in this article .
Do you own due diligence .

by cefpodoxime
What is yield-curve control?
The yield curve (YCC) is the relationship between rates on bonds of varying durations. Investors generally demand a higher yield for holding longer-term debt, meaning that the curve is normally upward sloping. And normally, central banks manage monetary policy through short-term rates only: The Fed, for instance, creates incentives to keep overnight borrowing within a range it specifies — what’s known as the Fed Funds rate. In a policy of yield-curve control, the central bank also sets a target yield for one or more specific maturities of government debt.
How does it do that, and what does that do?
A central bank pursuing yield-curve control will announce its target rates and maturities — and that it will buy those securities in whatever amounts are necessary to peg the rate there. As well as capping longer-term borrowing costs for the government, this will bring down rates for businesses and consumers. The policy also helps convey the message that benchmark short-term rates will be staying low, according to some Fed officials.
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-21/a-buy-everything-rally-beckons-in-world-of-yield-curve-control
Should yield curve control go global, it would cement markets’ perception of central banks as the buyers of last resort, boosting risk appetite, lowering volatility and intensifying a broader hunt for yield. While money managers caution that such an environment could fuel reckless investment already stoked by a flood of fiscal and monetary stimulus, they nonetheless see benefits rippling across credit, equities, gold and emerging markets.
Of course, such a widespread bullish outlook comes with risks, especially at a time when asset valuations are near extremes. A rally in U.S. stocks has pushed estimated price-to-earnings to the highest in almost two decades. It’s a precarious bubble that could eventually burst, should the wall stimulus spur inflation down the road and eat into investors’ profits. WHO GIVES A F*CK WE ARE HERE TO MAKE MONEY NOW.
JULY 1 2020: FEDERAL RESERVE RELEASES MINUTES FROM JUNE 9-10 POLICY MEETING
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MEMBERS AGREED FED WAS COMMITTED TO USING ITS FULL RANGE OF TOOLS TO SUPPORT THE U.S. ECONOMY
DISCUSSED WHETHER YIELD CURVE CAPS OR TARGETS COULD SUPPORT FORWARD GUIDANCE AND “COMPLEMENT” ASSET PURCHASES
COULD SUPPORT FORWARD GUIDANCE AND “COMPLEMENT” ASSET PURCHASES PARTICIPANTS AGREED THAT THE DATA FOR THE SECOND QUARTER WOULD LIKELY SHOW THE LARGEST DECLINE IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN POST–WORLD WAR II HISTORY
STAFF ECONOMIC SIMULATIONS SUGGESTED THAT FINANCIAL CONDITIONS WOULD NEED TO BE HIGHLY ACCOMMODATIVE “FOR MANY YEARS” TO MEANINGFULLY QUICKEN THE RECOVERY
TO MEANINGFULLY QUICKEN THE RECOVERY FED STAFF PRESENTATION SAID LIQUIDITY CONDITIONS CONTINUED TO IMPROVE IN GENERAL, BUT SOME STRESS WAS STILL EVIDENT IN SEVERAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
STAFF REVIEW OF YIELD CURVE TARGETS INCLUDED REVIEW OF U.S. EXPERIENCE IN WORLD WAR II, CURRENT POLICIES USED IN JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA
A NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS JUDGED FORWARD GUIDANCE ON RATES AND BOND-BUYING SHOULD AIM TO SUPPORT RAPID ECONOMIC RECOVERY, FOSTER ‘DURABLE’ RETURN TO 2% INFLATION
PARTICIPANTS EXPECTED SOCIAL DISTANCING, SAVING AND LOWER LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME TO RESTRAIN THE PACE OF EXPANSION OVER THE MEDIUM TERM
A “NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS” SPOKE IN FAVOR OF TYING FORWARD GUIDANCE TO INFLATION GOALS ALLOWING A “MODEST TEMPORARY” OVERSHOOT OF 2% TARGET
FED STAFF SAID A SECOND WAVE OF THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK WAS NO LESS PLAUSIBLE THAN THEIR BASELINE FORECAST SCENARIO AND IF IT OCCURRED, ECONOMIC DISRUPTION WOULD BE MORE SEVERE AND PROTRACTED
A FEW PARTICIPANTS NOTED THAT CURRENT LOW RATES OF INTEREST MIGHT LIMIT EFFECTIVENESS OF FURTHER ASSET PURCHASES BEYOND THOSE NEEDED FOR MARKET FUNCTION; A FEW WORRIED ABOUT IMPACT ON FINANCIAL STABILITY
BEYOND THOSE NEEDED FOR MARKET FUNCTION; A FEW WORRIED ABOUT IMPACT ON FINANCIAL STABILITY IN DISCUSSION OF YIELD CURVE TARGETS, “NEARLY ALL PARTICIPANTS” HAD “MANY QUESTIONS” ABOUT THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF SUCH AN APPROACH. PARTICIPANTS “GENERALLY SAW” AUSTRALIA’S EXPERIENCE AS MOST RELEVANT TO THE U.S.
PARTICIPANTS “GENERALLY SAW” AUSTRALIA’S EXPERIENCE AS MOST RELEVANT TO THE U.S. PARTICIPANTS RAISED “A NUMBER OF CONCERNS” OVER WHETHER THE FED COULD KEEP CONTROL OVER THE SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF ITS BALANCE SHEET WHILE ALSO SETTING A YIELD CURVE TARGET
OVER WHETHER THE FED COULD KEEP CONTROL OVER THE SIZE AND COMPOSITION OF ITS BALANCE SHEET WHILE ALSO SETTING A YIELD CURVE TARGET OTHER CONCERNS INCLUDED DIFFICULT OF EXITING A YIELD CURVE TARGET, POSSIBLE RISKS TO CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE, AND IMPACT ON PRIVATE MARKETS
“A COUPLE OF PARTICIPANTS” DEFENDED AN “APPROPRIATELY DESIGNED” YIELD CURVE TARGET AS A “ POWERFUL COMMITMENT DEVICE”
OF PARTICIPANTS” DEFENDED AN “APPROPRIATELY DESIGNED” YIELD CURVE TARGET AS A “ ALL PARTICIPANTS AGREED TO CONTINUE STUDYING YIELD CURVE TARGET POLICIES
So, JPOW and his henchmen are essentially agreeing to talk more about yield curve control and are for sure going to really consider it once Q2 numbers are out showing continued economic devastation. When they eventually implement it, or even just the idea that they are likely to do so, will absolutely pump the markets up higher than you can imagine.
Disclaimer: This information is only for educational purposes. Do not make any investment decisions based on the information in this article. Do you own due diligence.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--What happens when the extra $600 stops but the Fed is still buying zombie debt? Does that seem fair?

What happens when the extra $ 600 stops but the Fed is still buying zombie debt ?
Does that seem @ @ @

What happens when the extra $600 stops but the Fed is still buying zombie debt?
Does that seem fair? pic.twitter.com/0S2Dm8sEVq
— Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) July 1, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--Things aren’t as strong as they may “Feel”…

Stocks over their 200 DMA in the S & P 500 at 42 % – another indicator saying it 's @ @ @ @ @ – So underlying the surface , things are n't as strong as they may `` @ @ @ @ @ Call Ratio – Long the market with a fist full of calls – Now the @ @ @ @ @ of the quarter rampo .
The general rule is over .60 and rising , you @ @ @ @ @ At .57 , so Bulls are still in control… .
Top however for this run @ @ @ @ @ pic.twitter.com/obgfGMYIbz

Stocks over their 200 DMA in the S&P 500 at 42% – another indicator saying it's all about the FAAMNG stocks – So underlying the surface, things aren't as strong as they may "Feel".. pic.twitter.com/yxF78pgDH0 — David Larew (@ThinkTankCharts) July 1, 2020
Put Call Ratio – Long the market with a fist full of calls – Now the works begins with the end of the quarter rampo. The general rule is over .60 and rising, you can short the market. At .57, so Bulls are still in control…. Top however for this run may be in. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/obgfGMYIbz — David Larew (@ThinkTankCharts) July 1, 2020
The U.S. government takes a nearly 30% equity stake in one of the biggest trucking companies. t.co/3glUcNy7sN — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) July 1, 2020
Investors think the $JNK party is over pic.twitter.com/lcUTroBjS9 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) July 1, 2020
Retail should call Gamblers anonymous pic.twitter.com/RbsfDijQED — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) July 1, 2020
Operating earnings estimates pic.twitter.com/TDu8pfubC5 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) July 1, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--The current market is driven by a 1999 enthusiastic gamblers mentality in 1930 economic conditions.

The current market is driven by a 1999 enthusiastic gamblers mentality in 1930 economic conditions. 2020 will be known for two crashes in one year of 40%

2020 will be known for two crashes in one year of 40 % The current market is driven by a @ @ @ @ @ 1930 economic conditions .
If you think all is fine and great in the US @ @ @ @ @ want to take a look at this pattern incl .
massive divergence and Monthly Candle @ @ @ @ @ below !
t.co/1Cy03QuMgb pic.twitter.com/hO5pbj1aVR NYC [ Vice ] : `` Taxes will have to go @ @ @ @ @ .
Given what is going on , I can see commercial rents falling 25 % @ @ @ @ @ % , lowering values by up to 40 % . ''
Barry Sternlicht Founder Starwood @ @ @ @ @ ] Since 2016 Get out !
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NOW !
pic.twitter.com/tNOr1flbzc V-Shapes > California @ @ @ @ @ new coronavirus cases in US surge to record high DOWJONES : Bulls better pray to @ @ @ @ @ lower line of the 3 month channel is recaptured ASAP otherwise .. P.S let me @ @ @ @ @ overwhelming .
pic.twitter.com/ZvMjy7rPXK

2020 will be known for two crashes in one year of 40%
The current market is driven by a 1999 enthusiastic gamblers mentality in 1930 economic conditions.
If you think all is fine and great in the US Financial Sector – you may want to take a look at this pattern incl. massive divergence and Monthly Candle for June. Watch Out below! t.co/1Cy03QuMgb pic.twitter.com/hO5pbj1aVR
NYC [Vice]: "Taxes will have to go up under any new administration. Given what is going on, I can see commercial rents falling 25% and costs going up 25%, lowering values by up to 40%." Barry Sternlicht Founder Starwood Capital Florida Resident [Miami] Since 2016
V-Shapes > California closes bars and restaurants as new coronavirus cases in US surge to record high
DOWJONES: Bulls better pray to the higher power that the lower line of the 3 month channel is recaptured ASAP otherwise ..
P.S let me know if the arrow is overwhelming. pic.twitter.com/ZvMjy7rPXK
— The Great Martis (@great_martis) July 2, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--Precious metals miners just had their best quarter ever!

On absolute fire. Precious metals miners just had their best quarter ever! 44% over the S&P 500.
33% over Nasdaq.
51% over Gold.
22% over Bitcoin. What a quarter. Only the beginning. pic.twitter.com/nww3BklJbd — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) July 1, 2020
This is it. The silver rush is on. Key breakout from a bullish pennant. Further monetary dilution to fund fiscal stimulus is inevitable. Big day for the precious metals space. pic.twitter.com/ZOrtgnC829 — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) June 30, 2020
Stocks only go up? Then have a look at precious metals miners. Gold & silver penny stocks are taking off! Robinhood traders… The party is just getting started. pic.twitter.com/lOcC1Y8Kof — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) June 30, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--An Interesting Juncture in History

An Interesting Juncture in History

Just as the rewards of central-bank bubbles have not been evenly distributed , the pain created by the collapse of the bubbles won ’ t be evenly distributed , either .
We ’ ve reached an interesting juncture in history , and I don ’ t mean the pandemic .
I ’ m referring to the normalization of extremes in the economy , in social decay and in political dysfunction and polarization .
Let ’ s ask a very simple question .
The S & P 500 stock index went up five-fold from its 2009 low at 667 to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ income rise five-fold since 2009 ?
Probably not .
Houses that sold for $ 150,000 in 2000 are now valued at $ 900,000 , a six-fold increase since 2000 .
Did your income rise six-fold since 2000 ?
Probably not .
State university tuition has risen about 2.5 times from 2004 to 2019 .
Did your income rise 2.5-fold since 2004 ?
Probably not .
Even burritos from the local taco truck have tripled in price in the past 15 years .
Did your income triple ?
Probably not .
The average household @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
To match the six-fold increase in urban housing valuations , that household would have to earn $ 252,000 this year .
How many households saw their income soar from $ 42,000 to $ 252,000 ?
Not many .
The average household income in 2009 was about $ 50,000 .
To match the five-fold increase in stock market valuations , that household would have to earn $ 250,000 this year .
How many households saw their income soar from $ 50,000 to $ 250,000 ?
Not many .
To keep up with tuition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the household earning $ 45,000 in 2004 would have to bring home $ 112,000 this year .
The household earning $ 100,000 in 2004 would need to boost its income to $ 250,000 to keep up with college tuition .
How many households boosted their income from $ 100,000 to $ 250,000 in the past 15 years ?
Not many .
In other words , what ’ s been normalized over the past 20 years is the total subjugation of labor by central-bank inflated asset bubbles that benefit the top 0.1 % .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ soared , leaving those whose income is earned less able to buy over-valued assets and more prone to borrowing money to maintain their lifestyle– a situation I call debt serfdom .
Two generations ago , nobody knew the name of the Federal Reserve ’ s chairperson .
Now that chairperson is in the news virtually daily .
The media exposure of the Fed chair far exceeds that of elected officials such as the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Senate Majority Leader , or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become dependent on its central bankers and their limited agenda ( expand the wealth and power of the financial sector ) .
The elected government and the real-world production of goods and services both have taken a back seat to conjured “ wealth.
” The ascendance of finance and the decay of labor ’ s value is the result of the ascendance of monetary stimulus as the core driver of “ wealth ” and thus “ growth.
” It was once expected that consumption would be funded by wages earned by labor , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set aside from earnings .
That era is long past .
What ’ s been normalized is a systemic reliance on debt to fund consumption and on the euphoric “ animal spirits ” of the wealth effect generated by soaring assets such as homes and stocks .
History offers a number of parallels to the ascendance of borrowed capital over labor and central bank money-printing over the creation of productive value .
History suggests eras that have normalized economic and financial extremes–extremes of inequality , policy , and decay–haven ’ t ended well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of central-bank bubbles have not been evenly distributed , the pain created by the collapse of the bubbles won ’ t be evenly distributed , either .

by Charles Hugh-Smith
Just as the rewards of central-bank bubbles have not been evenly distributed, the pain created by the collapse of the bubbles won’t be evenly distributed, either.
We’ve reached an interesting juncture in history, and I don’t mean the pandemic. I’m referring to the normalization of extremes in the economy, in social decay and in political dysfunction and polarization.
Let’s ask a very simple question. The S&P 500 stock index went up five-fold from its 2009 low at 667 to a recent high around 3,400. Did your income rise five-fold since 2009? Probably not.
Houses that sold for $150,000 in 2000 are now valued at $900,000, a six-fold increase since 2000. Did your income rise six-fold since 2000? Probably not.
State university tuition has risen about 2.5 times from 2004 to 2019. Did your income rise 2.5-fold since 2004? Probably not.
Even burritos from the local taco truck have tripled in price in the past 15 years. Did your income triple? Probably not.
The average household income in 2000 was about $42,000. To match the six-fold increase in urban housing valuations, that household would have to earn $252,000 this year. How many households saw their income soar from $42,000 to $252,000? Not many.
The average household income in 2009 was about $50,000. To match the five-fold increase in stock market valuations, that household would have to earn $250,000 this year. How many households saw their income soar from $50,000 to $250,000? Not many.
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To keep up with tuition (never mind healthcare insurance), the household earning $45,000 in 2004 would have to bring home $112,000 this year.
The household earning $100,000 in 2004 would need to boost its income to $250,000 to keep up with college tuition. How many households boosted their income from $100,000 to $250,000 in the past 15 years? Not many.
In other words, what’s been normalized over the past 20 years is the total subjugation of labor by central-bank inflated asset bubbles that benefit the top 0.1%. Labor has lost ground while assets have soared, leaving those whose income is earned less able to buy over-valued assets and more prone to borrowing money to maintain their lifestyle– a situation I call debt serfdom.
Two generations ago, nobody knew the name of the Federal Reserve’s chairperson. Now that chairperson is in the news virtually daily. The media exposure of the Fed chair far exceeds that of elected officials such as the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Senate Majority Leader, or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
In effect, the nation has become dependent on its central bankers and their limited agenda (expand the wealth and power of the financial sector). The elected government and the real-world production of goods and services both have taken a back seat to conjured “wealth.”
The ascendance of finance and the decay of labor’s value is the result of the ascendance of monetary stimulus as the core driver of “wealth” and thus “growth.” It was once expected that consumption would be funded by wages earned by labor, and investment would be funded by savings set aside from earnings. That era is long past. What’s been normalized is a systemic reliance on debt to fund consumption and on the euphoric “animal spirits” of the wealth effect generated by soaring assets such as homes and stocks.
History offers a number of parallels to the ascendance of borrowed capital over labor and central bank money-printing over the creation of productive value. History suggests eras that have normalized economic and financial extremes–extremes of inequality, policy, and decay–haven’t ended well for anyone.
Just as the rewards of central-bank bubbles have not been evenly distributed, the pain created by the collapse of the bubbles won’t be evenly distributed, either.


investmentwatchblog--2020-07-02--The 16 Year Plan Has Failed, The [DS] Worst Nightmare Has Come True, We The People

The [ DS ] 16 year plan has failed , they are no pushing everything they have but the people @ @ @ @ @ propaganda .
Slowly the people are being united , the Silent Majority will not be @ @ @ @ @ The patriots are in full control , they are allowing all of this to unfold @ @ @ @ @ the truth .
The truth will set everyone free .

The [DS] 16 year plan has failed, they are no pushing everything they have but the people are now seeing through their propaganda. Slowly the people are being united, the Silent Majority will not be silent for much longer. The patriots are in full control, they are allowing all of this to unfold so the people can see the truth. The truth will set everyone free.
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