zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 2:30 PM
T-day has arrived for markets, says Bloomberg’s (and former FX trader) Mark Cudmore, warning that Trump’s speech to Congress will probably terminate the last vestiges of market hope for early inflationary action from the new administration.
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February 28, 2017 at 10:00PMlibertyblitzkrieg.com / Michael Krieger / Feb 28, 2017
The corporate media would have you believe that the key to resisting Trump lies in the embrace of heinous individuals and institutions such as themselves, George W. Bush, and the CIA, as well as clownish figures manufactured by neocons such as Evan McMullin (formerly of both
February 28, 2017 at 09:50PMibankcoin.com / Dr. Fly / Feb 28, 2017
My portfolio was ripped apart to pieces today — as if rabid dogs had attacked a sack of meat dripping with blood. Boldly, I’ve tied my fate to the so called ‘Trump trade’, a gamble on the prospects of big government spending and a wanton relief
February 28, 2017 at 09:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 2:17 PM
Update 2: according to the latest, at 11:35 AM PST: “We have now repaired the ability to update the service health dashboard. The service updates are below. We continue to experience high error rates with S3 in US-EAST-1, which is impacting various AWS services.
February 28, 2017 at 09:30PMthedailysheeple.com / by Darius Shahtahmasebi, THE ANTI-MEDIA / Feb 28, 2017
Editor’s Note: The media is purposefully overlooking these points and baiting left-right division based on identity politics and inane “non-news” like Kellyanne Conway wearing shoes on a couch in the Oval Office. Anything to keep the populace at large distracted from the bigger
February 28, 2017 at 09:20PMharveyorganblog.com / by harveyorgan / February 28, 2017
Gold at (1:30 am est) $1252.60 down $4.80
silver was : $18.42: UP 7 CENTS
Access market prices:
Gold: $1248.50
Silver: $18.31
For comex gold:
MARCH/
NOTICES FILINGS FOR FEBRUARY CONTRACT MONTH: 1 NOTICE(S) FOR 100 OZ. TOTAL NOTICES SO FAR: 1 FOR 100 OZ (0.003 TONNES)
February 28, 2017 at 09:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 1:27 PM
While US equity markets drift endlessly higher on sea of Trumptopian euphoria (and retail ETF ramps), European equity investors have hit the panic button this week.
In the last week, investors have been piling into European VIX futures – hedging for a potential catastrophic
February 28, 2017 at 09:02PMkingworldnews.com / February 28, 2017
For anyone who is worried about the action in gold, silver and the mining shares, just read this…
By Bill Fleckenstein President Of Fleckenstein Capital
\February 28 (King World News) – Today’s early action was once again on the quiet side, with the indices sort of milling around unchanged, with
February 28, 2017 at 08:50PMwolfstreet.com / by Wolf Richter • Feb 28, 2017
The Painstaking Relentless Collapse of Brick-and-Mortar Retail.
“Our fourth quarter results reflect the impact of rapidly-changing consumer behavior, which drove very strong digital growth but unexpected softness in our stores,” lamented Target CEO Brian Cornell this morning in the earnings release.
“Unexpected” is a hilarious choice
February 28, 2017 at 08:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 8:50 PM
“It’s T-Day” as one trader put it this morning. President Trump will address a joint session of Congress tonight for the first time as president in a much anticipated speech in which he will tell lawmakers the “time for small thinking is over,”
February 28, 2017 at 08:39PMthedailysheeple.com / by Darius Shahtahmasebi via THE ANTI-MEDIA / FEBRUARY 28, 2017
In order to determine the truth when it comes to the mainstream media’s coverage of American-led offensives in the Middle East, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of any article. This is where the most important information can be found.
February 28, 2017 at 08:20PMFullSpectrumSurvival, Published on Feb 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 at 08:10PMIncident de l'inauguration de la LGV Tours-Bordeaux. Coup de feu accidentel. Un vigile s'est tiré dans la jambe…
— Eric Béziat (@ericbeziat) February 28, 2017
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 1:12 PM
A police sharpshooter accidentally opened fire during a speech by French President Francis Hollande, injuring
February 28, 2017 at 08:00PMX22Report, Published on Feb 28, 2017
Google reinstates Natural News. New report showing that CIA creates the stories for the corporate media.EU parliament stripped Marine Le Pen immunity. CIA might have been responsible for Vitaly Churkins death. SK protesters do not want the THAAD system in their country. SK says NK is ready to
February 28, 2017 at 07:50PMcaseyresearch.com / Justin Spittler / February 28, 2017
Trump has a serious problem on his hands.
Foreign creditors are selling U.S. government debt like never before.
Last year, China alone sold $188 billion worth of U.S. Treasurys. That’s the most it’s ever sold in one year.
Now, China still holds about $1.06 trillion worth
February 28, 2017 at 07:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 1:05 PM
How do you know America’s retailers are nervous? They make an ad. And while usually it is meant to “incept” consumers to have a strong desire for a particular product or service, in this case the object of the ad is something every
February 28, 2017 at 07:30PMwallstreetexaminer.com / by William Black / February 27, 2017
How has the Swedish Central Bank’s committee that awards prizes in Economics in honor of Nobel responded to the field’s abject failures regarding the recent financial crisis and the Great Recession? A lesser group would display humility, acknowledge its failures, and promise a fundamental rethink of
February 28, 2017 at 07:20PMX22Report, Published on Feb 28, 2017
Greeks continue to take their currency out of the banks. Target stores sales are declining. A new gas tax is going to hit 20 states. GM is now pushing incentives like they did prior to 2008. Auto delinquencies are rising quickly.The retail apocalypse has begun and many retailers
February 28, 2017 at 07:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 1:03 PM
It’s not NIM stupid…
The UST 2s30s curve has tumbled flatter and is now below election night flats – banks don’t care…
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February 28, 2017 at 07:00PMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 28, 2017
MB Political Donations Have a Price – MB Operatives in US Gov’t
February 28, 2017 at 06:50PMjessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com / 28 FEBRUARY 2017
“Peace I leave you, my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give it to you. So do not let your heart be troubled— do not let it be afraid.”
John 14:27
“Let us feel what we really are— sinners attempting great things. Let
February 28, 2017 at 06:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 5:15 PM
The New York Teamsters Road Carriers Local 707 Pension Fund has won the unfortunate award for “First Pension to Officially Run Out of Money.” According to the New York Daily News, and a host of angry former truck drivers who’ve had their pension benefits
February 28, 2017 at 06:30PMPeter Schiff, Published on Feb 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 at 06:20PMthedailysheeple.com / by Claire Bernish via | THE FREE THOUGHT PROJECT / FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Russian diplomats seem to be an endangered species, as seven officials have been found dead under mysterious or unexplained circumstances just since Election Day, and — although any link remains as yet unprovable — the deaths certainly provoke a number
February 28, 2017 at 06:10PMzerohedge.com / Via Dana Lyons’ Tumblr / Feb 28, 2017 12:40 PM
The 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yield is testing the “ultra low-rate” bounds again.
A month ago, we noted the significance of the post-election spike in bond yields. Of course, yields have been in a secular decline since topping out in the early 1980′s.
February 28, 2017 at 06:00PMibankcoin.com / Dr. Fly / Feb 28, 2017
Populism and nationalism continues to spread the globe, like a wildflower amidst a field of shit. Any of you lads familiar with Geert Wilders? He’s been under 24hr surveillance for the past 13 years — ever since Van Gogh was stabbed to death in the
February 28, 2017 at 05:50PMshtfplan.com / Mac Slavo / February 28th, 2017
Is everyone focused on the right enemy?
At the heart of every truly wicked and dark corner of the system’s activities is the central bank, and a scheme for domination.
It’s probably why everyone always advises ‘follow the money.’
While the Trump Administration is cracking down
February 28, 2017 at 05:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 12:20 PM
VIX and stocks have decoupled for two weeks now…
And we note that Catalyst Fund NAV has continued to tumble.
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February 28, 2017 at 05:30PMwolfstreet.com / By Gregory Brew, Oilprice.com / Feb 28, 2017
The most hyped IPO ever – but what will buyers actually get?
The world’s most valuable oil company, Saudi Aramco, is approaching its first IPO in 2018, as the government of Saudi Arabia prepares to sell off portions of the company in order fill a
February 28, 2017 at 05:20PMthecommonsenseshow.com / By Dave Hodges / February 27th, 2017
Inch by inch it is a cinch. Incrementalism is how the globalists get things done and child-sex-trafficking is not any different.
Don’t forget that Soros once gave $2 million to NAMBLA, the organization seeking to legalize pedophilia.
The Pope has permitted one of his main Priests
February 28, 2017 at 05:10PMwallstreetexaminer.com / by Casey Wilson via Money Morning / February 27, 2017
After just a little over one month in office, President Donald Trump has successfully loosened the big pharma industry’s grip on exorbitant drug price increases.
January is traditionally the month that sees the highest list price hikes from prescription drugmakers. But on Feb.
February 28, 2017 at 03:50PMthedailysheeple.com / by Whitney Webb via TRUE ACTIVIST / FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Editor’s Note: OH HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Though she has largely faded from public prominence after her “crushing” defeat last November, Hillary Clinton is determined “not to fade into the background,” according to Clinton insiders. Apparently unable to register the fact that she was
February 28, 2017 at 03:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 11:00 AM
In a note by Evercore ISI‘s Terry Haines and Ernie Tedeschi, the analyst duo pours cold water on Trumps’ budget proposal before it has been even formalized and confidently predicts that “Trump budget not happening” adding that the most likely outcome is that “Congress
February 28, 2017 at 03:30PMibankcoin.com / Dr. Fly / Feb 28, 2017
Don’t even think about selling your stocks you fucking cave apes. We’ve got walls to build and toxic pipelines to lay down. Once the EPA is dismantled and Trump’s right wing goon squads hit the streets to take out the trash, America will be great again.
Also,
February 28, 2017 at 03:20PM21stcenturywire.com / BY VANESSA BEELEY / FEBRUARY 28, 2017
21st Century Wire says…
Regime change policy in Syria is not a new concept, it is, in fact, a repeat cycle, standard foreign policy for the US administration and its partners in the UK, particularly where oil interests are concerned. The following article on Washington Blog
February 28, 2017 at 03:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 10:20 AM
For the latest glimpse of the euphoria in the equity market, look no further than the Snap(chat) IPO, whose order book closes at noon today and is expected to price tomorrow, March 1, after the close. While the initial price range was presented as
February 28, 2017 at 03:00PMjonrappoport.wordpress.com / by Jon Rappoport / February 28, 2017
Let’s frame the situation in simple terms. You work for a company that has a very lucrative partnership with a big-time money man. That money man gives you a piece of information and tells you it’s important.
What you do every day is spread information. That’s
February 28, 2017 at 02:50PMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 28, 2017
Two New Awan Family Members Emerge
February 28, 2017 at 02:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 10:06 AM
Continuing the trend of ‘soft’ survey data strong performance and expectation beats, The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence surged above the highest analyst’s expectation to 114.8 – the best print since July 2001.
Consumers’ assessment of current conditions held relatively steady in February. Those
February 28, 2017 at 02:30PMthecommonsenseshow.com / By Dave Hodges / February 28th, 2017
A retinal scan is a biometric technique that uses the unique patterns on a person’s retina blood vessels.
Jeffrey Tucker just had an experience with Retinal scanning being used as a criteria to board a plane.
Here is his story:
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February 28, 2017 at 02:20PMnews.goldseek.com / Julian D.W. Phillips / 28 February 2017
Gold Today –New York closed at $1,251.00 on the 27th February after closing at $1,256.70 on the 24th February. London openedat $1,251.70 today.
Overall the dollar was slightly weaker against global currencies early today. Before London’s opening:
– The $: € was slightly stronger at $1.0593:
February 28, 2017 at 02:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 9:53 AM
In his first official interview with Breitbart, the controversial site formerly run by his chief advisor Steve Bannon, President Trump clarified his hostile stance towards the mass media, explaining that what he actually opposes is media that spreads “fake news”, a term ironically coined
February 28, 2017 at 02:00PMfinancialsense.com / STRATFOR / 02/28/2017
This year will prove decisive for the eurozone. Between March and September, the Netherlands, France, and Germany will hold general elections whose outcomes will help determine the future of Europe’s common currency. Italy, too, may hold a vote by the end of the year. In light of the uncertainty
February 28, 2017 at 01:50PMwallstreetexaminer.com / by Money Morning Staff Reports via Money Morning / February 27, 2017
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal – due sometime this week – will spare cuts to big social welfare programs like Social Security and Medicare.
That’s according to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin yesterday…
Mnuchin told FOX Business on Sunday morning that the
February 28, 2017 at 01:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017 9:49 AM
After crashing to its lowest print in a year (in January), MNI’s Chicago PMI soared in February to 57.4 – well above the highest expectation – to the highest since Jan 2015.
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February 28, 2017 at 01:30PMibankcoin.com / Dr. Fly / Feb 28, 2017
Surprise, surprise. Do you mean to tell me that President Obama, the only former President since Woodrow Wilson who has decided to stay in DC after his term, is interfering with Trump’s administration? Some conspiracy theorists believe he has set up a ‘shadow government.’
President Trump
February 28, 2017 at 01:20PMThe Daily Sheeple, Published on Feb 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 at 01:10PMgata.org / By Sarah Knapton / Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Intricate jewellery found buried in a Staffordshire field is the earliest example of Iron Age gold ever found in Britain.
The collection, made up of four twisted metal neckbands, called torcs, and a bracelet, was discovered by two metal detectorists just before Christmas.
Experts
February 28, 2017 at 01:00PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017
It didn’t take much for the Greek bank run jog to return: with Greece once again stuck between an IMF rock and a Schauble hard case, and whispers that another bailout may be on the horizon, the local population took advantage of whatever capital controls
February 28, 2017 at 12:50PMgainspainscapital.com / Graham Summers / February 28, 2017
Globally inflation is on the rise.
On Monday Spain reported a year over year 7.5% jump in its PPI reading (a measure of inflation). Take a look at that chart.
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February 28, 2017 at 12:40PMkingworldnews.com / February 28, 2017
With the Dow closing at a new all-time high for the 12th consecutive trading session, and the war in gold and silver heating up, today King World News is pleased to present a crucial update on the war in the gold and mining share markets from Michael Oliver at
February 28, 2017 at 12:30PMmauldineconomics.com / BY PATRICK WATSON / FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Humans have needs, but we need some things more than others.
Back in the 1940s, American psychologist Abraham Maslow famously classified human needs into a hierarchy, often shown as a pyramid.
At the foundation are our physiological needs: air, water, food, etc. Only when these
February 28, 2017 at 12:10PMsunshineprofits.com / ARKADIUSZ SIEROŃ / FEBRUARY 28, 2017
In the fourth quarter of 2016, Soros Fund Management got out of gold, while Paulson & Co. reduced its stake in the SPDR Gold Trust. What does it mean for the gold market?
According to regulatory filings publisher earlier this month, Soros sold out his remaining shares
February 28, 2017 at 12:00PMzerohedge.com / Via Douglas Murray of The Gatestone Institute / Feb 28, 2017
Once again, an American has pointed to a failing in European society, and instead of focusing on the problem identified or even admitting that there is a problem, the European response has been to point at the American and blame him
February 28, 2017 at 11:50AMRT, Published on Feb 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 at 11:40AMmishtalk.com / Mike “Mish” Shedlock / February 28, 2017
The BEA’s second estimate for 4th quarter 2016 GDP remains unchanged from the advance reading of 1.9%.
The Econoday consensus estimate was 2.1% in a range of 2.0% to 3.1%. Thus, not a single economist managed to peg the number.
The second revision to fourth-quarter
February 28, 2017 at 11:30AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017
Following a series of better than expected GDP-feeding prints, consensus had expected Q4 GDP to tick higher in the first revision released today, rising from 1.9% to 2.1%. However, that did not happen and instead, the revised print came in unchanged at 1.9%. Notable underlying
February 28, 2017 at 11:20AMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 at 11:10AMthedailysheeple.com / LILY DANE / FEBRUARY 28, 2017
In an exclusive interview with Fox & Friends, President Trump said he believes former president Barack Obama may be behind the recent anti-Trump protests that have been occurring across the country.
“I think that President Obama is behind it because his people are certainly behind it,
February 28, 2017 at 11:00AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017
On the heels of a disappointing revised Q4 GDP print, the US trade balance for January printed a $69.2 billion deficit. This is the second largest deficit since August 2008 (slightly smaller than the March 2015 plunge) as the dollar surge has not helped.
February 28, 2017 at 10:50AMbullionstar.com / 27 Feb 2017
Gold market charts is a recent addition to the BullionStar research offering. Using charts as a central focus, each month we explore the evolution of a chosen set of charts so as to highlight key developments in gold demand, supply and physical movement data across the world’s major gold
February 28, 2017 at 09:40AMmises.org / Ron Paul / February 28, 2017
It can be a challenge to follow the pronouncements of President Trump, as he often seems to change his position on any number of items from week to week, or from day to day, or even from minute to minute. Consider his speech last week at
February 28, 2017 at 09:30AMnews.goldseek.com / By Steve Saville / Tuesday, 28 February 2017
In response to the 2007-2009 financial crisis, policy-makers in the US who had absolutely no idea what caused the crisis enacted legislation that would supposedly prevent such a crisis from re-occurring. The legislation is called “The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act”, although
February 28, 2017 at 09:30AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017
In an interview with Fox & Friends that aired early Tuesday morning, President Trump blamed former President Obama for protests against him and other Republicans, as well as “possibly” some of the leaks from the White House: “I think President Obama’s behind it, because his people
February 28, 2017 at 09:20AMgata.org / By Krithika Varagur / Monday, February 27, 2017
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The American mining company Freeport-McMoRan has brought the world’s biggest gold mine, in the Indonesian province of West Papua, to a standstill. The corporation is butting heads with the Indonesian government over protectionist mining regulations. And now that Freeport has started
February 28, 2017 at 09:10AMjsnip4, Published on Feb 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 at 09:00AMzerohedge.com / By Vincent Cignarella / Feb 28, 2017
Trump Speech May Mark Turning Point for Dollar Trend
If Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday is long on hyperbole and short on details, it may be the end of the dollar’s reflation trade. Dollar-yen traders could be giving the clearest hint on the outcome.
The
February 28, 2017 at 08:50AMgoldcore.com / By Mark O’Byrne / February 28, 2017
Why gold retains value? Interesting unknown gold facts “Prepare your jaws for a sizeable drop!” History, finite, rare and peak gold “It is beautiful to look at…” ‘Heavy metal’ – Thud sound of a gold bar (kilo) ‘Going for gold’ – Olympic gold medals
February 28, 2017 at 08:40AMjsnip4, Published on Feb 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 at 08:30AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017
When we discussed yesterday Reuters’ report that Wal-Mart is now actively “price testing” its products, and squeezing vendors in a scramble to preserve market share while keeping margins relatively flat, we cautioned that this is the latest indication of what appears to be a
February 28, 2017 at 08:20AMsrsroccoreport.com / Steve St. Angelo / February 27, 2017
While Peru’s silver production surged in the beginning of 2016, it experienced a double-digit decline in December versus the same month last year. Peru is the second largest silver producing country in the world, trailing Mexico by approximately 40 million oz, but now leading third-ranked
February 28, 2017 at 08:10AMjsnip4, Published on Feb 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 at 08:00AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017
With traders focused on President Trump’s address to Congress tonight where he is expected to outline his economic priorities and provide plan details, European stocks are little changed for a second day and Asian stocks decline modestly as U.S. futures trade around the flatline. Oil
February 28, 2017 at 07:50AMcharleshughsmith.blogspot.com / CHARLES HUGH SMITH / MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Virtue-signaling doesn’t signal virtue–it signals decline and collapse.
There are many reasons why Imperial Rome declined, but two primary causes that get relatively little attention are moral decay and soaring wealth inequality. The two are of course intimately connected: once the morals of the
February 28, 2017 at 07:40AMmarket-ticker.org / by Karl Denninger / 2017-02-28
The DAPL pipeline “protest” has been broken up.
True to form the “activists” claimed that there would be “fake news” claims of despoiling the environment by the protesters and that it “didn’t happen.”
Oh yes it did.
I have a friend who is part of the crew
February 28, 2017 at 07:30AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017
While gold prices in dollars has been on a tear – almost erasing its post-Trump losses – the price of the precious metal in euros has soared as European elections loom.
As Bloomberg notes, in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam Freedom Party is holding a
February 28, 2017 at 07:20AMmises.org / Christopher Westley / February 28, 2017
Neal Gabler is a writer of some prominence. You may have heard of his Walt Disney biography, just one of several award-winning books, but one that many consider definitive. Or of his television career spanning several decades, including a stint as a co-host of a popular
February 28, 2017 at 07:10AMendoftheamericandream.com / By Michael Snyder / February 27th, 2017
Judgment is coming to America very soon. Recently, Julie Whedbee was shown what life will be like for believers in the United States during the Tribulation. She has been having dreams and visions for over 20 years, and she is someone that I have come
February 28, 2017 at 07:00AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 28, 2017
Money may not buy happiness, but, as Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins notes, it does buy the ultimate flexibility for making financial and lifestyle decisions.
For many of the world’s millionaires, money provides a highly effective means to escape their home country when times get tough.
February 28, 2017 at 06:50AMacting-man.com / Keith Weiner / February 28, 2017
Gold Scarcity Intensifies Further
Last week (a holiday-shortened week, as Monday was President’s Day in the US), the price of the dollar fell. In gold, it fell almost half a milligram to 24.75mg, and prices in silver it dropped 30mg, to 1.7 grams of the
February 28, 2017 at 06:40AMmarctomarket.com / by Marc Chandler / February 28, 2017
The capital markets are becalmed, and the US dollar is in narrow trading ranges. Month-end considerations are at work, but the key event is much-awaited speech US President Trump to a joint session of Congress this evening (early Wednesday in Asia). The hope is that
February 28, 2017 at 06:30AMzerohedge.com / Via Robert Gore of Straight Line Logic blog / Feb 28, 2017
The Michael Flynn Affair is one of those movies where you figure out a jumble of things that don’t make sense as you walk out of the theater.
There has been a deluge of articles about the Michael Flynn
February 28, 2017 at 06:20AMarmstrongeconomics.com / by Martin Armstrong / Feb 28, 2017
They say that knowledge is power. This is why the media has been engaging in outright propaganda and they hate Trump for he has been using Twitter to bypass the corrupt media. Chris Matthews actually spoke correctly on election night, although since he has
February 28, 2017 at 06:10AMFullSpectrumSurvival, Published on Feb 28, 2017
February 28, 2017 at 06:00AMDavid Seaman, Published on Feb 27, 2017
My full note- https://www.fulcrumnews.com/blog/2017…
February 28, 2017 at 02:34AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 6:55 PM
“One man alone cannot make ‘America great again’. That you have to realize,” warns Marc Faber, the editor of “The Gloom, Boom, & Doom Report,” reminding the world that the US stock market is vulnerable to a seismic sell-off that won’t be caused by
February 27, 2017 at 10:55PMacting-man.com / Bill Bonner / February 27, 2017
Ranting and Raving
LOVINGSTON, VIRGINIA – The public spectacle continues… There are so many ways to look at it, we scarcely know whether to laugh or gasp. A week ago, President Trump took the sound and fury up a notch by way of his Twitter account:
The
February 27, 2017 at 10:50PMpaulcraigroberts.org / Paul Craig Roberts / February 27, 2017
“The U.S. intelligence community’s extraordinary campaign of leaks claiming improper ties between President Trump’s team and Russia seeks to ensure a lucrative New Cold War by blocking detente.” — Gareth Porter
It only required 24 days for the Deep State to castrate President Donald Trump and
February 27, 2017 at 10:40PMzerohedge.com / Via Kevin Muir of The Macro Tourist blog / Feb 27, 2017 5:15 PM
I must admit, I had been expecting the Fed to be a little more hawkish over the past couple of months. Given how tone deaf they seemed during previous tightening periods when the US dollar was screaming higher
February 27, 2017 at 10:30PMtheeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder / February 27th, 2017
For more than 100 years global debt levels have been rising, and now we are potentially facing the greatest debt crisis in all of human history. Never before have we seen such a level of debt saturation all over the planet, and pretty much everyone
February 27, 2017 at 10:20PMwolfstreet.com / by Wolf Richter/ Feb 27, 2017
For the first time in the US since the Financial Crisis.
Let’s forget for a moment the Fed, its rate-increase flip-flopping, and what that might do in theory to the economy, and let’s look instead at what companies are actually doing, how they’re responding to the
February 27, 2017 at 10:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 5:14 PM
Core Durables Goods and Shipments MISS, Pending Home Sales MISS, Dallas Fed ‘Survey’ BEAT…
“Never gonna let you down”… 12th Record Dow Close In A Row.
One streak was broken today – after 6 straight days of Dow and Long Bond price rises,
February 27, 2017 at 10:00PMmilesfranklin.com / by Andrew Hoffman / Feb 27, 2017
No event defines how rapidly America’s “leadership” has declined, then last night’s Academy Awards catastrophe. At which, one of its most prestigious accounting firms accidentally handed Warren Beatty the wrong “Best Picture” envelope, causing it to initially be awarded to the wrong movie. Yes, it
February 27, 2017 at 09:50PMthedailysheeple.com / THE DAILY SHEEPLE / FEBRUARY 27, 2017
It has just been announced ahead of Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress that the president plans to cut funding to the majority of other agencies in the government in order to boost the defense and national security budget by ten percent.
Congress
February 27, 2017 at 09:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 2:42 PM
After meeting with GOP governors who, as discussed yesterday, appeared to have gotten cold feet about repealing and replacing Obamacare (or repairing and renaming) if it means millions of Americans – and potential voters – losing coverage, not to mention the end of
February 27, 2017 at 09:30PMharveyorganblog.com / February 27, 2017
Gold at (1:30 am est) $1257.40 down $.20
silver was : $18.35: UP 1 CENT
Access market prices:
Gold: $1253.00
Silver: $18,29
For comex gold:
FEBRUARY/
NOTICES FILINGS FOR FEBRUARY CONTRACT MONTH: 65 NOTICE(S) FOR 6500 OZ. TOTAL NOTICES SO FAR: 6023 FOR 602300 OZ (18.7340 TONNES)
For silver:
For
February 27, 2017 at 09:20PMX22Report, Published on Feb 27, 2017
Obamacare online posters are paid, and investigation reveals 60% are paid posters. Chair Of House Intel Committee says no evidence that Trump is tied to Russia. Leaked recording reveal that anti-Trump protesters plan it all. White House launched surprise phone checks and are now tracking all calls, texts,
February 27, 2017 at 09:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden Feb 27, 2017 2:30 PM
It appears David Stockman’s warnings over the looming debt ceiling debacle has sparked some investors to face up to reality once again. The Treasury-Bill yield curve has inverted further and swap spreads soared to five-year highs.
The difference between 2-year swap rates and Treasury
February 27, 2017 at 09:00PMshtfplan.com / Mac Slavo / February 27th, 2017
During the war on terrorism, Americans compromised their liberties to fight for freedom. Now, during the war on immigration, Americans will again be compelled to sacrifice liberties for American sovereignty.
In the name of security, anywhere, anytime. All measures will be justified, everyone will be authorized
February 27, 2017 at 08:50PMGoldSilver (w/ Mike Maloney). Published on Feb 27, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 08:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 2:12 PM
With bond and stock markets having recently bifurcated, signalling two distinctly different outlooks on the future of the reflation trade, the confusion among the “smartest money” persists.
Close up this looks even more divergent.
Friday was the 6th day in a row that
February 27, 2017 at 08:30PMwallstreetexaminer.com / by James Rickards via The Daily Reckoning / February 27, 2017
America is going broke. That’s not an opinion or scare tactic — it’s a fact based on simple arithmetic. President Trump could be forced to face this fact as early as March 15, the date the latest U.S. debt ceiling suspension ends.
February 27, 2017 at 08:20PMX22Report, Published on Feb 27, 2017
Netherlands is making a move to leave the EU. Theresa May is worried that a Scottish Referendum vote will happen at the same time as the Article 50 vote. Former IMF chief sentenced to jail in Spain. The EU says no bail-ins at this time because it would
February 27, 2017 at 08:10PM2005: George W Bush is a pillaging, torturing war criminal who let a city drown
2017: I may have disagreed with Bush but he was A Good Man™
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 27, 2017
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 1:52 PM
Upon leaving office in 2009,
February 27, 2017 at 08:00PMkingworldnews.com / February 27, 2017
Today James Turk told King World News that the shorts are choosing to fight despite the fact that silver is the cheapest asset on the planet.
“The Advance May Slow” James Turk: “There was a flurry of short covering in silver last week, Eric, pretty much on time and as
February 27, 2017 at 07:50PMSilverDoctors, Published on Feb 27, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 07:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 6:05 PM
In yet another awkwardly rational response to government intervention in deciding what’s “fair”, the blowback from minimum wage demanding fast food workers has struck again. Wendy’s plans to install self-ordering kiosks in 1,000 of its stores – 16% of its locations nationwide.
“Last year
February 27, 2017 at 07:30PMnews.goldseek.com / By Gordon T Long / 27 February 2017
The World Bank just released a telling report entitled “Trade Developments in 2016: Policy Uncertainty Weighs on World Trade“. Though they deflect the problems in global trade to areas such as excessive regulatory initiatives and policy uncertainty (which is true), what is to be found
February 27, 2017 at 07:20PMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 27, 2017
Awan Brothers and Owens Investigations Lead to Huma’s 650K Emails
February 27, 2017 at 07:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 4:33 PM
One week ago, following news that China had banned coal imports from North Korea in retaliation to Kim Jong Un’s latest ballistic missile test, we mused that North Korea’s regime appears to be in jeopardy, even though we had no explicit knowledge of
February 27, 2017 at 07:00PMfinancialsense.com / FS STAFF / 02/27/2017
Many of us are familiar with the rise of Bitcoin and digital cryptocurrencies, but few realize how powerful the underlying technology of these digital assets may prove to be.
This time on FS Insider, we spoke with Caitlin Long, Chairman and President of Symbiont, on how blockchain, distributed ledger
February 27, 2017 at 06:50PMGregory Mannarino, Published on Feb 27, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 06:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 1:34 PM
One and a half years after the Chinese government violently burst the stock market bubble, leading the massive losses among retail investors, and months after China’s third housing bubble since the financial crisis appeared to have peaked, also China has found itself with
February 27, 2017 at 06:30PMThe Daily Sheeple, Published on Feb 27, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 06:20PMwallstreetexaminer.com / by Anthony B. Sanders via Confounded Interest / February 27, 2017
Bloomberg – Princess Laya – Contracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly declined in January as higher mortgage rates, elevated prices and a limited number of listings pushed the index to a one-year low, according to figures released Monday from
February 27, 2017 at 06:10PMzerohedge.com / Via Nick Cunningham of OilPrice.com / Feb 27, 2017 1:11 PM
Canada’s oil sands could struggle to rebound, with potentially billions of barrels of oil being kept underground permanently.
Canada’s oil sands are incredibly expensive, some of the costliest sources of oil in the world. Unlike conventional oil drilling, or even drilling in
February 27, 2017 at 06:00PMibankcoin.com / Dr. Fly / Feb 27, 2017
To summarize today’s moribund day in the markets is to make note to the celebratory salutes inside the Pentagon right now — after President Trump announced a carte blanche $54b increase in defense spending — a 9% lift over the present budget. The ancillary result for
February 27, 2017 at 05:50PMjessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com / 27 FEBRUARY 2017
There are two notable events in particular this week that may affect the markets.
The first will be President’s Trump address to the joint session of the Congress tomorrow night.
Since this is his first term, it will not be called a ‘State of the Union.’ And I doubt
February 27, 2017 at 05:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 1:53 PM
In what will likely be a setback to the ongoing press campaign to portray the Trump administration and campaign as a Kremlin puppet, on Monday the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives intelligence committee said he has seen no evidence of contact
February 27, 2017 at 05:30PMwolfstreet.com / by Wolf Richter / Feb 27, 2017
China’s debt boom, or “credit boom” in more palatable terms – whose true extent remains purposefully obscure – and what it might do to the Chinese economy and by extension to the global economy is starting to worry some folks at the New York Fed.
February 27, 2017 at 05:20PMThe Daily Sheeple, Published on Feb 27, 2017
Part II of Joe Joseph’s presentation: A Brief History of the New World Order.
February 27, 2017 at 05:10PMA landmark visit earlier today by #SaudiArabia FM @AdelAljubeir to #Baghdad for official meetings with #Iraq PM @HaiderAlAbadi & FM Jaafari. pic.twitter.com/9tifDvOZvP
— Brett McGurk (@brett_mcgurk) February 25, 2017
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 12:31 PM
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, better known to the US
February 27, 2017 at 05:00PMnews.goldseek.com / By: CAPTAINHOOK / 27 February 2017
While everybody’s attention is glued to The Donald on this side of the pond (for all the wrong reasons?), big things, national election things, are happening in Europe this year, starting next month. First we have theDutch General Election on March 15, which could start the ball
February 27, 2017 at 04:50PMlibertyblitzkrieg.com / Michael Krieger / Feb 27, 2017
The historical space available for Americans to engage in public protest has been declining for many years, and is a topic I covered on several occasions during the Obama administration. For instance in the post, The War on Free Speech – U.S. Department of Justice Subpoenas Reason.com
February 27, 2017 at 04:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 11:41 AM
Traders are on edge ahead of tomorrow’s key address by President Trump to Congress, in which as Bloomberg writes “trillions are at stake.”
Since Trump’s election, the S&P 500 has risen by 10%, posting 17 record closes in a rally that’s added $2.8
February 27, 2017 at 03:30PMBreaking: World class pedophile John Podesta just got hired by the Washington Post as a columnist.@washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/reDX4TDuxD
— DEPLORABLE MEDIA (@correctthemedia) February 23, 2017
thedailysheeple.com / LILY DANE / FEBRUARY 27, 2017
It’s almost like The Washington Post is trying to become as in-your-face corrupt and biased as possible and is
February 27, 2017 at 03:20PMShadow of Truth, Published on Feb 27, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 03:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 11:26 AM
Buy the Trump-speech rumors?
Bonds ain’t buying it…
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February 27, 2017 at 03:00PMnews.goldseek.com / Julian D.W. Phillips / 27 February 2017
Gold Today –New York closed at $1,256.70 on the 24th Februaryafter closing at $1,248.80 on the 23rd February. London openedat $1,255.00 today.
Overall the dollar was slightly stronger against global currencies early today. Before London’s opening:
– The $: € was slightly stronger at $1.0586:
February 27, 2017 at 02:50PMthecommonsenseshow.com / By Dave Hodges / February 26th, 2017
I recently interviewed Virginia Farver about the police state surveillance grid being installed at breakneck speed all across America.
The system will be powered by 5G. This is reckelss and very dangerous. Your cell phone has become a major impediment to your health, not to
February 27, 2017 at 02:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 10:39 AM
The Dallas Fed Manufacturing survey soared – for the 6th straight month – to 24.5 in February (smashing expectations of a modest dip to 19.4). This is the highest since April 2006.
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February 27, 2017 at 02:30PMwallstreetexaminer.com / by Anthony B. Sanders via Confounded Interest / February 27, 2017
While the USA has seen their Treasury yields generally rising since the election of President Trump, Europe and particularly Germany have not been experiencing the same “love.”
In fact, Germany has the second lowest Bund yields in Europe after Switzerland (who
February 27, 2017 at 02:20PMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 27, 2017
Using SSDI, NA, to fund operatives, push costs to targets
February 27, 2017 at 02:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 10:08 AM
Against expectations of a 0.6% rise, pending home sales in January plunged 2.8% MoM – the biggest drop since May.
The West – the most expensive region – saw the biggest decline, down 10.3% MoM with The Midwest also tumbling 5.2% MoM.
As
February 27, 2017 at 02:00PMibankcoin.com / Dr. Fly / Feb 27, 2017
At some point this shit has to become redundant. How long does CNBC think it can get away with this shit? The old man books an interview with Becky Quick three times per annum to exclusively talk his book. How generous of him.
Amongst other things
February 27, 2017 at 01:50PMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 27, 2017
McCabe Compounds Felonies With Illegal Unmask of Flynn’s Identity
February 27, 2017 at 01:40PMzerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 10:09 AM
With the dollar sliding on rising fears Trump may disappoint in his address to Congress tomorrow evening, moments ago the dollar spiked, and risk assets rebounded after headlines hit from Reuters and Bloomberg in which Trump previewed what he would say, saying he
February 27, 2017 at 01:30PMthedailysheeple.com / THE DAILY SHEEPLE / FEBRUARY 27, 2017
Maybe eventually they really will just ban everything.
It may not look like much from the screen capture above, but the mad genius over at Terminal Cornucopia on YouTube was able to build a break-action shotgun out of items he purchased in the airport after
February 27, 2017 at 01:20PMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 27, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 01:10PMmishtalk.com / Mike “Mish” Shedlock / February 27, 2017
Fresh on the heels of a glowing existing homes sales report comes news of an unexpected plunge in pending home sales. Economists in the Econoday survey expected a 1.1% increase. Instead, the pending home sales index plunged 2.8%.
Just when existing home sales seemed
February 27, 2017 at 01:00PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017
After months of tough talk from the Trump administration on NAFTA and border tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, among other issues, Mexico’s top trade negotiator, Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo, is now ratcheting up his own threats from south of the border. Speaking to Bloomberg
February 27, 2017 at 12:50PMmises.org / Carmen Elena Dorobăț / February 27, 2017
February in Romania has brought 27 consecutive days of protests against the current government, at a scale unmatched since the Revolution in 1989. In a record day, more than 600,000 people gathered in the capital’s Victory Square and around the country to overturn a decision
February 27, 2017 at 12:40PMmarctomarket.com / by Marc Chandler / February 27, 2017
The mercantilist inclination by the Trump Administration makes it seem as if exports are good and create jobs and imports are bad and cost jobs. This is simply not true. This assessment is not based on newfangled thinking about trade. Rather Adam Smith argued against
February 27, 2017 at 12:30PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017
As observed earlier in the day, as part of the leaked preliminary Trump budget, the president was set to unveil major spending increases for US defense offset by cuts to federal agencies, and other non-defense sectors. And on Monday morning, the first details emerged,
February 27, 2017 at 12:20PMsovereignman.com / Simon Black / February 27, 2017
It’s my usual custom whenever I land at a major airport to stop by the rental car counters and inquire how much it costs to rent a vehicle.
For me this is a sort of informal, albeit imperfect, economic indicator.
High prices suggest strong demand from
February 27, 2017 at 12:10PMWarren Buffett, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
wallstreetonparade.com / By Pam Martens and Russ Martens / February 27, 2017
Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, authors an annual letter to shareholders that receives wide media coverage for the nuggets of wisdom dispersed to the masses. His latest letter, released on Saturday, trumpets American exceptionalism, the
February 27, 2017 at 12:01PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 9:36 AM
Bankers have sold hundreds of millions of their own stock as the market has ripped higher post-election – more than in any year of the last decade…
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February 27, 2017 at 12:00PMinvestmentwatchblog.com / BY IWB · PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 27, 2017
by Pamela Williams
I have often wondered what it would be like to lose everything. I have been fortunate in my life to have never experienced a flood or a fire, but I do know what loss feels like. It seems even when loss occurs, if
February 27, 2017 at 11:50AMkingworldnews.com / February 27, 2017
With continued uncertainty around the globe, today the man who has become legendary for his predictions on QE, historic moves in currencies, spoke with King World News about why Target2 may crash Europe’s financial system and lead to the next global crisis and collapse.
100 Years Of Massive Credit
February 27, 2017 at 11:40AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 9:06 AM
As part of its “Velayat 95” massive naval drills which started on Sunday in defiance of Trump’s warning that Iran had been put on “notice”, the Iranian Navy successfully test-fired its Nasr sea-launched cruise missile, Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said. The latest naval cruise
February 27, 2017 at 11:30AMnews.goldseek.com / By Sol Palha / Monday, 27 February 2017
I add this, that rational ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. Marcus T. Cicero
Before we get into the meat of this article, we would like to state at the onset that this
February 27, 2017 at 11:20AMjonrappoport.wordpress.com / by Jon Rappoport / February 27, 2017
Logic, these days, has been replaced in schools with a mind-control apparatus that involves the following:
EVERY POINT OF VIEW IS EQUAL.
EVERYBODY HAS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WHOLE.
TRUE CRITICAL THINKING, WHICH IS THE EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY OF THE INDIVIDUAL, LEAVES PEOPLE OUT OF THE GROUP
February 27, 2017 at 11:10AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 8:53 AM
With The Dow Jones Industrial Average trading almost 50% higher than its 2007 peak, we thought it ironic that core Industrial durable goods orders remain well below the peak in 2008, once again suggesting that it may be time to drop the “Industrial”
February 27, 2017 at 11:00AMWe do love a pancake! In celebration of Shrove Tuesday we’ve put a Pinterest board together so you can see some great recipes to enjoy. We love the look of the Moroccan pancake layer cake but must admit to having a penchant for the simple sweet “recipes” if you can call them that: lemon & sugar and maybe a big blob of nutella – yum! Whichever you go for we’d love to hear about it so share a photo or pop a comment below to let us know what you made!
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zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017 6:32 AM
In a quiet night for markets, in which the top highlight was the Oscar’s historic peddling of best picture “fake news” and where “millions” of Academy members seemingly voted illegally, European stocks were little changed after a selloff that pushed them to a
February 27, 2017 at 09:30AMthecommonsenseshow.com / By Dave Hodges / February 27th, 2017
As the old saying goes, when one thing happens, it is a coincidence. When something happens twice, it is a trend. When the event/action gets repeated for a third time, it is a pattern. And a pattern is what Trevor Louden, Doug Hagmann and myself has
February 27, 2017 at 09:20AMacting-man.com / Keith Weiner / February 27, 2017
Debunking a Lie
Don Watkins of the Ayn Rand Institute wrote an article, The Myth of Banking Deregulation, to debunk a lie. The lie is that bank regulation is good. That it helped stabilize the economy in the 1930’s. And that deregulation at the end of the
February 27, 2017 at 09:20AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017
As part of his proposed budget, President Trump will instruct federal agencies on Monday to assemble a spending plan for the coming fiscal year that includes sharp increases in Defense Department spending and “drastic cuts” to domestic agencies such as the State Department, the EPA
February 27, 2017 at 09:11AMinvestmentwatchblog.com / BY IWB · FEBRUARY 27, 2017
by Umar Farooq
Investors are beginning to wonder if this Energizer Bunny of a rally can just keep going without taking a break or a fall. For the past couple of months, the question has hung in the back of investors’ minds: Is the stock market’s rally
February 27, 2017 at 09:10AMarmstrongeconomics.com / by Martin Armstrong / Feb 27, 2017
While the Democrats are doing everything to block any alteration to the regulation and the tax scheme supported by Global Warming theories, the refreshing rise of Donald Trump in this arena is allowing free speech to be heard for the first time in more than a
February 27, 2017 at 09:00AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017
Six Russian diplomats have died in the last 60 days. As Axios notes, all but one died on foreign soil. Some were shot, while other causes of death are unknown. Note that a few deaths have been labeled “heart attacks” or “brief illnesses.”
1. You
February 27, 2017 at 08:50AMnews.goldseek.com / By Rambus / Monday, 27 February 2017
Before we look at some precious metals stocks I would like to show you a couple of charts which will help explain why I didn’t participate in this last rally in the precious metals stocks that started in December of last year. It’s not that I
February 27, 2017 at 08:40AMjsnip4, Published on Feb 27, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 08:30AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017
The recent avalanche of bad news for Tesla has refused to stop this morning, when former Tesla cheerleader, Goldman Sachs analyst David Tamberrino, announced he was cutting the company’s stock rating to “Sell”, slashing his price target to $185, and predicting 28% downside from current
February 27, 2017 at 08:20AMgoldcore.com / By janskoyles / February 27, 2017
Cost of Best Picture winners show very significant devaluation of the dollar Average cost to make an Oscar winning film is over $43 million – in gold terms, this is over 106,000 ounces Four $15 million films show nearly 100% difference when priced in gold ounces
February 27, 2017 at 08:10AMjsnip4, Published on Feb 27, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 08:00AMzerohedge.com / by Alex Gorka / Feb 27, 2017
The rifts within the EU continue to widen as Poland and Hungary join together in opposition to the EU bureaucracy.
Soon after Poland’s ultra-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party came to power in October 2015, the Polish parliament passed a law allowing the government to
February 27, 2017 at 07:51AMcharleshughsmith.blogspot.com / CHARLES HUGH SMITH / SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2017
What we have is a bunch of sclerotic, dying institutions and systems resisting anything and everything that threatens to disrupt the status quo.
One way to understand the rising sense of disintegration and discord around the globe is to realize that those systems that
February 27, 2017 at 07:40AMjsnip4, Published on Feb 27, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 07:30AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 27, 2017
The leaders of the lower chambers of parliament of Germany, Italy, France, and Luxembourg have called for a European “Federal Union” in an open letter published in Italian newspaper La Stampa on Sunday.
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In the letter, four representatives of EU governments – Claude Bartolone
February 27, 2017 at 07:20AMendoftheamericandream.com / By Michael Snyder / February 26th, 2017
Is the United States about to plunge into an apocalyptic nightmare from which it may never recover? During the Obama era conservatives often warned of such scenarios, but now things have completely shifted. At the moment, conservatives are generally more optimistic than they have been
February 27, 2017 at 07:10AMmishtalk.com / Mike “Mish” Shedlock / February 26, 2017
In 2014, Scotland held an Independence Referendum on whether or not to braek away from the UK.
The “No” side won, with 2,001,926 (55.3%) voting against independence and 1,617,989 (44.7%) voting in favour. The turnout of 84.6% was the highest recorded for an election
February 27, 2017 at 07:00AMzerohedge.com / by Jeffrey Tucker / Feb 26, 2017 9
For some 15 years, airport security has become steadily more invasive. There are ever more checkpoints, ever more requests for documents as you make your way from the airport entrance to the airplane. Passengers adapt to the new changes as they come. But my
February 27, 2017 at 06:50AMmises.org / Thorsten Polleit / February 27, 2017
Globalization has fallen into disrepute. More and more people are rejecting it outright as unfair and as a source of all sorts of evil — including economic crises and migration.
This kind of blanket condemnation of globalization however is a huge problem. The reason for this
February 27, 2017 at 06:40AMmarctomarket.com / by Marc Chandler / February 27, 2017
The late recovery in US equities before the weekend did little good for Asian markets. Nearly all the Asian equity markets moved lower, led by the 1.0% decline in Japan’s Topix. It was the third successive loss for the Topix, which is the long losing
February 27, 2017 at 06:30AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017
President Trump’s crackdown in illegal immigration means more wall-building, more ICE agents, and a notably bigger budget for the border patrol program. As the following chart shows, that would be an extreme departure from the stagnant spending on our nation’s borders by President Obama.
February 27, 2017 at 06:20AMarmstrongeconomics.com / by Martin Armstrong / Feb 27, 2017
I have warned that 2015.75 was the peak in government and the two many industries that government subsidizes has created the decay within our American society reducing disposable income – healthcare and education. Degrees I have warned are really worthless. About 60% of graduates cannot
February 27, 2017 at 06:10AMFullSpectrumSurvival, Published on Feb 27, 2017
February 27, 2017 at 06:01AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017 7:55 PM
In a remarkable – for its honesty and frankness – statement on the intellectual rot within America’s Ivory Towers,Stanford University Provost John Etchemendy lay bare the challenges that higher education face in the coming, increasingly divisive, years.
The Threat From Within
Universities are
February 26, 2017 at 11:00PMtheeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder, on February 26th, 2017
J.C. Penney and Family Christian Stores are the latest retail giants to announce widespread store closings. As you will see below, J.C. Penney plans to close between 130 and 140 stores, and Family Christian is closing all of their 240 stores. In recent months the stock
February 26, 2017 at 10:50PMtheorganicprepper.ca / Daisy Luther / February 26, 2017
Survival Saturday (or in this case, Survival Sunday) is a round-up of the week’s news and resources for folks who are interested in being prepared.
This Week in the News
This week on Survival Sunday, we’ll talk about the three Rs of the week. Radiation, Racism, and
February 26, 2017 at 10:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017 7:19 PM
In yet another ironic twist, the process (including random phone checks overseen by White House lawyers) by which Sean Spicer is cracking down on leaks from The White House has been leaked to Politico.
The push to snuff out leaks to the press
February 26, 2017 at 10:30PMtheburningplatform.com / Jim Quinn / February 26, 2017
Los Angeles has a road network 42,720 miles long and it’s jammed with traffic. According to TomTom’s 2017 Traffic Index, LA commuters have to endure the worst traffic congestion levels of any U.S. city. Last year, they spent 44 minutes of extra travel time bumper to bumper
February 26, 2017 at 10:20PMjohngaltfla.com / by John Galt / February 26, 2017 20:55 ET
It has come to my attention that there are large swathes of the #NeverTrump movement who have moved from their staunch principled positions into a sphere of irrational berating of those who not only disagree with their viewpoints, but also now act like
February 26, 2017 at 10:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017 7:08 PM
Another Trump nominee for a critical government role has decided to withdraw. After two prior Trump nominees, Army Secretary choice Vincent Viola and Labor nominee Andy Puzder, both removed themselves from consideration for their appointed role in recent weeks citing insurmountable opposition or
February 26, 2017 at 10:00PMmarctomarket.com / by Marc Chandler / Feb 27, 2017
(from my colleague Dr. Win Thin)
EM FX ended last week on a soft note despite lower US rates. The dollar regained some traction that it lost over the course of the week, when markets pushed out Fed tightening beyond March. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin also
February 26, 2017 at 09:50PMbullionstar.com / by Koos Jansen / 26 Feb 2017
In response to a FOIA request the US Mint has finally released reports drafted from 1993 through 2008 related to the physical audits of the US official gold reserves. However, the documents released are incomplete and reveal the audit procedures have not been executed proficiently. Moreover,
February 26, 2017 at 09:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017 6:45 PM
Submitted by Daniel Drew via Dark-Bid.com,
Warren Buffett released his annual letter over the weekend, in which he praised Jack Bogle as his “hero” for promoting index investing. The irony is that investors would have been better off buying Berkshire shares. Over the
February 26, 2017 at 09:30PMReluctant Preppers, Published on Feb 26, 2017
February 26, 2017 at 09:20PMinvestmentwatchblog.com / BY IWB · FEBRUARY 26, 2017
by Sean Adl-Tabatabai
A former White House Budget Director has warned that the U.S. Treasury could run out of money by June 2017, sparking riots and civil unrest across America.
According to an interview with David Stockman, a controversial deal made between former Speaker of
February 26, 2017 at 09:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017 6:33 PM
As recently as two weeks ago, a repeat Scottish independent referendum seemed improbable.
As Reuters reported on February 10, according to a senior British minister, Britain saw no need for a second Scottish independence referendum and the devolved Scottish government should focus on
February 26, 2017 at 09:00PMnews.goldseek.com / By David Haggith / 26 February 2017
As we enter 2017, housing bubbles are showing signs of bursting all over the world. I know I’ve been promising I would lay out the economic headwinds for 2017, but 2017’s headwinds are building so fast and furious that I’m having to break that promised article
February 26, 2017 at 08:50PMkingworldnews.com / February 26, 2017
On the heels of another record breaking week for the Dow, legend Art Cashin just issued a dire warning.
Eric King: “When you look at the stock market, Art, we keep hitting one record high after another on the Dow. As the market continues to melt-up, do you sometimes step
February 26, 2017 at 08:40PMBond mkt is flashing warning signal on Trump reflation trade. Dow hit fresh record while 10y ylds at multimonth lows https://t.co/UNxyN6hyRT pic.twitter.com/VCH45KCqAC
— Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) February 26, 2017
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017 6:08 PM
Not only is the Trump rally over, but stocks are the
February 26, 2017 at 08:30PMibankcoin.com / Dr. Fly / Feb 26, 2017
This might’ve been the last invitation to CNN for Ben Stein — the former speechwriter for Richard Nixon, media pundit, and legendary actor in pop culture classics Ferris Bueller’s Day off and American Pie.
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February 26, 2017 at 08:20PMwolfstreet.com / by Wolf Richter / Feb 26, 2017
Something is out of whack on the expense side.
Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google’s parent company, filed a lawsuit on Thursday in federal court against Uber and its recently acquired startup Otto, accusing Uber and Otto’s founder Anthony Levandowski, who’d been a project leader
February 26, 2017 at 08:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017 5:00 PM
The pre-Brexit complacency – echoed by the polls, the media, and the establishment – is absolutely not being repeated ahead of France’s looming election. While bond spreads have blown out, investor fear in the European equity options market is considerably worse than pre-Brexit.
February 26, 2017 at 08:00PMmilesfranklin.com / by Andrew Hoffman / Feb 24, 2017
In late 2013, amidst unrelenting hype of the second coming of the Fed’s balance sheet “exit strategy” – the first being in LOL, 2010; interest rates surged higher, causing the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury to briefly touch the key psychological level of
February 26, 2017 at 07:50PMjonrappoport.wordpress.com / by Jon Rappoport / February 26, 2017
Those who thought Trump would back off in his war against media are, so far, wrong.
For example, the other day, the White House held an informal press conference, a “gaggle,” and among those not invited was the New York Times.
—How dare they, the Times
February 26, 2017 at 07:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 25, 2017 10:00 PM
Having surpassed gun homicides for the first time in 2015, the epidemic of heroin and opioid related deaths in the US continues to grow. Amid the dismal failure of the ‘war on drugs’, it seems US lawmakers are finally waking up to reality,
February 26, 2017 at 07:30PMlfb.org / By Chris Campbell / Feb 24, 2017
“We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world,” Trump said during his Inauguration speech, “but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first. We do not seek
February 26, 2017 at 07:20PMnews.goldseek.com / By Gary Savage / 26 February 2017
It’s a common misconception that miners always lead the metals sector. As you can see in this chart the miners often produce false signals.
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February 26, 2017 at 07:10PM#mardigras MAN ARRESTED! for after car ploughs into crowd at Mardi Gras In New Orleans.Has Not been confirm yet Put Man might Been Drunk. pic.twitter.com/5xVZEI6tps
— Brandi Saari (@brandilmelb) February 26, 2017
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 25, 2017 9:41 PM
At least 28 people were injured on Saturday
February 26, 2017 at 07:00PMgarynorth.com / Gary North / February 26, 2017
Take a look at this chart of the wealth of nations.
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/74-trillion-global-economy-one-chart
This chart indicates just how dominant the United States of America is economically. Whenever you hear about the decline of the United States in terms of productivity, especially manufacturing, please keep in mind this
February 26, 2017 at 06:50PMzerohedge.com / by Erico Matias Tavares via Sinclair & Co. / Feb 25, 2017 8:30 PM
There’s a cold war raging.
No, not the one between the US and Russia. That’s old news.
We’re talking about the NEW cold war: the one for the soul of the West.
On one corner we have the globalists,
February 26, 2017 at 06:30PMgata.org / CHRIS POWELL / February 25, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Ralph Benko of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity today describes how President Trump should create a “beachhead” of gold standard advocates on the Federal Reserve Board in pursuit of making America great again. Benko’s commentary is headlined “President Trump: Replace
February 26, 2017 at 06:20PM21stcenturywire.com / BY VANESSA BEELEY / FEBRUARY 25, 2017
“One thing that keeps me puzzled, despite having studied finance and economics at the world’s best universities, the following question remains unanswered. Why is it that 5,000 units of our currency is worth one unit of your currency where we are the ones with the
February 26, 2017 at 06:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 25, 2017 7:57 PM
It has now become a weekly ritual: Goldman warns the market is overvalued and poised for a selloff, market proceeds to ramp to new all time highs.
It was just last weekend when Goldman’s chief equity strategist, David Kostin warned that investors will
February 26, 2017 at 06:00PMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 26, 2017
February 26, 2017 at 05:50PMshtfplan.com / Mac Slavo / February 26th, 2017
Though many financial pundits make the argument that the U.S. economy is booming as a result of millions of new jobs, a healthy housing market and record stock market levels, former Reagan budget director David Stockman says that the next few months will see fiscal, financial and
February 26, 2017 at 05:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 25, 2017 9:00 PM
Having exposed $27 Billion reasons why a number of America’s city officials are up in arms over President Trump’s sanctuary city defunding decision, we thought it worth investigating just where the most illegal (or undocumented or unauthorized – pick your politically correct term) immigrants
February 26, 2017 at 05:30PMibankcoin.com / Dr. Fly / Feb 26, 2017
Last year, Dan Loeb said the hedge fund industry had entered the ‘killing fields’ and were primed for culling — after many made wrong directional bets. This year, after seeing the Trump trade work its magic, his tune has changed dramatically.
Source: Bloomberg
“I’m not sure that
February 26, 2017 at 05:20PMthecommonsenseshow.com / By Dave Hodges / February 26th, 2017
Europeans get to make informed decisions about the consumption of GMO’s because their foods are labeled. American are not allowed to know if they are consuming GMO’s
Europeans consume as much as one-third as many GMO’s because they are permitted to make an informed choice. Americans
February 26, 2017 at 05:10PMzerohedge.com / by Nick Kamran via LettersFromNorway.com / Feb 26, 2017 4:25 PM
Last week (18.2.2017), President Trump made the following comment:
“You look at what’s happening,” he told his supporters. “We have got to keep our country safe. You look at what’s happening in Germany; you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden.
February 26, 2017 at 05:00PMgata.org / CHRIS POWELL / February 25, 2017
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
In commentary yesterday headlined “Will the Fed Tell Every American to Buy Gold Before It Destroys the Dollar?,” Swiss gold fund manager Egon von Greyerz mocked Western central banks for selling so much of their gold at market lows between 1999
February 26, 2017 at 04:50PMgarynorth.com / Murray Rothbard / February 25, 2017
Our country is beset by a large number of economic myths that distort public thinking on important problems and lead us to accept unsound and dangerous government policies. Here are ten of the most dangerous of these myths and an analysis of what is wrong with them.
February 26, 2017 at 04:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017 3:50 PM
Two weeks after David Stockman warned that “the market is apparently pricing in a huge Trump stimulus. But if you just look at the real world out there, the only thing that’s going to happen is a fiscal bloodbath and a White House train
February 26, 2017 at 04:30PM21stcenturywire.com / Daniel McAdams via Ron Paul Institute / FEBRUARY 25, 2017
Recently, we had a look at the ways President Trump’s Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, is making her predecessor, “humanitarian bomber” Samantha Power, look like a model diplomat by comparison. It turns out Haley’s ghastly performance at the UN thus far is
February 26, 2017 at 04:10PMI will not be attending the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017
ibankcoin.com / Dr. Fly / Feb 25, 2017
For the first time in 36 years, a President of the United States will not be attending the establishment orgy of vanity — dubbed the correspondent’s dinner.
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February 26, 2017 at 03:20PMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 26, 2017
February 26, 2017 at 03:10PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017
Another day, another skirmish between Donald Trump and the “failing” New York Times.
It started early on Saturday morning, when in a tweet Trump slammed the Times’ new ad campaign set to air during the Oscars on Sunday night: “For first time the failing @nytimes
February 26, 2017 at 01:00PMnews.goldseek.com / By Warren Bevan / Sunday, 26 February 2017
We saw some volatility come into stocks this past week after the slow solid grin higher we’ve been enjoying since early November.
I do not think this is a top, rather, a little shakeout, or shake and bake.
Volatility comes on the upside and
February 26, 2017 at 12:59PMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 26, 2017
February 26, 2017 at 12:55PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017
“Where did Steve Bannon get his worldview? From my book…”
* * * by Neil Howe via WaPo,
Neil Howe is the author, along with William Strauss, of “Generations,” “The Fourth Turning” and “Millennials Rising.”
The headlines this month have been alarming. “Steve
February 26, 2017 at 12:54PMmishtalk.com / Mike “Mish” Shedlock / February 26, 2017
French presidential candidate François Fillon won a temporary reprieve in charges that he paid his wife and children €880,000 for work they did not do. The charges are dubbed Penelopegate” after his wife Penelope.
An investigation has started, but so far he has not
February 26, 2017 at 12:43PMX22Report, Published on Feb 26, 2017
February 26, 2017 at 12:40PMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017
Three weeks after a poll found that the Trump administration was seen as more “truthful” than the news media, a new WSJ/NBC News poll has found that according to a majority of Americans, the media’s coverage of President Donald Trump has been too critical,
February 26, 2017 at 11:29AMmarket-ticker.org / by Karl Denninger / 2017-02-26
Those of you who have been “believers” in the #MAGA nonsense just got put in the wood chipper feet first.
President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will not seek cuts in Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement federal benefits programs, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in
February 26, 2017 at 11:26AMsunshineprofits.com / ARKADIUSZ SIEROŃ / FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Gold is showing impressive resilience to an unfavorable macroeconomic environment. Does it mean that investors are buying gold as a hedge against the risk of Trump’s impeachment?
As we repeated, the macroeconomic outlook seems to be rather bearish for the yellow metal. The pickup in real interest
February 26, 2017 at 11:22AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017
The standoff over the Greek debt crisis was nowhere closer to an amicable resolution on Sunday, when Germany’s deputy finance minister Jens Spahn said in an interview with German broadcaster Deutschlandfunk that Greece must not be granted a “bail in” that would involve creditors taking
February 26, 2017 at 11:17AMnews.goldseek.com / By Jordan Roy-Byrne / Sunday, 26 February 2017
The early stages of Gold bull markets (this one included) are characterized by strong outperformance from the miners. They will lead the metals and turning points and register strong outperformance. We saw that in the early 2000s, late 2008 to early 2009 and we have
February 26, 2017 at 11:14AMGeorge Webb, Published on Feb 26, 2017
February 26, 2017 at 11:08AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017
After contentious debate, the Democratic Party has selected a new DNC chairman: Tom Perez. The choice, however, as TheAntiMedia.org’s Nick Bernabe reports, is not being celebrated by everyone in the party. In fact, the progressive so-called “Bernie Sanders wing” of the Democratic Party is up
February 26, 2017 at 11:06AM21stcenturywire.com / BY VANESSA BEELEY / FEBRUARY 26, 2017
21st Century Wire says…
21st Century Wire recently collated a series of articles and analyses decontstructing the Amnesty International “Human Slaughterhouse” hoax. This US deep state attempt to bring down the Syrian government via its smart power channels, presided over by the likes of Human Rights
February 26, 2017 at 11:03AMzentrader.ca / By Chris Ebert / February 26, 2017
Stock prices recently had one of the longest rallies in history. But all traders know the rally won’t last forever. At some point folks are either going to get exhausted and sell their stocks to take profits, or else some sort of troubling economic news or
February 26, 2017 at 10:16AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017
Several days after Goldman Sachs explained in theory why hopes for a quick “repeal and replace” of Obamacare are now extinguished, and even “repair and rename” is looking bad, overnight state governors meeting in Washington got the bad news in practice, when a presentation from
February 26, 2017 at 10:02AMjsnip4, Published on Feb 26, 2017
February 26, 2017 at 09:51AMmybudget360.com / February 26, 2017
Americans now hold an incredible $4.1 trillion in consumer debt. This latest data shows that Americans are now back to having an insatiable appetite for spending beyond their means. Unlike mortgage debt, consumer debt is not building up any future equity here. The largest category of consumer debt is student
February 26, 2017 at 09:49AMzerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Feb 26, 2017
With little active US presence in the region (see latest naval map below), on Sunday Iran launched a massive naval drill at the mouth of the Gulf and the Indian Ocean. Ships, submarines and helicopters will take part in the drills across an area of
February 26, 2017 at 09:09AMjsnip4, Published on Feb 26, 2017
February 26, 2017 at 08:55AMmishtalk.com / Mike “Mish” Shedlock / February 26, 2017
China now encourages childbearing to keep the economy humming and to stave off a demographic decline. Will a new baby boom do the trick?
Please consider China Seeks Baby Boom to Counter Low Birth Rates.
Chinese authorities are looking at ways to encourage people
February 26, 2017 at 08:54AMmarctomarket.com / by Marc Chandler / February 26, 2017
There is a broad consensus around the macroeconomic picture. The headwinds slowing the US economy in H1 16 have eased, and above trend growth in H2 16 appears to be carrying into 2017. Q4 16 GDP is expected to be revised to 2.1% up from
February 26, 2017 at 08:39AMjsnip4, Published on Feb 26, 2017
February 26, 2017 at 08:33AMjsmineset.com / by Bill Holter / February 25th, 2017
When it comes to the latest US stance vis-a-vis China’s currency manipulation, the jury is out, and based on two recent statements it is more confused than ever.
Religion and politics, are both hot button issues no matter how you slice it, touchy subjects, if you
February 26, 2017 at 08:24AMgata.org / By Dean Beeby / Saturday, February 25, 2017
The Royal Canadian Mint just isn’t making the money it used to.
Revenue is down sharply, jobs have been chopped, morale is in the tank, and formerly successful lines of business are being shut down — even as the mint spends millions of dollars
February 26, 2017 at 07:42AMarmstrongeconomics.com / by Martin Armstrong / Feb 26, 2017
An off-duty Los Angeles police officer pissed-off at teens traipsing on his lawn pulled out his gun and fired a shot during a sidewalk scuffle with several minors. Protests were sparked after a video that was filmed on Tuesday afternoon emerged showing the confrontation between the
February 26, 2017 at 07:17AMGreg Hunter, Published on Feb 25, 2017
Former White House Budget Director David Stockman drops a bomb in his latest interview by saying, “I think what people are missing is this date, March 15th 2017. That’s the day that this debt ceiling holiday that Obama and Boehner put together right before the last election
February 26, 2017 at 07:00AM