1/25/24: Robert Kaplan Was Heavily Trading on May 1, 2020; One Day After a Fed Blackout Period and the Same Day He Made a Shocking Prediction on TV

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Robert Kaplan, Former President of the Dallas Fed To read main stream media headlines, one would think that the Federal Reserve Inspector General’s Office has exonerated former Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan of any legal action for trading like a hedge fund kingpin while he was privy to insider information at…

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1/22/24 How the Government Constructs Positive Economic Data, Its All Made-Up

by Tyler Durden Via SchiffGold.com, A startling disconnect as we edge closer to the 2024 general election: On one hand, so-called “experts” parade optimistic economic reports, but for the average American, the story is starkly different.  In heated debates, economists squabble over whether the public is hoodwinking pollsters or if mysterious forces are at play. Our guest columnist explains…

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China’s Stock Market Is in Free Fall 1/18/24

After a challenging couple of years for the Chinese economy, the country’s stock market appears to be in free fall, with officials urging institutional investors not to sell assets in an effort to keep share prices stable as foreigners withdraw. Chinese equities slumped on Monday as the central bank decided to hold its medium-term policy…

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Three Branches of U.S. Government Have Kept the Secrets of Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Man, Leslie Wexner, Locked Up Tight, Now the House of Cards Fall!

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 12, 2024 ~ Leslie Wexner (left); Jack Kessler (right). Both men were involved in the New Albany Company with Jeffrey Epstein.  Official photo from the New Albany Company Website. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee, part of the legislative branch of the U.S. government, is investigating why Wall Street billionaire Leon…

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Bitcoin & Big-Tech Burst Higher Amid Bloodbath In Boeing & Black Gold

by Tyler Durden A quiet macro day (though we did see NYFRB inflation expectations plunge!), but some ‘good’ news from Washington reduced the risk of govt shutdown in 11 days modestly. However, there was plenty of new narrative creation from FedSpeak. Logan and Bostic double-whammy’d with ‘not as dovish as the market thinks’ comments on…

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Federal Agency Study Contradicts Fed Chair: Finds Banking System Is Ripe for Another Crisis and Remains “Fragile and Uncertain”

By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: Following the second, third and fourth largest bank failures in U.S. history in the spring of last year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave his semiannual monetary policy report to the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee in June. During both appearances, Powell stated the same thing: “The U.S.…

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Warning The Banks Are Not OK

Michael Wilkerson Author It has been nine months since the spectacular and sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. After witnessing three of the four largest bank failures in U.S. history in 2023, the attention of the media and the markets has turned elsewhere. Banking crisis? It is as though it never happened. Having fallen by…

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This Is Merely the Very Beginning. This Year, at Least 21 Spac-Listed Companies Declared Bankruptcy, Wiping Out a Total of $46 Billion in Equity. Coming: The Mother of All Crashes Coming

0 HNewsWire: A wave of bankruptcies and corporate defaults can be imminent as US corporations are being battered by rising loan rates. Experts caution that as high interest rates have an adverse effect on both consumers and businesses, it may increase the likelihood of a recession. As of the end of August, 459 businesses had…

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