David Stockman’s Contra Corner
"Khashoggi was detained by the Saudi team inside the consulate building. Then Prince Mohammed contacted Khashoggi by phone and tried to convince him to return to Riyadh," the report said. "Khashoggi refused Prince Mohammed's offer out of fear he would be arrested and killed if he returned. The assassination team then killed Khashoggi after the conversation ended," it added....
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David Alan Stockman (born November 10, 1946) is a former businessman and U.S. politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan (1977–1981) and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1981–1985) under President Ronald Reagan.
Oval Office Prisoner—The Depredations Of Trump’s Horrible National Security Team
After all, from National Security Advisor John Bolton (the invasion of Iraq) and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (a longtime regime-change advocate) to CIA Director Gina Haspel (black sites and torture), Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis (former Marine general and CENTCOM commander), and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly (former Marine general and a commander in...
Read More »It’s The Dollar, Stupid! The Shortage Is Here, The Crunch Is Coming
Another week and another signal flashing red to deal with. . . The credit market – in my opinion – is indicating an inevitable ‘crunch’ coming up. And even worse – we’re seeing the global dollar shortage deepening. Many readers know I haven’t exactly been shy about focusing on this dollar shortage problem all year – you can read more here, and here. Personally – I think this...
Read More »Memo To The Monetary Politburo (FOMC): You’re Targeting 2.00% Inflation Of Exactly What?
The Approaching Reality: When Dip Buyers Become Bag Holders
Remember in days of yore (i.e., about a month or so ago) when regardless the ticker symbol of a stock, ETF, Index, Crypto, __________(fill in the blank) there was no better investment strategy than to just BTFD? (buy the f’n dip) How’s that all working out these days? It would appear that once coveted “set it and forget it” type of mentality, as to buy any type of weakness, has...
Read More »Now Comes The Real Disgusting Part—-Turning Khashoggi’s Pieces And Parts Into Cash
Erdogan has got the Saudis over a barrel and he’ll squeeze everything he can out of them.......The hazard of writing about the Saudis’ absurd gyrations as they seek to avoid blame for the murder of the late, not notably great journalist and Muslim Brotherhood activist Jamal Khashoggi is that by the time a sentence is finished, the landscape may have changed again.....Turkish...
Read More »Titans Of Junk And The $1.2 Trillion M&A Binge On Cheap Debt
Call them the titans of junk. They’re the headliners in a decade-long, $11 trillion corporate borrowing frenzy, fueled by central banks that flooded the global financial system with ultra-cheap money. Investors have been lending to virtually anyone willing to pay a decent yield. But now the easy money is coming to an end. Policy makers, after driving interest rates to...
Read More »The China Growth Story Is Over—Industrial Production Drops To 5.8% Y/Y
Red Ponzi Grinding—Ever Slower
The latest Chinese economic statistics are for several of them the lowest in some time. Starting with real GDP, at just 6.5% in Q3 2018 it’s the slowest pace since the first quarter of 2009. That’s not good especially for a statistic of such dubious practices often specifically crafted to be the best it can be....
Read More »Advice For RussiaGaters: You Best Slither Quietly Into The Night—It Really Was A Hoax!
So that’s it then. An obscene amount of noise and focus, a few indictments and process crime convictions which have nothing to do with Russian collusion, and this three-ring circus of propaganda and delusion is ready to call it a day. https://consortiumnews.com/2018/10/20/report-says-russia-gaters-should-go-quietly-in-the-night/
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