By Catherine Austin Fitts

Theme:

Caveat Emptor and The Milk Bucket – the simple way to understand politics and political debates in America.

Stories:

  • China Bubbles
  • Saker on Venezuela
  • David Stockman’s New Book on the Wall and US Global Strategy/DOD Budget
  • Caveat Emptor
  • The McCabe Interview & McCabe’s redacted $70,000 Table
  • Illinois Pension Schemes – the most clever piratization proposals yet
  • Fed on Negative Interest Rates
  • Trump Signs Space Directive
  • Jedi Wars: DOD requests stay in Jedi contract lawsuit in court of claims
  • Meditations at the Crossroads & Solving the Real Problem

Hero:

The Missing Money A Team

Call for Prayers for Rob Kirby and A Team

Let’s Go to the Movies

Walter Bosley at SSP 2015

Subscriber Charts Close of February 20, 2019:

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Set Two: Emerging Markets, Europe-Asia-Australia, Frontier, India, International Equities, International Equities Minus U.S.

Set Three: Global Health Care, Europe, Germany, Greece, $ US Dollar, Fixed Income: 20 Year Treasury, 7-10 Year Treasury, Aggregate Treasury

Set Four: US Robotics, US Domestics, US Home Builders, S&P 500 Large Cap, Dow Jones REIT, US Real Estate, S&P 500, High Yield Bond, US Dollar, Gold Miners

60 Comments

  1. Gold seems to be going on a tear recently. Are the wealthy fleeing to it because of the coming recession?

      1. Oh – I left out my question! CT got rid of all it’s counties in 1960(?) and then substituted marshals appointed by committee for elected sheriffs in 2000(?) – I believe Alaska is only other state without sheriffs. On Friday, the State is looking at forced school regionalization. How should residents approach this system – by considering the State of CT as one large county?
        S.B. 457, An Act Concerning the Size of School Districts
        S.B. 738, An Act Concerning the Creation of Regional School Districts
        S.B. 874, An Act Concerning Education Initiatives and Services in Connecticut

  2. Gold seems to be going on a tear recently. Are the wealthy fleeing to it because of the coming recession?

      1. Oh – I left out my question! CT got rid of all it’s counties in 1960(?) and then substituted marshals appointed by committee for elected sheriffs in 2000(?) – I believe Alaska is only other state without sheriffs. On Friday, the State is looking at forced school regionalization. How should residents approach this system – by considering the State of CT as one large county?
        S.B. 457, An Act Concerning the Size of School Districts
        S.B. 738, An Act Concerning the Creation of Regional School Districts
        S.B. 874, An Act Concerning Education Initiatives and Services in Connecticut

    1. The challenges of moving space out of the Air Force were too much – so it stays in the Air Force Command.

    2. try watching it in its entirety, he says so much. The White House channel is the best source for an unedited Trump.

    1. The challenges of moving space out of the Air Force were too much – so it stays in the Air Force Command.

    2. try watching it in its entirety, he says so much. The White House channel is the best source for an unedited Trump.

    1. The “peak everything” spiral down is underway and accelerating – its everywhere. The states that have been fiscally responsible will be much better places to be.

        1. I have found it tracks closely to the pension fund funding –

          We covered the state pension fund gaps in the 2017 Annual Wrap Up. Here is the 2016 Study from Pew on State Pension Funding Gaps. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2018/04/the-state-pension-funding-gap-2016

          I have not done a comprehensive underwriting recently. If I did one here are the states that would be considered:

          Tennessee
          South Dakota
          North Dakota
          Wisconsin
          Nebraska
          Idaho
          Iowa
          Wisconsin

          I would review their most recent official statements at the EMMA system at MSRB https://emma.msrb.org/
          their consolidated annual financial reports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_annual_financial_report
          and the budgets and financial statements at their website

          if you have never done a review like this, these will be helpful:

          https://home.solari.com/book-review-follow-the-money-a-citizens-guide-to-local-government/
          https://home.solari.com/unpacking-your-financial-ecosystem/

          1. Mary:

            I would also add – IMO better to live in a financial responsible place with cold weather and migrate south nomad style or offshore for the winter than live in a state with serious fiscal and financial problems. The danger is, of course, that the federal fiscal challenges puts all US citizens and residents at risk no matter when we are.

            Catherine

      2. But which states are those? Would love to see a list or to hear you talk about it in a money and markets!

    1. The “peak everything” spiral down is underway and accelerating – its everywhere. The states that have been fiscally responsible will be much better places to be.

        1. I have found it tracks closely to the pension fund funding –

          We covered the state pension fund gaps in the 2017 Annual Wrap Up. Here is the 2016 Study from Pew on State Pension Funding Gaps. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2018/04/the-state-pension-funding-gap-2016

          I have not done a comprehensive underwriting recently. If I did one here are the states that would be considered:

          Tennessee
          South Dakota
          North Dakota
          Wisconsin
          Nebraska
          Idaho
          Iowa
          Wisconsin

          I would review their most recent official statements at the EMMA system at MSRB https://emma.msrb.org/
          their consolidated annual financial reports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_annual_financial_report
          and the budgets and financial statements at their website

          if you have never done a review like this, these will be helpful:

          https://home.solari.com/book-review-follow-the-money-a-citizens-guide-to-local-government/
          https://home.solari.com/unpacking-your-financial-ecosystem/

          1. Mary:

            I would also add – IMO better to live in a financial responsible place with cold weather and migrate south nomad style or offshore for the winter than live in a state with serious fiscal and financial problems. The danger is, of course, that the federal fiscal challenges puts all US citizens and residents at risk no matter when we are.

            Catherine

      2. But which states are those? Would love to see a list or to hear you talk about it in a money and markets!

  7. Under the ‘Consider the Source’ category:

    Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies

    1) Apple
    2) Amazon
    3) Berkshire Hathaway
    4) Walt Disney
    5) Starbucks
    6) Microsoft
    7) Alphabet
    8) Netflix
    9) JPMorgan Chase
    10) FedEx

    Really? FedEx is a Yes! However, if one ever doubted that propaganda works, look at #1 – #9. Yikes!! Looks like the Who’s Who of the Deep Staters!!

    1. 1st Quarter Wrap Up is back to a discussion of ESG and screening business – same issue.

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