America

"Stock whisperer" Janet Yellen has a major problem. Despite the world's central banks' coordinated easing-driven surge in stocks off the mid-Feb lows, consumer comfort in America has collapsed to its lowest since Dec 2015. The "wealth creation" engine is not transmitting to animal spirits and exuberance among average joes... despite Jim Cramer's exposition that "Yellen is speaking for the common person."

The Fed policy Death Cross...

When extreme monetary experimentation fails.

• Roller-coaster first quarter ends with shares, dollar under pressure (Reuters)
• Oil prices slide as U.S. crude stocks hit record (Reuters)
• GE Files to End Fed Oversight After Shrinking GE Capital (WSJ)
• FDA Eases Rules for Abortion Pill, Making Access Simpler (BBG)
• Kremlin denies report of Russia-U.S. deal on Assad's future (Reuters)
• Thirst for Gasoline Fuels Oil Rally (WSJ)
• Landlords in last-minute rush to beat stamp duty rises (BBG)
• CEO of SunEdison’s Spinoffs Leaves (WSJ)

A recent study published in the journal Cancer Causes and Control has revealed that Amish people have virtually no cancer within their population, and are considered the most healthy people in America.  Researchers from Ohio State University originally launched a study on the Amish population to see whether rates of cancer would be higher due to their lack of conventional medical care. What they found, however, shocked them.

The U.S. military have launched Jade Helm 16 – otherwise known as UWEX 16 – a military exercise to prepare troops for an American civil war.  These latest exercises follow last year’s Jade Helm 15 exercises which some feared were being used as a means to introduce martial law in America. According to an anonymous tip off, Jade Helm 16 appears to be about controlling the nation’s food supply. Thecommonsenseshow.com reports: I have learned from reliable sources that Jade Helm 16 is also about controlling the shipment of all food.

I was 14 years old when I first shot a gun. My family and I were at the local rod and gun club and I had just received my first gun safety lesson from an instructor. With my junior NRA rifle handbook under my arm, I took the .22 rifle that my dad had given me and went to the range. There were some boys there that I knew, also shooting, and I was vaguely interested in one of them. I took my first shots at the target.