America

Hour after hour, mainstream media proclaims the 'teflon' market as clear proof of America's economic strength as volatility keeps collapsing despite a surge in turmoil.

For years, market anxiety has risen and fallen with a strong correlation to "crisis" in the world. However, as the chart below illustrates, the last 2 months have seen a surge in "crisis" stories lead to soaring stocks and collapsing risk perceptions.

The negative correlation between "crisis" stories and the market's perceptions of risk is unprecedented.

Via StockBoardAsset.com,

Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

Authored by Robert Parry via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

Where is Stanley Kubrick when we need him? If he hadn’t died in 1999, he would be the perfect director to transform today’s hysteria over Russia into a theater-of-the-absurd movie reprising his Cold War classic, “Dr. Strangelove,” which savagely satirized the madness of nuclear brinksmanship and the crazed ideology behind it. 

Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,

By the end of this month, Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor HR McMaster will deliver to President Trump their plans for military escalations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. President Trump would be wise to rip the plans up and send his national security team back to the drawing board – or replace them.