Submitted by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com,
As a West Indian, I’ve lived through quite a few hurricanes in my time. My level of responsibility in each varied quite a bit. I was eight years old in my first hurricane and I thought it was great fun, as it was so exciting during the hurricane and, afterward, the landscape had changed so much that I had lots of new places to play.
Manipulation's Persistence and Comex' Demise
via Soren K Group and MarketSlant
In case you were starting to lose your fearmongered concerns, The US State Department has come to the rescue with a travel alert for visitors to Europe warning of "the continued threat of terrorist attacks."
Travel Alert - Europe
May 1, 2017
The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the continued threat of terrorist attacks throughout Europe. This Travel Alert expires on September 1, 2017.
Marine Le Pen will attempt to defeat Emmanuel Macron on May 7th, but the odds aren't in her favor.
The former Rothschild banker, who literally had an affair with his teacher 25 years his senior when he was 15 (called pedophilia in most countries), eventually married her and moved in with her children that were his age and older, is set to become France's youngest President ever. How wonderful.
Besides the upcoming FOMC meeting on May 2-3, and French & Italian politics - the decisive runoff round of the French election takes place this Sunday - this week's releases are dominated by US payrolls expected to come around 170k. The busy release calendar continues with Norges bank and RBA meetings as well as global manufacturing PMIs.