In this podcast I talked with David Skarica of addictedtoprofits.net about what he sees as a blowoff stock market rally going into the end of the year. It certainly feels that way as the S&P 500 ETF SPY and Nasdaq ETF QQQ is going straight up. The Russell 2000 also broke out a few days ago.

We also talked about what is happening in the precious metals markets and small cap plays we are doing.

For more from Mike Swanson go to http://www.wallstreetwindow.com

This is audio of a youtube video I did, which includes charts. To watch the video go here:

https://youtu.be/fo8Ii6bCN_A

Gold has been pulling back in a consolidation phase digesting the big gains it made this summer. Some people though are saying that price manipulators are making it so that gold and silver prices cannot go up. They claim short sellers won't let it happen.

These are assertions with no evidence. In this video I show what is really making gold move up and down and what truly does impact it's price. Understanding this will enable you to know the real downside risks for gold prices from here and when the next big breakout run will begin. Clear thinking is key to investing and trading.

For more from Mike go here:

http://wallstreetwindow.com/top-mining-stock-pick

In this podcast I talked with Carmine Savastano who runs the Neapolis Media Group and is the author of the book Two Princes And A King, about the JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations. Carmine is also coming out with a new book in February titled Human Time Bomb: The Violence Within Our Nature. You can pre-order this book by going here:

https://www.amazon.com/Human-Time-Bomb-Violence-Within-ebook/dp/B07ZQKYFDM

Carmine's book came about as part of his research into the origins of violent human behavior. We live in times of discord and cultural mania and his work sheds led on some of the reasons why. This discussion with Carmine also was provoked by his publication of an article he wrote titled Origins of Violence that you can find here - with summary and resource links:

https://www.tpaak.com/origins-of-violence

I am interested in many things besides just the financial markets and wrote a book about the Cold War origins of today's military-industrial complex and power elite titled The War State. I am now working on a follow up to that book about The Vietnam War.

Last week I was a guest on The Ochelli Effect and the two of us had a discussion about the Vietnam War and the Tet Offensive. We looked at the years 1967 and 1968 as key times in which most Americans that served in Vietnam did so by arriving there in one of those two years.

You can find the entire Ochelli Effect show for that week by going here:

https://ochelli.com/resistance-war-against-america/

If this segment interests you grab my book The War State by going here:

https://www.amazon.com/War-State-Origins-Military-Industrial-1945-1963-ebook/dp/B00EWLGXHW

After watching the impeachment hearings on TV I had a wide ranging discussion with investigative journalist JP Sottile who runs the website newsvandal.com about geopolitics and culture in our era of surveillance capitalism. JP's email list is one of the few that I subscribe to myself and open up every single day. You can get on his list by going to newsvandal.com.

The stock market has managed to have a nice rally this month and this week the Federal Reserve is set to lower interest rates again in order to keep this stock market going.

It's easy to get caught up and mesmerized by 48-hour news cycle, and the day to day stock market action with years of near zero interest rates, QE, and negative rates in some government bond markets that have trained all of us to think that this environment is normal and will go on forever.

But it is all really an odd time - not until this decade has ever in human history there been negative interest rates.

Where would the markets be without these negative rates and where will they be when they come to an end?

Something to think about...

If you want to watch the Youtube video that this audio is from go here:

https://youtu.be/OLnLB9HUiVE

-Mike Swanson

In this podcast I talked with Carmine Savastano who is the author of Two Princes And A King and runs the Neapolis Media Group. Carmine discovered an interesting movie put out by the OSS during World War II to help train its people in how to be an effective spy. The movie is titled Undercover and was directed by John Ford. We have a discussion together on this interesting movie.

You can watch the movie yourself by going here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkvCKRaQnKE
If you are interested in topics like this I have good news for you!

Amazon is also running a deep discount this week on the Kindle version of my book The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963. You can grab it by going here:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1484080769/

After a quick update about the trade deal that has turned out to be a trade truce I interview Scott Horton of The Libertarian Institute (www.libertarianinstitute.org) about a new book he has published titled The Great Ron Paul.

Scott has done well over a thousand, perhaps several thousand, interviews with people mainly regarding US foreign policy and foreign non-interventionism. One of his most important guests has been former Congressman and Presidential candidate Ron Paul.

Scott explains why Ron Paul's views have been so important since 9/11 and continue to be important. I also asked him about where this type of thinking is going in this time of Trump and partisan polar politics?

To grab The Great Ron Paul book go here:

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Ron-Paul-Interviews-2004-2019-ebook/dp/B07XLGR6Z3

Many online brokers are cutting their trading commissions to zero. There are ways to benefit from this beyond just zero commissions. It is now better than ever to buy individual stocks as opposed to ETF's when investing in a sector. I talk about this topic and then interview Chris Vermeulen who runs thetechnicaltraders.com to get his take on the current trends of the markets.

For a recent article by Chris Vermeulen go here:

http://wallstreetwindow.com/2019/10/us-stock-markets-trade-sideways-waiting-on-news-guidance-chris-vermeulen-10-08-2019/

From time to time this year trade tensions and trade talks between the Trump administration and China have dominated the financial news cycle and even moved the markets. Next week on Thursday and Friday Chinese trade negotiators will come to DC to try to hammer out a deal. What are the odds that one will happen? I talk about this in this podcast update and draw your attention to two key articles to help you understand the situation:

https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3031403/china-us-seen-have-good-reasons-reach-interim-trade-deal

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/10/article/can-trump-back-away-from-trade-war-in-time-to-avoid-recession/

For more from Mike Swanson go to http://www.wallstreetwindow.com