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VRA Update: The ACTUAL 2016-2017 Playbook

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I’ve yet to hear a single, not one mind you, Wall Street/FED economist…certainly not many portfolio mangers…speak the truth as to why global financial markets are trading like a brutal recession (at minimum) is just around the corner.

There are just two reasons why this might be; 1) they truly don’t see the downside risks (economists) or 2) they have been instructed to “talk up the market”…so that their firms can sell their own positions (this happens ALL the time…something to keep in mind when you hear a portfolio mgr talking up their books).

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VRA Crash Update: Do Not Fight the Tape, Do Not Fight The FED

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Jan 13, 2016

The markets are rolling over hard. Opened 100 points higher (DJ), and as I’ve said each and every day, “Sell/Short any bear market that opens sharply higher” This ones a real Investing101 folks…and now…the DJ has closed down 364 points. Incredibly, and in something I have not seen in 30 years, according to the VRA System, investor complacency has actually risen over the last two weeks. Delusional…

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VRA ALERT: Crash-Bear Market: Stage One Underway

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MUST READ ALERT: STAY FROSTY!

Good Wednesday morning all. The world is in turmoil this morning…yes, again…for another morning. I don’t like this anymore than you do, but if the world is going to falter and falter hard, we owe it to ourselves, our families, and friends and our businesses, to make sure we survive…and yes, thrive.

Everything I have been saying is happening…right now.

This is Stage One of the 2016 Crash.

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VRA Update: Happy New Year, New Twitter Survey, Recession On the Way

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Good Thursday morning all and a Happy New Year. Gotta say, getting New Years wishes from parts of the world where they are “already” bringing in the New Year always feels strange…especially when it’s 8 am here in Sugar Land (a city so sweet, it had to be named after processed poison…I mean, sugar cane).

Next up: Please go to my twitter page (@kherriage) and take my latest survey. The question is: Will the FED manipulate the Dow +220 today; so it’s positive for the year? (3 choices follow).

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VRA CRASH ALERT: THIS E.L.F.E. JUST MISSED IN 2008. WE MAY NOW BE JUST HOURS AWAY…

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VRA CRASH ALERT: THIS E.L.F.E. JUST MISSED IN 2008. WE MAY BE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM…”A DIRECT HIT”

(note from Kip: Predicting the exact day/week of a crash is never easy, never simple. However, beginning on Monday of this week (12/7) I issued my first 3 Crash Alerts since 2008, when the Dow Jones lost 56% of it’s value…second only to the Crash of 1929, when the Dow collapsed 86%).

* If the VRA is Correct (again), The Coming Crash Could Take the Dow Down More Than 10,000 Points

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VRA Update: Death Spiral Alert

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Markets are getting clocked…Dow is off 300 points, but the real losses are in high yield debt.

Working on 3-4 major developments and just looked up and cannot believe that its almost 11 AM EST.

Know this: everything I have been warning about is happening…right now.

Junk bonds are near a death spiral. This is the point from where they do not return.

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VRA Update: Trading Strategy – From Now to Year End

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The markets sold off aggressively on Monday, with the Dow losing 179 points, or 1%, and each major index suffering similar percentage losses.

We’ve been highly overbought for some time, but this correction looks to be much more about the future of interest rates. More specifically, this weakness is about the FED and the month of December…will they in fact raise rates, following their meeting on Dec 15th and 16th.

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VRA Update: Is the Housing Market Really Strong?

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VRA Update: Is the Housing Market Really Strong?

Oct 29, 2015

Literally every market analyst has been saying the same thing; the housing market is strong, and it’s telling us that the economic recovery is in good shape. Certainly, the FED has been making this their case for higher rates….but is it actually the case?

Clearly, it WAS the case for most of 2015…as the chart below makes clear…UNTIL late August, more specifically until that big 8/24 sell off that took the Dow down 1100 points in a single day.

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Class Warfare, Pandering – Success is the Fresh Target

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If you watched the debate last night, you likely saw what I saw. The level of class warfare was astounding…even for this group of populist, vote panderers. Success was under attack…and it looks to only get worse. Here’s the deal; if you’ve worked hard your entire life to make something of yourself, and after 20-30 years of 10-12 hour days, finally find yourself making a “comfortable” income, maybe even a business owner with employees…congratulations…you are now part of the “elite class”, and you owe FAR more than the 30% plus each year that you’ve already paid in taxes, each and every year.

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