April 10, 2022 | Other Possibilities

An old Danish proverb, later attributed to everyone from Mark Twain to Nostradamus to Yogi Berra, says, “Predictions are difficult, especially about the future.” I would refine it a little: Predictions are actually pretty easy. Accurate predictions are very difficult. We can never know the future because it’s not here yet. We can only make educated forecasts […]

April 9, 2022 | EPB Macro: The Four Stages of an Economic Slowdown

Independent and well-articulated, Eric is worth the listen. On today’s episode of On The Margin, Mike Ippolito is joined by returning guest Eric Basmajian, founder of EPB Macro Research. After correctly identifying signs of decelerating growth months ahead of most, Eric comes back to the podcast to share how he forecast the economic slowdown. As […]

April 9, 2022 | Trading Desk Notes For April 9, 2022

Bond yields continue to surge higher The announcement on Tuesday by Fed Governor Lael Brainard, a former dove (and Biden’s nominee for Fed Vice-Chair), that the Fed will launch an aggressive program of Quantitative Tightening (QT) (monthly sales of $60B of Treasuries and $35B of mortgages after a three-month phase-in period) beginning with the May […]

April 9, 2022 | “Battle Stations” For ‘Da Boyz’ in New York on Friday

09 April 2022 — Saturday Yesterday in Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium The gold price wandered quietly lower in the Far East on their Friday morning — and the low tick of the day was set around 1 p.m. China Standard Time on their Friday afternoon. It then wandered quietly higher from there until about five minutes […]

April 9, 2022 | This Week in Money

• Bob Hoye –  Stock Markets, Gold, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar
• Hilliard MacBeth –  Canadian Federal Budget, Housing, Immigration, Oil and Gas
• Wolf Richter –  Inflation, Auto Market, US Real Estate
• Larry Reaugh – President & CEO at American Manganese Inc. on Company Showcase – American Manganese CEO Discusses Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Demonstration Plant Progress. Read CTV Article – “Canada To Invest $2B on Mineral Strategy for EV Battery Supply Chain“.  See AMY Lithium-ion Recycling Technology – Updated Dec. 2021.  

  Watch AMY’s Video – “Our Revolutionary Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Technology”.

  Questions?  Email Larry or Phone: 778.574.4444

April 8, 2022 | Homebuyer “Pessimism” Hits Bleak Record on Sky-High Prices, Spiking Mortgage Rates. Great Time to Sell, Though. Just Do It

We just knew this would be coming, given the sky-high home prices and the spike in mortgage rates: Homebuyer sentiment deteriorated further to a new low. The percentage of people who said that now is a “bad time to buy” a home jumped to 73%, another record-worst in the data going back to 2010, according […]

April 8, 2022 | Cultivating Meat for Carnivores – No Animals Needed

Precision fermentation (PF) and cellular agriculture (CA) are major tech-enabled disruptions attracting investment and market share away from legacy animal-based industries. The ReThinkx August 2021 report here explains the escalating efficiency of precision fermentation (PF) protein and cell-based meats over the next 8 years–believe it or not, this is happening. The food disruption will be driven by […]

April 8, 2022 | Is Canada’s New Climate Plan Ambitious or Absurd?

  On March 29th the Canadian government announced a plan to reduce carbon emissions across all sectors of the economy, targeting a 40-45% reduction below 2005 levels (see plan here). The government is committing to $9.1 billion in new investment towards carbon capture technology, zero-emission vehicles, and cleaner electrical generation. Many stakeholders are still digesting the plan, so […]

April 8, 2022 | American Manganese CEO Discusses Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Demonstration Plant Progress

Read CTV Article – “Canada To Invest $2B on Mineral Strategy for EV Battery Supply Chain“. See AMY Lithium-ion Recycling Technology – Updated Dec. 2021.   Watch AMY’s Video – “Our Revolutionary Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Technology”. Questions?  Email Larry or Phone: 778.574.4444

April 8, 2022 | Are We in For Stagflation?

Biden wants more Canadian oil but still against pipelines

April 8, 2022 | Shocking Consumer Credit Numbers: Credit Card Debt Soars With Savings Long Gone

From Zero Hedge: While it is traditionally viewed as a B-grade indicator, the February consumer credit report from the Federal Reserve was an absolute stunner and confirmed what we have been saying for month: any excess savings accumulated by the US middle class are long gone, and in their place Americans have unleashed a credit-card […]

April 7, 2022 | Canada Bans Foreigners from Real Estate Market but Misses Loopholes

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced on Thursday that most foreigners would be barred from purchasing real estate in Canada for the next two years in an effort to combat the housing crisis. Home prices in Canada have risen over 50% since 2020 as demand steadily increases and available inventory diminishes. The Bank of Canada announced […]

April 7, 2022 | Danielle on The Jay Martin Show

Danielle Park and Jay Martin discuss: 1. Why the Fed is smart to try and raise interest rates 2. Why their timing is terrible 3. Why Powell will not be able to stick to the the plan 4.Asset Price predications 5. Thoughts on inflation Here is a direct video link. Further to our discussion on water […]

April 7, 2022 | Uranium, Crude Oil, Gold, Cryptos

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April 7, 2022 | No Guarantee Oil Prices Won’t Balloon Again

Churchill, Manitoba could ship Canadian LNG to Europe

April 7, 2022 | Any Sign of Slow Motion Bear Market Recovery?

Could miners be a better bet than the metals they produce?

April 7, 2022 | Oil, Natural Gas, Gasoline, Gold, Silver, Copper

Dow, S&P, Nasdaq, Agricultural Commodities

April 7, 2022 | Charles Hugh Smith: For Freak’s Sake, People, Even The Crash Test Dummies Are Nervous

From Of Two Minds: Those trusting the Fed to be visibly weak, corrupt and incompetent forever might be in for an unwelcome surprise. When even the crash test dummies are nervous, it pays to pay attention. Being in a mild crash isn’t too bad if all the protective devices inflate as intended. But in a horrific […]

April 6, 2022 | Canada Begins Eugenics Program

While people always point to Nazi, Germany, Canada is no stranger to eugenics. The Sexual Sterilization Act in 1928 forced Indigenous women to undergo sterilizations to diminish their population. Canada provided these women with a skewed “mental deficiency” test in an attempt to prove they were unfit to reproduce. The practice was widespread until the […]

April 6, 2022 | Interest Rate Shock

Canadian 5-year fixed mortgage rates have moved above 4% and (as shown below) US 30-year mortgage rates above 5%, up more than 1% in just the last month (similar leap in Europe). This rapid 25% increase in interest costs, coming amid highly indebted households and corporations, is the most significant financial shock since 2007. Bond […]

April 6, 2022 | U.S. Dollar (USD) Is On Our Radar!

Since the USD plays such a strong role in global economics, we thought it appropriate to see how the USD performance is vs. other currencies and investments. For the U.S. consumer, a strong USD means U.S. goods are more expensive in foreign markets. For U.S. companies that buy or sell products/services globally, a strong USD […]

April 5, 2022 | Macron & the April 10th Election

On April 10, the election in France will take place, and Macron is ahead for now with 27% of the vote. But Macron has been using his position as the European Union bloc’s president for six months. Macron has cleverly used this position as a powerbase toward a reelection bid by not merely pushing for […]

April 5, 2022 | Housing Cheaper to Rent Than Own is a Warning for Buyers and Lenders

As government bond prices have declined on expectations of aggressive rate hikes from central banks, fixed mortgage interest rates (priced off bond yields), have leapt. After rising sharply during the pandemic, high home prices have now combined with higher interest rates to drive a 30.5% year-over-year increase in US mortgage payments to the end of […]

April 4, 2022 | Dr. Robert Malone v WEF

Dr. Robert Malone, one of the initial founders of mRNA vaccines, turned into the most prominent critic, plans to expose everyone in the World Economic Forum (WEF). “They’ve been working for 30 years to train people to be their gophers…to do their bidding…there are videos of Klaus Schwab bragging about it,” Malone stated. “All of […]