August 19, 2023 | China’s Great Slowdown

A glut of Chinese homes and goods, with falling domestic consumption, suggests less demand for global commodities and a deflationary impulse through the rest of the world. China’s momentum is fading after decades of supercharged growth. A much anticipated post-pandemic recovery appears to have flopped, with data flashing warning signs across the economy. The government’s […]

August 19, 2023 | The Massive Online Frauds Are Pouring In From Many Companies

The number of frauds coming in is endless. One is claiming to be the Post Office, and you must log in and pay $5 to get your package. The GEEK Squad is a popular one. I even get them from pretending to be FedEx and CVS. They typically say your card will be charged like […]

August 19, 2023 | Tech Talk for Saturday August 19th 2023

The Bottom Line  Intermediate swing traders looking for continuation of an upward trend by North American equity markets were rewarded for their patience last week. The S&P 500 Index at 4,369 moved closer to technical support near 4,200. The TSX Composite Index at 19,818 moved closer to technical support near 19,400.

August 18, 2023 | Inflation Moderates But Still Could Bite Hard

The headline measure was recorded as 3.2 percent from a year ago, while the closely watched core CPI was a more troublesome 4.7 percent. Is inflation beaten yet? In the mid-1970s a concentrated advertising campaign was orchestrated by the U. S. government to demonstrate a willingness to beat inflation at all costs. President Ford named […]

August 18, 2023 | Things We Should Do: Make An Estate Plan

A big part of prepping is about our families rather than ourselves. That is, we want to set things up so our loved ones are protected from the risks they’ll face in the coming hard times. This isn’t usually a problem because buying and organizing precious metals, guns, and food-producing land is fun. But there’s […]

August 18, 2023 | Harsh Credit Cycle Has Broad Impacts

Historical context is critical in assessing where we are in this credit, business and employment cycle. Facts demand sobriety, and the discussion below is lucid. This overall strength in U.S. equities is painting a misleading picture as to where the global economy is heading, especially with the Chinese market indicating signs of a slowdown, David […]

August 18, 2023 | FDA Admits it Had No Authority to Ban Ivermectin

They laughed in the faces of those who wanted to take Ivermectin to treat COVID-19. They deemed it as simply a medication for horses with no real value. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) immediately jumped into action to prevent pharmacies from selling the drug. They threatened doctors not to prescribe the medicine and ran […]

August 18, 2023 | More Signs of China’s Crumbling Economy

Will US consumer spending lead to a “soft landing”?

August 18, 2023 | RecycLiCo™ Battery Materials Inc. CEO Discusses Recent Collaboration with Nanoramic

Update on company AGM and bonus giveaway! Read Electric Autonomy Article – “Ford, South Korean Partners Building $1.2-Billion Battery Cathode Factory in Quebec“. Read Futurity Article – “Cracks in Lithium-ion Batteries Actually Speed Up Charging“. Read Benchmark Minerals Article – “US DOE says Battery Minerals Lithium and Graphite Now Considered “Critical”“. Read CleanTechnica Article – […]

August 17, 2023 | Rigging Elections – Open Your Eyes

COMMENT: You are just a Trump supporter. The 2020 election was not rigged. Get over it. WH ANSWER: I’m sorry you refuse to look at it objectively. I was asked to put in $10 billion, and they were rigging the 2000 Russian election. Here is a tape of former CIA Chief James Woolsey admitting that […]

August 17, 2023 | Improving and Extending Healthful Years

I am just reading Attia’s latest book, Outlive, and I appreciate the proactive focus on extending health quality rather than just the number of years lived. The good news is that it’s possible to improve our health and fitness as we age. If you’ve been wanting to invest in your health, you probably have so many questions […]

August 17, 2023 | Could a 27% Drop Happen to Some Stock Markets?

Why crude remains a solid investment

August 17, 2023 | China’s Economic Woes Slowing Demand for Oil

Natural Gas prices to spike as Europe stocks up for winter

August 17, 2023 | Crude Oil, US Dollar Interest Rates, Gold, China

Uranium, Cannabis

August 17, 2023 | What are the Odds Fed Will Hike Rates?

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August 16, 2023 | Oliver Anthony’s Song Goes Viral

August 16, 2023 | Seeing Truth Through Financial Market Noise

Chief Strategist of QI Research Danielle DiMartino Booth points out that downward revisions in economic data are revealing the truth about the economy far too late and when few are paying attention. As many hail a new bull market, Danielle sees a number of alarming indicators that are outside the focus of the mainstream media […]

August 15, 2023 | The BRICS Currency: We’ll Know Soon

When a Russian spokesman announced that the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries were going to introduce a gold-backed currency at their August 22 – 24 Johannesburg meeting, that prospect — coupled with a complete absence of details — set off a frenzy of speculation about what exactly was coming. Will it […]

August 15, 2023 | The Collapse of the Rule of Law

COMMENT: Marty, I hear Trump is to be arraigned, this time the first with a mugshot that will certainly go viral worldwide, on Aug. 25th. This is immediately after the BRICS summit on Aug, 22-24 with discussions of a new non-dollar trading currency. I can’t believe these lunatics are going to prove to the world […]

August 15, 2023 | The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada: After a Rocking & Rolling BoC-Pause Season, the First Price Drops Reappear

The spring selling season, or rather the Bank of Canada “Pause” season, which had been a rocking and rolling hoot, is over, and the first price declines are here. The Canada Home Price Benchmark Index for single family houses fell by 0.5% in July from June, and by 0.9% year-over-year, to $834,500 (all prices in […]

August 15, 2023 | Tumbling Property Prices Bring Opportunity

In the second quarter of 2023, distressed commercial real estate volume grew by $8 billion–the largest quarterly increase since the second quarter of 2020. The WSJ reports that Wall Street firms are raising new funds to acquire office buildings, apartments and other troubled commercial real estate at a fraction of the price investors paid a few […]

August 14, 2023 | The Car of the Future Runs on Hydrogen

The three crucial pieces of the world’s energy future just fell into place for me. First, I saw this graphic about the energy density of uranium, which pretty much explains where humanity is going to have to end up: Then came this graphic from Ahead of the Herd’s Rick Mills depicting nuclear power’s “capacity factor,” which means […]

August 14, 2023 | Where Mortgage Rates are Going

    Since Jan 2023, mortgage rates show a chart pattern that is characterized by higher highs and higher lows. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 6.96% as of Aug 9th, 2023. Rates hit a 20-year high of 7.08% in Nov 2022. With the rate of inflation coming down, many real […]

August 14, 2023 | Deck Chairs on the Titanic

Happy Monday Morning! It’s been a few weeks now since the Trudeau government shuffled his cabinet ministers, naming both a new housing minsiter and a new immigration minister. However, as we discussed a few weeks ago in my piece, Same Faces, Different Places, nothing has fundamentally changed. These are the same people, and the same policy […]