February 6, 2025 | Health Prepping: Vitamin D Prevents Tooth Decay

Vitamin D is the gift that keeps on giving. It’s already known to prevent cancer, heart disease, and dementia. And according to new research, it also prevents and/or fixes cavities. Here’s an excerpt from a much longer article on the subject by Dr. Joseph Mercola: Remember that sharp pain while biting down on popcorn? Or the dreaded dentist visit […]

February 6, 2025 | Distributive Bargaining

Distributive bargaining is a competitive negotiation approach where one party aims to maximize its share from a limited pool of resources. This strategy is often called zero-sum negotiation, as the total amount of resources available remains constant. Some call this the win-lose method, as compromise is not the goal. David Honig, an attorney and adjunct […]

February 6, 2025 | Signals Stock Markets Should Stay Positive

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February 6, 2025 | USAID, WEF, CCP, Tariffs, Stupid People

Fraud, Davos, Interest Rates, Inflationary Depression

February 6, 2025 | US Stock Market Doesn’t Seem to Care About Tariffs

Gold is on an unstoppable charge

February 5, 2025 | Canadian Tariffs Delayed – WHY?

  Canada has followed Mexico in a recent move to expand border security to temporarily delay tariffs. Justin Trudeau announced that $1.3 billion will go into a border plan, including new technology, equipment, and personnel. Trudeau said he will be appointing a Fentanyl Czar to oversee drug enforcement and will spend C$200 million on a […]

February 5, 2025 | WTI Crude Oil Falls Below US$72/b As Trump Tariffs Get Delayed For Now. If WTI Falls Below US$70/b We May See New BUY Signal Triggered

President Trump used his Tariff threats against Mexico and Canada to get support in the battle to keep fentanyl and illegal immigrants outside of the US. Mexico’s team found the right solution of adding 10,000 National Guard soldiers to lock down the border and plan aggressive moves against the cartels. They also accepted Trump’s remain […]

February 5, 2025 | Less Over-Valued Equities Do Not Equate to ‘Safe Haven’

Participating in a recent VRIC panel with my two favourite economists was fun, and I have included the video clip below. As the only money manager on the panel, I must add a caveat to David’s comments about the Canadian stock market being relatively cheaper than the U.S. That’s true, as I have noted many […]

February 4, 2025 | Canadian Insolvencies at 15-Year High and Rising

According to the latest Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals, 2024 saw a 15-year high in Canadian business and consumer insolvencies—about 375 daily. The group expects pressure on companies and consumers to continue in 2025 amid threats from potential tariffs and mortgage renewals. See, Insolvencies in Canada rose 12.1% in 2024, led by business filings: […]

February 4, 2025 | Panama Aligns with the US Against China – Panama Exits BRI

Panama was presented with an ultimatum to control foreign Chinese influence in the Panama canal or face retaliatory measures. While retaliatory measures were not specified, the State Department said that Panama was violating the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal, and the US would move to protect itself. Secretary of […]

February 3, 2025 | Zelensky says 58% of Money from US is Missing

    Zelensky is preparing for DOGE. We are going to need a new crop of conspiracy theories. They are all coming true one by one.

February 3, 2025 | Tariffs & Housing

Happy Monday Morning! We are now in the midst of a full blown tariff war. There’s plenty of smart economic commentary out there, so let’s get into it. According to BMO’s chief economist, Doug Porter, “Trump’s tariff hammer will come down hard on Canada’s economy. If the announced tariffs remain in place for one year, […]

February 3, 2025 | Art of the Collapse, February 2025

Making America fun to watch again… Transforming government with the stroke of a pen. (Sensitive readers should skip this one.) And in case anyone still needs to be reminded, never believe anything you haven’t personally witnessed:  

February 3, 2025 | Starting Points Matter Most of All

How long the Trump bump will continue in stock prices is everyone’s guess. Still, great expectations increase room for disappointment, and nothing matters more to long-term investment returns than the level of fundamental valuation at the starting point. Donald Trump comes back to office astride extreme confidence and the most highly valued stock market of […]

February 3, 2025 | It’s a Big Club and You Ain’t in It

“The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice! You have OWNERS! They OWN YOU. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought, and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the […]

February 2, 2025 | CalExit

  COMMENT: My question is about your forecast that the separation of the United States would begin with California and that 2022 would be the turn in your model. Please explain how you came to the 2022 target and how this separation will develop. DVS ANSWER: The target 2022 was 172 years (2 x 8.6) […]

February 2, 2025 | Nvidia Breaks Support – Is a Tech-to-Commodities Shift Underway?

Here are two key charts to focus on this week. First, we examine the S&P 500 heat map, which highlights last week’s biggest losers—many of which were major tech stocks. Among them, Nvidia stood out as the biggest tech loser of the week. By now, the impact of DeepSeek on the AI modeling landscape is widely recognized. For […]

February 2, 2025 | Mainstream Media Muffle China’s Breakthrough

Bloggers were revved up when last week began, trumpeting a warning that China’s DeepSeek R1 threatened to crush America’s capital-intensive effort to lead the world in AI development. ZeroHedge was among the first to jump on the story. “The future of humanity is being decided as we speak,” wrote Mark Whitney. “This is a full-blown, […]

February 2, 2025 | Why DeepSeek Is Bullish for the World

“There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen,” says a quote from Vladimir Lenin, who may have copied it from someone else. Regardless of origin, it is true and will be even more true as technology and even government changes faster. We may have just lived through such a week for the […]

February 1, 2025 | Trading Desk Notes for February 1, 2025

THIS IS NOT A DRILL It was a hectic week in the markets, but two events were especially significant: 1) The spot S&P traded to all-time highs last Friday, January 25, but the S&P futures gapped lower Sunday afternoon and fell hard early Monday on the DeepSeek story (blue ellipse) and 2) The S&P rallied all week from […]

February 1, 2025 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark : Stock Markets, Trump’s Tariffs, Gold, Oil, Canadian Dollar
• Maxime Bernier:  (8:00) Tariffs, Canada’s Economy, 51st State, Remove Capital Gains Tax, Making Canada The Most Prosperous Nation on the Planet
• Victor Adair: (28:54) Tariffs, Gold, Investment Market

February 1, 2025 | Tech Talk for Saturday February 1st 2025

The Bottom Line Fourth quarter results released to date by S&P 500 companies have been impressive. They prompted analysts to raise their consensus fourth quarter earnings estimate for the S&P 500. On the other hand, analyst also lowered their consensus S&P 500 earnings estimates for 2025. Robust earnings growth is expected in 2025, but at […]