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January 6, 2026 | Jubilant Hopes For 2026
After three years of unusually high stock market gains, Wall Street equity analysts entered 2026 with record bullishness and no “sell” recommendations. After being burned on recession calls in 2022, no mainstream economist is calling for a recession in 2026, and no strategist is willing to forecast a flat or down market. Major asset classes […]
January 6, 2026 | Entering Geopolitical Chaos
QUESTION: You said this invasion of Venezuela set s precedent. Would you please elaborate. Mikki ANSWER: Russia could then kidnap Zelensky and point to Venezuela. China is already demanding Manduro be returned to Venezuela immediately. The computer is showing that this is by no means over. The computer has been showing this would begin the […]
January 5, 2026 | The Perils of Price Discovery
Happy Monday Morning! The Vancouver housing market ended the year with a whimper. Home sales fell 13% year-over-year in December, with both new listings and total inventory continuing to climb. It was a historical year for the Vancouver housing market. The fewest annual home sales since the year 2000, a 25 year low. Source: Steve […]
January 5, 2026 | Venezuela vs. Canada: Why a Venezuelan Supply Surge Remains Unlikely Despite Regime Change
The US-led capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026, and his removal to face charges in New York has sparked speculation about a rapid Venezuelan oil resurgence. Venezuela boasts the world’s largest proven reserves at 303 billion barrels – far exceeding Canada’s 163 billion (mostly oil sands). Yet reserves in the ground do not equal barrels at the […]
January 5, 2026 | Health Prepping: Hold Off on That Knee Replacement
“If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans” — Woody Allen, It’s a common story these days: An active person works hard and saves for a retirement that, they expect, will feature hiking, biking, and tournament-level pickelball. But when the big day arrives, so does multi-joint osteoarthritis, which makes most of the above […]
January 5, 2026 | Real Estate Weakness Likely To Persist in 2026
New year, same problems; these segments offer some insight. This week on Move Smartly, I’m joined by Doug Hoyes, Licensed Insolvency Trustee and co-founder of Hoyes, Michalos & Associates, one of the most experienced consumer debt relief firms in Canada. Doug works on the front lines with households facing financial distress, giving him a real-time […]
January 5, 2026 | Is the Fed Injecting Money Due to Silver? Or Is there a Different Crisis?
QUESTION: Marty, you have been silent on the rumors that the Fed is bailing out JP Morgan who they claim was short silver. If there is anyone who has been behind the curtain and confronted the banks, that is you. Would you please comment on this topic. EL ANSWER: JP Morgan is on our […]
January 4, 2026 | 2026: The Year to Be Optimistic
Every Sunday morning, I wake up to what has become my favorite newsletter: The Rational Optimist Society Newsletter. It generally highlights companies both large and small who are at the cutting edge – the very frontiers of knowledge in score of industries that are busy creating the future while the vast bulk of the media […]
January 4, 2026 | Why Did Trump Really Take Venezuela? It Wasn’t Just Oil!
COMMENT: You said these podcasts that Venezuela had the oil but the big question is China. Would like to expand on that now? Socrates showed the dollar taking off in October 2024 and the fourth quarter was a turning point. But it now shows volatility rising from February on. It looks like this is not […]
January 4, 2026 | So Much Is Riding on Silver!
The speculative frenzy in silver has provided welcome relief from AI claptrap, but will it last? There are a hundred theories about why silver has come exuberantly to life after lagging gold for so long. I’ve been puzzled myself, since my technical runes suggest that gold futures could make an important top at $5132, about […]
January 4, 2026 | 2026: the Year to Be Optimistic
Every Sunday morning, I wake up to what has become my favorite newsletter: The Rational Optimist Society Newsletter. It generally highlights companies both large and small who are at the cutting edge – the very frontiers of knowledge in score of industries that are busy creating the future while the vast bulk of the media […]
January 3, 2026 | Trading Desk Notes for January 3, 2026
Anything can happen I recorded my Moneytalks interview yesterday and told Mike that I had a gut feeling that events in 2026 would “rock our world,” and asked, “What will Donald Trump do to make sure the Republicans retain control of Congress in the mid-term elections that are less than nine months away?” I woke up this morning […]
January 3, 2026 | Hollywood in 2026?
Those who attended the 2025 World Economic Conference know that I have agreed to participate in a Hollywood film on my life. Everything is still in the works. I will provide more information once it becomes available, but I expect big news in the year ahead. Fortune and fame have never allured me or […]
January 3, 2026 | Tech Talk for Saturday January 3rd 2026
The Bottom Line The proverbial “Santa Claus” rally for the S&P 500 Index from December 14th to January 6th is “holding in” just barely. The S&P is up 0.45% since the close on Friday December 12th. Several technical analysts/strategists (e.g. Tom Bowley, Craig Johnson, Tom Lee, Guy Adami, Dan Nathan, Carter Worth, David Keller, Jeremy […]
January 2, 2026 | Jobs Will Continue to Flee California in 2026
California state experiences a payroll contraction during the first eight months of 2025, marking the largest job decline since COVID. The state’s 5% unemployment rate is above the national average and has remained so for the past 19 consecutive months. Over 173,000 jobs disappeared from California from January to November 2025, a 14% annual […]
January 1, 2026 | Silver’s 2026 Open: Irresistable Force Meets Immovable Object
Specifically, Institutional buying meets higher Comex margins Comex Margins The paper metals markets have traditionally responded to spiking prices by raising margin requirements. Players who can’t come up with the extra money have to liquidate their positions, which causes prices to fall. That accounts for at least part of the brutal end to last […]
January 1, 2026 | Happy New Year!
Buckle in—2026 marks a key phase in the Economic Confidence Model, when markets, governments, and institutions will be tested. By following the model rather than the headlines, we can navigate what’s coming together.
December 31, 2025 | Silver Market Update: What’s Really Happening as 2025 Ends
Silver Market Update: What’s Really Happening as 2025 Ends This is a follow-up to our post on Monday regarding the wild action with silver. Today (Wednesday, December 31, 2025), marks the end of one of the most volatile years ever for silver. Earlier this week, prices surged over $83, an all-time high. Since then, silver […]
December 31, 2025 | State of the U.S. Housing Market
In my Dec 18, 2025 interview – which starts at 43:10 – Robert Campbell answered the following questions: 1. What is The State of the US economy? 2. What is the State […]
December 31, 2025 | The Minnesota Daycare Scam in Context
Americans are watching videos of empty, taxpayer-funded “daycare centers” with bemusement. How, we wonder, can such things exist right under the noses of officials who are supposed to police exactly this kind of blatant fraud? According to El Gato Malo, whose bad cattitude Substack is becoming essential reading, the scam is “a feature, not a bug” in a new […]
December 31, 2025 | A Top Concern Among Readers in 2025
People are losing confidence in institutions precisely because these actions show how quickly access to one’s own assets can be restricted without due process. This story resonated because it stripped away the rhetoric and exposed reality. Governments everywhere are preparing for a future where financial access is conditional. Data will be weaponized as the sovereign […]
December 30, 2025 | Silver’s Pullback Explained: Profit-Taking, Not Panic
Silver prices slipped slightly during Asian trading and stayed near the lower end of the day’s range. That usually signals there are still sellers at higher prices, which can limit short-term upside. Price action in context For more than a year, much of the silver discussion has focused on short sellers — the idea that […]
December 30, 2025 | November 2025 US Real Estate
November home sales in the US paint a picture of stagnation and a frozen market. Home prices and mortgages have risen and demand has waned. This is a buyer’s market but conditions are not particularly favorable due to the cost of ownership. Sales rose 0.5% from November to October and were 1% lower on […]
December 29, 2025 | Why is Keynesian Economics Collapsing?
In his 1936 book, ‘The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,’ John Maynard Keynes argued that aggregate demand was too volatile to be stable and would lead to inflation or recession. His theory honed in on spending as a means of price control. Low aggregate demand, Keynes argues, would lead to high unemployment […]
December 29, 2025 | Is Asian Guy a False Flag?
As most of you have noticed, the precious metals space on YouTube is being flooded with AI/human hybrid deep dives into the suddenly crazy-volatile silver market. Why now? Who are these people? And how are they suddenly able to produce a tsunami of riveting content? Gold stock analyst Don Durrett just posted an interesting explanation: Don Durrett – […]