February 14, 2026 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark: Stock Markets,  Bitcoin, Gold, Silver, Copper, USD, Canadian Dollar.
• Josef Schachter: (11:02) Crude Oil, Alberta Separation, Dow 100,000
• Hilliard MacBeth:  (1:10:01) Alberta Separatist Movement, Real Estate, Electric Vehicles

February 13, 2026 | The Gordie Howe International Bridge Makes Donald Trump Furious

The Gordie Howe International Bridge isn’t even open yet, and it’s already stirring up political drama from Windsor to Washington. This week, President Donald Trump lashed out on Truth Social, threatening to block the bridge’s opening — even though he personally supported the project during his first term and once called for its speedy completion. So why […]

February 13, 2026 | Rick Mills: The Copper Shortage Has Arrived

One of the wild things about copper is that it’s now trading at an all-time high price while supply and demand are more or less in balance. Kind of makes you wonder what it will do when the long-awaited shortage hits. According to commodities analyst Rick Mills, we’re about to find out because 2026 is […]

February 13, 2026 | Grannies Selling their Silverware a Sign of Market Top?

It’s lights out for Cuba

February 12, 2026 | Putin Whacks Silver

  Silver just had one of its steepest declines on record: And this might be why: (Economic Times) – Russia is actively considering a return to the US dollar settlement system as part of a potential economic partnership with President Donald Trump, according to a 2026 internal Kremlin memo reviewed by Bloomberg. The proposal outlines […]

February 12, 2026 | EPA to Repeal Greenhouse Gas Regulations

  The Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration is on the verge of repealing the 2009 “endangerment finding” that formed the legal and scientific basis for regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. That finding, first issued early in the Obama administration, concluded that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases “may reasonably […]

February 12, 2026 | Was Dow 50,000 a Bull Trap?

It’s risk off across the board

February 12, 2026 | New Downside Targets for Gold and Silver

What the real scandal could be from the Epstein files

February 11, 2026 | The Silver ‘Great Divorce’: Is the COMEX About to Break?

Silver: A Setup That Often Precedes Potentially Severe  Corrections There is a lot of noise right now surrounding the physical availability of silver, and it’s creating uncertainty for investors in both the futures and ETF markets. The silver market is entering a period where price behavior may be driven less by fundamentals and more by […]

February 11, 2026 | Financial Stress is Driving Rents and Home Prices Down, at Last

As I have noted many times, historically, a maximum of 3x household income has been considered the limit of what is considered “affordable” for homes. In Canada, with a median household income of 84k, this would mean homes priced at no more than $252,000. Today, the national average home sale price is $660k (down from […]

February 10, 2026 | Dow to 100K?

Donald Trump recently stated that the Dow could reach 100,000 by the end of his presidency, and the usual crowd immediately rushed to either cheer or ridicule the statement without understanding why such a number is even possible. The problem with modern analysis is that it assumes markets rise because governments are doing something right. […]

February 9, 2026 | Spring Listings Start Early in 2026

The spring listing wave traditionally starts at the end of February, but supply is already off to a strong start in 2026. Canadian housing inventory rose in January, with listings higher across most regions, as prices declined (home price index for the 5 largest urban centers shown below for December and January). See Supply surge keeps […]

February 8, 2026 | Time to Jump on Miners

[The following commentary was written by Steve Houck. He is a longtime investor in bullion and knows the markets well.  He is also a friend and former business partner.  RA ] Looking at the froth in silver, it became apparent it was time to rotate from overvalued to undervalued once again.  Selling precious-metal ETFs like SLV and AGQ […]

February 7, 2026 | Why Gold and Silver Crashed (Pt. 1)

February 7, 2026 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Magnificent 7, Bitcoin, Gold, Silver, Copper, USD, Canadian Dollar.
• Eric Hadik: (10:48)  Market Cycles, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Bitcoin, USD, Canadian Dollar, Energy Market, Lithium.
• David Brett: (43:48) Mining Industry, UNDRIP, Land Claims in British Columbia.

February 6, 2026 | The Economy into 2028

  QUESTION: Marty, January posted the largest January job loss numbers since the Great Recession of 108,435, which was a 118% increase from a year earlier. This seems to be in line with Socrates’ going into February where it projected a rise in volatility there as well and a Directional Change. Plus, consumer confidence started […]

February 6, 2026 | Tech’s Momentum Breaks — And the Market Scrambles for Alternatives

Technology investors are discovering that nuance cuts both ways. Markets are no longer reacting simply to whether a company is “in AI” or “not in AI”, they’re reacting to how AI reshapes business models. And this week, that shift in mindset produced some of the sharpest rotations we’ve seen in years. Earnings season made the divide painfully […]

February 6, 2026 | Will New Fed Head March to Trump’s Drummer?

No concept of risk in today’s market

February 5, 2026 | All Is Well or Is It?

“If you depreciate the money, it makes everything look like it’s going up.” – Ray Dalio “People don’t realize how hard it is to speak the truth to a world full of people who don’t realize they’re living a lie” – Edward Snowden My government overlords and their legacy media propaganda outlets tell me the […]

February 5, 2026 | Will Interest Rate Policy Change With New Fed Head?

Will there be any safe havens if market crashes?

February 5, 2026 | Market, Metals, Bitcoin Correction Predictable

Is it time to abolish the Federal Reserve?

February 4, 2026 | Washington Launches $12B Rare Earth Minerals Reserve

The Trump administration is moving to create what is being described as a strategic stockpile for rare earths and other critical minerals, branded “Project Vault,” with reported financing of around $12 billion, involving a major loan structure and private participation from large industrial users. This is a defensive move akin to a petroleum stockpile and […]

February 3, 2026 | Home Prices are Round-Tripping

Home price deflation is underway in many high-population centers in Canada and America, see Housing Market Is Shifting Back Toward an Advantage for Buyers on the front page of yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: “The proliferation of discounts and incentives offers the latest evidence that the housing market is tilting back in the buyer’s favour.” The US housing […]

February 2, 2026 | United Nations Facing “Imminent Financial Collapse”

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the organization could face “imminent financial collapse” unless member states pay their dues in full and on time or unless the underlying financial structure is fundamentally reformed. “The crisis is deepening, threatening programme delivery and risking financial collapse. And the situation will deteriorate further in the near […]