June 27, 2026 | AI Abundance Part 4: The Clarity Act and The Stablecoin Wars

from Scheerpost As Americans prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, few are paying attention to a bill moving through Congress that could seriously impinge on our financial independence. The Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act, H.R. 4766, is slated to make privately issued stablecoins a major component of the U.S. monetary […]

June 27, 2026 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Gold, Silver, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar, Bitcoin.
• Martin Straith: (9:26) Bitcoin, Gold, Silver, USD, Canadian Dollar.
• Josef Schachter:  (48:28) Energy, Oil, LNG.
• Hilliard MacBeth:  (1:21:41) Canadian Real Estate, Condo Bailout.

June 26, 2026 | Leave the Vancouver Condo Glut Alone

The Canadian government is spending $3.2 billion in taxpayer money to buy 2,200 vacant condos in Greater Vancouver and convert them to rental units. That sounds like a housing policy. It isn’t. It’s a developer bailout. Those 2,200 units represent roughly a third of the unsold condo glut in the Vancouver area — a glut […]

June 26, 2026 | Gold Falling Over Interest Hike Fears

Can you tie El Nino to stock market cycles?

June 25, 2026 | India’s Russian Oil Imports Expose the Failure of Western Sanctions

  India’s imports of Russian crude oil have surged to a record high, with Moscow now supplying more than half of the country’s crude oil requirements. According to recent reports, Russian oil accounted for over 50% of India’s imports in June after a temporary US sanctions waiver expired. This development is far more significant than […]

June 25, 2026 | Market Volatility Not Unusual This Time of Year

After big losses, Bitcoin should be near the bottom of its cycle

June 25, 2026 | Rampant Inflation was No Accident

Cracks are starting to form in stock market

June 24, 2026 | Recession Watch: Three Big Things

The markets are, ahem, unsettled these days. But the Iran war isn’t the main culprit. Three other events are potentially both scarier and longer-lasting: The Fed Flirts With Tighter Money   New Fed chair Kevin Warsh presumably went through an interview process in which President Trump or his surrogates demanded lower interest rates and Warsh […]

June 23, 2026 | Starmer’s Fall & The Rise of Farage

  Keir Starmer’s resignation comes as absolutely no surprise. The shocking part is not that he quit, but that it took this long. The British people delivered one of the largest electoral victories in modern history to Labour in 2024, only to discover that changing the party did nothing to change the direction of government. […]

June 22, 2026 | Your Car Was Never the Target

For years, governments assured the public that license plate readers were simply tools to catch stolen vehicles, fugitives, and dangerous criminals. That was always the sales pitch. Now the mask is coming off. According to reports, a new surveillance platform called SignalTrace is being marketed to law enforcement and government agencies that goes far beyond […]

June 21, 2026 | Social Insecurity, Surprise Edition

The Social Security Administration recently gave us their annual report with a few blockbuster footnotes. We all know that Social Security as it is currently constructed will run out of money in the early 2030s. Social Security’s cost has exceeded its non-interest income since 2010. Since then, payments have been made out of the so-called […]

June 20, 2026 | Trading Desk Notes for June 20, 2026

Crude oil prices spiked in March Brent crude oil futures spiked in March as the US and Israel attacked Iran and as Iran retaliated. Prices rose in April as markets assessed that the war would last longer than initially thought, and amid concerns that the effective closure of Hormuz would cause physical shortages. In May, prices […]

June 20, 2026 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Oil, Copper, Gold, Silver, USD and Canadian Dollar.
• Victor Adair: (9:14) New Fed Chair, US Iran War.
• Jim Willie: (33:46) Gold, Silver, Bitcoin, Inflation, Canada Joining USA.
• Frank Stronach:  (1:29:14) Economic Charter.

June 19, 2026 | The Federal Reserve has a New Leader Who Talks Tough

The Federal Reserve has a new chair, and he’s already on a collision course with the White House. Kevin Warsh presided over his first meeting this week, holding rates steady but sending an unmistakable signal — inserting into the statement that “the committee will deliver price stability.” The phrasing draws a sharp line against predecessors […]

June 19, 2026 | So What Happens With Oil Now?

If the Iran war is really over — still a very big “if” — the global oil markets will start trending back to normal. This will take a while, and some of the supply chain kinks will continue to cause problems. But it’s interesting that oil’s price is around $78/bbl this morning. Why is that interesting? Because Tommy Norris, […]

June 18, 2026 | The Divide Is No Longer Left vs Right

Only 29% of Democrats say they are extremely or very proud to be American, compared with 90% of Republicans, based on a recent NBC poll. Among Americans aged 18-34, just 36% express strong pride in their country, compared with 75% among those over 65. Those numbers should concern anyone who understands history because they point […]

June 18, 2026 | Could This “Black Swan” Collapse the Stock Market?

Crude, Gold, Bitcoin all on the way down

June 18, 2026 | Will Strait of Hormuz Deal Last?

Does Bitcoin have more room to fall?

June 17, 2026 | Trump said Netanyahu has “No F—ing Judgement.”

QUESTION: I read Trump’s comment to Netanyahu in Axios. You have been the voice of reason. I argued with someone who said you were anti-sematic for criticizing Netanyahu.  They criticized Obama so I asked then you must be a racist. It went right over their head. I know you said before that you had two […]

June 16, 2026 | Health Prepping: We Need More Magnesium

Magnesium is up there with vitamin D on the list of supplements that pretty much every health guru recommends. The reasons for this are many and varied. Here’s an excerpt from a recent post by Brazil-based medical writer Dr. Mark Sircus: The symptom list [for magnesium deficiency] is savage. When Magnesium is deficient, things begin to die. […]

June 15, 2026 | Stagflation Dilemma

Happy Monday Morning! As expected, the Bank of Canada held rates this past week. What’s perhaps more interesting, is the language they used. “Economic weakness combined with rising inflation is a dilemma for monetary policy. Raising rates to dampen inflation could further slow the economy. Easing rates to support growth increases the risk that higher […]

June 14, 2026 | The Bailout that Never Ended

I wrote this article for Ralph Nader’s print newspaper “Capitol Hill Citizen.” It was posted on his new Substack today. Capitol Hill Citizen Jun 14, 2026 by Ellen Brown In early May, BlackRock quietly froze redemptions in several of its private-credit funds, limiting withdrawals in vehicles that had been marketed as offering easy liquidity. The […]

June 13, 2026 | The G-Shaped Economy

This week is the final recap of the 2026 Strategic Investment Conference. I have always done summaries of the SIC afterwards, but I don’t think I’ve ever taken four weeks, let alone five weeks to cover it. And I feel we have only scratched the surface. There was just a lot of good content this […]

June 13, 2026 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, SpaceX, Oil, Gold, Copper.
• Mark Leibovit: (11:06) SpaceX, Space Based Investments, Elon Musk, Interest Rates. SPECIAL OFFER!  HALFOFF!
• Joseph Barbuto: (43:48)  Kondratieff Wave Theory, Economic Winter, Energy Taxes, Economic Collapse.