January 18, 2024 | Could Crude Oil Hit $95 a Barrel by December?

War Premium Now Boosting Energy Prices

January 18, 2024 | Resource Stocks A Hedge Against Geopolitics?

Will Cannabis Stocks finally make a come back?

January 17, 2024 | In The Air

Considering that JPMorgan has just come off a three-year deferred criminal prosecution agreement with the Justice Department for price manipulation (spoofing) in silver, the customers that JPM is accepting delivery for on the Dec. and Jan. contracts would most likely be users as opposed to speculators. That’s because it would be much harder to accuse […]

January 16, 2024 | Inflation in Canada Refuses to Cooperate with Rate-Cut Bets

Just how tough it is to get inflation down after the easy battles have been temporarily won is now being demonstrated in all kinds of places, including in Canada according to the CPI data released today, and including in the US, where services inflation is in no mood to go away. Services is where the […]

January 15, 2024 | The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada: Nationally -18% in December from Peak, Toronto -20%. Even in Calgary, House Prices Dropped. End of Easy Money

House prices in Canada have now fallen by 18% from the peak in March 2022 – or by $171,500 (all in Canadian dollars) – after the 1.2% drop in December from November, the sixth month-to-month drop in a row, according to the Home Price Benchmark Index for single family houses by the Canadian Real Estate […]

January 14, 2024 | Deflating a Weak Argument Against Deflation

Reader Scott Baker took issue last week with my unsettling prediction of a deflationary bust. The mountain of debts that I believe will cause this is really no big deal, says Baker. He quotes economist Michael Hudson to back him up: “Debts that can’t be repaid, won’t be.” That certainly doesn’t sound very menacing. So […]

January 13, 2024 | Trading Desk Notes For January 13, 2024

The cash S&P 500 index closed green for 10 of the last 11 weeks, registering an All-Time High weekly close Stock market sentiment and positioning are very bullish. Capital has flowed to “quality” stocks and away from unprofitable or “meme” stocks YTD. MSFT closed this week at an All-Time High with a market cap of ~$2.89 Trillion […]

January 13, 2024 | Britain Ready to Send Troops to Die for Ukraine

  I have been warning that the West desperately needs to create World War III as an excuse to cover up their fiscal mismanagement since World War II, which will inevitably result in the collapse of sovereign debt. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has now gone to Kiev to sign a “defense agreement” committing British […]

January 13, 2024 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark: Stock Markets, Bitcoin ETF, Gold, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar
• Martin Armstrong: (8:38) Gold, European Banks, Real Estate, EVs, Marxism
• Eric Hadik: (56:20) Market Cycles, Bitcoin, Interest Rates, Gold, Energy
• Zarko Meseldzija: (1:17:43) CEO of RecycLiCo™ Battery Materials Inc. on Company Showcase –  RecycLiCo’s Strong Start and Looking Ahead into 2024.  Read the Latest News.  Read CTV News Article – “Honda Considering $18.4B Electric Vehicle and Battery Plant in Canada“.  Watch – We upcycle cathode scraps and black mass into higher-value battery materials!  Video  – The demonstration plant for the RecycLiCo™ Patented Process is now operational in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Questions?  Email or Phone: 778.574.4444

January 12, 2024 | The Speculative Commodity Boom That Might Have Been

The commodity boom that was expected by many in this period of elevated inflation has not happened. While inflation soared, reaching 10 percent annually in some countries, the prices of commodities that are often used by speculators to make quick profits have not kept pace. For example, gold and silver reached all-time highs during high […]

January 12, 2024 | RecycLiCo’s Strong Start and Looking Ahead into 2024

Read the Latest News. Read CTV News Article – “Honda Considering $18.4B Electric Vehicle and Battery Plant in Canada“. Watch – We upcycle cathode scraps and black mass into higher-value battery materials! Video  – The demonstration plant for the RecycLiCo™ Patented Process is now operational in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Questions?  Email or Phone: 778.574.4444

January 12, 2024 | Interest Rate Cuts Equal Good Times?

US Bitcoin ETF, Interest Rates, Car Theft, Arson

January 12, 2024 | Is AI Over Blown?

Microsoft passes Apple as world’s biggest company

January 12, 2024 | Bitcoin ETF, Gold and Gold Juniors

Germany recession, China stock market

January 11, 2024 | Prices Fall and Home Listings Rise as Canadians Struggle with Overhead

When Canadians sell a property for less than is owed in the mortgage, lenders are entitled to pursue any balance remaining plus interest, fees, and legal costs; this includes garnishing bank accounts and income. For those in debt strife, it’s wise to speak with an Insolvency Trustee to consider if you may be a candidate […]

January 11, 2024 | Heating Up

At year’s end, silver was more undervalued relative to gold than at any year in history. I’d hate to think about how much more undervalued silver could get if it weren’t already in a widely documented physical shortage, the first ever such shortage. The only explanation for the greatest price disparity in history is the […]

January 11, 2024 | Bitcoin vs. Gold

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January 11, 2024 | How To Short Bitcoin

Gold Juniors, Interest Rates, US Dollar

January 10, 2024 | Bureau of Labor Statistics Fabricated One-Third of Newly Created Jobs in 2023

  The US government consistently lies on their jobs reports released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The agency initially cheered at the 3,140,000 new positions created in 2023, but later revised the figure down to 443,000. But wait, the BLS made another miscalculation in March to the tune of 306,000 jobs. This means […]

January 9, 2024 | Speculative Builds Adding To Deflationary Pressure in Real Estate

During the supply disruptions of the pandemic, stockpiling became an international obsession and warehouse space was in high demand. That’s reversing now. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the US had 5.2% of warehouse space empty versus 4.7% in 2019. Construction doesn’t turn on a dime, though. Hundreds of millions of new square footage are […]

January 8, 2024 | Polish Trucker and Farmer Protests Nearing Resolution

  Ukrainian goods are flooding into the European Union through neighboring nations and undermining business. Poland-Ukraine relations have turned sour in recent months as both truckers and farmers from the former believe EU regulations are favoring Ukraine’s economy over their own. Truckers in Poland began blocking four ports of entry from Ukraine in November. Polish […]

January 7, 2024 | Advancing the Timeline of Economic Collapse

The stock market is so pumped with hubris, lies and delusions that I’m beginning to doubt whether the bull market will see Microsoft rally to $430 before everything comes crashing down. I’ve been using MSFT as a bellwether because it has been the strongest megacap stock in the world for the last four years, and […]

January 6, 2024 | Trading Desk Notes For January 6, 2024

After closing higher for nine consecutive weeks and making new All-Time Highs, Nasdaq 100 futures took a “refreshing” pause to start the New Year The NAZ rallied ~60% in 2023, its best performance since the fabulous 1999 Dot.com days. (Veteran campaigners may remember that the NAZ rose an additional 30% by March 2000 but then […]

January 6, 2024 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark: Stock Markets, Crude Oil, Gold, USD, Canadian Dollar
• Larry Williams: (11:02) 2024 Outlook for Stock Markets, Gold, Interest Rates, USD, Canadian Dollar, China, LIT
• Martin Straith: (38:01) Canada’s Job Growth, USA National Debt hits $34 Trillion, over $100,000 per citizen