December 9, 2023 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:   Stock Markets, Gold, Bitcoin, Oil
• Martin Armstrong: (12:07) USD, Oil, Consumer Spending, Tax the Rich
• Martin Straith: (1:12:51) Fed, Interest Rates, Gold
• Tony Mitchell: (1:47:04)Director of Marketing, RecycLiCo™ Battery Materials Inc. on Company Showcase –  Introducing Tony Mitchell, Director of Marketing for RecycLiCo™ Battery Materials Inc.  Past, Present and Future.  Read December 4, 2023 News.  Read December 6, 2023 News.  Read Mugglehead Magazine Article – “RecycLiCo Builds Portable Battery Recycling Plant in Vancouver to be Shipped to Taiwan“.  Read InsideEvs Article – “Electrified Vehicles Surged To 18% U.S. Market Share In Q3 2023“.  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

December 8, 2023 | Canadian Lenders are Sleepwalking into The Next Recession

Canadian lenders are ill-prepared for the impact of higher interest rates on Canadian borrowers. The banks have sophisticated models that help them make predictions about the future. But those predictions are only as good as the assumptions fed into the model. Are those assumptions realistic? With the help of Nigel D’Souza, research analyst with Veritas […]

December 8, 2023 | US & Canadian Emission Standards Economy Killers

Mr. Margin the nemesis of the Fed

December 8, 2023 | Introducing Tony Mitchell, Director of Marketing for RecycLiCo™ Battery Materials Inc.

Past, Present and Future. Read December 4, 2023 News. Read December 6, 2023 News. Read Mugglehead Magazine Article – “RecycLiCo Builds Portable Battery Recycling Plant in Vancouver to be Shipped to Taiwan“. Read InsideEvs Article – “Electrified Vehicles Surged To 18% U.S. Market Share In Q3 2023“. Watch – We upcycle cathode scraps and black mass into higher-value battery materials! […]

December 7, 2023 | More Evidence of a Silver Shortage

Recently, the Silver Institute updated its annual review on silver that it originally published in April. The report indicated a reduction in total supply (mine production plus recycling) and an increase in industrial demand. The new report indicates total silver supply for 2023 as being 23 million ounces less than originally reported, largely due to […]

December 7, 2023 | The Fed Isn’t as Powerful as Many Think It Is

Has Gold topped out?

December 7, 2023 | Stock Markets in 2024

Gold and other Commodities

December 6, 2023 | Subprime Comes Home to Roost for Specialized Auto Dealers, Lenders & Investors: Car-Mart Was Next to Confess

Subprime is re-getting into trouble, after having somewhat gotten out of trouble during the free-money pandemic, when folks used some of the free money to catch up with past-dues. In the auto industry, subprime is largely confined to older used vehicles. Less than 5% of new vehicle sales are financed with loans or leases to […]

December 5, 2023 | Art of the Collapse, December 2023

Henry Kissinger died in November, launching a zillion memes: Back in the land of the alive but hungry, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman declared that inflation is not nearly as bad as ignorant Americans believe. Some begged to differ: A big holiday thanks to the FBI for protecting us from an upsurge in terrorist activity: FBI Closely […]

December 4, 2023 | Rate Cuts and Density

Happy Monday Morning! On the heels of inflation slowing to 3.1% last week, we got more evidence rate hikes are indeed working through the system. Demand continues to weaken, households have stopped borrowing money, and as a result, the economy is circling the drain. GDP fell at an annualized pace of 1.1% in Q3, well […]

December 3, 2023 | My Brash Call for a Top

  They don’t ring a bell at the top, as the saying goes, but it’s hard to see how Mr. Market can avoid it this time. The stock market’s heedless, nutty short squeeze since October will end when Microsoft hits $430, probably early in the new year. It’s that simple.  How do I know this? […]

December 2, 2023 | Trading Desk Notes For December 2, 2023

Stocks, bonds and gold soar; the US Dollar falls as markets anticipate Central Bank cuts The DJIA has rallied ~4,000 points (~12.5%) in five weeks and is only ~2% away from All-Time Highs. It is up ~26% from October 2022 lows. The Nasdaq 100 has rallied ~13% in five weeks and is only ~5% away from ATH. […]

December 2, 2023 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark: Stock Markets, Canadian Dollar, Gold
• John Rubino: (10:32) Gold, Silver, Housing Bubbles, Disease in China, E-Bikes
• Wolf Richter: (37:13) Consumer Spending, Credit, Recession, Rents

December 1, 2023 | Canada Heads into an Economic Contraction

Canada’s economy is shrinking, based on per capita GDP numbers. GDP results showed a contraction for the quarter ending September 30, 2023. Is Canada in a recession? Will there be a household debt crisis? Canadian GDP numbers, adjusted for inflation and population growth, showed a negative result for the third quarter. This means that there’s […]

December 1, 2023 | Will Market Rally Continue into 2024?

China’s economic woes piling up

November 30, 2023 | Gold Showing New Life

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November 30, 2023 | Alex Jones and the Largest Defamation Case in US History

Alex Jones’ comments on Sandy Hook were merely the pathway for the government to target Jones after a career of questioning the establishment. Alex Jones found himself in the largest defamation case in American history for questioning the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. The InfoWars host was coerced into paying the families […]

November 30, 2023 | Canada’s Economy and Expectations Shrinking

If you can wait a year, some great opportunities coming up

November 30, 2023 | REITs and Utilities Getting Some Love Again

Little attention being paid to sector rotation

November 30, 2023 | Is Gold About to Reach Escape Velocity?

OPEC production cuts could be counter productive

November 29, 2023 | Real Estate Cycle Hitting Hard

Each week, more people realize they have too much overhead and need to cut costs. Our family knows several people in all different age groups who bought or borrowed against real estate during the pandemic and are now trying to sell. It’s not going well. It is a very stressful, sad time, and I empathize […]

November 28, 2023 | Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, Nov. Update: From 2022 Highs, San Francisco -11%, Seattle -10%, Las Vegas -6%, Phoenix -6%, Portland -5%, Denver -5%, Dallas -5%, San Diego

Home prices in the 20 metropolitan areas that today’s S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index covers eked out the smallest month-to-month gain (+0.2%) since January, and remained a tad below its all-time peak of June last year. Here’s the close-up. We’ll get into the most splendid of the 20 metros in a moment in all […]

November 27, 2023 | Next Year’s Housing Crash, In Charts and Anecdotes

Signs are multiplying that the US housing bubble is about to pop. To start with the headline number, home sales are back at Great Recession levels: Declining sales are no surprise when viewed against a backdrop of the worst affordability in American housing history. The following chart explains why Boomers are such a cocky generation: […]

November 26, 2023 | What Has AI Done for YOU Lately?

  AI hubris has become America’s chief source of good news. Over the past year, artificial intelligence surpassed bitcoin as mankind’s most easily imaginable pathway to quick riches, shortened work weeks, ingenious solutions to every problem, and endless satisfactions. An AI-assisted world supposedly will revolutionize the way we do business, enabling high school graduates, even […]