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May 15, 2023 | Baby Boomers Helped Inflate Property Prices, Their Demise Suggests The Opposite
Baby boomers and two decades of rock-bottom interest rates drove a structural boost to housing demand as older buyers/investors sought bigger homes as well as recreational and rental properties. As interest rates have risen and boomers die off, the question is who will buy from them and at what price? The pandemic and a shortage […]
May 14, 2023 | Fast QT, Fewer Rate Hikes? Bank of Canada Has Shed Nearly Half of Pandemic QE Assets. And QT Continues Despite “Pause” in Rate Hikes
The Bank of Canada, which has paused its rate hikes for the second meeting in a row at 4.5%, isn’t pausing at all its Quantitative Tightening. Au contraire. It seems to follow the policy of faster QT instead of rate hikes. Total assets on the balance sheet today fell to C$365 billion, down by C$210 […]
May 13, 2023 | Trading Desk Notes For May 13, 2023
Megacap tech continues to provide nearly all the YTD gains for the broad stock indices While small-cap stocks continue to underperform the broad indices and Megacap tech. Bullish stock factors: the recession has been postponed, and strong labour markets mean buying power for consumers, which means pricing power for corporations. We are at or near peak […]
May 13, 2023 | This Week in Money
- Ross Clark – Stock Markets, Gold, Oil, Currencies
- Eric Hadik – (8:56) Market Cycles, Climate, Violence, Currencies, Interest Rates. Links to Reports mentioned in interview:
- Mark Leibovit – (43:02) USD, Bitcoin, Inflation, Gold. Receive 50% Off VR Trader Newsletters! Enter Promo Code 2022HALFOFF.
- Zarko Meseldzija – (1:16:10) CEO RecycLiCo™ Battery Materials Inc. on Company Showcase – RecycLiCo™ CEO Provides Company Update and Discusses Strategic Outlook. Read the Latest News. Read Automotive World Article – “Mining vs Recycling: Is One Superior for Battery Sourcing?“. Read Electric Autonomy Article – “Scoop: Northvolt Scouting Two Quebec Cities for Battery Factory Locations in Canada“. Read Tesla Impact Report 2022. 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
May 12, 2023 | Canadian Banks Must Focus on More Productive Loans
The concentration of economic activity in the residential real estate sector is hurting Canada’s future. Residential real estate investment is not desirable when compared to other activities that generate intellectual property, jobs and increased productivity. Why are Canadians so enthralled with investing in non-productive residential real estate? In a recent article in the Globe and Mail, Dr. […]
May 12, 2023 | RecycLiCo™ CEO Provides Company Update and Discusses Strategic Outlook
Read the Latest News. Read Automotive World Article – “Mining vs Recycling: Is One Superior for Battery Sourcing?“. Read Electric Autonomy Article – “Scoop: Northvolt Scouting Two Quebec Cities for Battery Factory Locations in Canada“. Read Tesla Impact Report 2022. Watch – We upcycle cathode scraps and black mass into higher-value battery materials! Video – The demonstration plant for the […]
May 12, 2023 | The Fed, Interest Rates, Credit Tightening
US Corporate Bankruptcies at highest rate since 2010
May 11, 2023 | 15-Minute Cities – Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
Let’s take a closer look at Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) that have been proposed for 15-minute cities. These small units are typically under 1,000 sq ft and were once considered secondary structures on an existing residential lot. Think of what we once considered “in-law suites” or guest houses. There are numerous designs for ADUs, but […]
May 11, 2023 | EVs Made the First Visible Dent into Gasoline Consumption
Gasoline consumption in the US dipped by 0.4% in 2022, from 2021, to 369 million gallons per day, all grades of gasoline combined, below where it had been in 2002, and down by 5.7% from 2019, and by 5.9% from the peak in 2018, according to data from the Energy Department’s EIA. And yet, in […]
May 11, 2023 | Gold, Silver, Copper, Crude Oil, Inflation
Robinhood and 24 hour trading
May 11, 2023 | Stock Markets vs. Economic Data
Government manipulated stats vs. reality
May 10, 2023 | Contracting Credit Leads Economy and Equities Lower
Eyes on the recessionary bear prize. Valuable investment opportunities are in the making. Peter Boockvar, Bleakley Financial Group CIO, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the results from the Fed’s quarterly Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey, and why a recession is likely unavoidable. Here is a direct video link. The chart below shows the Senior Loan Officers Survey […]
May 9, 2023 | Rise To Rebellion – A Fourth Turning Perspective
“I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy. Democracy has never been and never can be so durable as aristocracy or monarchy; but while it lasts, it is more bloody than either. … Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, […]
May 8, 2023 | Climate Hysteria: Greatest Mistake Since Witches Were Executed for Causing Bad Weather
Yes, during the prolonged starvation and famines caused by the cooling trend during the Little Ice Age learned magistrates burned witches at the stake. In Northern Europe during the 1500s, thousands of innocent women were legally executed. Nowadays, the blame game for “threatening” weather is more democratic, with all women, men and children right down to […]
May 7, 2023 | Why a Permabear Is Certain We’re Going Much Higher (II)
[I’m giving the commentary below a second week on the front page because the thesis is so outrageous even I can scarcely believe it. Stocks screamed higher to end the week, as if everything were right with the world. What lunacy! Investors have truly gone out of their minds. Reportedly, there are 186 U.S. banks on […]
May 6, 2023 | Trading Desk Notes For May 6, 2023
Wicked bipolar sentiment swings across asset classes this week The DJIA was upbeat early Monday, building on last week’s late rally and hit 12-week highs. But then, more bad news from the banking sector started to spread, and the DJIA closed at the day’s lows. The banking worries intensified as the days passed (KRE fell to two-and-a-half-year […]
May 6, 2023 | This Week in Money
- Ross Clark – Stock Markets, Gold, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar
- Martin Armstrong – (7:10) Real Rate of Inflation, Government Debt, Interest Rates, Digital Currencies, Gold and The Panic Cycle
- Victor Adair – (42:27) Inflation, USD, Commodities and the Stock Market
May 5, 2023 | The Silver Institute
The annual world silver survey from the Silver Institute reports, “No growth in the total supply (mining plus recycling) of silver and sharply increased demand growth of 18%.” The silver deficit of 237 million ounces is the highest in modern times. Nothing could be more bullish than using up more silver than is produced. Eventually, […]
May 5, 2023 | 15-Minute Cities Will Enslave the People
“Make no mistake, it’s not about your convenience, and it’s not about saving the planet. It will be a complete impoverishment and enslavement of all the people,” German MEP Christine Anderson said regarding the push for 15-minute cities. She’s right. The 15-minute city is marketed as a futuristic town where everyone will live within 15 […]
May 5, 2023 | The Fed Doesn’t Set Trends, It Follows Them
Argentina out of USD, now using Yuan to pay debts
May 4, 2023 | Three Reasons to be Upbeat About Gold Stocks
US regional banks still have a lot to worry about
May 4, 2023 | US Debt Ceiling, The Fed, Gold, Cryptos, Marijuana
Interest Rates, Inflation
May 4, 2023 | Is The Fed Making US Banking Crisis Worse?
Are Canadian and European Central banks making rational decisions?
May 4, 2023 | The Dangers of 5G
The Environment and Cancer Research Foundation (ECRF) reported three incidents of otherwise healthy people developing microwave syndrome after 5G towers were installed near their homes or places of work. Microwave syndrome is a condition that can occur when people are exposed to high levels of electromagnetic radiation. These radiations operate at a frequency of 300 […]
May 3, 2023 | Republicans Fighting Biden’s Mortgage Madness
Republicans at the state level are demanding that Biden and the FHFA repeal the asinine new law that punishes Americans with high credit scores by forcing them to subsidize the mortgages of those with low credit scores. The Biden Administration has been attempting to control real estate for some time. In June 2021, Biden forced […]