December 14, 2023 | Weimar 2.0, Satanists, Fear and Denial

Critical Thinking vs. Intelligent People

December 14, 2023 | Even if Interest Rates Fall, Is Recession Likely?

Supply not the problem behind Canada’s housing crisis

December 13, 2023 | Are We Too Dumb To Survive?

CBS News just conducted a poll that paints Americans as too economically illiterate to deserve a future of freedom and prosperity. Here’s how Tom Woods, author of Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania, addressed it in a recent mailing: Sometimes you look around and see signs of hope. And you’re not being […]

December 12, 2023 | Javier Milei’s First Day in Office – Reduce the Size of Government

Argentina’s new President, Javier Milei, is making headlines around the world for vowing to radically change Argentina’s failing political system. Milei campaigned on implementing a “chainsaw plan” that would swiftly cut useless bureaus that drain government resources with no or minimal benefit to the public. Milei stuck to his campaign promises and slashed the number […]

December 11, 2023 | What Happened?

This article was written on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Of course, I’m referring to the wild price ride in gold and silver from Fridays near all-time price high in gold, to Sunday evening’s initial blast to the upside of as much as $60, to a selloff of $120 and to where gold closed trading yesterday […]

December 10, 2023 | Why Liberals Dump Their Oldest Friends

[This essay originally appeared here in July 2022 and was written by a friend who spends a lot of time thinking outside the box. His provocative thesis is that that there is a physiological basis for our political differences; moreover, he notes, liberals cancel and ghost their conservative friends for reasons that are tied to […]

December 9, 2023 | Trading Desk Notes For December 9, 2023

Gold soars to All-Time High, then falls below last week’s low On Sunday evening, New York time (Monday morning Asian time), February Comex gold soared ~$60 within the first hour of trade to an All-Time High of ~$2,152. By mid-day Monday in New York, it was down ~$115 from the overnight highs; at Friday’s lows, it […]

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 […]