September 22, 2022 | Energy Super Cycle Underway

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September 22, 2022 | Are Gold and Silver Likely to Recover Before Stock Market?

2nd stage of a 3 stage Bear Market

September 22, 2022 | Gold, Crude Oil, USD, Stock Markets

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September 21, 2022 | Putin is at War with the West – Not Ukraine

Vladimir Putin’s recent speech is making headlines as people falsely claim Russia is about to launch an all-out nuclear attack. Putin is sticking to his same plan and says it in his opening statement: “The subject of this address is the situation in Donbas and the course of the special military operation to liberate it […]

September 20, 2022 | Housing Bubble Woes: Home Builders Cut Prices, Pile on Incentives, amid Plunging Traffic of Buyers, Spiking Cancellations, Holy-Moly Mortgage Rates

“Buyer traffic is weak in many markets as more consumers remain on the sidelines due to high mortgage rates and home prices that are putting a new home purchase out of financial reach for many households,” according to the National Association of Home Builders this morning regarding its survey of home builders. Incentives: “In another […]

September 19, 2022 | Bringing Down The House

Higher interest rates continue to slow the nations housing market. National home sales, as reported by CREA, fell 25% year-over-year in the month of August. It was also the sixth consecutive monthly decline in home sales. While new listings remain weak as sellers resist selling at recent valuations, inventory is still climbing and prices continue […]

September 18, 2022 | Hope and Confidence Are on the Downslope Now

I’ve been reluctant to give permabears the all-clear because, being one myself, I’ve seen the bull market roar back from death a dozen times since 2009, turning my smug eulogies into embarrassments. The most punitive and outrageous of the rallies was the monster eruption begun in March 2020, when stocks exploded from the depths of […]

September 17, 2022 | Trading Desk Notes For September 17, 2022

Expectations of more Fed tightening is the “most important thing” for financial markets Markets reacted dramatically to the “stronger than expected” CPI report Tuesday morning. The DJIA futures dropped ~800 points in five minutes and was down >1,650 points later in the day. Friday’s low was ~2,150 points below Tuesday’s high. It was the biggest weekly loss since the […]

September 17, 2022 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark – Stock Markets, US Dollar, Canadian Dollar
• John Rubino – (10:21)  Europe, The Fed, Interest Rates, Uranium
• Ross Kay –  (38:20) Canadian Real Estate Bubble

September 16, 2022 | Unusual for US Dollar to Rise During Inflation

Energy crunch already hammering European businesses

September 16, 2022 | Some Looking at One Last Hurrah Before Stocks Plunge

World’s hottest housing markets facing painful reset

September 16, 2022 | $95 Billion in Monthly Liquidity Reduction to Begin Today

Starting today, the US Fed has pledged to run off its balance sheet (reduce liquidity in the banking system via ‘Quantitative Tapering’) by $95 billion a month–double the amount they were supposed to have been withdrawing (QT) since the start of June and about 5.5x the $17 billion per month they actually have withdrawn. We will […]

September 15, 2022 | Switzerland to Imprison People for Heating Homes

Imagine going to jail for three long years for heating your home or business. That now may become a reality in Switzerland, where heating your home above 19 C (66.2 F) is considered excessive and a punishable offense. Water may not be heated above 60C (140F), and saunas and hot tubs powered by radiant heaters are […]

September 15, 2022 | Making Money During Declining Markets

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September 15, 2022 | Just How Bad Could The Stock Market Get?

Would Gold hold its value in a deflationary world?

September 15, 2022 | Why Plummeting Home Prices Are Good

The impact of Quantitative Tapering being felt. Last night’s warning from global shipping bellwether FedEx that demand for freight has ‘significantly deteriorated’ highlights the major economic downturn underway. FedEx shares -22% today alone, are leading most other sectors as well as currencies lower (against the USD). See more at FedEx has the biggest drop in over […]

September 14, 2022 | Gasoline Demand Destruction Accelerates Despite Plunge in Prices: Consumption Drops to August 1997 Level

Over the four weeks through September 9, gasoline consumption dropped by 11.7% from the same four-week period in 2019, to 8.56 million barrels per day on average, below the same periods in 2020 and 2021, according to EIA data today. The EIA measures gasoline consumption in terms of barrels supplied to the market by refiners, […]

September 14, 2022 | Hellbent on Flatlining the Economy

As expected, the Bank of Canada raised interest rates another 75bps this past week. The overnight rate is now up a whopping 300bps year to date, the quickest tightening of monetary policy on a percentage basis since the 1980’s. While there was no additional commentary from BoC Governor Tiff Macklem, the official press release notes, […]

September 13, 2022 | Gun Purchases to be Tracked by Global Organization

The far left is eager to repeal 2A. We are not as free as we think. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), an organization headquartered all the way in Geneva, will be tracking all gun purchases made on credit. The ISO develops standard documentation that is globally recognized. Gun sales were previously listed as “general […]

September 12, 2022 | World’s Hottest Housing Markets Face Painful Reset

The rapid cooldown in real estate threatens to worsen a global economic downturn and is emerging as a key variable for central bankers who want to tamp down inflation. Here is a direct video link. Also, see The World’s Hottest Housing Markets Face a Painful Reset In Australia and Canada — two of the world’s bubbliest markets […]

September 11, 2022 | De-Energization Plans in California – Lights Out

California sent out an emergency public notification to warn residents that the power grid was under a strain. Since people are likely unwilling to turn off their power during the summer heat, California is concocting “de-energization” plans. Simply put, California plans to temporarily turn off the power grid in the name of public safety. This […]

September 10, 2022 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark –  Stock Markets, USD, Silver
• Victor Adair – (8:11) US Dollar, Europe, Crude Oil
• Robert Campbell –  (31:14) US Real Estate, Exodus from California, Mental Fitness
• Zarko Meseldzija  – (1:11:11) CTO of American Manganese Inc., doing business as RecycLiCo™ Battery Materials – on Company Showcase – Integrated versus Stand Alone Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Plants.  Benchmark Mineral Intelligence – Battery production scrap will account for 78% of recyclable materials in 2025. Read Bloomberg Article – “The Next Big Battery Material Squeeze Is Old Batteries“. Read Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Article – “Battery Production Scrap To Be Main Source of Recyclable Material This Decade“. Watch Kitco Mining Interview with CTO Zarko Meseldzija – “RecycLiCo Battery Materials Bets on its Technology“. See AMY Lithium-ion Recycling Technology – Updated Dec. 2021.  

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September 10, 2022 | Trading Desk Notes For September 9, 2022

Trading against sentiment extremes One of my favourite trading questions is, “How much is already in the price?” Market sentiment has recently become very negative, and with good reason; the “news” has been bad, and markets have priced in the bad news with higher interest rates, lower stocks and commodities and a US Dollar at 20-year highs. I think markets have […]

September 9, 2022 | The Bank of Canada Says Full Speed Ahead

The Bank of Canada increased its policy rate by 75 basis points on Wednesday. It also stated that the fight to contain inflation is likely to last for some time. You could imagine them saying, “damn the torpedoes, full speed, go ahead.” How much pain will higher rates cause? The Governing Council of the Bank […]