November 21, 2020 | Trading Desk Notes For November 21, 2020

Mark Twain tells us that it ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. We all make assumptions when we trade. For instance, we know that we don’t know “for sure” if a market will be up or down tomorrow but we definitely […]

November 20, 2020 | The Next French Revolution?

  A massive protest has taken place today in Paris on Saturday, November 21, 2020. This is in Human Rights Square at Trocadero in Paris. Demonstrators were gathering to protest against the so-called ‘global security‘ bill in France. The ‘global security‘ bill, was approved on Friday evening by the French National Assembly. It makes it […]

November 20, 2020 | Stock Holders Face Capital Loss and Negative Return Prospects…No Cake and Eat It Too

GMO co-founder Jeremy Grantham recently reaffirmed his assessment that the stock market is in a bubble.  One can own stocks in a bubble and lock in poor prospective returns, or buy them after prices burst and enjoy years of steady returns thereafter.  There is no cake and eat it too. “The more spectacular the rise […]

November 20, 2020 | Tesla Joins The S&P 500

Tesla Inc. will join the S&P 500 index as of December 21. At more than $500 billion in value, Tesla will be one of the most valuable in the index, giving the maker of electric vehicles a ranking in the top ten by size. Since there are many index funds and fund managers that track […]

November 20, 2020 | After the Deluge

This week BMO (which flogs mortgages) says this will be a boffo year for real estate. Hard to argue that. Just look at inventory. Across the country there’s but a 2.5 month supply of houses for sale. In a bunch of major centres, just four weeks or less. This is historic. Listings have shrunk while […]

November 20, 2020 | Gold and The Great Depression of 2022

The Great Reset vs. The Great Awakening

November 20, 2020 | End of Authoritarian Corruption – A Comparison To The Roman Empire

Gold, Interest Rates, Stock Market, The Fed

November 19, 2020 | 4 BC Resource Files To Watch as Cabinet is Announced

As we wait for the BC Cabinet to be announced, and the all-important mandate letters to be released, here are 4 major decision points we are looking towards on the natural resources file. The quality of the Premier’s Cabinet lineup will determine whether the government’s agenda on these issues will land right – for their […]

November 19, 2020 | Renewable Energy and EVs Have Cost/Benefit Advantage

The energy sector in southern Alberta has over $2 billion worth of renewable energy projects being built in the region.  The related new jobs and tax revenue are much needed.  See: Southern Alberta witnessing ‘unprecedented’ surge in renewable energy projects. The renewable energy sector in southern Alberta is riding high with projects surging like never before. […]

November 19, 2020 | A Tough Year for Santa

The smell of distribution is as strong as wood smoke these days, but you’ve got to give DaBoyz credit for keeping a million-ton garbage barge airborne while they work their special brand of magic and deception. Usually, Wall Street is pushing the ‘Santa rally’ narrative hard at this time of year, leavened by urgent speculation […]

November 19, 2020 | What Can We Do?

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong;  You don’t sell advertising and you do not require emails to view your site. I listened to your interview and you said you do this as a public service. I think you seem to have the only honest site that shows what is happening globally. Do you think we can beat these […]

November 19, 2020 | Are Markets Ready for Another Rollover?

Has Gold reached its 9 year cycle top?

November 19, 2020 | December Markets

What looks good no matter who is in the White House?

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November 18, 2020 | The Most Remarkable Statistic in a Most Remarkable Year

I’m already on record as declaring 2020 as the most significant year ever for silver. Considering all that has transpired this year throughout the country and the world that may not be saying much. After all, you would have to have lived on a different planet to argue otherwise. So let me get a lot […]

November 18, 2020 | Surviving a Recession is the Real Financial Superpower

Experience attests that life is full of risk, every day in every way. Ego and spending commonly rise with income, asset prices and debt.  But humility and personal discipiline are the attributes that most define our financial health over time. It’s not what we make–in terms of income and cyclical asset inflation–but what we retain […]

November 18, 2020 | Savings, Mortgage Deferrals, Car Sales

S&P 500, Home Renovations

November 18, 2020 | Market Volatility, Gold, US Dollar, Canadian Dollar

Interest Rates, Crude Oil, Vaccines

November 18, 2020 | Top 40 Canadian Mid-Caps Beating NASDAQ

What poses biggest risk to economic recovery?

November 17, 2020 | Dominion Voting & Tides

Rebel News has uncovered thatTides, the Soros funded leftist organization shares the floor in the same building with Dominion Voting. They also uncovered that Dominion donated at least $50,000 to Hillary Clinton. They are by no means impartial and has offices in Canada, which is its international headquarters. That fact alone shields it from lawsuits […]

November 17, 2020 | $493 Billion in Oil and Gas Revenues to Governments Since 2000: More Than The Construction and Real Estate Sectors Combined

According to recent findings by the Canadian Energy Centre, revenue generated from oil and gas eclipsed the federal government’s contribution to family allowance and children’s benefits since 1970. The CEC’s Mark Milke and Lennie Kaplan weigh in. Human beings are hard-wired to respond to stories that paint a relatable picture of whatever issue is at […]

November 17, 2020 | Base Metal Mania

You may have noticed precious metals have been in somewhat of a funk over the last several weeks. What you may not know is that industrial metals — like steel and copper — have been tearing higher. Why? One word: Infrastructure! The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) issued a warning: The U.S. needs to […]

November 17, 2020 | Scampering Up the Wall of Worry

Rick’s Picks has tracked the Russell 2000 ever since it became apparent in mid-summer that the chimps paid to throw your hard-earned money at a relative handful of stocks and invented themes had agreed to shovel most of it into small-caps. It should be obvious by now even to hard-core permabears that the ballistic skew of […]

November 17, 2020 | There’s No Free Lunch, But There Are Healthy Choices

In our world of sub 1% interest rates on guaranteed deposits and government bonds, many people have moved their savings into principal-insecure assets in the hopes of picking up more yield nickels in front of oncoming steamrollers. In the process, corporate asset prices have been bid to record highs once more.  As in similar fateful […]

November 17, 2020 | Dow Jones E-Mini Futures Tag 30k Twice – Setting Up A Double Top

Sometimes the markets telegraph a key level or future target level in pre-market or post-market trading.  Other times these telegraphed price targets happen during regular trading hours.  Recently, the Dow Jones E-Mini Futures Contracts (YM) generated two unique high price levels near $30,000 over the span of about 6 trading days. My research team and […]