December 20, 2020 | 2020 Coup d’etat

QUESTION: Martin, I agree with the following historic comments you’ve said over the past few weeks… 1.  This election was the most corrupt in our country’s history. 2.  The establishment is getting away with this fraud because the courts are compromised including SCOTUS. 3.  We will likely never have another fair election. I’ll bet Trump agrees with these […]

December 20, 2020 | Innovative Start-ups Cap 6-Week Series on Energy and Sustainability

Sustainably reaching climate targets requires meeting the double bottom line—reducing GHGs while boosting commercial viability. Hydrogen experts Marty Reed and Chris Reid say that the road to green energy is blue. CEOs Marty Reed of Evok Innovations and Chris Reid of Ekona Power capped off Resource Work’s first annual Resource Innovation Forum, delivered with the support of Cenovus […]

December 20, 2020 | The Choice

One stormy day last week this blog said getting the virus jab was a moral, ethical imperative for every citizen. Part of the social contract. The only doorway out of this economic and social mess. Responsible people therefore do not have a choice. You wince and take it. Predictably, a bunch of readers huffed off […]

December 20, 2020 | 2020: Our Annus Horribilis

Welcome to the year-end wrap up! You know, the annual end-of-year stock-taking editorial I write before we all go off to enjoy our Christmas and ring in the New Year? Now, if this were any other year, I’d make some light-hearted joke about all of this. You know, “Oh, nothing much happened this year, there’s […]

December 20, 2020 | Want to Live Longer? Move to a Red State

Statistical and anecdotal evidence suggest that if you are elderly and want to survive Covid-19, you should move to a red state.  Here in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has imposed few restrictions, and yet somehow we are not dropping dead like flies. The state in fact is well down the list of places where the […]

December 20, 2020 | Stock Market Party

The end of 2020 has me looking back. I started writing the letters that later became Thoughts from the Frontline back in the late 1990s. Similar to COVID-19 today, we had a giant macro issue then, too: Y2K. It’s hard to believe now how frightened some people were. But as I expected, the big day […]

December 20, 2020 | Is Bitcoin Strangling The Other Cryptocurrencies?

Bitcoin has had a helluva week. And many of its fans see its recent spike as just the beginning of a run that converts it from cult favorite to global reserve currency. That’s an exciting prospect for a lot of reasons. But it’s not yet a done deal. One of the many concerns that non-HODLers […]

December 19, 2020 | Glorious New Issue Markets and Turn-Of-The-Year Tops

No need to expand upon “Glorious”, but a “New Issue Market” invites some detailing.  Historically, one of the features of a mature bull market is that the demand for stocks excites a rush by underwriters to take private companies public. Such offerings have been called new issues. Certainly from their wild record with the South […]

December 19, 2020 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark – Stock Markets, Small Caps, Commodities, Canadian Dollar
• Victor Adair –  Gold, Russell 2000, USD, Canadian Dollar
• John Rubino –  Stagflation, Currencies, Dow, Junior Gold Miners
• Larry Reaugh – President & CEO American Manganese Inc. on Company Showcase – Sampling Completed on Wenden National Defense Stockpile for United States Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).  Shifting Sands Create Opportunities in Battery Recycling.  Read the Latest News.  Read GM Authority Article – “Study Finds 71 Percent Of U.S. Drivers Considering Electric Vehicle Purchase“.  Read Inside EVs Article – “Toyota’s 2021 Solid State Battery: What You Need To Know“.  Read Recycling Portal Article – “Commission’s Proposal for Regulation Concerning Batteries and Waste Batteries“.  Watch JCDREAM ElectroMobility Video.  See AMY Lithium-ion Recycling Technology.  See AMY Company Presentation.

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December 19, 2020 | Nine Food Tips From The World’s Longest-Living People

As we celebrate the holidays, we can enjoy delicious food and beverages and not make ourselves ill or above our healthy body weight.  Since we are going to the expense and effort of buying and preparing food for ourselves and our loved ones anyway, we might as well support good health in the process.  Delicious […]

December 19, 2020 | Trading Desk Notes For December 18, 2020

The Major American stock indices hit new All-Time Highs again this week with quad-witching and the inclusion of Tesla in the S+P 500 index on Friday. The DJIA is up >4,000 points (15%) since the Oct 30 Key Turn Date (circled on today’s charts) when a number of different markets all reversed “on a dime” as market […]

December 18, 2020 | The U.S. Government’s Handouts Create Consumption, Not Production

WEST RIVER, MARYLAND – As expected, red and blue have come together into a deep mauve of tomfoolery. Here’s TIME Magazine: Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Bernie Sanders of Vermont share very, very little of their political DNA, but they each came to the conclusion that those stimulus checks are both politically popular and financially […]

December 18, 2020 | A Canadian Hydrogen Strategy Could Be a Winner

Canada’s new clean energy plan was unveiled on December 11, 2020. The Hydrogen Strategy for Canada came out this week. Every region of Canada has the potential to produce hydrogen, from several different sources. Will hydrogen play a key role in saving Canada’s energy industry? The Hydrogen Strategy is part of the Trudeau government’s bold […]

December 18, 2020 | Classic: Student First Made Gains Before Losing Father’s $50 Million Trading Stocks

The son of a Russian oligarch lost $50 million making risky trades while at university.  This is present madness writ large.  See:  A Russian oligarch’s son lost $50 million making risky trades at university: Temur’s trades weren’t always losing ones. The London School of Economics student said he first made a profit trading stocks before sliding […]

December 18, 2020 | The Whiff

Because the world has too few taxes, Toronto just created a new one. Like Van, there’ll soon be a vacancy tax, mostly affecting condos. The average unit which in local political minds is underutilized will attract $6,500 a year in tax, atop property tax of about $3,000. Plus condo fees averaging $6,000 a year. That’s […]

December 18, 2020 | Metals/Miners Shifting Gears – Are You Ready For What’s Next? – Part II

In the first part of our research, we highlighted our broad market super-cycle trend analysis.  This analysis suggests the global markets are shifting away from a stock market appreciation phase into a depreciation phase.  This shift will likely prompt a new commodities sector appreciation phase to begin fairly quickly.   If our research is correct, […]

December 18, 2020 | What Does It Mean When Small Caps Lead Rally

Precious metals and seasonality

December 17, 2020 | The Great Conjunction Next Week

  Numerous people always ask if astrology is incorporated into Socrates. The answer is no. From what I can say is that what I see is a complex network of numerous variables that keeps the global econo0my functioning. Trying to say that something will happen in the market because of a planetary convergence that people […]

December 17, 2020 | FDR Knew Exactly How to Solve Today’s Unemployment Crisis

Millions of Americans have joined the ranks of the unemployed, and government relief checks and savings are running out; meanwhile, the country still needs trillions of dollars in infrastructure. Putting the unemployed to work on those infrastructure projects seems an obvious solution, especially given that the $600 or $700 stimulus checks Congress is planning on […]

December 17, 2020 | Metals/Miners Shifting Gears – Are You Ready For What’s Next? – Part I

The recent bottom in Metals/Miners has everyone excited to see what this next upside price leg is capable of achieving.  The extended Pennant/Flag formation that setup a peak in August 2020 has nearly reached the Apex.  The upside move in Gold and Silver, as well as Junior Miner ETFs, over the past few weeks suggests […]

December 17, 2020 | Equity Markets Do Not Match US Economy

Will there be enough stimulus to overcome a second crash?

December 17, 2020 | Santa Claus Rally?

Stock Markets, US Dollar, Money Printing.

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December 16, 2020 | Austria bucking Trend Against Digital Currency

The Austrian National Bank has started an information campaign to support cash. It remains to be seen whether it is on a collision course with the ECB. There will be rising resistance to this scheme to eliminate paper money and force everyone into a digital currency. I would expect you will see the same resistance rise […]

December 16, 2020 | Lock ‘er up?

Days ago a blog dog reported being mocked by buddies for considering a ten-year-long mortgage term. The obvious advice here was to get new friends. But wait. Does this make sense – now that a decade-long term is available for (wait for it)…1.99%? Hmmm. It merits some serious noodling. First, history has proven time and […]