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August 20, 2021 | Property Developer China Evergrande Could Trigger a Crisis
China Evergrande Group, one of the largest property developers in the world, appears to be unable to pay its debts. Investors reacted badly when founder and Chairman, Hui Ka Yan, stepped down from his role as chair of the most important unit of the company, Hengda Real Estate. Could China Evergrande trigger a financial crisis […]
August 20, 2021 | Gold, Silver, Gold Miners, Gold-Silver Ratio
US Dollar, Lumber, Copper, Consumer Confidence
August 20, 2021 | American Manganese has Done an Excellent Job in Advancing RecycLiCo™ up to 100% Extraction Efficiency
What I will do with my Shares of AMY When I Retire. Read Vice.com Article – “When Tesla Says It Recycles 100% of Its Batteries, What Does That Mean?“. Read The Reflector Article – “Brunell Commentary: Recycling Batteries Key to Protecting our Planet“. See AMY Lithium-ion Recycling Technology – Updated Jan. 2021. Watch AMY’s […]
August 19, 2021 | WEF Announced They Won
Those who fail to see the truth and constantly call anyone who is anti-mask a conspiracy theorist are in serious trouble. They are blind to reality which is precisely what those manipulating societies count on. They are the perfect example of Stanley Milgram’s experiments that discovered they are simply Obedient to Authority and are […]
August 19, 2021 | The Extra $300/Week Unemployment Benefits Encouraged Many to Not Work: Details about the “Labor Shortage” Pile Up
In the 27 states that have ended the extra $300 a week in federal unemployment benefits, paid on top of the regular state unemployment insurance, people are returning to work at a much faster rate than in states where the extra $300 a week are still being paid: this was further confirmed today by the […]
August 19, 2021 | A History of the Classic Elite Scam
The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you. To see his cities reduced to ashes. To see those who love him shrouded and in tears. And to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters. – Genghis Khan, first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire POITOU, FRANCE – It’s easy […]
August 19, 2021 | Spending Splurge Bill Coming Due
The good news, as shown below, is that Spain, Canada and the UK are on track to have 70% of their populations fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within weeks (green shows the percentage with both shots and grey those with the first). On the other hand, most of the global population remains possibly years (?) from […]
August 19, 2021 | How to Help Yourself in a Deflationary World
The Pitfalls of Helping Children With Home Purchase
August 18, 2021 | Priced Out
Friday, it was news that US consumer confidence fell 13% from July into August to 70.2 (vs 81.3 expected), the lowest since 2011. Yesterday, it was news that US retail sales for July—purchases at stores, restaurants and online—fell 1.1% compared with June. Today, we learn that US mortgage applications for new homes fell for the second consecutive week (19% lower […]
August 18, 2021 | Surprising Consumer Activity May Suggest a Deeper Shift in the Markets, Part III
As I dive deeper into the shifting economic trends, driven by both the post-COVID-19 recovery event and the US and global economic actions and policies, we are going to focus on two key aspects of the recent market recovery in this third installment of our research article. Ideally, we are going to focus on price […]
August 18, 2021 | The World Just Got A Lot Scarier
The disturbing thing about America’s Vietnam-style departure from Afganistan is not that the Taliban are back in charge. If the 2001 invasion had never happened, they’d be in charge. And if the US had pulled out at any time in the intervening two decades they’d be in charge. So that was pretty much a done […]
August 18, 2021 | Crude Oil Demand, Natural Gas, Pipelines
Quebec vs. Alberta, Biden vs. Canada
August 18, 2021 | Could US Debt Ceiling Trigger Market Correction?
Lithium, Gold, Cobalt, Nickel, Crude Oil
August 18, 2021 | Resource Development An Election Issue?
Quebec loves Alberta’s money but not it’s oil and gas
August 18, 2021 | BC On Fire, Massey Tunnel, 2070 Balanced Budget
- Jordan Bateman – Canada losing investment
August 17, 2021 | Spanish Engineer Extracts Drinking Water from Air
Powered by electricity (which can now be derived cheaply from solar and wind) this is what productivity-enhancing innovation looks like. AQUAER water condenser and engineer Enrique Veiga explained his invention this month in a Reuters video here: “What our machine does is to replicate the cycle of water. It uses the air in the environment, our […]
August 17, 2021 | Surprising Consumer Activity May Suggest A Deeper Shift In The Markets, Part II
Continuing our research into shifting Consumer Sentiment and other economic data recently posted. Part II of our research article will focus on the components of US GDP and how shifting consumer sentiment and activities may result in lower GDP data for a period of time. GDP is one of the biggest measures of total economic […]
August 17, 2021 | What Can Politicians Do to Make Housing Affordable?
Why can’t CMHC get housing start information right?
August 17, 2021 | Stock Market Fear, Gold, Bitcoin, Oil
Defensive plays, Lumber
August 17, 2021 | Markets – This Wall of Worry Seems Different
Derivatives could lose quadrillions if markets dive
August 16, 2021 | Facts are the First Casualties of BC’s New War in the Woods
Sitting in a downtown highrise, it’s easy to say “don’t cut the trees”. But taking away logging would have a massive impact on communities and First Nations, says Nicola Dixon. I am a registered professional forester in BC and proud of it. BC is a world leader in sustainable forest management, backed by rigorous […]
August 16, 2021 | Surprising Consumer Activity May Suggest A Deeper Shift In The Markets
Recent economic data suggests that US consumers are starting to pull away from the types of buying/spending activities we saw after the COVID virus event that shifted the US economy away from travel/office and towards work-from-home solutions. The deep decline in the US and global economic indicators, as a result of the COVID-19 shutdown, prompted […]
August 16, 2021 | Optimism and Drownproofing are Two Halves of a Whole
Life is full of risk every day in every way. Acknowledging this is not pessimistic; it allows thinking people to be proactive. Risk management requires that we hope for the best while trying to drownproof an uncertain future. Cultivating health is job number one. Beyond our bodies and environment, this means minimize debt, keep costs […]
August 15, 2021 | “The Stupid will Believe it and Ask to be Treated” Pandemic to DePopulate 1981
Jacques Attali is a well-known French economist and social theorist. He has been a political adviser but also a senior civil servant, which is in itself a distorted term for they never see themselves as serving the people. We have simply been a herd of sheep to manage. Additionally, Attali was a counselor […]
August 15, 2021 | Ubiquity, Complexity, and Sandpiles
Change happens quickly and, often, unpredictably. And as we will see, the unpredictable part is actually a mathematical principle. As in the Hemingway quote above, not just bankruptcy but change also happens slowly and then, seemingly, all at once. It’s time passing without change that causes the worst problems, including some historic economic catastrophes. It turns out […]