February 5, 2022 | Trading Desk Notes For February 5, 2022

Interest rates surge higher everywhere Christine Lagarde surprised markets Thursday by opening the door to higher interest rates this year from the ECB. On Friday, markets were stunned by an unexpected (and suspect, given the massive “seasonal adjustments”) US Employment report. The net result? Interest rates everywhere surged higher this week. Think of Euribor as the […]

February 5, 2022 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark  – Stock Markets, Oil, Canadian Dollar, US Jobs. Special Offer! 25% Off for New Annual Subscribers.
• John Kaiser –  Junior Miners, Gold.
• Robert Campbell – Inflation, Interest Rates, US Real Estate.
• Larry Reaugh – President & CEO of American Manganese Inc. on Company Showcase – American Manganese CEO Discusses The Importance of Patent Protection for AMY.  Lithium Prices are on a Tear.  Read the Latest News. Read CleanTechnica Article – “Samsung SDI Chooses Stellantis Over Rivian For Its Battery Factory Partner“.  Read The Narwhal Article – “Car Story: Where will Canada’s Electric Vehicle Batteries Go When They Die?“.  Read Benchmark Minerals Article – “Where will New Lithium Supply Come From in 2022?“.  See AMY Lithium-ion Recycling Technology – Updated Jan. 2021.  

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February 4, 2022 | Grantham Makes a Bold and Scary Prediction

The end of this bull market has arrived. Recently Jeremy Grantham described how this extreme valuation in the stock market, bond market and some housing markets is a very rare event. And he claims that it is over. Grantham first came to my attention at a conference in 2003. He was a keynote speaker and […]

February 4, 2022 | Trudeau Dreams of Dictatorship

In 2013 a reporter asked Justin Trudeau which country he most admired. “There is a level of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to turn their economy around on a dime,” Trudeau smiled and stated with seriousness. He went on to say how he admired (i.e., envied) how […]

February 4, 2022 | Profoundly Important Marches And Now Truck Convoys

In March 1965, a university friend was driving his small economy car from Vancouver to Toronto and while crossing the Great Plains and in listening to radio reports of the march from Selma to Montgomery he turned south to participate. The 54-mile route to the state capital of Alabama was not lengthy but inspired a […]

February 4, 2022 | Inflation, Interest Rates, Safe Havens

Commodities, Bitcoin

February 4, 2022 | American Manganese CEO Discusses The Importance of Patent Protection for AMY

Lithium Prices are on a Tear. Read the Latest News. Read CleanTechnica Article – “Samsung SDI Chooses Stellantis Over Rivian For Its Battery Factory Partner“. Read The Narwhal Article – “Car Story: Where will Canada’s Electric Vehicle Batteries Go When They Die?“. Read Benchmark Minerals Article – “Where will New Lithium Supply Come From in […]

February 3, 2022 | World War III Begins in the Financial Markets

The Bank of England raised rates for a second time which is the first time they have responded in this manner to inflation since 2004 during the boom into 2007. While the Bank of England has choreographed its intent to raise rates as has the Federal Reserve, this meant that the markets were not surprised […]

February 3, 2022 | Groundhog Day Effect, High Tech Stocks, Gold

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February 3, 2022 | Canadian Energy Leading the Way

More behind truckers protest convoy than just vaccines

February 3, 2022 | Tech Stocks, Battery Metals, Supply Chain

Crude Oil, Copper, Autos

February 2, 2022 | The Convoy to DC 2022

In an act of solidarity with their northern neighbors, US truckers are amassing to form the Convoy to DC. The Facebook page, which is currently inaccessible at the time of this writing, hosted over 131,000 followers. The dates have not been set yet, but the group is aiming to start a convoy that will begin […]

February 2, 2022 | GDPNow Is Flashing Stagflation, Maybe Recession

Conventional wisdom holds that the U.S. economy is overheating. New workers are virtually unavailable, raw material costs are soaring, and of course financial asset prices are in the stratosphere. And that’s why the Fed has to tighten aggressively. This is a compelling argument since most of the stats backing it are real. However … all […]

February 2, 2022 | Trucker Convoys, Medical Fascism

Biden, Trudeau, US Dollar

February 1, 2022 | Legal Fatigue Is Causing Societal Collapse

The recently elected Manhattan District Attorney has directed his office to stress “alternatives to incarceration.” Some states have altered theft laws such that it is a misdemeanor if the dollar amount is below a certain threshold. Lenient bail laws are letting violent offenders back on the streets hours after booking. Much like a badly-maintained bridge […]

February 1, 2022 | Saskatchewan Premier to Remove Vaccine Mandate

(Click on image above for better resolution) Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has heard the cries of the people and responded accordingly. “My government supports your call to end the cross border ban on unvaccinated truckers,” he said. “And it is why, in the not too-distant future, our government will be ending our proof of negative […]

February 1, 2022 | Pandemic Shortages Shifting to Record Stockpiles

Just as record leverage accelerated the rebound from the 2020 recession in record time, it has also brought the next downturn in record time, not two years after the last.  Inflation was last year… Abnormally high consumption of goods over the past two years is understandably mean reverting while surging supply, stockpiling and inventories have […]