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June 20, 2026 | Tech Talk for Saturday June 20th 2026
The Bottom Line Equity prices around the world are responding to lower crude oil prices. Leading the advance is the U.S. technology sector. Earnings and Revenue Consensus for S&P 500 Companies Source: www.factset.com Analysts increased their 2026 earnings and revenue estimates again last week Consensus for second quarter 2026 earnings gains increased to 22.0% from […]
June 19, 2026 | The Federal Reserve has a New Leader Who Talks Tough
The Federal Reserve has a new chair, and he’s already on a collision course with the White House. Kevin Warsh presided over his first meeting this week, holding rates steady but sending an unmistakable signal — inserting into the statement that “the committee will deliver price stability.” The phrasing draws a sharp line against predecessors […]
June 19, 2026 | So What Happens With Oil Now?
If the Iran war is really over — still a very big “if” — the global oil markets will start trending back to normal. This will take a while, and some of the supply chain kinks will continue to cause problems. But it’s interesting that oil’s price is around $78/bbl this morning. Why is that interesting? Because Tommy Norris, […]
June 19, 2026 | Ukraine’s Army+ App Reveals a Much Larger Problem
Ukraine’s government is celebrating a new feature inside the Army+ app that allows soldiers who went AWOL to return to military service and even select a new unit. Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced that nearly 200 requests had already been submitted through the system, with dozens approved in just a matter of days. The government […]
June 18, 2026 | The Divide Is No Longer Left vs Right
Only 29% of Democrats say they are extremely or very proud to be American, compared with 90% of Republicans, based on a recent NBC poll. Among Americans aged 18-34, just 36% express strong pride in their country, compared with 75% among those over 65. Those numbers should concern anyone who understands history because they point […]
June 17, 2026 | Trump said Netanyahu has “No F—ing Judgement.”
QUESTION: I read Trump’s comment to Netanyahu in Axios. You have been the voice of reason. I argued with someone who said you were anti-sematic for criticizing Netanyahu. They criticized Obama so I asked then you must be a racist. It went right over their head. I know you said before that you had two […]
June 16, 2026 | Health Prepping: We Need More Magnesium
Magnesium is up there with vitamin D on the list of supplements that pretty much every health guru recommends. The reasons for this are many and varied. Here’s an excerpt from a recent post by Brazil-based medical writer Dr. Mark Sircus: The symptom list [for magnesium deficiency] is savage. When Magnesium is deficient, things begin to die. […]
June 16, 2026 | The Strait of Hormuz May Reopen But the War Cycle Is Not Finished
The financial press is celebrating reports that traders are betting shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz could begin returning to normal by August. Oil prices have fallen sharply on hopes of a U.S.-Iran agreement, and prediction markets are assigning better-than-even odds that vessel traffic will recover during the second half of this year. […]
June 15, 2026 | Stagflation Dilemma
Happy Monday Morning! As expected, the Bank of Canada held rates this past week. What’s perhaps more interesting, is the language they used. “Economic weakness combined with rising inflation is a dilemma for monetary policy. Raising rates to dampen inflation could further slow the economy. Easing rates to support growth increases the risk that higher […]
June 14, 2026 | Soros vs India – Trying to Change Foreign Countries
The primary driver of the rupee’s recent movement has been the conflict between the US-Israel alliance and Iran. India has stated that the conflict has had a “debilitating impact on the global economy and energy supplies.” As a major importer of oil, India is vulnerable to price shocks and supply chain disruptions. The rupee […]
June 14, 2026 | The Bailout that Never Ended
I wrote this article for Ralph Nader’s print newspaper “Capitol Hill Citizen.” It was posted on his new Substack today. Capitol Hill Citizen Jun 14, 2026 by Ellen Brown In early May, BlackRock quietly froze redemptions in several of its private-credit funds, limiting withdrawals in vehicles that had been marketed as offering easy liquidity. The […]
June 13, 2026 | The G-Shaped Economy
This week is the final recap of the 2026 Strategic Investment Conference. I have always done summaries of the SIC afterwards, but I don’t think I’ve ever taken four weeks, let alone five weeks to cover it. And I feel we have only scratched the surface. There was just a lot of good content this […]
June 13, 2026 | Tech Talk for Saturday June 13th 2026
The Bottom Line Last week, short term traders focused on the proposed 60 day peace agreement reached between Iran and U.S. /Israel to halt the Middle East conflict. World equity prices moved higher and crude oil futures moved lower in anticipation of finalizing a deal over this weekend. Successful launch of the SpaceX IPO (SPCX) […]
June 12, 2026 | U.S. Canada Trade Agreement is in Deep Trouble
The U.S.-Canada trade relationship took another turn for the worse this week — and a critical deadline is now less than three weeks away. The USMCA, the flagship North American trade agreement signed by Trump in 2020, comes up for its mandatory six-year review on July 1. The review can result in an extension to […]
June 12, 2026 | Wholesale Inflation Confirms Energy Crisis
The Producer Price Index for May came in far hotter than expected, rising 1.1% for the month and 6.5% year-over-year, the largest annual increase since late 2022. What is important here is that nearly 80% of that increase came from goods, and energy was the driving force behind the move. Gasoline prices at the wholesale […]
June 12, 2026 | AI Abundance, Part 3: GOVERNMENT MONEY WITHOUT STRINGS ATTACHED
from Scheerpost The first two articles in this series explored the proposition that artificial intelligence and robotics will soon be ushering in an economy of unprecedented abundance, and examined the resource and energy constraints that could limit that voluminous growth. If machines eventually replace most of the workforce, society may need some form of Universal High […]
June 11, 2026 | The Pacific Prize
The Taiwan issue is not simply about reunification. That has always been far too simplistic. If Taiwan were merely a political dispute, China would not be spending trillions of yuan to build one of the largest navies on Earth. It would not be launching aircraft carriers into the Pacific. It would not be conducting […]
June 11, 2026 | The Best Possible News For Gold Miners
The recent precious metals correction seems to have made an impression on investors. So much so that almost everyone has turned bearish on gold miner stocks. The following is excerpted from a post by Ahead of the Herd’s Rick Mills: Gold Miners Bullish Percent Index falls to 0, a sign of ‘total capitulation’ as contrarians see opportunity Gold […]
June 11, 2026 | Is This The Market Top?
S&P 500 — Is the Rally Over? June 11, 2026 The S&P 500 has hit some turbulence after a remarkable run. Here’s what’s happening and what to watch for. The backstory in plain English From early April through late May, the S&P 500 climbed in one of the cleanest, most consistent rallies of the year […]
June 10, 2026 | Europe’s War on Crypto Is Really About Capital Controls
The European Union has announced what may prove to be one of the most significant developments in the battle over financial freedom. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared that the EU would introduce, for the first time, a “full third-country ban” on certain crypto-asset services as part of a new sanctions package […]
June 10, 2026 | Imagine The Government’s Interest Cost When This happens
The US government has been trying to minimize its interest expense by borrowing at the short end of the yield curve, where rates are lower. The result? Massive amounts of Treasury paper must be rolled over each year. The current number is $8 trillion. Apparently, the plan was to cut short-term interest rates back to […]
June 9, 2026 | SpaceX Goes Public Friday — and Why Investors Should Pay Attention
This Friday, June 12, SpaceX is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq — in what could be the largest IPO in market history. Trading under the ticker SPCX, the company has set its offering price at $135 per share, which could raise roughly $75 billion and value SpaceX at about $1.77 trillion. That would […]
June 9, 2026 | Digital ID: The Lockdown They Never Abandoned
Governments never abandon an idea once they discover it increases control. They simply wait until the public is distracted and repackage it under a different name. The lockdowns may be over, but the mentality that produced them never disappeared. It merely evolved. The United Kingdom is now moving toward a digital identity system tied […]
June 8, 2026 | The Jobs Report Everyone Will Misread
The May jobs report came in far stronger than expected. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 172,000 while other economists were looking for roughly 80,000 to 85,000 jobs. The unemployment rate remained at 4.3%, and March and April payrolls were revised higher by a combined 93,000 jobs. Leisure and hospitality added 70,000 jobs, local government gained […]
June 8, 2026 | Cheerleading the Decline
Happy Monday Morning! We couldn’t help but chuckle at the comments from Premier David Eby this past week, who took credit for the precipitous decline in the rental housing market. Yes, rents are down big time, but let’s give credit where credit is due. The Federal government, despite its sins of the past and its […]