October 17, 2025 | Canadian Auto Industry Faces Creative Destruction
The Canadian auto industry is in deep trouble. Donald Trump’s new tariffs threaten cross-border trade — and U.S. automakers are already moving production south. Here’s the kicker: Canada’s auto sector isn’t even Canadian. Toyota and Honda build three-quarters of the cars assembled here. American brands make the rest. And those are being moved south: “In a major […]
October 17, 2025 | JP Morgan Boss Worried About Small Banks
Is it too late to pile in on Gold?
October 17, 2025 | Is Gold Due for a Correction?
Hard to tell the difference between rational and irrational exuberance
October 16, 2025 | Chaos and Disorder Prohibited by National Guard
The party of chaos and disorder is furious that the National Guard has been restoring peace to US cities. Every metric has shown crime significantly plummeting in every area where the National Guard has been stationed. American citizens are safe; the military is protecting those abiding by the law. Yet, those like Obama are spinning […]
October 16, 2025 | Gold, No Kings, USNA, Dumbasses
AI, Antifa, Canada, Booster/Flu Vaccine
October 15, 2025 | The Compound Cost of Policy Errors Around Immigration and Housing
A couple of must-read articles from the Globe this week examine Canada’s policy errors around immigration and housing–two tangential, interconnected themes with far-reaching impacts for our economy, present and future. See, How Canada got immigration right for so long–and then got it very, very wrong: Canada conducted a decade-long experiment. The experiment’s principal investigator was the […]
October 14, 2025 | Real Estate Bust Has Legs
The Canadian housing bubble has been deflating since February 2022, and there’s room for it to run. We highlighted the mania and frenzy of financially destructive behaviours in real time, noting that once bubbles pop, property prices typically take years to recover. BMO Senior Economist Robert Kavcic apparently agrees. In a recent note highlighted on Better […]
October 13, 2025 | A Monetary Reset is Coming, and Canada isn’t Prepared | Maxime Bernier
Maxime Bernier has had a long-standing interest in business and worked for several financial and banking institutions. He become Executive Vice-President of the Montreal Economic Institute in 2005. Many people in the region encouraged him to enter politics. He took up the challenge and was elected a Member of Parliament on January 23, 2006. He […]
October 12, 2025 | Making Money – But At What Price
[Taken from “Health First” in Sept 2025 Timing Letter] Regardless to what happens to the price of real estate or gold, your highest priority should be your health. I like making money as much as the next guy – if not more. But the first thing I think about when I get up in […]
October 11, 2025 | Trading Desk Notes for October 11, 2025
Leading global equity indices (and other risk assets) tumble on a sharp rise in US/China trade tensions China’s announcement of comprehensive restrictions on rare earth exports on Thursday had little impact on equity markets (but gold and silver tumbled). However, Trump’s aggressive social media response on Friday morning sparked a relentless day-long decline across equity markets. Trump […]
October 11, 2025 | This Week in Money
- Ross Clark: Stock Market Correction, Gold Top?, Oil, Uranium.
- Victor Adair: (11:59) Stock Markets, Rare Earths, Trade Wars, Interest Rates, Oil.
- Hilliard MacBeth: (43:36) Real Estate, Mortgage Rates, Economy, Chinese EVs.
October 10, 2025 | Canadian Pipelines: Good Bad Ugly and Nightmares
Pipelines: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Another pipeline fantasy rises from the political graveyard. Premier Danielle Smith is pitching a “ghost” pipeline to the West Coast — no sponsor, no permits, vague route, no funding. It’s Northern Gateway all over again. Canada’s pipeline history is a mix of ambition, divisive politics, and staggering […]
October 10, 2025 | Has Gold Topped Out?
Even Ferrari sees tough times ahead
October 9, 2025 | China Purchased $38B from the US in Semiconductor Chips
Taiwan’s global dominance of semiconductor chip manufacturing has been at the forefront of the US-China technology war. The focus has been on Taiwan, leaving other avenues of Chinese influence ignored. China used loopholes in US law to purchase over $38 billion in chip-making technology in the last year alone, marking a 66% rise in […]
October 9, 2025 | Should We Be Concerned About Gold?
Is Bitcoin getting toppy?
October 9, 2025 | Will Gold Hold Value in a Stocks Collapse?
Can the stock market be manipulated out of danger?
October 9, 2025 | How Much Higher Can Gold Go?
Is Bitcoin about to fizzle out?
October 8, 2025 | Warmonger Think Tanks
The latest from the Neocon Fake News, ISW (Institute for the Study of War) started by Victoria Nuland’s sister-in-law, is always the same. Russia is weak; it is about to collapse, but at the same time, they are about to attack NATO, so we should invade now. The new line is “ISW specialists suggest Moscow is […]
October 7, 2025 | How The AI Bubble Will Pop and Why We Should All Care
The AI infrastructure boom is the most important economic story dominating the news. However, the numbers don’t add up, and that realization is starting to spread. Read more in, This is How the AI Bubble Will Pop: Tech companies are projected to spend about $400 billion this year on infrastructure to train and operate AI models. […]
October 6, 2025 | Millions Sign Petition to Dismantle UK Digital ID System
The people of the United Kingdom are fighting back against the government’s plan to roll out a digital ID system. The petition to counter the legislation quickly became the fastest-growing online petition in UK history, with over two million people signing in less than 48 hours. “We demand that the UK Government immediately commits […]
October 5, 2025 | Big Debt Cycles
Debt is a curse that can also be a blessing, depending on how the borrower uses it. Sadly, human nature seemingly ensures we often use debt unproductively—and not just as individuals. Governments have their own special way of using debt to buy benefits (and votes?) today that future generations will pay for. I have said […]
October 4, 2025 | The Trading Desk Notes for October 4, 2025
Leading global stock indices surge to record highs The S&P has rallied ~40% from its April lows, up ~13.5% YTD. The S&P is up ~5.5% since the FOMC cut rates on August 22 (blue ellipse), and signalled more cuts to come over the next few months. Big Cap Tech/AI continues to power the rally in US stocks, […]
October 4, 2025 | How a Fed Overhaul Could Eliminate the Federal Debt Crisis, Part I: The Fed’s Hidden Drain
From Scheerpost The Federal Reserve’s independence is currently being challenged by political forces seeking to reshape its mandate. The Fed has not always been independent of Congress and the Treasury. Its independence was formalized only in 1951, with a Treasury-Federal Reserve Accord that was not a law but a policy agreement redefining the relationship of […]
October 4, 2025 | This Week in Money
- Ross Clark: Stock Markets, S&P, Gold, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar, Bitcoin.
- Martin Straith: (10:38) US Government Shutdown and the Markets, Market Trends, Bitcoin, Gold, Uranium, DeFi.
- Mark Leibovit: (52:17) Stock Markets, Metals. Special Offer! Receive 50% Off VR Trader Newsletters! Enter Promo Code HALFOFF
October 3, 2025 | Cut Throat Competition in China Could Spread Worldwide
China’s War on “Involution” China is cracking down on “blind and disorderly competition,” also called involution. Factories keep building too much — solar, batteries, EVs — and prices collapse. That deflation spills abroad. How low can China push prices — and who gets crushed next? Western firms know the rule: compete with China and prices only […]
















