August 18, 2024 | Is Copper a Broken Story — Or Better Than Ever?

After a nice run in the first half of this year, copper suffered a serious correction, leading some to wonder if this story is broken: A recent post by commodities analyst Rick Mills answers that question. Here’s an excerpt from the (much longer) article: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence (BMI) forecasts global copper consumption to grow 3.5% to 28 million […]

August 17, 2024 | The Second Great Depression?

  The coming economic collapse will not resemble the Great Depression. Yes, we are in a recession – but it will not be reminiscent of the Great Depression that began in 1929. For you see, the landscape is entirely different now. America was transitioning from an economy based on agriculture to industrialization. About 40% of […]

August 17, 2024 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Gold, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar.  Special Offer! 25% Off New Annual Subscriptions.
• Mark Leibovit: (8:37)  Yen Carry Trade, Interest Rate Cuts, US Economy, US Election. Receive 50% Off VR Trader Newsletters! Enter Promo Code 2022HALFOFF.
• John Rubino: (57:44) Recession, Gold, Gold Miners, War, Russia, China.

August 16, 2024 | Inflation Will Be Sticky and Keep Interest Rates Up

U.S. consumer inflation has returned to normal. This week’s 2.9 percent year-over-year gain for the CPI is not low in the historical context. Expectations for more good news on inflation are unrealistic outside of recession. And interest rates will not come down enough to satisfy both equity investors and highly indebted borrowers. In the chart […]

August 16, 2024 | Markets Showing Signs of Major Fall Correction

What recession? US small business very confident

August 15, 2024 | Kennedy Removed from New York Ballot

  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been shunned from the 2024 US Presidential race since he first announced his decision to run. Another corrupt New York judge has ruled in favor of the establishment by banishing Kennedy’s name from the upcoming ballot due to a discrepancy in his address. Obviously, Kennedy meets the requirement of […]

August 15, 2024 | The Case for $3000 Gold

Fears of a US Recession overblown

August 14, 2024 | Two Wars And Geopolitical Tensions Have Lifted The Crude Oil War Premium Over US$10/b.

A last ditch political effort led by the Biden Administration to get an interim ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel will take place tomorrow and Friday in both Dhoha and in Cairo. Israel and Hamas are not talking directly but the diplomats are scurrying between rooms to get an agreement that stops the fighting and […]

August 13, 2024 | When the Democrats Say They Are Defending Democracy They Mean the Opposite

  All we heard was they were defending Democracy by trying to keep Trump off the ballot and RFK, and they orchestrated a host of criminal actions against Trump, all by hand-picked Democratic prosecutors. Then I reported from the very beginning that Biden would step down after the Republican Convention and the scheme was to DENY the […]

August 12, 2024 | UK Govt Arresting Citizens over Mean Tweets

British Police: You’ve Made Some “Offensive” Comments on Facebook, and We’re Here to Arrest You After 3 young girls were brutally murdered, speech is the crime that police focus on. This type of sh*t is why Elon Musk believes, “Civil war is inevitable.” pic.twitter.com/WERQw79haJ — The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) August 6, 2024 The UK […]

August 11, 2024 | 25 Years and Counting

I can’t let this month pass without noting a significant anniversary: This is the 25th year I’ve been writing Thoughts from the Frontline. The first few issues were lost to the electronic gods and my lack of technical prowess back then. That quickly changed. You can visit the archive and see every issue since January 2001 (including, trust […]

August 10, 2024 | Trading Desk Notes for August 10, 2024

Mean reversion was nasty on Monday, but mellowed by Friday The Nikkei plunged to a 10-month low on Monday, down ~28% from July’s record highs and down ~20% in three trading days (the sharpest decline since the crash in October 1987.) By Friday’s close, the Nikkei had rebounded ~15% to close slightly higher on the […]

August 10, 2024 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Gold, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar. Special Offer! 25% Off New Annual Subscriptions.
• Victor Adair: (9:52) Market Volatility, How to Keep Your Money
• Martin Armstrong: (39:30) Stock Markets, Gold, Social Unrest

August 9, 2024 | The Stock Market Correction is a Warning Sign

U.S. stock markets crashed from Friday last week through Monday this week. High flying tech stocks cratered as well as the broad indexes like the S&P 500 and Japan’s Nikkei. Was this a crash of the large-cap technology sector, or does it signal the broader market is entering a bear phase? On Monday night some […]

August 9, 2024 | Trillions Spent on Climate Change a Waste of Money?

Should there be a Gold Bitcoin ratio?

August 8, 2024 | The Riots in the UK – Coming to the USA Soon

    Our computer has been forecasting a major rise in civil unrest on a global scale. We are witnessing this from Nigeria to Europe and even in Britain. It will migrate to the United States, and we should be prepared for NOBODY to accept this election REGARDLESS of who wins. The mainstream press will […]

August 8, 2024 | Market Mayhem, War, No Mortgage Funding, England Revolt

Covid Aftermath, Deep State Takedown, Sleeper Cells

August 8, 2024 | US Industrial Production Drop a Concern

Gold may take a while to bounce back. Receive 50% Off VR Trader Newsletters! Enter Promo Code 2022HALFOFF.

August 8, 2024 | Be Prepared for Another Stock Market Shock

Lack of consumer demand keeping crude prices down

August 8, 2024 | Lower Interest Rates Won’t Instantly Solve Slow Economy

Did good intentions cause our financial problems?

August 8, 2024 | Could Market Rally Hit New Highs?

Interest rate cuts will be too late to prevent recession.  Special Offer!

August 7, 2024 | Luxury Condo Sells for 21 Percent Loss

  According to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB), the average sale price for all property types in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) dropped to $1.106 million in July. On a month-over-month basis, the price fell by 4.7% from June. On the supply side, new listings rose 18.5%, and the sales-to-new listings ratio was […]

August 7, 2024 | Is Argentina’s Hyperinflation The Fate For Every Country?

VIX, Gold, US Dollar, Bitcoin, Debt

August 6, 2024 | Canada’s Financial Hell Paved with Good Intentions

As interest rates fell from 1980 to 2020, the average Canadian home price increased 746% from $67k to $566k, while the median household income rose about half that rate (400%) from $21,252 in 1980 to $84,000 by 2020 (table courtesy of Nerd Wallet). The average Canadian home price rose from about 3x the median household income […]