July 12, 2025 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, S&P and Nasdaq New Highs, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium, Copper, Uranium.
• Eric Hadik: (13:17) Market Cycles, White Metals, Bitcoin, Stock Markets, Interest Rates.
• Mark Leibovit: (43:34) Platinum, Palladium, Copper Tariffs, Gold, Silver, Lunar Cycles, Elon Musk’s America Party.
• Hilliard MacBeth: (1:20:45) Canadian Real Estate, Tariffs, Electric Vehicles, Alberta Independence.

July 11, 2025 | Tariffs Miss The Mark on U.S. Copper

Copper prices surged this week after Donald Trump announced a 50% import tariff starting August 1, aiming to boost U.S. self-sufficiency. But for copper, the move is more optics than impact — it won’t kick-start domestic output anytime soon, and manufacturers (and consumers) will foot the bill. Global supply remains constrained despite copper’s crucial role […]

July 11, 2025 | Boomers: Sell Now and Avoid the Rush?

Are you a baby boomer that needs the equity in your home to fund your retirement? If so, you might want to take action sooner rather than later because most boomers no longer have the choice of playing the long game when it comes to recovering from home equity losses. I say that because we […]

July 11, 2025 | Is BRICS Proposed Digital Currency on Shaky Ground?

Could Tariffs replace income taxes?

July 10, 2025 | A Closer Look At Germany’s Death Spiral

Subscriber Bill G responded to yesterday’s post on Germany’s financial/cultural death spiral by asking: “And when did debt to GDP cease to be a good measure of economic health? https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/germany/usa?sc=XE02” His point is that if Germany’s government debt is only 65% of GDP, that country is — by definition— in way better shape than the US […]

July 9, 2025 | Crude Prices Vulnerable Due To Weak Demand And Growing Global Stocks (Especially In The US).

Summary: President Trump got to sign his ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL” on Independence Day – July 4th with many positives in the bill. There are still areas of cuts for poor and lower middle income households that will give the Democrats lots of ammunition during the mid-term elections in November 2026. Republicans in swing districts will […]

July 9, 2025 | News Doesn’t Matter to the Stock Market

Could the US Government use home equity to pay off debt?

July 9, 2025 | Inflationary Pressures Began After 2015 – Tariffs are a Distraction

The Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Expectations foresees inflation returning to “pre-tariff” levels. As I have mentioned, the rising costs were a mere price correction and not a permanent rise in inflation. Tariffs were NEVER the root cause of inflation. The central bank predicts that inflation will read 3% in 13 months, which would be […]

July 8, 2025 | People Flee Taxation

  I have written about how Rome fell, and just by mapping the population of Rome, you can see the fate of many current nations and states operating under poor fiscal policies – people sell and just leave. It is different this time because, under socialism, the government has become abusive. When it came to […]

July 8, 2025 | Why Public Funds Should Be Deposited in Publicly-Owned Banks

From JustMoney.org A thriving economy requires that credit flow freely for productive use. But today, a handful of giant banks diverts that flow into an exponentially-growing self-feeding pool of digital profits for themselves. Rather than allowing the free exchange of labor and materials for production, our system of banking and credit has acted as a […]

July 7, 2025 | Financial Health is a Marathon

Toronto-area home sale prices dropped by 5.4% annually in June–the fifth consecutive year-over-year decline. While lethargy is glaring in condos, detached home sale prices fell the most, with a 6.5% year-over-year drop. The average Toronto June sale price of $1.01 million represented a 17% decline from the February 2022 peak of $1.21 million. Sales for […]

July 6, 2025 | Kerry Lutz: Did Martin Armstrong Predict the Great Decline?

  Conversations with the Master Forecaster This book is unlike anything you’ve read before. It’s not another theory — it’s a documented track record of how Martin saw what no one else did: ✅ Sovereign debt implosions ✅ War cycles and geopolitical shifts ✅ The coming collapse of trust in governments ✅ The timeline to 2032 — […]

July 6, 2025 | T-Bond Bottom Could Herald the Start of Trump’s ‘Golden Era’

We’re all waiting anxiously to see whether Trump’s bold initiatives usher in a golden economic era. If this is going to happen, we should see the Dow Industrial lurch toward 100,000 at any time. Just a few short weeks ago, you could have counted me among the skeptics. It is a habit that has become […]

July 5, 2025 | Trading Desk Notes for July 5, 2025

The S&P, NAZ and TSE hit new record highs this week The S&P is up ~30% from the April lows (~7% YTD), the NAZ is up ~40% from the April lows (~8% YTD), and the Toronto Composite is up ~22% from the April lows (~9% YTD). Big Cap Tech has led the rally, with MSFT up ~45% from the […]

July 5, 2025 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark: Stock Markets, Gold, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar
• John Rubino: (10:55) Trump Presidency, Gold, Silver, Lithium, BRICS
• Martin Straith: (39:09)  US Job Growth Number, Stock Market Trends, USD, Canadian Dollar, Cryptos
• Jim Willie: (1:13:52) Russia/Ukraine and Israel/Iran conflicts and the Markets, Interest Rate Cuts, Gold, Silver

July 4, 2025 | Clean Energy Reclaims Market Leadership

At the start of the year, the narrative was straightforward: fossil fuel producers stood to benefit from supportive domestic policy, while clean energy—out of favour politically and commercially—looked set to lag. Markets had priced in a resurgence in drilling, with investor consensus leaning heavily toward traditional hydrocarbons. That view hasn’t aged well. Six months on, […]

July 4, 2025 | BRICS Digital Currency, Gold Standard

Bloated BC Mayor pay “evil”.

July 4, 2025 | US Interest Rates Will Drop When This Happens

How long will equity market records continue to be set?

July 3, 2025 | Recession is Here?

David Rosenberg, founder and president of Rosenberg Research, believes recession odds are higher than 2022 despite nobody expecting one, pointing to Fed staff forecasting 50% recession probability and the most downbeat Beige Book since 1980. Rosenberg criticizes Powell for calling the economy “solid” while real GDP has been negative sequentially in 2 of the past […]

July 3, 2025 | Lower Oil Prices Good for Stock Market

Bitcoin testing new highs.

July 2, 2025 | US Crude Product Inventories Rise 9.6 Mb Last Week As US Gasoline Consumption Falls Materially

Summary: President Trump wants to sign his ‘BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL” on Independence Day – July 4th but the alternative Senate and House bills need to be reconciled and then voted upon again before being sent to the President. Big differences on Medicaid access, the SALT deduction for high tax states (I.e. Blue Democratic States with […]

July 2, 2025 | The Economic Confidence Model v the 80-Year Cyclical Theory

  The concept of cycles is becoming accepted in Western culture. Recently, people have been focusing on what they deem the 80-year cyclical theory, which marks a significant shift in humanity. While this may be true, as it takes a few generations to change society, they are not incorporating the additional nuisances associated with the […]

July 1, 2025 | 43% of Americans Near Poverty Place Essential Purchases on Credit

  The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Financial Lifestyles Shape Credit Reliance” revealed that American consumers are struggling to afford the basic essentials. Prices have been elevated since the worldwide pandemic shutdown the global economy and have not gone down in a meaningful way. The study found that 43% of American households who are a paycheck away from […]

June 30, 2025 | Opportunity for Canada

Canada needs to build things the world wants. A Canadian car company is rolling in a zero-emission vehicle called ‘Project Arrow’. CTV’s Sean Leathong reports. Here is a direct video link.    Also, see Donald Trump’s disdain for wind energy could create windfall for Nova Scotia: experts: New England states and New York have been leading development […]