January 2, 2025 | Retail Closures in US Hit Pandemic Levels

Over 6,481 retailers have closed their doors since the beginning of the new year, according to data from Coresight Research in November, but that figure is expected to reach 7,327, marking a 57.8% increase in closures since 2023. During the pandemic, closures exceeded openings by 180 stores in 2020, with the gap widening in 2021 […]

January 2, 2025 | The Glow Is Back On for Uranium

Will stocks be as hot this year as the last two years?

January 2, 2025 | While Market Soft, Some Individual Stocks Still Hot

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December 31, 2024 | The Future’s Uncertain and The End is Always Near

“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the […]

December 30, 2024 | The Second US State to Tax Fossil Fuel Companies

New York state has enacted a bill to extort fossil fuel companies in the name of climate change. Governor Kathy Hochul believes the bill will generate $75 billion in funds for the state over the next 25 years, which she claims will be used to fight climate change. Why would any energy company want to operate out […]

December 29, 2024 | Art of the Collapse, January 2025

December produced a lot of surprises. President Biden pardoned his son…for an oddly specific period of time: United Health, a previously obscure insurance company, became a hot topic: Frustration about American health care produced a French Revolution-style path to popularity: Luigi Mangione To Host Next Week’s Episode Of ‘SNL’ (Babylon Bee) – In a move intended […]

December 29, 2024 | My Predictions for 2025? You Don’t Want to Know.

I’m making no bold predictions for 2025, since getting it right in these way-too-interesting times is like trying to guess when a ticking time bomb will explode. When it does, the shrapnel will pop an economic bubble so pumped with folly, greed and hubris that only a Wall Street shill or a madman could believe […]

December 28, 2024 | Canada Moving for a NO CONFIDENCE Vote to Throw Out Trudeau

The C$ is poised to finally elect a Yearly Sell Signal (Bearish Reversal) warning that Canada may not bottom out until 2026. Even if Trudeau is removed from office, will that prevent the Decline & Fall of Canada into 2026? We will deal with these questions and more in our annual report on Canada for […]

December 28, 2024 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark: Stock Markets, Gold, Oil, Currencies. Special Offer! 25% Off New Annual Subscriptions!
• Rick Ackerman: (11:54) Healthcare, Stock Markets, Tesla. Special Offer!
• John Rubino: (53:10) Inflation, Gold, Silver, Commercial Real Estate, AI.
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December 27, 2024 | Why & When NATO Treaty Should be Terminated to Prevent WWIII

  The heart of the North Atlantic Treaty is Article 5, which contains two major problems. Yes, Article 5 proclaims that an attack on any member of the Alliance will be considered an attack on all. To justify a full NATO response, it is imperative that any member of NATO create some sort of event […]

December 27, 2024 | Gold Shares May Be More Profitable Than the Metal

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December 27, 2024 | A New Interpretation for “Markets Going to Pot”

Is AI the new dot com bust?

December 26, 2024 | Next Decline In Crude Prices Should Trigger A New Long Term BUY Signal For The Sector.

The official US President Joe Biden is not being seen and his vacuum is being filled by President elect Trump and his entourage led by Elon Musk (seen by Democrats as either the President or Trump’s Prime Minister). Biden lieutenants are looking for new ways to degrade or demean Trump before he takes office. However […]

December 25, 2024 | When the US Government Defaulted on its Bonds

  The first three Liberty bonds and the Victory Loan, sold to fund World War I, were indeed retired during the 1920s. However, because the terms of the bonds included a Ponzi Scheme that allowed the bondholder to swap them for the newer bonds, with superior terms, most of the debt from the first, second, […]

December 24, 2024 | Housing Bust: Builders Are Slashing Prices

In early 2023, the stars appeared to align for another housing bust. Home prices were crazy high, consumers were over-indebted, and mortgage rates were rising towards the dreaded 7% level. Add it all up, and a bust at least as dramatic as that of 2007/2008 — when homebuilder stocks fell by 80% — seemed imminent. […]

December 23, 2024 | Health Prepping: Stop Poisoning Your Family

For readers who are busy planning Christmas dinner, let’s get right to it: You might be poisoning yourself and your family. Because “poison” is exactly what many popular “ultra-processed” foods are. Consider: How Do Processed Foods Affect Your Health? (WebMD) – Highly processed food may put you at a higher cancer risk. One study found that your risk of […]

December 22, 2024 | Larry’s Commentary

Wednesday’s brutal response to a mildly hawkish Federal Reserve rate announcement triggered two opposite market signals. First, the sell-off told us that the great secular bull market that began in 2009 is over. Second, the extraordinarily intense selling generated oversold readings that were bound to produce a short-covering rally, as they indeed have. The stock […]

December 21, 2024 | Trading Desk Notes for December 21, 2024

Animal Spirits experience an Icarus Moment as the adrenaline rush from Trump’s election victory fades. The NAZ rallied ~28% from early August lows to this week’s all-time highs, with nearly half the gains made since Trump’s election victory (circled.) The NAZ was up ~60% from October 2023 and was “by far” the best-performing stock index over […]

December 21, 2024 | Kids for Cash Documentary

 Joe Biden granted Pennsylvania Judge Michael Conahan clemency. The kids did not receive the same sympathy.

December 21, 2024 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Dow, Gold, Oil, Natural Gas, Cotton, Cocoa and Coffee. Special Offer! 25% Off New Annual Subscriptions!
• Martin Armstrong: (12:34) Political Turmoil and the Markets, Tariffs, Drones.
• Eric Hadik:  (56:30) Market Cycles, Bitcoin, Gold, Currencies, Commodities.

December 20, 2024 | The Fed Shocks The Market Triggering an Abrupt Selloff

The U.S. Federal Reserve surprised markets this week with a small rate cut (expected), a forecast for fewer rate cuts next year and higher inflation (very unexpected). This was a more hawkish report than the market expected. The stock market reacted very negatively on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 losing 3 percent in just two […]

December 20, 2024 | Could China’s Real Estate Woes Spread Here?

Gold Juniors as a group up 25% over the year

December 19, 2024 | And This Is BEFORE the Coming Recession

Government finances usually look their best at cyclical peaks when lots of people are working and paying taxes, relatively few are drawing unemployment benefits or welfare, and financial asset prices are way up, thus generating lots of capital gains tax revenue. If a government is ever going to balance its budget, that’s when it happens. […]

December 19, 2024 | Lengthy Dow Drop Could Mean Bubble About to Burst

It’s not inflation, it’s “gouge-flation”