October 24, 2024 | Peaking Stock Market Rally a “Time Bomb”?

US Dollar to bottom late this year or early next year?

October 23, 2024 | Switzerland is No Longer Neutral

“Neutral like Switzerland” can no longer be a saying as the Swiss government has announced it is joining the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI) to develop a shared missile defense system across Europe. Switzerland is neither an official member of the European Union nor a member of NATO. Yet, the nation forfeited its neutrality stance […]

October 22, 2024 | About That: Should Baby Boomers Get More Government Money?

Aged populations are ballooning government deficits in most countries. The Bloc Québécois has threatened to force a snap election if Canada’s federal government doesn’t increase Old Age Security payments for people between the ages of 65 and 74 by 10 per cent. Andrew Chang breaks down the dilemma before the Liberals and why economists say […]

October 21, 2024 | Biden Blames Trump for his $1.8 Trillion Deficit – What Propaganda

I am sick and tired of all the constant lies. The Biden Administration blames Trump for its $1.8 trillion deficit. The interest expenditures will be about $1 trillion alone. Now, if you just accept that at face value, you are part of the problem when the United States will crash and burn. This makes it […]

October 20, 2024 | Time To Overwhelm Them With Thought Crimes

“Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed for ever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you”. – Orwell’s 1984 “They do not even need evidence to condemn someone they believe is guilty”. – Orwell’s 1984 Many people have joked that […]

October 19, 2024 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Silver, Uranium, Gold, Oil, USD, Canadian Dollar.   Special Offer! 25% Off New Annual Subscriptions.
• Martin Armstrong: (12:20)  Insurance Stocks, Europe, Middle East, US Civil War.
• Hilliard MacBeth:   (1:01:30) Canadian Real Estate, Stock Market, US Presidential Election.

October 19, 2024 | Tech Talk for Saturday October 19th 2024

The Bottom Line Better than consensus third quarter results released last week by 14% of S&P 500 companies prompted North American equity indices to advance to all-time highs. Analysts were less convinced. They lowered third quarter consensus earnings estimates again. Frequency of quarterly corporate reports ramps up this week. Another 112 S&P 500 companies (including […]

October 18, 2024 | Silver Tests $33 — For the First Time In a Decade

The standard silver pitch is that when gold goes up, stackers note the immense number of silver coins they can get for the price of a single gold Krugerand or Maple Leaf. Then they proceed to pile into the cheaper metal, sending its price up by multiples of gold’s subsequent percentage gains. But this time […]

October 18, 2024 | Insurers Stung By Florida Hurricanes

Costco now selling Platinum as well as Gold

October 17, 2024 | WTI Drops US$8/b Over Last Week As Israel Agrees Not To Attack Iran’s Nuclear Or Energy Facilities

Military tensions are picking up around the world and any miscalculation could expand the war fronts. It is not just the Middle East and Ukraine. China and North Korea are flexing their military muscles and worrying their neighbors. US pressure on Israel has succeeded in getting the IDF to agree not to attack Iran’s nuclear […]

October 17, 2024 | Just a Handful of Stocks Boosting Dow Higher

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October 17, 2024 | Stats Show Higher Unemployment After Fed Rate Cuts

Should you be pulling your rainy day funds from the stock market?

October 17, 2024 | Is the Stock Market Anticipating a Trump Victory?

The strain on the grid from AI will be incredible

October 16, 2024 | Retailers Feeling The Pressure of Cash-Strapped Consumers

Major retailers have noted a pullback in consumer spending, and same-store traffic is down across restaurants this year, particularly at sit-down chains. Most are ramping up discounts and promotions to lure customers. See, After years of Increases, Companies are Rolling Back Prices: Retailers, restaurants and other companies spent years lifting prices. Now that consumers are closing […]

October 16, 2024 | Sean Taylor: The Strategic Vote for BC in Boundary Similkameen

• Sean Taylor:  Health Care Top Priority for BC.  Follow Sean on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

October 15, 2024 | Results are in: ‘Easy’ Money Policies Build Debt, Hurt Productivity and Affordability

The results of the easy money experiments from 2009 to 2022 are widely evident: they yielded record indebtedness and unaffordable housing. This was especially true in Canada, where the median household debt to income was 175% in the second quarter of 2024 from 156% in the fourth quarter of 2008. At the same time, the […]

October 14, 2024 | The Four Powers Aligning

  COMMENT: Marty, you have been spot on. North Korea, China, and Iran are banning together with Russia. What you have laid out is basic common sense. The ancient saying the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I don’t understand how common sense seems to be no so common certainly among our journalists who […]

October 13, 2024 | Kamala Unwinding

[I can’t stomach news reports that take Kamala Harris’s candidacy seriously, especially articles suggesting with brazen implausibility that she is polling dead-even with Trump in some important swing states. Fortunately for those creeped out by all the tilted campaign coverage, my colleague James Howard Kunstler has compressed everything you need to know about the election into a […]

October 12, 2024 | Trading Desk Notes for October 12, 2024

The leading North American stock indices are at record highs The S&P has closed higher for 9 of the last 10 weeks, rising ~14% from its early August lows. The index is up ~22% YTD, ~41% from year-ago lows, and ~65% from two year-ago lows. It has closed higher for 11 of the last 12 […]

October 12, 2024 | This week in Money

• Ross Clark:  Stock Markets, Dow, S&P, Gold, USD, Canadian Dollar. Special Offer! 25% Off New Annual Subscriptions.
• Victor Adair:  (9:21) Markets, Inflation, China, Recession.
• Josef Schachter:  (38:25) Energy, Oil, Natural Gas.
• Martin Straith: (67:45)  Stock Markets, Seasonal Trends, Gold, Government Deficits.  Special Offer!

October 11, 2024 | More Great Gold Miner Earnings Reports Coming Soon

A rising gold price boosted second-quarter (June-August) earnings for the best-run gold miners. See: Q2 Gold Miner Earnings Might Liven Up the Summer Doldrums Portfolio Update — Q2 Earnings Edition And earnings for Q3 — which ended on September 30 and will be reported shortly — should be even better, thanks to continued gains for […]

October 11, 2024 | Will Russian Buying Push Silver to $50?

Is It Still a Good Time to Get Into Corporate Bonds?

October 10, 2024 | Cycle of War Technology & Fate of the EU

  QUESTION: I hear that the F16, introduced in 1978, is obsolete in today’s modern war. Do you have any information on this? Have we entered the day when swords are replaced by guns? PH ANSWER: The F-16 is a legendary warplane. You are correct. It was first introduced in 1978. It was a versatile […]

October 10, 2024 | Hurricanes, Gold, Trump, Zombies

Corruption in Canada, Children, Steal the Election, Dumb as Rocks.