March 26, 2024 | The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, March 2024 Update: Biggest Price Drops from 2022 Peak: San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Phoenix, Dallas, Las Vegas
The home price index for the 20 metros that the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index covers declined by 0.1% from the prior month, the third month in a row of declines. Year-over-year, the index was up 6.6%. Year-over-year, wait a minute… today’s “January” 2024 reading is three months off the October 2023 peak, while […]
March 25, 2024 | Beware the Ides of May
The Western Press continues to report only the propaganda from the NEOCON mouthpiece, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), which Victoria Nuland’s sister-in-law runs. I have warned that they were trying to start war BEFORE the election, and the two main targets in time were May and July. Be very careful of any […]
March 24, 2024 | Climate the Movie
March 23, 2024 | Trading Desk Notes For March 23, 2024
Leading stock indices rallied to new All-Time Highs as Western Central Banks signalled interest rate cuts this year After closing lower for the past two weeks, the S&P and NAZ futures surged to new highs this week following dovish signals/cuts from the FOMC, the Swiss National Bank, the Bank of England, and the Banco de Mexico. […]
March 23, 2024 | This Week in Money
- Ross Clark: Stock Markets, Commodities, Cocoa, Uranium, Bitcoin
- Eric Hadik: (13:15) Cycles, Gold, Silver, Currencies, Cryptos
- John Rubino: (38:04) Interest Rates, Inflation, Stagflation, Gold, Banks
March 22, 2024 | The Federal Reserve Believes The Soft Landing Myth
The Federal Reserve announced that interest rates will remain unchanged. The chairman, Jerome Powell, seemed confident in his remarks that inflation will come down further, while economic growth gets stronger, and unemployment stays at the current low level of just under 4 percent. Powell hinted that rate cuts are coming, starting in June with a […]
March 22, 2024 | Life in Prison Under Trudeau Anti-Free Speech Law
Electric vehicles losing popularity
March 21, 2024 | The Receipts Proving the CCP Bought the Bidens
🚨Rep. @ByronDonalds just dropped the RECEIPTS proving Joe Biden obtained money from the CEFC, which is directly linked to the CCP: “It is clear that the source of this money came from the CEFC and that CEFC is a company that is directly linked to the CCP and the chairman of… pic.twitter.com/pEsWJXCkB0 — Benny Johnson […]
March 21, 2024 | Silver Contrarian
Physical conditions in silver, appear white-hot bullish. New silver import data from India indicates more than 70 million ounces were imported into that country in February. This is a number so large it raises questions about why silver didn’t rally more. If an amount of any other commodity equal to a full month’s world production […]
March 21, 2024 | Cannabis Finally Getting a Buzz in the US
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March 21, 2024 | Crude Prices Have Suddenly Jumped
April’s carbon tax hike exactly NOT what consumers need now
March 21, 2024 | Will Trudeau’s Carbon Tax Hike Boost Inflation?
Is the party for Gold and Silver expected to continue?
March 21, 2024 | Canada Devolving into Hunger Games Territory
Why is BC Premier Eby against money laundering crackdown? See Chart.
March 20, 2024 | Becoming Invisible, Part 13: Glenn Meder Explains “De-Googled” Phones
Three days after privacy expert Glen Meder offered a free cryptocurrency seminar (to which I posted a link here), he published a primer on removing Google’s malign presence from Android phones. The guy is on a roll. Below is an excerpt from that post. But first, the usual disclaimer: I don’t profit in any way from highlighting other […]
March 19, 2024 | The Great Misconception of AI
AI is a hot topic for regulators. Regulators and most companies that offer purported AI are clueless about what constitutes actual AI. Way too many charlatans are out there calling a simple trend-following program AI. They create some rules, and the program just follows what they created. That is NOT Artificial Intelligence. The SEC […]
March 18, 2024 | The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in Canada: National House Prices Flat in Feb., -16% from Peak, Condos Drop Further, on Bank of Canada’s 5% & Massive QT
House prices in Canada were unchanged in February compared to January, seasonally adjusted, having fallen by 15.6% from the peak in February 2022, according to the Home Price Benchmark Index for single family houses by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) today. Compared to a year ago, it ticked up 1.6%. In dollar terms, the […]
March 17, 2024 | Something’s Got to Give
For nearly a year, I’ve promoted the idea that the post-covid bull rampage would end when Microsoft shares hit $430. They effectively achieved that benchmark on Friday with a pre-dawn print at 428.95 that gave way to a $16 plunge. If this was not THE top, it certainly felt like A top, and a potentially […]
March 16, 2024 | Trading Desk Notes For March 16, 2024
Short and long-term interest rates rose every day this week. Are higher rates starting to matter? The S&P and the NAZ closed lower again this week – the first time those indices have seen back-to-back weekly declines since October. Yields on the 10-year Note hit a 16-year high (~5%) in October (as stock indices hit a 5-month […]
March 16, 2024 | This Week in Money
- Ross Clark: Stock Market, Commodities, Copper, Gold, Silver
- Victor Adair: (9:38) AI, Interest Rate Cuts, Gold, Currencies
- John Kaiser: (39:47) Junior Mining, Gold. Special Offer!
- Tony Mitchell: (1:46:55) Director of Marketing RecycLiCo™ Battery Materials Inc. – on Company Showcase – EV Industry – Little Known Indicator. Interim CEO and Director Announced. Read the Latest News. Link to Lithium Carbonate Chart. View Recyclico’s Company Presentation. Watch Roundtable Video with Sandy Munro, Jason Fenske and Norm Chow: “RecycLiCo Battery Recycling Q&A with Engineering Explained & Kemetco Research“. Watch – We upcycle cathode scraps and black mass into higher-value battery materials! Video – The demonstration plant for the RecycLiCo™ Patented Process is now operational in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Questions? Email or Phone: 778.574.4444
March 15, 2024 | Banks are Fighting Proposals for Tougher Regulatory Rules
A battle is underway in the U.S. over new rules requiring higher equity capital for the banks. Enhanced equity capital protects the bank from insolvency in the event of a financial crisis. Bank lobbyists are fighting hard to keep capital requirements at the lowest possible level while regulators would like higher capital given the historical […]
March 15, 2024 | Signs in the US and Canadian Economies
Who do you believe, JP Morgan or Bank of America?
March 15, 2024 | EV Industry – Little Known Indicator
Interim CEO and Director Announced. Read the Latest News. Link to Lithium Carbonate Chart. View Recyclico’s Company Presentation. Watch Roundtable Video with Sandy Munro, Jason Fenske and Norm Chow: “RecycLiCo Battery Recycling Q&A with Engineering Explained & Kemetco Research“. Watch – We upcycle cathode scraps and black mass into higher-value battery materials! Video – The demonstration plant for the RecycLiCo™ Patented […]
March 14, 2024 | Higher Forever? Even Yellen Starts to Get it: Higher Inflation & Higher Yields Are Here to Stay
By now everyone sort of knows that inflation has been re-heating in a very disconcerting way for months, and that the inflation saga is far from over. There are all kinds of discussions about the future of inflation in the US, and it seems there is a rough common denominator forming: The future of inflation […]
March 14, 2024 | Cannabis, Gold, Bitcoin, US Dollar
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March 14, 2024 | The Canadian Economy’s Two Biggest Risk Factors
Would you move to Alberta for Five Thousand bucks?