December 15, 2022 | BC Sovereignty Act, Fight Bill 36 Now

• Bill Vander Zalm – People need to stand up before it gets worse

December 15, 2022 | The Fed Declares War on US Workers

Still too early to say if “Insiders” had a decent year

December 14, 2022 | Twitter Exposing the Real Threat – Leftist Revolution

The revelations coming from Elon Musk gaining access to Twitter demonstrate that the LEFT is the greatest danger we face to civilization and there is absolutely no reason still stand for the United States to remain as one nation. The hatred of the LEFT is so pervasive it is off the charts – but then […]

December 14, 2022 | Fed Pivots even More Hawkish, Sees Peak Rate above 5%, No Rate Cuts in 2023. Powell Brushes Off Raising Inflation Target

This has now been the rule for Fed meetings since the fall of 2021, when it stopped brushing off inflation. At every meeting since then, the FOMC pivoted more hawkish than at the prior meeting: Each “dot plot” projected a higher peak interest rate than the prior dot plot, and it projected staying there for […]

December 13, 2022 | The Central Bank Dilemma

  The Central Bank Dilemma has become a major crisis in and of itself. I have been warning these past years that the ONLY tool a central bank has is manipulating the interest rates. Quantitative Easing was primarily to influence long-term rates indirectly since the Fed can only set short-term rates. During the past nine […]

December 12, 2022 | A Pause, But Not a Pivot

To no surprise, the Bank of Canada raised rates again this past week. Another 50bps. Interest rates are now up a whopping 400bps since this tightening cycle began in March. According to Macquarie Research, this is the sharpest calendar year of rate hikes on record going back to 1936. The most common rebuttal you see […]

December 11, 2022 | China & the Cycles

The Tiananmen Square protests culminated on June 4th, 1989 (1989.424). While the COVID Protests have been rising in China and the lockdowns have been deployed more so for the control of civil unrest which may start to come to a head by October 2023, the Pi Target was October 27th, 2020 and the day before, […]

December 10, 2022 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark –  Gold, Bonds, USD, Oil
• Victor Adair – (08:49) Dow, USD, Inflation, Recession
• Rick Ackerman – (42:19) What’s Ahead For 2023, Interest Rates, Energy, USD, Deflation

December 9, 2022 | The Central Bankers Resort To Wishful Thinking

The Bank of Canada resorted to wishful thinking this week while raising interest rates again and hinting that this increase might be the last one. The Bank of Canada (BOC) raised rates this week by 50 basis points. The prime rate at Canada’s banks almost immediately jumped by the same amount to 6.45 percent. In […]

December 9, 2022 | Crypto Exchanges Not the Only Ones Limiting Withdrawals

Apple trying to move production out of China

December 8, 2022 | Real Estate Down & Dirty

  QUESTION: I want to thank you for Socrates. It picked the turn in the real estate in January amazingly. Do you see the high-end and regional divergences continuing? WH ANSWER: Yes. The Directional Change for 2021 was spot on. Our index began declining in January 2022 anticipating the first rate hike on March 17, […]

December 8, 2022 | Interest Rates, Inflation, Gold, Silver, USD

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December 8, 2022 | Canada’s Bursting Real Estate Bubble, Higher Interest Rates and the Economy

Tesla and Twitter

December 8, 2022 | Canada Recession in 2023?

Interest Rates, Mortgages, Auto Sales, EVs

December 7, 2022 | Bank of Canada Will Pause as Financial Conditions Tighten in 2023

The Bank of Canada raised policy rates another 50bps today, taking base rates in the banking system to 4.25% from .25% at the start of the year. As we look into 2023, it bears remembering that monetary changes move through the economy with lags of up to two years. The Bank of Canada explains on their […]

December 6, 2022 | The Bulk of Losses Come After The Fed Stops Hiking

December 14 is expected to mark the US Fed’s 7th consecutive rate hike this cycle with a 50bp increase that will take the fed funds rate to 4.25-4.50%, the highest since December 2007. Chair Powell says they intend to hike more in 2022. We shall see! As of last Friday’s close, the 10-year minus 3-month […]

December 5, 2022 | Collateral Damage

Lots to unpack this week so let’s dive in. Sales figures for the month of November are making for more negative headlines, as they probably should. There is little optimism in the latest data. Greater Vancouver home sales were down 53% on a year-over-year basis. Over the past two decades there have only been two […]

December 4, 2022 | Maybe 2023 Won’t Be So Bad

Last week’s commentary went full contrarian with the seemingly nutty idea that 2023 could be a dull year for investors despite the looming possibility of a global economic collapse. Inflation, deep recession, war, disease and political unrest are just a few of the factors that could bring a badly limping financial system down. But suppose […]

December 3, 2022 | HHS & Children Sex Trafficking?

December 3, 2022 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark –  Stock Markets, Santa Claus Rally, Gold, Silver
• Robert Campbell –  (09:45) Interest Rates, Real Estate Bear Markets
• John Rubino –  (59:50) Inflation, Recession, China, Cryptos
  

December 2, 2022 | We are Trapped in a Truman Show Directed By Psychopaths

“Whether in actual fact the policy of the boot-on-the-face can go on indefinitely seems doubtful. My own belief is that the ruling oligarchy will find less arduous and wasteful ways of governing and of satisfying its lust for power, and these ways will resemble those which I described in Brave New World. Within the next […]

December 2, 2022 |   Klaus Schwab’s “Perfect” Government Showing Cracks

The US Dollar showing no signs of losing top status

December 1, 2022 | Interest Rate Manipulation, Gold, US Dollar, FTX, Geo-Cosmic Events

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December 1, 2022 | Closer, But Still No Cigar

It’s remarkable to me how close we appear to be getting to near-universal recognition that silver and gold (along with a host of other commodities) are priced based upon the activities of a relative handful of large paper traders on the COMEX (and other exchanges) and not on the workings of the world of actual […]