November 18, 2022 | Making Lithium-ion Last Forever™

November 18, 2022 | Home Sales Plunge, Investors Pull Back Too, Prices Drop 8.4% in 4 Months, Active Listings & Price Cuts Rise Further

Sales of all types of previously owned homes – houses, condos, and co-ops – fell by 5.9% in October from September, the ninth month in a row of declines, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales of 4.43 million homes, just a hair above the lockdown-month of April 2020, according to the National Association […]

November 18, 2022 | Has the US Dollar Topped Out?

Massive layoffs sweeping the US

November 17, 2022 | Empty Office Space Weighs on Rents, Investors and Lenders

Private equity firms and funds have doubled down on the realty space during the low-rate boondoggle of the last decade. As usual, this led to a massive surge in supply and leverage as most forgot (or never realized?) that real estate is a cycle. Now pounds of flesh are due. In 2021, the tech sector […]

November 17, 2022 | Trudeau Government Fumbling Resource Opportunities

Even Mozambique beating Canada at LNG

November 17, 2022 | Gold vs. US Dollar, FTX and Cryptos

Inflation, Interest Rates, Crude Oil, Silver

November 17, 2022 | From The Floor of the Las Vegas Cannabis Convention

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November 16, 2022 | Trump is Back

Donald Trump announced that he is officially running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The only president in American history to win re-election after a defeat was Grover Cleveland in 1892. The establishment repeatedly tried to impeach Trump to prevent him from seeking a second term, but he’s back. Trump wanted to keep America out […]

November 15, 2022 | Sign of Hard Economic Times

November 14, 2022 | Fourth Turning Winter of Death

“Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air is a howling whiteness. One by one, your links to the machine age break down. Electricity flickers out, cutting off […]

November 13, 2022 | Recession Thoughts

Early this week, with the severe inverted yield curve and other signals flashing recession, I planned to use this letter to delve into the data. Then Thursday’s CPI data convinced markets to blow the all-clear whistle. Lack of any “green shoots” would have been out of historical character and frankly quite alarming. We got at […]

November 12, 2022 | This Week in Money

• Ross  Clark – Stock Markets, Inflation, USD, Canadian Dollar
• Marc Faber – (7:33) US Mid-Term Elections, Real Estate, Interest Rates
• Victor Adair – (37:23) Stock Market Rally, USD, Canadian Dollar, China, Commodities
• Zarko Meseldzija – (1:12:54) CEO of RecycLiCo™ Battery Materials Inc. on Company Showcase –  RecycLiCo™ CEO Zarko Meseldzija Discusses Company News Release and Upcoming Travel.  Frankfurt Stock Exchange ticker symbol changed from 2AM to ID4.  Read the Latest News.  Read Benzinga Article – “EV Battery Recycling: A Critical Component Of The Green Revolution But One That Continues To Present Major Hurdles“.  Read The Chronicle Article – “Don Brunell Commentary: Recycling Lithium Batteries Must Accelerate for EVs to Succeed“.  Read BBC Article – “UK Battery Firm Britishvolt Near Collapse as it Seeks Funding“. Questions?  Email or Phone: 778.574.4444

November 12, 2022 | Trading Desk Notes For November 11, 2022

Lower-than-expected October CPI inflation inspired HUGE rallies in stocks, bonds and currencies Markets have been searching for “Peak Hawkishness” since June – without success, as Chairman Powell made clear in his press conference following the FOMC meeting last week. But – the downtick in various CPI metrics on Thursday caused markets to believe the Fed will “reduce the […]

November 11, 2022 | Canada Faces a Huge Challenge with Emission Reductions

Canada is about to hit the wall over CO2 emissions. Canada’s commitment to reduce by 290 million tonnes annually looks increasingly difficult to achieve.   Canada is second only to Saudi Arabia in emissions of metric tons of CO2 per person, due to Canada’s status as a major producer of oil and gas. Other countries, […]

November 11, 2022 | Cryptos, China, Central Banks, Crude Oil, Coal

Energy, Interest Rates, Hyperinflation

November 10, 2022 | Will 2022 Be The Most Corrupt Election Since 53BC?

COMMENT: Marty, I love all that you do. I want to challenge anyone to find a county in the USA that is more corrupt that Harris County Texas (Houston) regarding vote fraud, nothing to see here keep moving: Harris County Elections administrator can’t answer why polling locations ran out of paper Harris County Elections Administrator Clifford […]

November 10, 2022 | RecycLiCo™ CEO Zarko Meseldzija Discusses Company News Release and Upcoming Travel

Frankfurt Stock Exchange ticker symbol changed from 2AM to ID4. Read the Latest News. Read Benzinga Article – “EV Battery Recycling: A Critical Component Of The Green Revolution But One That Continues To Present Major Hurdles“. Read The Chronicle Article – “Don Brunell Commentary: Recycling Lithium Batteries Must Accelerate for EVs to Succeed“. Read BBC […]

November 9, 2022 | Supply and Demand

For commodities, the paramount issue is always actual supply and demand, with price serving as the balance in a free economic system. Too much supply and not enough demand and prices are expected to fall. Too much demand and not enough supply and prices are expected to rise. Messing with the law of supply and […]

November 9, 2022 | US Mid-Terms and the Markets

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November 9, 2022 | The Bubble of “Everything” Imploding

Bitcoin seeing an old fashioned “Bank Run”

November 9, 2022 | Market Reaction to US Midterms

Could Bitcoin’s $3000 drop just be the start?

November 9, 2022 | Gold, Copper, Battery Metals

Crude Oil, Pot, Mid-terms

November 8, 2022 | Liquidity Contraction Remains Dominant Trend

The midterm election is historically a negative for the president’s party, and this year is expected to be no different. Exit polls suggest that Republicans are poised to sweep the House and the Senate in today’s mid-term. Bulls insist that this outcome would be a positive for equity markets regardless of the macro backdrop. Thinking […]

November 8, 2022 | Another Brick in the Wall

It is rare for a celebrity to speak out against the agenda. Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters has reached a level of fame where he can question the status quo as his legacy is sealed. Waters called Biden a “war criminal” for encouraging the war in Ukraine. “This war is about the action and reaction of […]