September 15, 2022 | Switzerland to Imprison People for Heating Homes

Imagine going to jail for three long years for heating your home or business. That now may become a reality in Switzerland, where heating your home above 19 C (66.2 F) is considered excessive and a punishable offense. Water may not be heated above 60C (140F), and saunas and hot tubs powered by radiant heaters are […]

September 15, 2022 | Making Money During Declining Markets

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September 15, 2022 | Just How Bad Could The Stock Market Get?

Would Gold hold its value in a deflationary world?

September 15, 2022 | Why Plummeting Home Prices Are Good

The impact of Quantitative Tapering being felt. Last night’s warning from global shipping bellwether FedEx that demand for freight has ‘significantly deteriorated’ highlights the major economic downturn underway. FedEx shares -22% today alone, are leading most other sectors as well as currencies lower (against the USD). See more at FedEx has the biggest drop in over […]

September 14, 2022 | Gasoline Demand Destruction Accelerates Despite Plunge in Prices: Consumption Drops to August 1997 Level

Over the four weeks through September 9, gasoline consumption dropped by 11.7% from the same four-week period in 2019, to 8.56 million barrels per day on average, below the same periods in 2020 and 2021, according to EIA data today. The EIA measures gasoline consumption in terms of barrels supplied to the market by refiners, […]

September 14, 2022 | Hellbent on Flatlining the Economy

As expected, the Bank of Canada raised interest rates another 75bps this past week. The overnight rate is now up a whopping 300bps year to date, the quickest tightening of monetary policy on a percentage basis since the 1980’s. While there was no additional commentary from BoC Governor Tiff Macklem, the official press release notes, […]

September 13, 2022 | Gun Purchases to be Tracked by Global Organization

The far left is eager to repeal 2A. We are not as free as we think. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), an organization headquartered all the way in Geneva, will be tracking all gun purchases made on credit. The ISO develops standard documentation that is globally recognized. Gun sales were previously listed as “general […]

September 12, 2022 | World’s Hottest Housing Markets Face Painful Reset

The rapid cooldown in real estate threatens to worsen a global economic downturn and is emerging as a key variable for central bankers who want to tamp down inflation. Here is a direct video link. Also, see The World’s Hottest Housing Markets Face a Painful Reset In Australia and Canada — two of the world’s bubbliest markets […]

September 11, 2022 | De-Energization Plans in California – Lights Out

California sent out an emergency public notification to warn residents that the power grid was under a strain. Since people are likely unwilling to turn off their power during the summer heat, California is concocting “de-energization” plans. Simply put, California plans to temporarily turn off the power grid in the name of public safety. This […]

September 10, 2022 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark –  Stock Markets, USD, Silver
• Victor Adair – (8:11) US Dollar, Europe, Crude Oil
• Robert Campbell –  (31:14) US Real Estate, Exodus from California, Mental Fitness
• Zarko Meseldzija  – (1:11:11) CTO of American Manganese Inc., doing business as RecycLiCo™ Battery Materials – on Company Showcase – Integrated versus Stand Alone Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Plants.  Benchmark Mineral Intelligence – Battery production scrap will account for 78% of recyclable materials in 2025. Read Bloomberg Article – “The Next Big Battery Material Squeeze Is Old Batteries“. Read Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Article – “Battery Production Scrap To Be Main Source of Recyclable Material This Decade“. Watch Kitco Mining Interview with CTO Zarko Meseldzija – “RecycLiCo Battery Materials Bets on its Technology“. See AMY Lithium-ion Recycling Technology – Updated Dec. 2021.  

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September 10, 2022 | Trading Desk Notes For September 9, 2022

Trading against sentiment extremes One of my favourite trading questions is, “How much is already in the price?” Market sentiment has recently become very negative, and with good reason; the “news” has been bad, and markets have priced in the bad news with higher interest rates, lower stocks and commodities and a US Dollar at 20-year highs. I think markets have […]

September 9, 2022 | The Bank of Canada Says Full Speed Ahead

The Bank of Canada increased its policy rate by 75 basis points on Wednesday. It also stated that the fight to contain inflation is likely to last for some time. You could imagine them saying, “damn the torpedoes, full speed, go ahead.” How much pain will higher rates cause? The Governing Council of the Bank […]

September 9, 2022 | Financial Markets, Inflation, Interest Rates, Depopulation

Does The Fed want you to lose your job?

September 9, 2022 | Integrated versus Stand Alone Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Plants

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence – Battery production scrap will account for 78% of recyclable materials in 2025. Read Bloomberg Article – “The Next Big Battery Material Squeeze Is Old Batteries“. Read Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Article – “Battery Production Scrap To Be Main Source of Recyclable Material This Decade“. Watch Kitco Mining Interview with CTO Zarko Meseldzija […]

September 8, 2022 | One More Reason to Leave California?

California wants to ban gas powered cars, yet it can’t keep the lights on and the A/C running during a typical summer heat wave. And they want to add millions of EVs to the grid that can’t even support itself with the current demand. Meanwhile the Texas and Arizona power grid are holding up nicely […]

September 8, 2022 | Is Fed Goal to Kill US Economy?

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September 8, 2022 | Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Climate, Geo-Cosmic Events

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September 7, 2022 | Bank of Canada Hikes by 75 Basis Points, Brushes Off Housing Woes, Dip in CPI, Slowing Growth

The Bank of Canada hiked the target for its overnight rate for the fifth time in a row, today by 75 basis points, to 3.25%, the highest since 2008, following the 100-basis-point monster hike at the last meeting, which got everyone’s attention. In the statement, the BoC said that its policy interest rate “will need […]

September 6, 2022 | Millions of Chinese on Lockdown

At least 65 people are dead after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the province of Sichuan. This comes as 21 million people in Chengdu are confined to their homes as China has placed yet another city on a strict lockdown to adhere to its zero COVID policy. In fact, 65 million people in 33 cities […]

September 5, 2022 | “Say Nothing” Phase Of This Fourth Turning

“God made the Catholics, but the Armalite made them equal.” ― Patrick Radden Keefe It has become clear to me, since the installation of dementia patient Biden as the illegitimate figurehead president by his globalist Deep State handlers, their agenda is to tear down our modern civilization and replace it with a totalitarian techno-gulag where you will […]

September 4, 2022 | Happy Marxist Day

On June 28th, 1882, President Grover Cleveland signed S. 730 law declaring Labor Day a national holiday. This was the era of Marxism as it was rising to become a popular theory.  Indeed, when the Panic of 1893 unfolded, there was a great uprising in Marxism as always blamed the capitalists for the depression. In […]

September 3, 2022 | Trading Desk Notes For September 3, 2022

Demand destruction requires higher for longer. The DJI is down >2,000 points since Powell made it “perfectly clear” in his August 26 Jackson Hole speech that the Fed is determined to do “whatever it takes” to bring inflation back down to 2%, regardless of the combination of factors which caused it to rise substantially above the Fed’s target. The […]

September 3, 2022 | This Week in Money

• Ross Clark – Stock Markets, US Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Gold, Oil
• Doug Casey –  (06:30) US Dollar, Gold Miners, Inflation, Interest Rates, Digital ID
• Rick Ackerman –  (41:32) Inflation, Crude Oil, Gold, Battery Metals.  Special 14 Day Free Trial Subscription!

September 2, 2022 | Junk Bond Prices Have Collapsed

Junk bond prices have collapsed, losing more than 15 percent of their value this year. But the push to higher rates by central banks and the possibility of a deep recession point to a much deeper adjustment during 2023. This will create some great opportunities for stock and bond investors.   This chart shows how […]