US index futures wilt as Powell turns on the heat … Stock market outflows largest in history! Shatter previous record! … CEO outlook dims sharply, more than half expecting a recession … GOLD & silver: Massive volume indicates selling climax may be at hand … The Economy and Markets 5/18 Dow drops 1,100 points for its […]
Top Ten Videos – May 16 2022
Jim Bianco & Joseph Wang: Fed Chair Powell says goodbye to era of easy money and stock wealth effect … Ron Paul & Phillip Patrick (Birch Gold): The coming economic meltdown – and how to protect yourself … Russell Brand: WHO will be in control … Jim Rickards v. Max Keiser on gold v. Bitcoin: […]
Wolf Richter: Housing bubble getting ready to pop as mortgage applications plunge
Pieces of evidence are lining up in increasing density. Potential future homebuyers who need a mortgage have been thinning out for months. Today, another milestone: Applications for mortgages to purchase a home dropped 12% from the prior week and were down 15% from a year ago. by Wolf Richter on Wolf Street: In its report, […]
James Rickards: Nowhere to hide
Only two days after it was originally published, this article became all the more starkly true as some stocks today took their biggest fall since Black Monday, 1987! Dow down 1165 points (3.57%). Nasdaq down 566 (4.73%). Retail crushed … by James Rickards on The Daily Reckoning: Investors don’t need to be told about the […]
Egon von Greyerz: Gold is as cheap today as in 1971 at $35
“Specie (gold and silver coin) is the most perfect medium because it will preserve its own level, because having intrinsic and universal value, it can never die in our hands, and it is the surest resource of reliance in time of war.” – Thomas Jefferson by Egon von Greyerz on Gold Switzerland: Since no current […]
Jeffrey A. Tucker: Why Won’t They Admit Failure?
It seems strange that one of the world’s richest men would feel the need for a book tour to boost sales. But that is what Bill Gates is doing, granting a series of interviews with deferential journalists. The thesis of his book and his interviews is that we should have locked down harder, sooner, and […]
David Stockman on the monetary madness among the central bankers
What did these cats expect after running the printing presses like there was no tomorrow for the better part of two decades? Stated differently, the central banks of the world have printed upwards of $30 trillion in fiat credits during the last 16 years, with the Fed leading the way. by David Stockman on International […]
Birch Gold: Conventional bond wisdom is toxic today – here’s why
Bonds are generally considered a conservative investment vehicle because corporate bond-holders get paid before shareholders. Even in bankruptcy, bond owners are likely to recoup some of their investment. Now, however, bonds are going for broke … by Peter Reagan on Birch Gold: When the stock market is tanking (like it is now), the “traditional” advice […]
John Whitehead: Predictive AI technology puts a target on your back
“The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem and very often makes the problem worse.”—Milton Friedman You’ve been flagged as a threat. Before long, every household in America will be similarly flagged and assigned a threat score. by John Whitehead on The Rutherford Institute: Without having ever knowingly committed a crime […]
Charles Hugh Smith: Curveballs in the housing bubble bust
There are curveballs in the present housing bubble as it rolls over that will cause the bursting of the bubble to be more fragmented with some rich corporate buyers unscathed and many individual buyers hurt by rising mortgages. by Charles Hugh Smith on Of Two Minds: Oh for the good old days of a nice, clean housing bubble […]
Doug Casey: The rise of BlackRock and the creep to Fascism in the US
The Fed’s money printing has helped to pump up BlackRock’s asset portfolio, which the company uses to advance its “Environmental, Social and Governance” political agenda. That pretty well covers control of the planet and humanity under a single rock. by Doug Casey on International Man: International Man: With nearly $10 trillion in assets under management (AUM), […]
Alasdair Macleod: We are on the cusp of a massive crack-up boom!
Those who have protected their wealth by investing in financial assets no longer have the following breeze of falling interest rates. Financial bubbles are now bursting. Understanding the causes and therefore being able to assess the likely losses involved is becoming urgent for anyone committed to financial markets … by Alasdair Macleod on Goldmoney: It […]
Dr. Sircus: Running out of tears
The world is staggering towards multiple crises. There is “A huge riptide in global events that will carry many people and whole societies out to sea,” writes James Howard Kunstler. Because we cannot apply intelligence and make significant changes, our institutions, political systems, and societies will collapse, so be ready to survive all that will […]
Dollars, Eurodollars, and Leverage: charting the game of rate manipulation and currency devaluation
The Federal Reserve has boxed itself into a corner. You can only keep people and financial instruments locked up for so long. Eventually, there’s a breaking point. A point where you can no longer massage the data or print enough money to satisfy human greed … Kane McGukin on The Mesh Point: As the calendar […]
Wolf Richter: “Robinhood soars 25%,” but you can barely see it on the stairs to heck
It sounds so great: “Coinbase soars 35!” “Robinhood soars 25%!” The financial media make it sound like a recovery, but 25% after a spectacular crash is an almost invisible blip … by Wolf Richter on Wolf Street: The headlines were everywhere last night and today: “Robinhood Soars…” or Robinhood Stock Soars…” because it soared, currently […]
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