US markets “roll over” on earnings and economic data … Jamie Dimon: Negative interest rates have a lot of negative consequences … Falling profit margins ‘can be a precursor to layoffs and a recession’ … Gold and silver down on trade optimism, rising stocks; “Russia and China are buying gold, not bitcoin” …
Best Of The Web
The empire steps back – Counterpunch
Enter, the dragon – James Howard Kunstler
The coming great global reset – Ahead of the Herd
China watch – Doug Noland, Credit Bubble Bulletin
The Fed is lying to us – Chris Martenson, Peak Prosperity
A world without retirement – Get Pocket
Truth is now a “Kremlin talking point” – Caitlin Johnstone
Money and the theory of exchange – GoldMoney
The ghosts of failed banks have returned – Alasdair Macleod – Wall St. Window
Did everything just change? – Adam Taggart, Peak Prosperity
What the heck is happening in the Cayman Islands? – Doug Noland, Credit Bubble Bulletin
Monetary failure is becoming inevitable – GoldMoney
How the rich get richer and the poor get poorer – Global Macro Monitor
Following the greater depression on eBay – SWP Cayman
Breaking News
The Economy
10/23 SoftBank’s WeWork takeover would lead to Adam Neumann’s exit – Reuters
10/23 Texas Instruments falls on revenue miss and fourth-quarter guidance – The Street
10/23 US markets “roll over” on earnings and economic data at channel highs – TT
10/23 A normal yield curve doesn’t mean everything’s normal: El-Erian – Economic Times
10/23 India’s shadow banking crisis is far from over – Bloomberg
10/22 The effect of QE4 on stocks and gold – Clive Maund
10/22 Nearly half of US consumers’ incomes don’t cover their expenses – ZH
10/22 China doubles down on infrastructure to stave off slowdown – SCMP
10/22 NY Fed accepts $35 billion in overnight repo bids – KFGO
10/22 McDonald’s Q3 earnings miss expectations, stock tumbles – Yahoo!
10/22 Jamie Dimon: Negative interest rates have a lot of negative consequences – CNBC
10/22 Normal yield curve doesn’t mean everything’s normal – Bloomberg
10/22 Falling profit margins ‘can be a precursor to layoffs and a recession’ – CNBC
10/22 Normal yield curve doesn’t mean everything’s normal – Bloomberg
10/22 Indexes struggle and tran suggests a possible market top – Technical Traders
10/22 JPMorgan warns U.S. money-market stress to get much worse – GATA
10/22 Who owns the world’s central banks – Zero Hedge
Precious Metals
10/23 Russia and China are buying gold, not bitcoin: Gabelli analyst – U Today
10/23 Optimism is high as Q3 earnings season for gold miners kicks off – BMO – Kitco
10/23 Monetary policy trend is favorable for gold – Seeking Alpha
10/23 Frank Holmes: gold is going to $10000 – Streetwise
10/22 Gold market reaction: tactics for exhilaration – 321Gold
10/22 Eric Sprott has information: Silver is going up – Kitco
10/22 European analyst just warned “perfect gold storm coming” – target $10,000 – KWN
10/22 The gold standard: what is behind bullion’s best run in years? – Mining Journal
10/22 Gold’s 20% increase has flipped the jewelry industry on its head – Business Insider
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
10/23 Is Peter Schiff warming up to bitcoin with his anti-Trump tirade? – Bitcoinist
10/23 Brazil mid-month October inflation lowest in 21 years – Reuters
10/23 Venezuelans buy gas with cigarettes to battle inflation – AP
10/22 The growing opposition against the ECB – Claudio Grass
10/21 Sterling hits 5-1/2-month high on hopes for Brexit deal – Reuters
10/20 Bitcoin price falls under $8k with ‘ugly’ scenarios on all timeframes – Coin Telegraph
10/20 Japan’s inflation slows to 29-month low in September on falling oil prices – JT
10/20 Venezuela September inflation accelerates to 52.2% – Reuters
10/19 With 18 million bitcoins mined, how hard is that 21 million limit? – Coindesk
10/19 Serious dark web warning issued after Tor browser users have bitcoin stolen – Forbes
Real Estate Bubble
10/23 Home prices are overheating again, causing buyers to turn away – CNBC
10/22 U.S. existing home sales drop more than expected in September – Reuters
10/22 Australia home prices keep rising as auctions heat up – Reuters
10/22 Central bank “stimulus” is really a huge redistribution scheme – Mises Institute
10/18 National average rent drops for first time in 2 years – Zero Hedge
10/17 US housing starts fall from a 12-year high – CNBC
10/16 Shanghai housing sales plunge 86% in Golden Week – Zero Hedge
10/13 A big investor warns after Lisbon’s property boom – Bloomberg
10/13 Long-term evidence for a housing bubble – Seeking Alpha
10/13 Inglewood home prices skyrocket 63 percent, says report – Curbed LA
Politics
10/23 Anxious Democratic establishment asks, ‘is there anybody else?’ – NY Times
10/23 Brexit bill ‘in limbo’ as MPs reject timetable – BBC
10/23 If Donald Trump is impeached, all hell will break loose in America – ECB
10/23 William Taylor delivers the smoking gun – Atlantic
10/23 How Democrats became the party of monopoly and corruption – RIA
10/23 A call for a coup plus a week like no other for Tulsi Gabbard – Unz
10/23 “…A partisan lynching!” – Zero Hedge
10/23 Could AOC be Bernie Sanders’ running mate? “I’m too young for that,” she says – YT
10/22 New info on the Poroshenko money laundering/Biden cover up – Creative Destruction
10/22 Did JPMorgan cause repo turmoil to force Fed into launching QE? – ZH
10/22 Brexit in the balance: Johnson warns Parliament ahead of crunch votes – Reuters
10/22 Tulsi drops hammer on red-baiting Hillary – Jimmy Dore
10/22 Nigel Farage rages that new Brexit deal will make UK a ‘colony of EU’ – Daily Mail
10/22 Justin Trudeau survives challenge as Liberals retain plurality – Politico
10/22 Biden regains lead, Warren too scary and too progressive – Mish
10/22 Johnson has the votes, France has the key to unlock them – Mish
10/22 Bernie blasts Hillary’s “outrageous” Gabbard “Russian asset” smear – ZH
Offshore Investing
10/11 Prioritizing your exit plan – International Man
9/22 Meet America’s “economic refugees”: retirees who opt to live abroad – Zero Hedge
9/03 Pressing the escape key – SWP Cayman
8/23 Why this new economic citizenship option is crucial for freedom seekers – IM
7/31 Will they take all your money? – SWP Cayman
7/24 How Uncle Sam can tax the Queen of England’s great-grandson – Nestmann
6/08 A primer for those considering expatriation – Peak Prosperity
6/02 The world’s best passports – Nomad Capitalist
5/27 Americans’ life savings disappear from Mexican bank accounts – Bloomberg
Clean Tech
10/22 Big batteries are all the rage, but this one’s 16 years old – Bloomberg
10/22 Acciona supersizes solar and storage efforts with big US acquisition – Greentech Media
10/22 Global renewable power capacity to rise by 50% in five years: IEA – Reuters
10/22 Let’s kill ‘utility-‘ or ‘grid-scale’ storage – Utility Dive
10/22 Could protein spun like cotton candy make lab-grown steak possible? – Gizmodo
10/22 The race to zero emissions: Can India kick its coal addiction? – Quartz
10/21 No hydrogen subsidy, no problem – Freightwaves
10/21 Is Ballard Power Systems a buy? – Motley Fool
10/20 This ‘tiger cub’ hedge fund is betting big on a solar stock — here’s why – CNBC
10/20 Energy vs DNA – Automatic Earth
10/20 Electric car start-ups — once seen as threat — now struggle to survive – CNBC
10/20 Momentum builds for hydrogen fuel in Japan, Australia – Scientific American
10/20 China’s hydrogen fuel-cell push spurs British chemical maker’s profits – ET
Art of the Collapse
10/21 Putin: “Play ball or I’ll replace you with Tulsi Gabbard” – Liberty Nation
10/07 ‘Keep de rates dem Low’—jamaica sets inflation fight to reggae beat – WSJ
10/06 A fake letter to fake employees on the verge of a modern IPO – Zero Hedge
10/06 New Facebook terms of service includes conscription into Zuck’s army – Onion
9/27 Chelsea manning, Reality Winner on our newfound approval of whistleblowers – Onion
9/24 Libertarian love songs on Spotify – Dominic Frisby
9/22 Global leaders announce plans to hope climate catastrophe sorts itself out – NT
9/10 Rap battle between Alexander Hamilton and Satoshi Nakamoto over bitcoin – BB
9/07 Little Pink House: best classical liberal movie ever? – Econ Lib
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
10/23 Four lessons from the biggest riots in decades – Sovereign Man
10/23 Trump should ask Congress to approve military intervention in Syria – DC
10/23 Trump’s endless wars – FPIF
10/23 Russia, Turkey reach deal to remove Kurdish YPG from Syria border – Reuters
10/22 Pompeo says Trump is ‘fully prepared’ for military action against Turkey – CNBC
10/22 Julian Assange claims US agencies spied on his ‘interior life’ – SMH
10/22 Assange in court – Craig Murray
10/22 Is democracy a dying species? – Pat Buchanan
10/22 Trump says “if you’re going in, keep the oil” – Mish
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Health, Survival
10/22 How to make acorns edible – Santa Barbara Independent
10/21 Is it food? Chris Hedges interviews NYU’s Marion Nestle – RT
10/20 55 ways to starve the beast – Organic Prepper
10/19 Is there plastic in tea bags? – Mercola
10/11 The 24 highest calorie vegetables for your survival garden – Ask A Prepper
10/11 Can you predict how it is all going to go down? – Survival Sullivan
10/07 Start-up using common drugs for anti-aging treatments – CNBC
10/05 Cancer cells stopped by compounds derived from hops – KTVZ
10/05 Hazelnuts improve older adults’ micronutrient levels – Medical Express
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
10/22 China and USA locked in a virtual cyberwar alongside trade disagreements – Scroll
10/21 China talks up cybertech prowess in face of US rivalry – Yahoo
10/20 Fake Tor browser has been spying, stealing bitcoin ‘for years’ – Coindesk
10/17 Samsung working to fix security flaw that allows any fingerprint – CNBC
10/11 ‘Deepfake’ videos online almost double in under a year – CGTN
10/11 Top secret Russian unit seeks to destabilize Europe, security officials say – NY Times
10/08 Biggest threat to United States: cyber warfare? – MSSP
10/08 Cyberwar targets Kuwait, region – thirty thousand penetrations per day – Arab Times
10/06 How Iran would wage cyber war against the United States – National Interest
10/04 FDA issues warning on medical devices that are vulnerable to cyberattacks – CNBC
9/27 5 million Doordash customers had data stolen in hack attack – Zero Hedge
9/26 Saudi oil attack may be the beginning of cyber warfare… – Global Industry
Off-Topic
10/23 Deeper “deep fakes” are here – Nestmann
10/23 China’s pork shortage puts dog and rabbit meat back on the menu – SCMP
10/15 Scientists find area of the Arctic Ocean ‘boiling with methane bubbles’ – CD
10/13 Footage shows drivers rushing to escape huge wildfires burning in California – DM
10/12 This is what adapting to climate change looks like – Atlantic
10/12 The century’s strongest super-typhoon Hagibis is about to hit Japan – Forbes
10/11 ‘Crippling blizzard’ blasts Northern Plains; Denver weather is wild – USA Today
10/11 Power lines are burning the West – Atlantic
10/10 Want to know what climate change feels like? Ask an Alaskan – Grist
10/10 Idiotic environmental predictions – Town Hall