Sovereign Man: “This problem is 10,000 times bigger than the border wall” … Trump weighs lifting tariffs on China … SRSRocco: Government debt bomb much higher than Americans realize … Zero Hedge: Three things to spoil the ‘goldilocks’ market scenario … Gold and silver trending up; billionaire investor Sam Zell buying gold “for the first time in my life”…
Best Of The Web
The shale oil revolution actually reflects a nation in decline – Peak Prosperity
Something wicked this way comes – Mauldin Economics
Spreading sour not soar – Alhambra Partners
Understanding market cycles – Real Investment Advice
Return to the crime scene – NorthmanTrader
Issues 2019 – Doug Noland, Credit Bubble Bulletin
Outlook January 2019 – Fansara Capital
Europe in recession Germany, France, Italy production collapsed – Mish
The tragedy of the euro – GoldMoney
China won’t be taking over – Automatic Earth
Kass: follow the money – Real Investment Advice
2019 market outlook – NorthmanTrader
The year of living dangerously – Mauldin Economics
The Fed is the ugly truth – Automatic Earth
Breaking News
The Economy
1/18 This problem is 10,000 times bigger than the border wall – Sovereign Man
1/18 Some NYC restaurants cutting staff hours as minimum wage hits $15 – CNS
1/18 U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin weighs lifting tariffs on China – Reuters
1/18 Three things to spoil the ‘goldilocks’ market scenario – Zero Hedge
1/18 Netflix misses slightly on revenue — stock falls after hours – CNBC
1/17 Morgan Stanley profit misses as bond traders stumble in volatile markets – Reuters
1/17 Americans’ economic hope has collapsed – Zero Hedge
1/17 China is turning into Its own worst economic enemy – Bloomberg
1/17 Philly Fed business index rises more than expected in January – Reuters
1/17 German carmakers warn hard Brexit would be ‘fatal’ – Reuters
1/17 Illinois governor dodges pension issue in inaugural speech – Chicago Business
1/17 Government debt bomb much higher than Americans realize – SRSrocco Report
1/17 Jay Powell’s gift to markets – Daily Reckoning
1/17 Volatility holds the key to markets in 2019 – Daily Reckoning
1/17 Art Berman: exposing the false promise of shale oil – Peak Prosperity
1/17 Germany’s slowdown fans fears China woes spreading – MarketWatch
1/17 China’s corporate default storm continues to rage – SCMP
1/17 Huawei is target of U.S. criminal probe for trade secrets theft – Bloomberg
1/17 U.S. labor market tightens, wages grow moderately: Fed beige book – Reuters
1/17 “It was just not fun anymore”: why one hedge funder is calling it quits – ZH
1/17 AG nominee Barr may swing anti-trust hammer at Amazon, Facebook, Google – ZH
Precious Metals
1/18 Fortuna reports better than expected 2018 full year silver production – Yahoo!
1/18 Great Bear Resources: impressive results from Ontario project – Youtube
1/18 The strongest season for silver has only just begun – Acting Man
1/18 Billionaire investor Sam Zell says he’s buying gold “for the first time” – ZH
1/17 Peter Schiff: Gold is going to shine in 2019 – Seeking Alpha
1/17 Gold starts 2019 on a high note with its safe-haven allure – Birch Gold
1/17 The Newmont-Goldcorp deal is positive news for gold mining – Linkedin
1/17 Goldcorp-Newmont deal points to more M&A – Ahead of the Herd
1/17 Wary investors drawn to gold’s allure – GATA
1/17 Gold at highest in nearly 2 weeks on political turmoil in the U.K., U.S. – MW
1/17 No confirmation of a gold bull market – TSI
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
1/18 Response to US global bullying: Iran, India ditch dollar – RT
1/17 U.S. no longer importing inflation, giving Fed another reason to go slow – MW
1/17 Argentina says 2018 inflation hits 47.6 percent – ABC
1/17 US bitcoin investors lost $1.7 billion in 2018, unaware they can claim on taxes – CCN
1/17 Bitcoin is displaying a ‘lethargic base’ and has yet to find a bottom – MW
1/16 China central bank’s $83 billion injection heightens worries over economy – Reuters
1/16 US import prices fall; year-on-year drop largest since 2016 – CNBC
1/16 Max Keiser: Bitcoin (btc) is the currency of global revolution – Ethereum
1/16 Volume of crypto is dropping, is bitcoin headed below $3,000? – CCN
1/16 If history rhymes, bitcoin (btc) may bottom at $1,700 – Ethereum
1/16 Bitcoin 2019 forecast: a make or break situation – Seeking Alpha
1/16 Stocks supported as fresh inflation data shows Fed can be friendly – SA
1/16 India’s subdued inflation signals monetary policy u-turn – Bloomberg
Real Estate Bubble
1/18 California’s housing crisis looms over problems with teachers – CNBC
1/17 Mortgage rates subdued, bringing relief to slumping housing market – MW
1/17 Student loan debt is keeping young people from buying homes – CNBC
1/17 Existing home sales in Ada County down in 2018 – Idaho Statesman
1/16 Home-builder confidence rebounds from 3-year low – MarketWatch
1/16 U.S. mortgage applications climb to 11-month high: MBA – Reuters
1/16 Australian home prices are still falling in early 2019 – Business Insider
1/16 5 reasons 2019 is the most important year for housing in 10 years – Forbes
1/16 NYC home prices dip below $1 million in fourth quarter – WCBS
1/16 Canadian home prices fall for third month in a row, even in Vancouver – FP
Politics
1/18 UK in deadlock over Brexit ‘plan b’ as May and Corbyn tussle – Reuters
1/18 President Trump cancels Speaker Pelosi’s secret overseas trip – NY Daily News
1/18 Bernie Sanders has already won 2020 – Medium
1/18 Why politics divides people – Mises Institute
1/18 LA teachers strike: 73k is not enough – liberty nation – Liberty Nation
1/17 Denmark: “In one generation, our country has changed” – Gatestone
1/17 FISA shocker: Steele dossier was connected to Clinton – Hill
1/17 New poll: 57% of voters say they’ll vote against Trump – MarketWatch
1/17 Quantitative brainwashing – International Man
1/17 Schiff: recession sinks Trump; socialists will overrun country – MaM
1/17 The citizenship question isn’t quite dead yet – Atlantic
1/17 Trump must be a Russian agent; the alternative is too awful – Wired
1/17 Hope vs. change: why some Democrats are turning on Obama – Vanity Fair
1/17 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg cancels 2 upcoming events – KEYT
1/17 The sort of people you’ll find at a Jordan Peterson show – Medium
Offshore Investing
1/16 World’s strongest asset protection laws (and second passports) – Nestmann
1/09 Where have all the safe havens gone? – Project Syndicate
12/19 Citizenship by investment: more choices than ever – Nestmann
11/14 “Living nowhere” is harder than ever – Nestmann
10/07 End of an era: Swiss banks mow exposing tax cheats – Zero Hedge
Clean Tech
1/17 ‘Stop treating seas as a sewer,’ Mps urge protection treaty – Guardian
1/17 Here’s why these fuel cell stocks tumbled as much as 48% in 2018 – Fool
1/17 The growing business of growing meat from animal cells – Smartbrief
1/17 The global race for groundwater speeds up to feed agriculture – PSW
1/17 Self-driving cars are out. Micromobility is in – Medium
1/16 Immediate fossil fuel phaseout could arrest climate change – study – Guardian
1/16 EU glyphosate approval was based on plagiarised Monsanto text – Guardian
1/16 Canada sees no cancer risk from Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer – RT
1/16 The merger that made a U.S. gas giant is failing – WSJ
1/16 President Trump can’t stop U.S. coal plants from retiring – Reuters
1/16 Why the solar energy market will thrive in Africa and globally – Forbes
1/16 Planned 5 gw Indian solar plant will be ‘the world’s largest’ – PV Magazine
1/16 What an Uber ride in Colombia made me realize about this megatrend – Casey
1/16 Solar power company strikes deal to power 10 million people – ESI
Art of the Collapse
1/09 Eccles Prison Blues – the big squeeze – Deviant Investor
1/06 Sci-Fi writers are grappling with a post-Trump reality – Wired
12/03 SNL lampoons Netflix’s spending on original content – Verge
11/12 Jeff Sessions farewell cold open – Saturday Night Live
11/06 The Democrats’ midterm ad – Saturday Night Live
11/06 Caravan cold open – Saturday Night Live
10/20 Wouldn’t you like the to know the story… of YOU? – South Park
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
1/18 War whores scramble to say Syria attack means troops must remain – Medium
1/17 Google manipulated Youtube search results to program users’ behavior – SHTF
1/17 Nothing can stop Google. Duckduckgo is trying anyway. – Medium
1/16 Trump again threatens to leave NATO (that’s a good thing) – Mish
1/16 John Bolton wants to bomb Iran and may get what he wants – Intercept
1/16 North Korea’s less-known military threat: biological weapons – NY Times
1/15 U.S., Turkey at odds over Kurdish fighters in Syria – Reuters
1/15 FBI Trump investigation is itself a security threat – Intercept
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Health, Survival
1/18 Survival skills everyone should know in the event of an apocalypse – Insider
1/16 The sad news about CBD cupcakes – Atlantic
1/14 The big problem your favorite kitchen gadget can’t fix – Medium
1/11 What happened when I made my students turn off their phones – Get Pocket
1/08 Shocking the brain is the future of medicine – Medium
1/07 The race to diagnose cancer with a simple blood test – Medium
1/06 How to actually remove pesticides from your fruit – Medium
1/04 Drug that clears out dead cells left mice more active – Daily Mail
1/02 Here’s how not to catch global warming fever – Sierra Club
1/02 Future farming – Sierra Club
1/02 How to pack a go bag – Sierra Club
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
1/17 Cybercriminals generate bitcoin using BBC webpage spoof scam – CCN
1/17 Iranian hackers have become one of the world’s most fearsome – CNBC
1/16 Russians are confident in their cyber-defences, other countries less sure – ZDNet
1/11 US electric grid hacked: perpetrators could have shut down the system – Mish
Off-Topic
1/18 A controversial startup will fill your veins with young blood – SF Gate
1/18 Burnout is making doctors want to kill themselves – NY Post
1/18 World’s 2nd-deadliest Ebola outbreak reaches 600 confirmed cases – ABC
1/17 The 10 most exciting robotics developments of the past 12 years – Cosmos
1/16 An elephant-size relative of mammals grazed alongside dinosaurs – NY Times
1/15 Insect collapse: ‘we are destroying our life support systems’ – Guardian
1/15 The real crisis we’re not talking about at the border – Philly
1/15 Antarctica’s annual ice loss six times greater than 40 years ago – Ind
1/15 Electric pulse fishing turns ocean into graveyard – Business Insider
1/13 Collapsing glaciers threaten Asia’s water supplies – Nature