World’s richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 billion combined … Peak complacency, as everyone goes even more “all in” … The Bank of England’s governor fears a liquidity trap … China to step up countermeasures as virus outbreak grows … Gold and silver off recent highs; “Trump nominates gold advocate Judy Shelton for the Fed” …
Best Of The Web
Backlash – NorthmanTrader
The tight rope market – NorthmanTrader
944 trillion reasons why the Fed is quietly bailing out hedge funds – Zero Hedge
“This is insane” – Credit Bubble Bulletin
32 misinformation schemes Wall Street uses to fool investors and voters – Wolf Street
Central banker comes clean – Daily Reckoning
World population is about to start shrinking, with all that that implies – Economica
Surf’s up! – Chris Martenson, Peak Prosperity
Has the Fed trapped itself? – Real Investment Advice
The ghosts of 2000 – NorthmanTrader
The Fed can’t reverse the decline of financialization and globalization – Charles Hugh Smith
European central bank has one item left in its toolkit: dual rates – Bond Vigilantes
Market bubbles: It’s not the price, it’s the mentality. – Real Investment Advice
Predictions for the 2020s – Club Orlov
Facts and speculations – next decade – Deviant Investor
Breaking News
The Economy
1/20 Davos: IMF world economic outlook January 2020 – CNBC
1/20 World’s richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 billion combined – Reuters
1/20 Gundlach: “Powell doesn’t understand what’s happening in credit markets” – ZH
1/20 Oil rises as Libya declares force majeure in oilfields – Reuters
1/20 Virus spreads to more chinese cities, Xi says containment is priority – Reuters
1/20 Lebanon’s bond yields surpass 200% as default risk rises – Bloomberg
1/20 Buy the dip, an American tradition since 1987 – Advancing Time
1/20 Never before seen market complacency, as everyone goes even more “all in” – ZH
1/20 Stocks have rarely been this quiet in the past 50 years – Wall Street Journal
1/19 Stock market more overpriced and perilous than anytime in history – Great Recession
1/19 Climate crisis threatens more than half of the world’s GDP, WEF says – CNBC
1/19 China to step up countermeasures as virus outbreak grows – Reuters
1/19 Student debt rages out of control to $1.6 trillion – MyBudget360
1/19 The bank of England’s governor fears a liquidity trap – Mises Institute
1/19 The Fed’s evil juggernaut – Peak Prosperity
1/19 Stocks rallying in anticipation of two things that may not happen – CNBC
1/19 GDPNow estimate tumbles on weak retail sales – Mish
1/19 Living on borrowed time – Economic Prism
1/19 Chinese virus has likely infected over 1,700 as it sweeps across Asia – ZH
1/19 What expiring bubbles look like – GoldSeek
Precious Metals
1/20 Gold gains on heightened safe-haven interest, palladium soars – Reuters
1/20 Ed steer’s Gold & Silver Digest letter for Friday posted at Goldseek – GATA
1/20 Trump nominates gold advocate Judy Shelton for the Fed – Mish
1/19 Wall Street, Main Street expect gold price uptrend to continue – Kitco
1/19 The cannibalization of the financial system will force investors into silver – SRSR
1/19 Palladium melts up – GoldSeek
1/19 Here’s why Coeur Mining stock fell as much as 17.5% today – Motley Fool
1/18 Sprott completes acquisition of Tocqueville gold management and funds – GATA
1/18 Titans in mining: an interview with Rick Rule part I – Streetwise
1/18 The outlook for gold in 2020 remains bullish – Seeking Alpha
1/18 Ted butler: the genius of JPMorgan Chase – GATA
1/18 Gold stocks: bull candlesticks now – 321Gold
1/18 Platinum breaks $1000 on big rally and what is next – Technical Traders
1/18 Precious metals set to keep powering ahead – FX Street
1/18 Irving Resources encounters finds more high-grade gold and silver – JMN
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
1/20 ECB struggles to ease consumer perception of high inflation – GATA
1/19 The Bank of England’s governor fears a liquidity trap – Mises Institute
1/19 Venezuela’s cash below $1 billion with gold locked up – GATA
1/19 U.S. inflation – the Fed won’t be raising interest rates – Seeking Alpha
1/18 Uncle Sam just used its financial nuclear weapon again – Sovereign Man
1/18 Euro zone inflation confirmed at 1.3% in December – NY Times
1/18 Currency ‘cold war’ takes center stage at pre-Davos crypto confab – Yahoo!
1/18 J.P. Koning: the shrinking window for anonymous exchange – GATA
1/18 U.K. inflation falls to three-year low – Hellenic Shipping
1/18 The yield curve and break-even inflation – Forbes
1/18 What will it take to get the public to embrace sound money? – Mises Institute
Real Estate Bubble
1/19 Report: U.S. home prices rise 7% in December – AZ Big Media
1/19 Home prices in some cities up over 15% in December – 24/7 Wall St.
1/19 California’s median home price jumps 10% to $615,090 – Housing Wire
1/18 Where did the housing market go, and where is it going next? – Great Recession
1/18 U.S. home prices rise the most in 19 months – Bloomberg
1/18 Housing starts surge thanks to massive seasonal adjustments – Mish
1/18 Industrial production numbers confirm bias of housing report – Mish
1/17 U.S. housing starts at 13-year high in December; permits ease – Reuters
1/17 Manhattan’s homeless shelters are full, skyscrapers are empty – Atlantic
1/17 Canadian home prices set to soar as supply hits tightest levels in 16 years – HuffPo CA
1/17 Austin home prices hold at $405k following record-breaking year – Culture Map Austin
1/17 Jumbo mortgages are haunting the housing market; things could get scary – MW
1/16 1/4 of prospective millennial home buyers have less than $1,000 saved – ZH
Politics
1/20 Democrats are unwilling to negotiate Hunter Biden testimony – Fox
1/20 Fake investigations – designed to fool you – Burning Platform
1/20 New York Times editorial board endorses Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren – NYT
1/20 Richmond, Virginia gun rally: protest draws militias, fear of violence – USA Today
1/20 The great replacement in Switzerland, by Guillaume Durocher – Unz
1/20 Bloomberg fabricates Sanders quote about Buttigieg having a ‘gay problem’ – ZH
1/20 To win black support, Bloomberg acknowledges white privilege – Politico
1/20 Battle over impeachment witnesses escalates – Politico
1/19 Impeachment trial complicates 2020 Democrats’ time on campaign trail – ABC
1/19 Trump’s legal team formally responds to Senate impeachment summons – CNN
1/19 Trump 2020 Democratic opponents raise more money than him – CNBC
1/19 Rosenstein admits to leaking texts between Peter Strzok, Lisa Page – NY Post
1/19 Biden charges Sanders camp ‘doctored video’ to attack him – Politico
1/19 Virginia gun-rights activists plan unprecedented show of force at capitol – WA Times
1/19 Virginia gun sales soar as Dems consider draconian “assault weapons” ban – ZH
1/19 Why laws against hate speech are dangerous – Gatestone Institute
Offshore Investing
1/11 Emigrating or investing offshore? How to make the most of your money – Dawn Ridler
1/01 Your New Year’s resolution: go offshore – Nestmann
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
Clean Tech
1/19 Calls mount for larger German solar tenders after latest bidding rush – PV Magazine
1/19 Volkswagen to favor batteries over fuel cells – News Wheel
1/19 Mind the gap – PV Magazine
1/18 Europe leads the world in environmental protection – Statisa
1/18 Testing underway for world’s largest zero emission hydrogen aircraft – GNN
1/18 Microsoft is now aiming to capture all the CO2 they have ever emitted – GNN
1/17 Citing climate change, Blackrock will start moving away from fossil fuels – New Yorker
1/17 Merkel inks deal for stalled German coal exit – Zero Hedge
1/17 Bayer close to Roundup settlement, mediator tells Bloomberg – Reuters
1/17 Chemicals in tap water are causing thousands of cancer deaths across Europe – RT
1/17 Global solar installations to grow by additional 142 GW in 2020 – IHS Market
1/17 Half of the meat we eat will be grown in a lab within 20 years – Men’s Health
1/17 The hidden costs of EV charging infrastructure – Rocky Mountain Inst
1/17 European Union unveils $1 trillion green deal investment plan – NS Energy
1/17 Merchants of thirst – Watts Up
1/17 US domestic solar market to add 24 GW this year – PV Magazine
Art of the Collapse
12/30 The 2019 melt up – Grrrr Graphics
12/29 Experts warn global outrage levels may reach point of no return in 2020 – Babylon Bee
12/28 Right-wing comic on Trump, feminism, and grid girls – Nicholas de Santo
12/18 What you need to know about impeachment – Babylon Bee
12/12 Judge rules white girl will be tried as black adult – Onion
12/03 Quiet Australians – Honest Government
12/03 Nation’s girlfriends unveil new economic plan: ‘let’s move in together’ – Onion
11/29 Progressives give thanks that they have so much to be angry about – Babylon Bee
11/24 Missing money – Maria Skidmore
11/23 Democratic candidates clash over most effective plan to destroy economy – BB
11/18 Here’s what cancel culture looked like in 1283 – NY Times
11/15 Think Epstein didn’t kill himself? Here’s why you’re definitely wrong – manual
11/02 Trevor Noah asks Hillary: “How did you kill Jeffrey Epstein?” – Zero Hedge
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
1/20 UK company creates knives without tips as crime wave soars to decade high – Summit
1/20 Ike was right – Eric Marolis
1/20 How much have Americans been spied on by the gov’t since 2001? – Activist Post
1/20 Lebanese security forces, protesters clash for second night – Reuters
1/20 The Navy’s smallest warship gets a big laser weapon – Yahoo
1/19 How a hidden parliamentary session revealed Trump’s motives in Iraq – Mint
1/19 ISIS’ very own ‘Jabba the Hutt’ captured in Iraq – NY Post
1/18 Doug Casey: Tensions with Iran can’t end well – Casey Research
1/18 US allies response to Trump Iran attack shows him alone on world stage – BI
1/17 U.S. warship transits Taiwan Strait less than week after election – Reuters
1/17 US admits 11 troops injured by Iranian retaliatory missile strike – Zero Hedge
1/17 Lying generals and the lies they tell – Antiwar
1/17 The US and Iran are furiously trolling each other on the Chinese internet – ZH
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Health, Survival
1/19 Strategic relocation – Peak Prosperity
1/18 Gut bacteria could guard against—and even reverse—Parkinson’s disease – GNN
1/14 Chickens in our small-scale food production system plus chicken soup recipe – LCL
1/11 National and global events: what you can control and what you can’t – OP
1/10 Want to live longer? Drink this three times a week – MarketWatch
1/10 Vigorous exercise leads to lower mortality for women – Mercola
1/09 Doing the impossible – Peak Prosperity
1/07 It’s a huge mistake to memorize your passwords – Medium
1/07 Superbly fit after sixty: seven strategies for aging well – Medium
1/07 How we reduced the environmental impact of (almost) everything we buy – LCL
1/05 Alzheimers can be predicted before symptoms show with new test – Express
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
1/16 ‘We’re always ready’: would the U.S. win a cyberwar with Iran? – Fast Company
1/16 Windows 10 has a security flaw so severe the NSA disclosed it – Wired
1/15 Fed: A cyberattack on a top five bank could cause major disruptions – EPJ
1/14 Cyberwarfare will explode in 2020 (because it’s cheap, easy and effective) – Forbes
1/13 U.S. military targeting Russian data as 2020 presidential election beckons – CCN
1/12 Can Iran launch cyber apocalypse in retaliation? – Eurasia
1/11 Teen hackers are defacing unsuspecting US websites with pro-Iran messages – Verge
1/11 In an all-out cyberwar, Iran would be a formidable foe – Bloomberg
1/11 The era of cyber-carjacking is upon us, experts warn – Gov Tech
Off-Topic
1/20 Huge dust storms in Australia hit central New South Wales – Guardian
1/19 A blob of hot water in the Pacific Ocean killed a million seabirds, scientists say – CNN
1/18 California woman found alive in snow-covered vehicle after 6 days missing – Fox
1/18 World’s last known ‘dinosaur trees’ saved from Australian bushfires – GNN
1/16 The world’s shrinking population – Steve Paikin
1/16 World’s first living, self-healing robots created from frog stem cells – CNN
1/16 Climate change is killing one of nature’s most famous survivalists – Inverse
1/16 Gwyneth Paltrow’s $75 vagina scented candle is already sold out – Zero Hedge
1/16 Second hottest year on record capped warmest-ever decade – Bloomberg
1/15 The artificial skin that allows robots to feel – CNN
1/15 Navy: releasing UFO files would cause ‘damage to US national security’ – ZH
1/14 UN draft plan sets 2030 target to avert Earth’s sixth mass extinction – Guardian
1/14 Australia fires: Indigenous people have a solution for the country’s bushfires – CNN
1/14 First case of SARS-like pneumonia reported outside China as scientists scramble – ZH
1/14 Why are volcanoes all over the globe suddenly erupting – End of the American Dream