Morgan Stanley calls it: “We are in a bear market” … Deutsche Bank: “Last week is a dress rehearsal for the credit problems ahead” … CNBC: Brace for corporate defaults as Chinese firms are ‘under increasing pressure’ … Gold and silver up from recent lows; “The last time this happened, silver prices surged immensely” …
Best Of The Web
Mad world – Burning Platform
Upcoming crash will dwarf “anything in our lifetimes – YouTube
Briffits & squeans, blurgits,& plewds – Graham Summers
Bear market growls as market remains weak – Real Investment Advice
The primacy of income – Adam Taggart, Peak Prosperity
The world economy is looking awfully shaky all of a sudden – Quartz
The canary in the credit market’s coal mine – Doug Noland, Credit Bubble Bulletin
Does any of this make sense? – Charles Hugh Smith
Technically speaking: Major markets are all flashing warning signs – Real Investment Advice
The economic consequences of debt – Real Investment Advice
Why Chinese authorities are freaking out – Alhambra Partners
Back to fundamentals – Doug Noland, Credit Bubble Bulletin
Prices when gold is money – GoldMoney
Breaking News
The Economy
11/20 Ray Dalio says it’s just like the 1930s for investors right now – MarketWatch
11/20 Dow plunges as Target and tech sink – CNBC
11/20 Apple enters bear market after second Goldman downgrade in a week – Zero Hedge
11/20 Asian markets down, Nissan plunges – CNBC
11/20 Deutsche Bank shares hit record low on massive money laundering fears – ZH
11/20 Another volatility spike coming – Real Investment Advice
11/20 Companies guaranteeing each others’ debt will spark the next China crisis – ZH
11/20 Stocks are now in ‘complete bitcoin territory,’ asset manager says – Goldcore
11/20 “The global economy has deteriorated”: oil, copper, lumber say downturn is here – EC
11/20 European banks are taking lending risks like it’s 2007, ECB says – Bloomberg
11/20 Morgan Stanley calls it: “We are in a bear market” – Zero Hedge
11/20 Netflix’s ‘death cross’ is the third for FAANG stocks; Nasdaq is next – MarketWatch
11/20 Dow closes down nearly 400 points as tech losses batter stock market – MW
11/19 Amazon and other big tech stocks are being crushed: Here’s why – Yahoo
11/19 Oil prices fall as Russia maintains wait-and-see approach to output cuts – CNBC
11/19 Brace for corporate defaults as Chinese firms are ‘under increasing pressure’ – CNBC
11/19 US-China disagreement ‘torpedoes’ Pacific Accord summit – Mish
Precious Metals
11/20 Junior gold miners: a Canadian stock picker’s market – Seeomg Alpha
11/20 Does China have enough gold to move toward hard currency? – Mises
11/20 Volcker’s updated autobiography urges gold price suppression – GATA
11/19 Metals moving in unison for massive price advance – Technical Traders
11/19 Gold: Improving sentiment likely to drive prices higher – Seeking Alpha
11/19 Is Novo about to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? – 321gold
11/19 The last time this happened, silver prices surged immensely – Lombardi
11/18 Silver slumps, we are headed for scary moment – Talk Markets
11/18 Slowly we turn: gold vs … – Talk Markets
11/18 Silver: supported by D.C. and the deep state – Deviant Investor
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
11/20 Bitcoin extends plunge, drops another 10% – Yahoo
11/20 Bitcoin breaches $5,000, plumbs fresh 13-month low – Reuters
11/19 Pound tumbles in renewed Brexit transition, May exit fears – Zero Hedge
11/19 Bitcoin skids to a 13-month low, nearing $5,000 – CNBC
11/19 Speculation rife over BOJ’s easy-money exit – Nikkei
11/18 What will it take for crypto to boom again? – Hacker Noon
Real Estate Bubble
11/20 Starts, permits offer no hope for housing’s annus horribilis – Zero Hedge
11/20 Dismal UK housing market posts first annual decline in 7 years – Zero Hedge
11/20 U.S. home builder sentiment posts biggest drop in 4-1/2 years – Reuters
11/19 Homebuilder confidence plummets as ‘demand stalls’ – CNBC
11/19 Housing downturn arrives in Silicon Valley & San Francisco – Wolf Street
11/17 Why the housing market is slumping despite a booming economy – New York Times
11/16 Rising home prices and interest rates squeeze all but the richest homebuyers – NBC
11/15 Mortgage rates may hit 6% sooner, as Fed sheds mortgage-backed securities – WS
Politics
11/20 Yellow vests: Hundreds injured as France fuel protests continue – BBC
11/20 Florida elections supervisor Brenda Snipes resigns amid heavy criticism – UPI
11/20 ‘Something very dangerous’ is happening around the world – MW
11/20 White House backs down and fully restores Jim Acosta’s press pass – CNBC
11/20 Oxy maker Sackler family faces mass litigation over opioids crisis – Guardian
11/20 France’s Macron: Europe must unite to prevent ‘global chaos’ – BBC
11/20 The only regime change that is needed is in Washington – Ron Paul
11/19 Nelson concedes to put end to bitter Florida Senate race – Politico
11/19 Republicans battle to defend Trump from threat of impeachment – Politico
11/19 The Empire keeps proving Assange right about everything – Medium
11/19 Anti-carbon revolt: massive road blocks against Macron’s diesel tax – Mish
11/19 Ocasio-Cortez backs campaign to primary fellow Democrats – Politico
Offshore Investing
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
11/20 Solar again sweeps joint tender for German renewables – Montel
11/20 Have solar, wind and storage become the ‘default choice’? – Greentech Media
11/20 State of the US renewables market: rapid growth and a ‘lot of risk’ – Greentech Media
11/20 Solar Foods readies hydrogen-to-protein pilot – Greentech Media
11/20 Tesla slashes its residential solar pricing by $3,000 to $5,000 – Greentech Media
11/20 China expands ban on waste imports – Yahoo
11/19 The Earth is in a death spiral. It will take radical action to save us – Guardian
11/19 Part of the answer to climate change may be America’s trees and dirt – NYT
Art of the Collapse
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
10/17 Weed sobriety test – KellyCanuck
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
11/20 Is Brazil turning into a military state? – DW
11/20 “Traitor! You will be brought to account”: quotes from Khashoggi murder tape – ZH
11/20 Putin says Russia will retaliate if U.S. quits nuclear missile treaty: agencies – Reuters
11/18 Surveillance kills freedom by killing experimentation – Wired
11/18 Turkey to use intercepted Saudi comms to demolish Khashoggi cover-up – MEE
11/18 US ‘might lose’ war against China or Russia, report to Congress says – Ind
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Health, Survival
11/20 You know what? Go ahead and use the hotel Wi-Fi – Wired
11/18 How a low-carb diet might help you maintain a healthy weight – NYT
11/16 How to find a loved one who’s missing – Survival Sullivan
11/16 ‘Snake oil’ stem cell clinics peddle false hope for high prices – Medium
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
11/20 Power outages, bank runs, changed financial data: the’cyber 9/11′ scenarios – CNBC
11/15 Does not compute: Japan cyber security minister admits shunning PCs – Yahoo
11/15 Mozilla makes a naughty list of gifts that aren’t secure – Wired
11/15 The Hail-Mary plan to restart a hacked US electric grid – Wired
11/15 The US sits out an interntaional cybersecurity agreement – Wired
Off-Topic
11/20 Surge in marine refuges brings world close to protected areas goal – Guardian
11/20 Psychology’s replication crisis is running out of excuses – Atlantic
11/20 Habitat loss threatens all our futures, world leaders warned – Guardian
11/18 Policies of China, Russia, Canada threaten 5C climate change, study finds – G
11/18 Climate change has intensified hurricane rainfall, and now we know how much – PBS
11/16 Monkey kills 12-day-old baby after snatching it from breastfeeding mother – Telegraph
11/16 November snow in Texas? Decreased solar activity shatters global climate models – EC