Ray Dalio: As investors flee stocks, stay away from cash … Zero Hedge: It’s a make-or-break moment for property junk bonds … Janet Yellen: It’s the Fed’s job to avoid a wage-price spiral … TD Securities: First half of 2022 will be best time for gold next year …
Best Of The Web
The bond market is talking and eurodollars just inverted, are you listening? – Mish
Global warning on the greatest financial mania in history – Bob Hoye
What happened to Matt Taibbi? – NY Magazine
Is a stock market crash like 2000 possible? – Real Investment Advice
OmniCON changes nothing – Crypto Capitalist Letter
Are inflation indicators turning against the Fed? – Katusa Research
Why inflation is a runaway freight train – Charles Hugh Smith
A bond issued by God – USA Gold
The next financial crisis: could Fed moves be the trigger? – Real Investment Advice
Massive chase for yield amid the Fed’s easy money – Wolf Street
U.S. dollar implosion questions for bitcoiners – Bitcoin Magazine
The metaverse is a scam – Mark Jeftovic
The euro’s death wish – Alasdair Macleod, GoldMoney
Have we finally reached peak Davos? – Tom Luongo
The Economy
12/03 As investors flee stocks, stay away from cash, says Ray Dalio – Kitco
12/03 It’s make-or-break moment for property junk bonds – Zero Hedge
12/03 Our $29 trillion deficit, interest rates, inflation, and debt – Bruce Wilds
12/02 It’s do-or-die time for the global markets – Technical Traders
12/02 Stocks rebound as market volatility from Omicron continues – CNBC
12/02 Stunning images reveal downtown San Fran is boarded up amid mass looting – ZH
12/02 Apple stock falls on report of weak iPhone demand for holidays – CNBC
12/02 U.S. weekly jobless claims less than expected as market stabilizes – CNBC
12/02 Brazil slips into recession as post-pandemic recovery cut short – Yahoo
12/02 Forget a taper tantrum, this time it may be a stock tantrum – Zero Hedge
Precious Metals
12/03 First half of 2022 will be best time for gold next year, says TDS – Kitco
12/03 Jordan Roy-Byrne is ‘very concerned’ about silver & gold right now – MS
12/03 This is about to happen to gold & silver – Market Sanity
12/03 Powell is just stalling for time, gold and silver look attractive – Kitco
12/03 Yamana Gold announces discovery on new mineralized zone – Kitco
12/03 James Turk’s new book on money – GoldMoney
12/02 Irish Central Bank makes first reserve gold purchases since 2009 – GATA
12/02 U.S. Treasury refuses to answer questions about its own gold – GATA
12/02 Turk tells KWN about gold’s durability and new book, ‘Money and Liberty’ – GATA
Inflation, Deflation, Cryptos, Currency War
12/03 Yellen says mind not made up on U.S. central bank digital currency – Kitco
12/03 Long-term ocean freight rates are soaring – Zero Hedge
12/03 Today’s inflation trivia: carbon offsets – Zero Hedge
12/03 Yellen says it’s Fed’s job to avoid any wage-price spiral – Yahoo
12/03 Jim Grant on what inflation means for cryptos and meme stocks – MS
12/03 Mohamed El-Erian discusses the Fed’s failure to control inflation – MS
12/03 Copper production in Chile falls 3.2% in October – Kitco
12/02 Euro zone producer prices surge in Oct, unemployment eases – Reuters
12/02 Fed says price rises robust amid strong demand, supply snags – Yahoo
12/02 Satyajit Das: Fintech’s ‘flim-flam’ innovation games – NC
Covid
12/03 Omicron to dominate and overwhelm the world in 3-6 months, doctor says – CNBC
12/03 Biden says no lockdowns, won’t expand vaccine mandates this winter – CNBC
12/03 Twitter labels American Heart Association vaccine warning “unsafe” – ZH
12/03 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid suspends vaccine mandate – ET
12/03 NY officials confirm 5 cases of Omicron covid variant in metro area – CNBC
12/03 NY covid cases spike as US Omicron cases linked to New York City – NBC NY
12/03 Illinois reports most new covid-19 cases in more than a year – CBS
12/03 Covid: South Africa new cases surge as Omicron spreads – BBC
12/03 Absolute freaking insanity – Market Sanity
12/02 The impact of misclassifying deaths in evaluating vaccine safety – PaL
12/02 Dying covid-19 patient recovers after court orders Ivermectin – ET
12/02 Reuters chairman is Pfizer investor and board member – National Impulse
12/02 Aussie police arrest teen ‘fugitives’ who escaped from covid camp – Zero Hedge
12/02 Premier League matches disrupted by fans having ‘medical emergencies’ – ZH
12/02 Germany imposes strict curbs on unvaccinated, mandates shots – Zero Hedge
12/02 Unvaccinated Austrians face prison time, huge fines for non-compliance – ZH
12/02 France deploys military police to Caribbean amid vaccine unrest – ET
12/02 Israel to host Miss Universe contest despite Omicron – Reuters
Real Estate Bubble
12/02 Kaisa abandons Hong Kong developments in race to avoid default – Yahoo
12/01 Mortgage refinance demand plunged 15% last week – CNBC
12/01 High-Yield bonds fall as home sales slump: Evergrande update – Yahoo
12/01 China’s property woes worsen as home prices slip in November – Reuters
11/30 Home price growth in the US slows down in September – Yahoo
11/30 Slump in China gas shows spreading impact of property slowdown – Yahoo
Politics
12/03 DOJ probing Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment claims – CNBC
12/03 Rogan eviscerates media for calling Waukesha massacre an “accident” – Summit
12/03 Dems blocking Senate bill that bans imports made with Uyghur slave labor – ZH
12/02 Gun sales near record levels as U.S. grapples with school shooting – Forbes
12/02 Krystal Ball: how Hillary poisoned Dem party forever (video) – Breaking Point
12/02 LA to enforce homeless encampment bans in parks, elementary schools – ET
12/02 “White supremacy” blamed for smash-and-grab flash mobs – SC
12/01 Joe Rogan: Why is no one accountable for Russiagate lies? – SN
12/01 Return of the ‘law and order’ issue – Pat Buchanan
12/01 Jussie Smollett’s defense: He was set up by ‘sophisticated’ criminals – ZH
12/01 Leaving California – American Thinker
Clean Tech
12/03 Tesla seeks tariff waiver for graphite from China for batteries – CNBC
12/02 How plastic shoes are recycled to make new shoes (video) – Wow Things
12/01 How to spot a carbon-free con – Oil Price
12/01 Could the world run on nitrogen? – Oil Price
12/01 Could greenflation derail the commodity supercycle? – Oil Price
11/30 “Slow disaster playing out” as Germany shuts down 8.5 GW of nuclear – ZH
11/30 JBS to bring cultivated meat to market by 2024 with biotech foods deal – FN
11/29 Are battery metals the best inflation hedge? – Financial Survival Network
Art of the Collapse
12/02 A new covid variant discovered (video) – South Park
12/01 The four stages of inflation – Wall Street Silver
11/29 White smoke from Wuhan lab chimney signals new variant has been named – BB
11/21 Biden achieves lowest approval rating ever! – JP Sears
11/20 Rittenhouse, Sandmann agree to share joint custody of CNN – Babylon Bee
11/20 MSNBC reporter seen hanging ‘the jurors are here’ sign on their hotel – BB
11/18 Venezuelan artist brings new value to discarded banknotes – Reuters
11/17 Ghostbusters catch ghosts that ruin progressive narrative (video) – BB
11/15 Redemption and repudiation – Shiny Silver Ape
11/14 If authoritarians taught yoga (video) – JP Sears
War, Police State, Creeping Fascism, Civil Unrest, Privacy
12/03 US ‘concerned’ over reports Taliban ‘disappearing’ ex-Afghan officials – ET
12/03 Russia deploys anti-ship missiles near Japan on disputed Kuril islands – ZH
12/02 U.S., NATO fully committed to Ukraine, says Blinken ahead of Lavrov talks – Reuters
12/02 China summons Japan envoy over former PM Abe’s comments on Taiwan – Reuters
12/02 Fierce Taliban vs. Iran clashes break out on Afghan border – Zero Hedge
12/02 Russia tells US embassy staff to leave Moscow – RT
12/02 Half of Ukraine’s army has now been deployed to Donbass – RT
12/02 Slaughterbots – if human: kill() (video) – Future of Life Institute
12/02 Cook County blows past 1,000 homicides in first since 1994 – ZH
12/02 The US manufactures weapons and consent – Caitlin Johnstone
12/01 U.S. tells Russia to back off Ukraine or risk “high-impact” sanctions – Reuters
12/01 Russia set to unveil new hypersonic weapons – Putin – RT
Self Reliance, Health, Survival
12/01 Keeping warm and healthy this winter with infrared – Dr. Sircus
11/29 A cure for type 1 diabetes? For one man, it seems to have worked – DNYUZ
11/28 Love Pharma acquires psilocybin-assisted treatment firm Microdoz – AOTH
11/21 Reluctant to retire? You’re not alone (and you may be right) – Birch Gold
11/21 US seeks balance as fears grow Russia may invade Ukraine – AP
11/21 China tennis player Peng will reappear in public ‘soon’ – Reuters
11/20 Why you shouldn’t count on Social Security – MSN
11/20 How your microbiome can improve your health – BBC
11/17 It wasn’t raining when Noah built his Ark – Peter Grandich
Cyber-war, Cyber-terrorism, Cyber-crime
11/15 Hackers compromise FBI email system, send thousands of messages – Reuters
11/13 “Cyber Marines” will win the war of tomorrow on digital battlefield – ZH
11/10 Robinhood slides to all-time low as hackers steal internal security tools – ZH
11/10 The biggest ransomware bust yet might actually make an impact – Wired
11/09 Massive Robinhood hack exposes millions of customers – Chron
10/29 An apparent ransomware hack puts the NRA in a bind – Wired
10/27 Iranian gas stations hit by outage in widespread cyberattack – ToI
Off-Topic
12/02 Molecular analysis reveals the oldest Denisovan fossils yet – Phys.org
12/02 Whee! Animals have fun in award-winning photos – Tree Hugger
12/02 Critical detail missed in classic origins of life experiment – SA
12/02 Rain to replace snow in the arctic as climate heats, study finds – Guardian
12/02 Pacific Northwest’s nightmare November rain totals in 1 map – Gizmodo
12/02 The quietest place in America is becoming a warzone – Gizmodo
11/26 “Feels like a ruse” – Starlink customers angered by massive delay – ZH
11/25 Space trash: Earth may soon have a “ring” like Saturn – Salon
11/25 How the NIH props up this animal misery industry’s ‘terrible 10’ – PETA
11/24 Kevin Spacey ordered to pay $31 million over sexual harassment scandal – ZH
11/21 Wildfires torched up to a fifth of all giant sequoia trees – AP
11/21 Not enough energy to keep 8 billion people warm on a cooling planet – CCC