Crush The Street: Recent Episodes
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After the COVID-19 pandemic, there was the “Great Resignation” as Americans left jobs with unmanageable pay or working conditions. In 2025’s challenging job market, however, the “Great Resignation” has given way to the “Great Stay.”
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s feud with President Donald Trump will finally come to an end when Powell’s term ends in May of next year. In a matter of months or even weeks, you’ll know who Powell’s replacement will be.
Bitcoin is in the financial headlines again, but not in a good way. Still, if negative sentiment is your go-to contrarian indicator, then today could be a great day to buy cryptocurrency.
America is the land of opportunity, but can every American take advantage of that opportunity? That’s debatable as a shockingly high number of U.S. households live paycheck to paycheck in 2025.
With endorsements from the likes of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani will be New York City’s next mayor. There are bound to be ripple effects as NYC is the nation’s biggest city, and because Mamdani could signal a new direction for the Democratic Party in the 2020s.
Even as the weather starts to cool in the final days of October, the clash between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell continues to heat up. In the latest verbal salvo, the President had plenty to say about Powell’s performance as Fed chairman.
Echoes of 2021 continue to reverberate in 2025, as meme traders on Reddit and elsewhere seemingly pick stocks at random for a moon shot. This time around, it’s Beyond Meat (BYND) stock that’s taking short sellers to the cleaners.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon isn’t exactly what you’d call a gold perma-bull. Nevertheless, even Dimon couldn’t resist weighing in on gold’s future with a strongly bullish call.
With gold at $4,000 and at all-time highs, the bullish argument for precious metals is only growing stronger. Amid the growing positive sentiment, a famous financier offers multiple reasons to add the yellow metal to your holdings.
Betting that a stock will go down can be an intriguing proposition. The rewards for being right could be life-changing – but the consequences of being wrong could be life-ruining.
“Gotta be in commodities” is what I’ve been telling investors for years. In case you don’t believe it, just take a look at the awe-inspiring price jump of one particular lithium stock this week.
The apparently “resilient” American consumer is one of the few pillars holding up the economy. If that pillar falls – and if wealthy spenders cut back for any reason – there could be serious implications for all consumers.
Is the American consumer resilient, or just desperate? The popularity of “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) installment plans in the 2020s could be a boon or a sign of imminent disaster, but it cannot be ignored either way.
If homeownership is a crucial component of the American Dream, it’s a dream deferred for far too many Americans. Housing has become a crisis in the U.S. in the 2020s, and President Donald Trump is preparing to take action on this unavoidable issue.
You’d better get your wealth up, and do it soon. Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only replacing your job, but AI bots are now conducting job interviews and that’s bad news for most job applicants.
In the run-up to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole address, Bitcoin pulled back from $123,000 to just $113,000. Nonetheless, one analyst group is bracing for Bitcoin to charge forward through the year 2027.
Fundstrat head of research Tom Lee recently reiterated his assertion that Ethereum (ETH) is the “biggest macro trade over the next 10 to 15 years.” But is the market’s optimism a green flag, or a signal to take profits?
Funds tracking the movements of major indexes like the S&P 500 and NASDAQ are supposed to be safe. Yet, because they’re weighted according to market cap, these funds are too lopsided for any reasonable person to call them “safe.”
It’s not an “I told you so” moment, but just a confirmation of the power of patience. If you invested in gold and uranium assets years ago, you’d be doing well today. However, there are still more gains ahead of us than behind us.
Americans are decisively fed up with empty promises from the Harris campaign, phony politics of joy, and the Border Czar’s illegal immigration crisis.
Precious metals thrive on crises in a world ablaze with domestic and geopolitical chaos as the Feb cuts interest rates to blunt a financial crisis.
Have you ever noticed that when someone repeatedly insists there’s not a problem, usually it means there’s a problem? A case in point is Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who is desperate to convince you that the central bank isn’t playing catch-up after years of policy errors.
It wouldn’t help Kamala Harris to win any popularity contests if she stated outright that she’s against cryptocurrency. Yet, at least we would know where she stands on Bitcoin.
Will aggressive interest-rate cuts prompt an inflation spike? It’s possible, so I hope you have some inflation-resistant assets in your portfolio. Gold is great for this purpose, but it’s also not a bad idea to buy some Bitcoin if you don’t already have some.
Different candidates have different approaches to funding America’s social programs. One approach is to take more earned money from people and businesses, and evidently vice president and current presidential candidate Kamala Harris is prepared to enforce this wealth redistribution strategy.
Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha and the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, turned 94 on Friday. His presence is taken for granted, as during our lifetime, he’s always been around to guide us through economic ups and downs.
The Fed’s monetary policy is slated for interest rate cuts to begin in September as the economy is faltering and the world is at war.
Some investors perceive Bitcoin as risk-on and gold as risk-off. This is a mischaracterization, however. Bitcoin and gold are actually quite similar and are necessary during a time when the Federal Reserve is about to embark on an interest rate cutting cycle.
Could the 2024 presidential election be decided by cryptocurrency supporters? It’s entirely possible as November 5 draws near and just a handful of votes might decide whether the winner is Donald Trump or Kamala Harris.
The domestic and geopolitical situation is brewing to a boil while the dog days of summer are coming to an end.
The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, is about to turn 94 and he has a lifetime of experience to share with investors around the world. So, if the Berkshire Hathaway CEO is hoarding huge quantities of cash, you might want to re-examine your own holdings now.
It was inevitable, and now it’s official. Joe Biden is exiting the presidential race, leaving the door open for the Democratic Party to select another candidate to run against Donald Trump.
The globalists are rolling out "Suicide Pods" for those who are desensitized to the acceleration of doomy current events and prefer democide.
The year 2030 isn’t very far away now, but a lot can still happen by then. Indeed, Tom Lee of Fundstrat sees the S&P 500, which is currently between 5,000 and 6,000, potentially reaching 15,000 by the end of this decade.
Biden's campaign has fallen apart after his cognitive decline could no longer be covered up by sycophants after a calamitous debate with Trump.
After a presidential debate that made many viewers cringe and smack their foreheads, we would certainly like to offer some encouraging news for Americans in July. That’s easier said than done because the data isn’t all positive even if the spin doctors try to make it look stellar.
As we embark on the second half of 2024, stock trading volumes are low but interest in travel is starting to perk up. At the same time, election-year news is gaining traction in the media and apparently, somebody is trying to spin inflation as a “fun” phenomenon.
$BA stock price has not recovered from its 80% plunge after a $446 all-time high in 2019 and it’s currently trading at 60% below that high at $182.
The level of risk on all financial and geopolitical fronts is growing exponentially and requires a careful review of all investments and retirement funds.
World on the verge of a major escalation to WW3 after Russia’s final peace initiative was ridiculed by NATO with nuclear weapons on “standby.”
It’s a tough market to find good values in, but there are bargains to be found if you know where to look for them. The idea is to look where the mainstream media isn’t paying attention, and to let the data be your guide instead of hype and speculation.
There are plenty of good values in the financial markets, if you know where to find them. Unfortunately, uninformed investors continue to get lured into bad trades, not knowing that they’re only pumping up the accounts of clownish gurus.
AAA-rated bonds within a CMBS derivative product backed by CRE have defaulted for first time since the Great Financial Crisis.
The mainstream media loves to promote the positive news during an election year while suppressing anything that contradicts that narrative. This is how they manipulate you every day – but only if you let them get away with it.
The OJ industry is “in crisis” amid record high prices and supply will continue to experience shortfalls despite any uptick in global production.
Sanctions, war, inflation, green energy, a supply shortage, and demand factors contributed to spiking the price to an all-time high in recent weeks.
The global adoption of cryptocurrency will happen step by step, not all at once. However, one of the most important steps occurred this week, as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) effectively paved the way for spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
At long last, the media is starting to notice that tangible assets are in a generational bull market. People will latch on to a story after the move is already in progress, and that’s when the money really starts to flow in.
Neocons that want WW3 are virtue signalling at speakeasys in Ukraine and threatening a nuclear superpower is not diplomacy or the road to peace.
There has never been such a difference between the narrative and reality before. Long gone are the days when the published data could be taken at face value and the mainstream media had the readers’ best interest in mind.
It’s range-bound, until it’s not. That’s the nature of silver, which can stay in a price range for months or even years, until the tourists get bored and sell. Then, silver shoots higher and rewards the serious investors for their patience.
It’s 2021 all over again for better or for worse. Meme stocks are back in the headlines after a long time away, and there are implications that all traders and investors need to be aware of.
Shallow profit taking pullbacks in price are aggressively bought by momentum players and core long positions are laddered at lows into the pivots.
How many red flags will it take to get America’s investors and consumers to wake up and smell the coffee? Maybe a warning from the Oracle of Omaha will do the trick – but don’t count on it.
If there’s one pillar that’s supposed to be holding up the U.S. economy and financial markets, it’s the apparently resilient consumer. However, if Americans don’t have any money saved up, it’s going to be awfully difficult to spend “resiliently.”
When trading financial assets for quick gains, every little blip on the radar feels like a monumental event. Having to flip between multiple charts and news scanners can be exhausting, especially in this current market environment where the market’s signals are confusing.
An epiphany is emerging that parroting righteous indignation or “just following orders” which slaughters humans is not an amnesty argument.
Fed is cornered on monetary policy amid stagflation and Biden is floating new taxes that include a higher capital gains tax and taxing unrealized gains.
Vaxxidents is an appropriate term to define a phenomenon of incidents that notably increased in frequency since mid-2021 following mandated jabs.
Officialdom keeps pumping data that regurgitate a Bidenomics success, but the poorest to upper middle class are experiencing a different reality.
Russia has launched a military advance on all fronts within eastern Ukraine while U.S. and NATO neocons admit they wanted a war with Russia.
The SEC’s approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs may have been the most consequential cryptocurrency-related event of 2024. However, another event just took place which might be equally significant for Bitcoin holders, or even more so.
A psychotropic describes any substance or drug that affects the central nervous system by altering behavior, mood, thoughts, or perception.
The flavor of analyses from a few precious metal pundits was classic when a shallow throwback in price on Friday resurrected manipulation narratives.
In case the prospect of higher-for-longer interest rates wasn’t enough to roil the stock market, now there’s conflict between Iran and Israel to worry about. As the unfortunate events unfold, investors must pause and reconsider which anti-inflation assets they plan to hold on to.
Did you hear that? It’s the sound of gold and silver soaring while mega-cap stocks stand still. Call it the “reckoning” or just the long overdue catch-up of precious metals, but it’s really just the beginning of a much bigger price move.
Everybody knows that launching such an operation could result, ten minutes later, in Tehran becoming an ashtray.
Donald Trump’s company, Trump Media, was already tradable for a while as Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) stock. However, now that it’s been converted to DJT stock, it’s getting a lot of press coverage – though much of it is political rather than financial.
If there is a rapid war escalation in the near-term, it is possible that the usual spring seasonal price correction may not happen this year.
You may have heard about the “madness of the crowds” and the idea that 90% of amateur investors are on the wrong side of the trade at any given moment. There’s certainly some merit to that idea, but contrarianism can be taken too far and this can inhibit your long-term results.
Seasonality patterns don’t always play out, but they’re a useful guide for investors generally. After all, the immediate future may be hard to predict, but at least we have data from the past to help us know when to scale in and when to scale back.
Usually, people at the highest levels of government are slow to understand or accept cryptocurrency and the blockchain. However, every once in a while they get it right. That’s why progress will be gradual, but inevitable, for Bitcoin and other crypto assets in the U.S.
It’s late bull market behavior at its finest. At the annual Jackson Hole symposium, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell unequivocally declared that the central bank is “prepared to raise rates further” in its quest to bring inflation down to 2%.
If Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell wanted to see signs of a downshift in the U.S. economy, this is definitely one of them. After numerous successive federal funds rate hikes with a pause in between, the rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is now 7.48%.
The Federal Reserve’s function is to protect the U.S. economy and the best interests of American consumers, savers, retirees, and investors – or at least, that’s what the elite Fed officials would certainly like you to believe. As always, however, career politicians and central bankers are continuing the long-standing tradition of blurring the lines between myth and reality.
Get your financial house in order, we’re facing perfect storm of “economic deterioration” - Nothing feels copasetic, economic statistics are whack.
The Orwellian New World Order where woke apparatchiks have no clue what our Constitution says, means, or the consequences of Truthphobia.
“Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.” That quote from Sir John Templeton is older than any of us living today, but it’s as relevant in today’s market landscape as it’s ever been.
What would it take for the most hated bull market to end, and for the most anticipated recession to begin? If you’re a true contrarian, then you’ll intuitively understand that stocks won’t fall until the pundits’ persistent calls for a crash are finally silenced.
It’s that time again. Stock investors are yearning for earnings, and they’re getting a mixed bag of data for the pundits to feast upon. The majority of mega-cap companies are “beating” earnings, which begs the question of whether these corporations are actually thriving, or maybe the bar has just been set too low.
The company was blessed with a final Hail Mary under the CARES Act - which transportation companies stand to benefit.
India's Consumer Affairs Ministry said its export ban is to ensure adequate availability in the country and blunt inflation in the domestic market.
Europe’s economic workhorse is Germany and its economy is contracting as the downtrend in Eurozone manufacturing data accelerated in 3Q23.
Are U.S. consumers getting a much needed break from high prices? Most people would look at their grocery and electric bills and say no, it’s just as bad as ever. As usual, however, the government paints a different picture with bright and sunny inflation numbers.
This Wednesday, the Federal Reserve will announce a possible resumption of interest-rate raises after last month’s pause. Then, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will hold a press conference, hopefully signaling the future path of monetary policy. It could be the most important financial-market event of 2023.
Profitable properties are worth a fraction of what they once were, inventory, mortgage delinquency rates, short sales, and deep discounts are rising.
Seasoned foreign mercenaries describe the Ukraine front as a horrific genocide and slaughter as they pack up and leave Ukraine in a hurry.
What’s the true price of getting costs down? It’s a question that should be top-of-mind in the equities market, but the bears and short-sellers have been frustrated month after month as short-term investors continue to climb the wall of worry.
Earlier this year, fears of bank runs and financial sector collapse spread through the media. Big banks absorbed regional banks, and for a while it felt as if consumers were in safe hands. There’s a fresh reminded, however, that safety is never assured in America’s traditional financial institutions.
The mainstream press is reporting that consumers have already resorted to dumpster-diving to save money on the high cost of food.
Amid AI hype and metaverse mania, where can true contrarians and value investors park their capital with confidence? For one Wall Street expert at least, the proverbial needle in the market’s haystack is hidden in plain sight, in an asset class that never really goes out of style.
The dollar’s on the ropes, but the perma-bulls will always hope and cope. Nothing in the data – which is provided by the same government that promulgates print-and-spend policy – is positive for the U.S. dollar. Yet, the spin doctors are relentless even if their arguments have more holes than Swiss cheese.
The global, pathologized-totalitarian reality is being subtly and not so subtly implemented simultaneously in countries throughout the world.
You'll eat bugs, fake meat, and unclean meals as mad scientists and politicos eliminate whole food choices like beef, chicken, and non-GMO crops.
Will Joe Biden be impeached or resign like Nixon, and Hunter Biden goes to federal prison? – “I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.”
There’s something new in the pipeline that is likely to make EVs obsolete. It’s a hydrogen-fueled V-8 internal combustion engine.
The NASDAQ just booked its eighth positive week in a row, while the S&P 500 is up five consecutive weeks and counting. Both indexes are at their highest levels since April of 2022, which is well over a year ago. How can sensible investors make sense of this relentless rally?
The Wall Street Journal handed Biden a bullhorn last week to disseminate his clueless fantasy on the current state of the United States economy.
I hate, hate, hate when they do this. The mainstream press spouts out enormous-font headlines like, “Inflation rose at a 4% annual rate in May, the lowest in 2 years.” Then they bury the dirty details that expose the widening wealth gap and the nation’s economic woes.
The charts are bullish, but remain cautious while trading until all-time highs are taken out decisively and the Fed pauses interest rate hikes.
All the pieces to a puzzle are coming together to prepare the plebeians for a major UFO disclosure event in the not-too-distant future.
History repeats itself if we don’t learn from it. Patriots know that America is the greatest country in the world, but greatness must be maintained. It will require more than hope and prayers to prevent this great country from repeating the famous collapse of another dominant nation-state.
It might be an exaggeration to call the Federal Reserve sadistic – or it might not be, as the central bank wants to see it get harder, not easier, to get a job in the U.S. The probability of an imminent interest rate hike just grew as a key job openings gauge pointed to a resilient labor market.
The pandemic and mRNA inoculations are an act of biological and chemical warfare perpetrated on the human race and admitted to in writing.
Armchair prophets that planned wars through history never foresaw the ultimate costs in blood and treasure or consequences of their actions.
It’s not every day that a JPMorgan analyst will recommend adding gold and cash to your portfolio. That’s happening now, and it’s another sign that Wall Street’s experts are preparing for the U.S. government to again fail to work together in the best interest of the populace.
The era of TINA, or “there is no alternative,” is officially over in 2023. For over a decade, investors were practically forced into the stock market because U.S. Treasury bonds paid next to nothing. Now, however, jacked-up interest rates might tempt you to park your cash in government debt notes.
We are watching a political monetary and fiscal policy horror show that is much worse than a decade ago following the Great Financial Crisis.
Even as the stock market chops sideways, investors must always remember that the market is not the economy and vice versa. Reality will set in eventually, and the warning signs will only be obvious to most retail traders when the exits are already jam-packed.
By the time a trend reaches the headlines of the mainstream financial press, it probably too late for the smart money to invest in it. Yet, there are ways to gain exposure to the tech trends of today that will inform the way we work, live, and communicate for the foreseeable future.
A commercial real estate market collapse while in recession is going to be ugly, and at least as bad as the Great Financial Crisis.
There’s no shortage of panic-button statements from financial commentators. However, when the alarm bells are being rung by the chief executive of one of America’s biggest banks, investors are bound to sit up and pay attention.
Today’s House Oversight Committee presser is a must-see. Magnitude of Biden family’s corruption is breathtaking and a national security threat.
At 92 years of age, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has as much clout as he’s ever had. Unsurprisingly, tens of thousands of shareholder waited on every word that came forth from the Oracle of Omaha at Berkshire’s 2023 annual meeting. What was surprising, however, was Buffett’s advice for investors in today’s volatile, confusing market.
Between the debt ceiling cliff approaching, recession probability rising, and U.S. banks failing, there’s no shortage of problems for depositors and investors to worry about. On top of that, we’re entering the six worst seasonal months of the year – the “sell in May and go away” period, as the old saying goes.
Two weeks ago, Warren Buffett tried to warn people that there would be more bank failures. The Treasury Department’s apologists dismissed Buffett, which is rarely a good idea. As it turns out, he was 100% spot-on as usual, as First Republic Bank collapsed before our very eyes.
Gold and silver fundamentals are very strong as the dollar might fall off a cliff, and premiums for sovereign bullion coin are back to record high levels.
Seasoned journalists are a threat to institutions and agendas that seek uninformed semi-lobotomized quasi-retarded population that do not question.
Gold and silver coins will not disappear, are anonymous, a store of value, will pay for necessities, do not need electricity, and cannot be hacked.
The seas are tranquil in the financial markets – at least for now. Volatility in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ are at their lowest point in at least a year. Complacency and greed are the prevailing sentiments, and that’s exactly why you need to be on your guard.
With the possible exception of option sellers, pretty much everyone likes it when the stock market picks a direction and sticks to it. It’s frustrating, however, when the market grinds sideways or chops around, which it has done for the past year.
An electric Jetson ONE was born in late 2021 as a recreational vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and does not require a pilot’s license.
Things are heading in a precarious direction after U.S. imposed restrictions on exports of high-end semiconductors and technology to China.
Which one will you believe, the current Federal Reserve or the Secretary of the Treasury who also happens to be the previous Fed chair? The answer can’t be “neither,” unfortunately, as there either is or isn’t going to be a recession later this year.
The banking crisis is just getting started and the next shoe to drop is commercial real estate within a credit crisis.
Sugar price has rallied into seasonality strength and supply is tight with downward revisions on production in major countries.
Gold’s purpose as an investment isn’t to provide you with quick gains. It’s a portfolio diversifier that can reduce dependence on counterparty risk – and right now, the counterparty you need to worry about is the Federal Reserve.
A weakened and less used dollar will not completely destroy the currency or economy, but will severely deteriorate U.S. political weight in the world.
Unlike the SPAC, metaverse, and NFT bubbles, the AI bubble is likely to having a lingering impact on the economy and markets even after it bursts. Machine learning is here to stay whether we like it or not, as it offers cost-reduction benefits that today’s businesses can’t resist.
With the stock market rising in anticipation of interest rate cuts this year – which Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell specifically said he didn’t expect to happen – sensible investors need to be on recession watch. There are plenty of glaring red flags, but one particular yield spread (not just the 2-year and 10-year Treasury yield spread) is signaling an imminent contraction of the U.S. economy.
Depleted uranium ammunition, Leopard 2 and Challenger 2 battle tanks, and fighter jets were delivered to Ukraine which cross nearly all red lines.
Consider economic turmoil as akin to an iceberg. Most of what’s actually going on is happening beneath the surface, out of most people’s range of vision. By the time most people comprehend the scope and implications of what’s happening, it’s too late for them to brace for the impact.
CDS derivative premiums for Deutsche Bank credit risk are through the roof as a banking crisis launched the resurgence of gold & silver demand.
The mystery is over, and the markets have achieved clarity – or that’s what some financial traders think, at least. Federal Reserve officials voted unanimously to increase the federal funds rate by 25 basis points this month, as expected. Yet, this doesn’t signal an end to the pain that the Fed is subjecting the economy and markets to.
The next time you consider buying an EV, be aware of the economic hell and environmental pollutants it unleashed and will worsen.
When First Republic Bank stock lost 47% of its value on Monday, some onlookers were surprised and appalled. Events like these are practically inevitable, though, as banks are trust-based institutions that can’t be trusted to manage their depositors’ funds responsibly.
They told you inflation was “transitory,” then assured you that this isn’t actually a recession and “disinflation” is here to stay. In the real world, however, housing has become unaffordable and supply chains are still disrupted – and the theme of unsustainable monetary policy that I’ve been talking about for years is now confirmed with full-on bank failure contagion.
It's not an overstatement that the dollar’s dominance and reserve currency status is finished with the Iran-Saudi Arabia deal brokered by China.
It’s been a while since the media printed headlines about contagion and bank runs. Some investors haven’t been in the game long enough to remember what it felt like when Lehman Brothers and Bear Sterns imploded. Now, they’re getting a taste of what real panic looks and feels like.
It’s been said that the bond market is more sophisticated, and a better predictor overall, than the stock market. If that’s the case, then bond traders are signaling big trouble ahead – even worse, possibly, than the 2008 financial crisis.
Even if you're blessed to not be in less fortunate shoes, nothing feels copasetic, economic statistics are wack, and stock markets are lethargic.
Trending phrases can make it easier to communicate complex ideas with just a word or two. On the other hand, buzz phrases can blur the fine line between simple and simplistic, and actually make it harder for investors to navigate the financial markets.
We’re in a “back up the truck” (BUTT) environment for bullion coins from a fundamental point of view and premiums returned to reasonable levels.
The sovereign debt crisis, energy shock, recession, food insecurity, deindustrialization, and household financial stress continues across the EU.
In the age of text messages and e-mail, hardly anyone writes or reads letters anymore. Yet, there’s one letter that has the power to change outlooks and move markets, and it’s only released once a year by Berkshire Hathaway’s legendary CEO.
Asset prices follow narratives in the short term, and unfortunately for many retail traders, the narrative has been a fast-moving, constantly changing target lately. Going from “hard landing” to “soft landing,” and now “no landing,” investors have been conditioned to hope for the best but must now expect the worst.
Norfolk Southern: "controlled release" detonation in train derailment went "perfect" / EPA's late order to clean up East Palestine is too little too late.
War is not won due to misplaced moral supremacy or numbers, but geography, strategy, and logistics with strong supply lines solidify victory.
We typically think of enslavement as people’s hands and feet being bound by shackles and chains, yet there’s another type that’s devastating as well. It’s insidious, gradual, often hard to detect, and it frequently happens with the populace’s permission and assistance.
As the general public’s concern over the increase in violent crime and civil unrest has risen, all demographics have armed up with guns and ammo.
After a rocky 2022, mega-cap stocks deserve a relief rally in 2023, don’t they? Let’s be careful in our assumptions because the market doesn’t owe investors anything and data shows that January’s rally was driven by hype and hope rather than fundamental strength in the economy.
We don’t understand our own brains, yet we think we can create and control silicone sentience. We don’t even understand the brain of a worm.
Take heed of a potential breakdown in government and/or banking that will jolt you out of everything you once thought to be true.
If they don’t learn, they will get burned. The advent of self-directed, app-driven retail trading has been a double-edged sword as it democratized investing but also brought unprepared participants into the fold. Now, they’re back in the meme-stock trade and they’re moving markets, for better or for worse.
Biden's 20-year moratorium on underground mining of copper and critical metals in Minnesota’s BWCA is short-sighted, foolish, and unscientific.
Psychopathic democide might be eligible for forgiveness in rare circumstances, but blanket amnesty is not in the cards for crimes against humanity.
If 2022 was a test of patience, 2023 will be a test of new highs for precious metals. As longstanding resistance levels in gold and silver are shattered, media pundits will have to redraw the lines on their charts and short-sellers will scramble to cover their positions.
NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine is an unpredictable wildcard on this poker table that will impact the world economy more so than it already has.
Jeremy Grantham, co-founder and chief investment strategist at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co., is well-respected among the investing community. When he issues a warning, people listen – and just recently, Grantham signaled a stock-market decline that will be fairly mild at best, and painfully deep at worst.
This year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, was supposed to be an opportunity for leaders of developed nations to address issues like inflation, supply-chain disruptions, and the growing wealth gap. At the same time, the pressing issue of overbearing sovereign debt remains largely unaddressed.
The long expected Russian winter offensive in Ukraine has begun today. Did you expect a breaking news flash on an idiot box or dumbphone?
When it traded between $16,000 and $17,000 for months on end, hardly anyone in the media wanted to talk about Bitcoin. Now that it broke above $23,000, suddenly the pundits and plenty of social media commentators are bullish on Bitcoin. Does this mean the train has already left the station, though?
Dare the woke and awakened to delve into depths of bioengineering evil and Deep State surveillance not imagined since Hitler left this planet.
It’s an easy platform for career politicians to stand on and pander to the crowds. Just call yourself the “green” candidate, the populist who will fight the evil oil companies and wean the world off of fossil fuels forever. This has surface-level appeal, but skeptical minds must dig deeper, ferret out the facts, and look for substance.
The environment is reminiscent of mid-2011 when the U.S. credit rating was downgraded for the first time in history and the gold bull rallied higher.
It’s not gold or silver's value that fluctuates, what fluctuates is the perceived and imaginary value of all the useless pieces of fiat paper currency.
2022 was brutal for financial traders, but history shows that back-to-back negative years in the stock market are rare. So, will this year bring a relief rally or more pain? Either way, high inflation means cash is trash and undervalued stocks should perform comparatively well in the long run.
Sanctuary cities are complaining about the ‘onslaught’ of illegal migrants — will they force the Biden administration to do something?
With a 19.4% drawdown, the S&P 500 just had its worst year since the financial crisis of 2008. The NASDAQ fared even worse after a 33% decline, while the Dow Jones’ 9% dip seemed modest in comparison. Indeed, 2022 was a very bad year – or quite possibly, a terrific setup for 2023.
The Federal Reserve’s current monetary policy provides an attractive investment opportunity not seen since before the Great Financial Crisis.
Investors remain ambivalent as 2022 comes to an end, but one thing’s for sure: this wasn’t the year that anybody in the financial press expected. Next year is bound to have its own twists, turns, and surprises, but traders can get a leg up if they know where we are in the current long-term economic cycle.
The U.S. stock market is under pressure for a variety of reasons and there’s no Goldilocks factor to be found in the current state of global affairs.
Everybody and his uncle knows there’s a recession coming, and they know why it will happen. That’s your warning to get out and keep your wealth in cash, right? Don’t be so sure, as the “wisdom” of crowds is unreliable and fear is much more contagious than logic.
The BF.7 mutation is a sub-lineage of Omicron’s BA.5 that’s believed to be causing the current surge of infection and death ripping through China.
It was a moment of mayhem this week as the S&P 500, NASDAQ, and Dow Jones futures plunged from bright green to deep red in a matter of minutes. The catalyst didn’t come from the U.S., though – something was happening many miles away as the Nikkei index quickly led the Asian markets lower.
Top-secret and patented technology is being utilized by civilian R&D in nuclear fusion projects that will provide investors with trading opportunities.
“We could have won it comfortably, but we were forced to suffer, like always. But the suffering makes the win all the more enjoyable.” This was the sentiment of a soccer fan as Argentina pulled out a nail-biter of a World Cup victory against France on Sunday.
The deployment of U.S. boots on the ground and Patriot Missiles in Ukraine sounds a lot like mission creep and existential threats for Russia.
Are you ready to dive into the grab bag of terrific values in the stock market? Most financial traders would answer “no” to this question because they’re afraid of further declines. Yet, all bargains in the markets are accompanied by bad news and fearful feelings.
The precious metals have made solid upside progress on the charts after consolidating through a bottoming phase and a rally.
What will be the best investment in 2023? The financial press is touting so-called growth stocks right now since they lagged throughout 2022 but are roaring ahead today after a cooler-than-expected Consumer Price Index (CPI) print. Even so, precious metals could be the biggest winners of all, and today’s spikes in gold and silver suggest powerful price moves ahead.
Reports on excess deaths and disabilities that reached unprecedented levels after the mRNA jab rollout continues and is impacting the labor force.
More than anything else, what ultimately determines stock prices in the 2020s? Is it corporate earnings? That’s a contributing factor, no doubt, but it’s not the main driver of asset prices nowadays. Rather, it’s liquidity and Federal Reserve policy that moves the markets – and that’s not good news for overeager investors now.
It’s astounding how things can change so much in just 12 short months. A year ago, the Federal Reserve was buying up Treasury bonds like they were going out of style. Now, the central bank is allowing the $9 trillion worth of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities on its balance sheet to mature without any intention of replacing them.
If you have “blue badge” permit papers you’ll be granted time-restrictive journeys outside of electronic roadblocks around your utopian civil prison.
On Wednesday of last week, the major stock-market indexes soared 3%, 4% or even higher after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spoke. Judging from the moves in equity prices, one might surmise that a Fed pause or pivot is imminent – but as always, hasty assumptions can lead to capital loss.
The way to avoid a strike is a new deal that rank & file members will support instead of government union-busting through legislation.
Protests escalated in China this weekend due to the CCP’s zero-COVID policy and draconian lockdown of hundreds of millions of people.
“But, the consumer is strong.....” That’s the commonly heard excuse that politicians and their puppets in the press will use when they have to deny that the U.S. is in a recession. The American consumer is supposed to be the final pillar holding up the economy – but what if people aren’t buying what the pundits are selling?
Ukraine to be annihilated if a ceasefire and path to peace are not found before winter sets in and mud-season fields freeze east of the Dnieper River.
Fall’s relief rally is transitioning to end-of-year seasonality as recession and a liquidity crisis combine with Fedspeak.
Now that the major stock market indexes have corrected and the Big Tech wreck has created some rare dip-buying opportunities, it’s time to put together your investment shopping list. To help you pick the best and forget about the rest, there’s a rough-and-ready way to measure a stock’s value as compared to the company’s intrinsic value.
Let me get this straight: folks who promoted crypto as a decentralized safe haven are blaming FTX on the lack of government oversight.
Silver continues to keep bouncing off of $18. Don’t think it’s a coincidence – the market is sending you a clear message. Every time the amateur traders panic-sell their silver, there’s big institutional money coming in to buy it at a discount.
The FTX crypto implosion is a potential black swan event where contagion may impact the financial industry and individual investors in unexpected ways.
Red wave or no wave at all, the race in the Senate is too close to call. We knew it would be a nail-biter, but hardly anyone expected a literal tie in the U.S. Senate. Now, the financial markets are struggling just to make sense of it all, not to mention achieve price discovery in stocks.
Everybody and his uncle is pronouncing judgment on FTX, though it’s easy to pile on the cryptocurrency exchange after it’s already circling the drain. The core question here, really, isn’t whether there will be anything left of FTX after the dust settles, but whether anyone has actually learned anything from this.
Farmland is one bright spot in real estate if you have the means and desire to explore the opportunity, which is a safe haven during a recession.
Friday’s rally was explosive in paper gold and silver, but don’t get too excited because they’re not decisively out of the woods.
It was a quick bump and then a precipitous dump after the FOMC meeting as financial traders combed through Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s heavy words. The official FOMC statement offered a glimmer of hope, but Powell had his “Volcker moment” and threw cold water on any near-term pause or pivot hopes.
Unfortunately for some beginner investors, a counter-trend bear market rally can look and feel a lot like the start of a new secular bull market. It might be tempting to get drawn into a trade that feels good and seems to make perfect sense as the stock market jolts upward for a short time.
U.S. east coast has begun fuel rationing as shortages cause higher heating & transportation costs that adds more inflation pressure on households.
If orange juice is your favorite breakfast drink, I suggest you get to the grocery store asap and stock up on frozen concentrate.
More and more, the markets are looking for a sign – any sign at all – that the Federal Reserve is ready to back off of its aggressive course of interest rate hikes. Investors are so desperate that they’ll interpret just about anything the Fed says, or even what they didn’t say, as a green light to start buying equities again.
Portions of the river and its tributaries are at record low levels not seen in more than three decades that’s disrupting vital supply chains.
Bond yields and the dollar are up, and practically everything that’s not “risk-free” is down: stocks, precious metals, cryptocurrency, you name it. Real estate is rolling over, and calls for a repeat of the 2008-2009 financial crisis are popping up in the mainstream media. So, is it time to panic-sell and hide under your bed for a year or two?
If you believe dinosaurs and plants are solely responsible for massive and regenerative reservoirs of oil, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.
“Stunned” is the only way to accurately describe the sentiment on Wall Street as the highly anticipated Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading came out this morning. Just seconds before the numbers came out, the major stock market indices were firmly in the green; after the announcement, they suddenly plunged deep into the red.
No matter what silver lining analysts mention to lessen the blow to semiconductor sentiment, I wouldn’t recommend bottom-picking at this time.
It was supposed to be a new era of wind farms and solar panels replacing fossil fuels in the U.S. and globally, a time when “green and clean” power sources would eliminate the need for oil and natural gas. That was a fantasy from two years ago that is now crashing headfirst into a cold, harsh reality.
Sometimes in the game of investing, you’re given what I call a lay-up. It’s a stock, or even an entire sector of stocks, that is so obscenely undervalued that taking a long position is almost mandatory. Right now, certain semiconductor stocks fall into that category.
In the event of an attack on Crimea, Medvedev was quoted by TASS that Judgment Day will come very fast and hard. It will be very difficult to hide.
It’s a grim market metaphor: even a dead cat will bounce if it falls out of a tree. Applied to the financial markets, this means that a seemingly “alive” rally might just be a temporary one or a head-fake within the context of a larger bear market.
OPEC delivered insult to injury when whining and weaponization narratives were truncated with the demonstrative slash of a verbal scimitar.
So, it looks like the Federal Reserve is finally achieving what it set out to do: raise interest rates and shrink its balance sheet until something breaks. Perhaps they didn’t count on multiple things breaking at once, however, and a systemic collapse far beyond what the Fed had intended.
Western leadership is marching into war “with willful ignorance, naivety, and sticking their collective heads in the sand, unwilling to see the threats."
There’s a good chance they landed into a bottoming zone due to geopolitical and monetary policy actions that surfaced over the last week.
As the stock market tests and breaks below the June lows, staggering financial losses feel sudden and painful. Yet, this event was years in the making, the final shoe dropping as one central bank policy error has led to another all to come crashing down at the worst possible time.
Europe on the brink of a banking crisis, energy shortage, hard landing recession, food insecurity, and collapse of industrial base and households.
Buy when there’s blood on the streets – that’s how the old saying goes. Plenty of people say it, but very few of them actually do it when the blood starts to flow. That’s because acknowledging generational wisdom is quite different from controlling our emotions and acting on it.
The word “unprecedented” has been overused since the onset of COVID-19 in the U.S., but from time to time, it’s the only word that can accurately describe what’s happening in the global financial markets. Right now, the sheer volume and magnitude of market dislocations are truly unprecedented.
It's a global recession and liquidity crisis. Consumer perspective shaped by what’s going on in their own world despite politicos ignoring the chaos.
From Apple to Zillow, there have been plenty of must-watch earnings reports this year. Few traders would have put FedEx on their list of potential show stoppers, but as it turns out, this company’s woes have ripple effects far beyond the scope of this package delivery specialist.
Western half-wits from stupid think tanks are leading their countries down the road of nuclear Armageddon with their hybrid war against Moscow.
In July and early August, there was a breathtaking rally in the major stock market indexes. The was the “wishful thinking rally” based on the assumption that the Federal Reserve would back off and return to loose monetary policy. It was a mistake to think this back then, and it’s a mistake to think it now.
With the high risk of global recession and a wide range of unknowns due to war in Ukraine, keep a close eye on markets and investments this fall.
Who wouldn’t pass up a chance to effectively buy an asset for pennies on the dollar? Most investors, that’s who. Even though silver is a metal with dozens of industrial uses and has been used as money for millennia, when the going gets tough, too many traders simply cut and run.
If you think that Europe’s problem is too remote to affect the U.S., think again. The European debt crisis of 2011 contributed to a 20% stock market correction in America, but that’s nothing compared to the rout that’s likely to occur in 2022’s back half.
European lords are guiding a sanction-driven train wreck and arrogantly blame Russia for energy shortages and Europe’s economic turmoil.
Ironically enough, many Americans celebrate the pride and value of hard work by taking a well-deserved day off on Labor Day. Just as ironically, it's the same bureaucrats who refused to put any real effort into reining in government spending who are now calling for fiscal discipline.