China is using a coordinated network of inauthentic social media accounts to shape public opinion surrounding the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to an investigation by The New York Times and ProPublica. The country deployed over 3,000 fake Twitter accounts to spread messages aimed to engender positive opinion of the Winter Olympics, including sharing Chinese state … Read more
by Frank Shostak via Mises In the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA), savings are established as the difference between disposable money income and monetary outlays. Disposable income is defined as the summation of all personal money income less tax payments to the government. Personal income includes wages and salaries, transfer payments, income from interest and dividends, and … Read more
Canada is a Totalitarian State. https://t.co/nvT2cAiamV — Paranoid Bull (@paranoidbull) February 19, 2022 Everyone okay with the state having the permanent power to freeze your assets if you associate with any protest the state finds too disruptive? If you think you're a model citizen with nothing to fear, are you sure it couldn't happen to … Read more
Rapidly climbing inflation in the U.S. is accelerating calls from governors and state leaders to provide immediate tax relief to cash-strapped residents facing higher prices on everyday products such as gas, milk, and electricity. The governors of Maine and Kentucky this week joined a sweeping number of states — including Illinois, California, Massachusetts, Florida, Alabama, … Read more
Public domain photo by Jim Hudgins/USFWS From Birch Gold Group Since the 2008 financial crisis, loose monetary policy with near zero rates and QE have been the primary interventions used by the Fed. Of course, there were brief stints of tightening, but as you can see on the chart below, overall Fed monetary policy has already cost … Read more
by David Haggith Having written my own articles about how we are going into recession dead ahead, I want to back those up with the chorus of alarmed comments everywhere now about Powell is power-diving our economy straight into a recession. Conversations throughout the cabin about our imminent demise The warnings of Michael Wilson, Morgan Stanley’s … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0mw-8YGAVI A very important message from Freedom Convoy Lawyer. Every Canadian must know that Trudeau’s Emergencies Act orders DO NOT restrict peaceful protests! #irnieracingnews February 17, 2022
by Martin Armstrong Morals and values have been discarded in Biden’s America. Biden’s latest hire Sam Brinton will join the Department of Energy’s (DOE) nuclear power office as the second-in-command of nuclear waste issues. Brinton earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State and completed a dual master’s program at MIT. “[B]y day … Read more
by confoundedinterest17 Surprise! US existing home sales in January rose to 6.50 million units SAAR versus the expected 6.10 million units. That is a 6.7% increase over December. The disturbing news is the continued lack of available inventory that peaked in Q4 2007 and has continued its decline to today … the lowest level of … Read more
Cryptocurrency companies just spent millions of dollars on Super Bowl ads. What’s harder to say is how much crypto investors spent on game day. Vast wealth has been created in cryptocurrencies, which globally now have a value of nearly $2 trillion, according to CoinMarketCap. While that pales in comparison to many other asset classes, it … Read more
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1494216634822766594 View post on imgur.com So many Hitlers! pic.twitter.com/52sUuPcB93 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 30, 2022 h/t dr0id
Apartment Construction 🚧 @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/iTScu4vGix — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) February 18, 2022 It's hard to complete 🏘️ houses these days @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/mABI0wZ0je — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) February 18, 2022
The bitcoiners comparing gold to Bitcoin always make me laugh Bitcoin better compared to $ARKK whether they like it or not — Dollar Bill 🇺🇸 (@Dollar_Bill_100) February 18, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqdZHB-piUw The current picture in Ottawa. Hope nothing bad happens like yesterday but obviously the tension is mounting….
Mark O’Byrne on Palisades Gold Radio Tom welcomes Mark O’Byrne back to the show. Mark is the Founder of Health Wealth Gold. To subscribe to our newsletter and get notified of new shows, please visit http://palisadesradio.ca Mark discusses gold’s lack of reaction to current global risks. The metals should have moved higher in response to inflation. Supposedly, … Read more
The jackboots in Ottawa are not actually arresting, booking and jailing protestors. In fact, they are carting them off in paddy wagons and dropping them off outside the city. They have to make their way back on their own. There are numerous reports confirming this shameful behaviour. I wonder if it’s because they are NOT … Read more
The only measure of stock market leverage that is reported monthly is margin debt at brokers, via FINRA. Much of the stock market leverage isn’t reported, such as Securities Based Lending, and even banks and brokers that fund this leverage don’t know the leverage in the overall market, or even the leverage of their client … Read more
Howe Street, Released on 2/18/22 Bob Hoye is a trained geologist, successful resource investor and economic historian. Bob is the chief investment strategist for chartsandmarkets.com.