This One Metric Absolutely Terrifies the Fed

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Photo by Anna Kester From Birch Gold Group The “whack-a-mole” game of watching inflation fall and rise sharply over the past 25 years is disheartening at best. Here’s why… Inflation officially sits at 5 percent (the highest since 2008). The last 25 years of inflation rising and falling are shown on the chart below: As you can see, the blue line remains … Read more

US Dollar Breakout Could Cool Off Commodities Prices

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by Kimble Charting Rising commodities prices have been all over the news for several months. The rally has been broad-based and persistent. So what could possibly derail the commodities rally? U.S. Dollar strength. King Dollar has not been so king-like over the past several months… but it is starting to show strength after double-bottoming at (1). And … Read more

Cyberattackers Are Trying to Poison Our Water Supplies, Targeting Critical Infrastructure

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-jwG-mnwvc The hacker had the username and password for a former employee’s TeamViewer account, a popular program that lets users remotely control their computers, according to a private report compiled by the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center in February and seen by NBC News. After logging in, the hacker, whose name and motive are unknown … Read more

‘Fast’ market sell-off is coming warns Gareth Soloway; Stocks haven’t done this since start of pandemic

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Kitco News, Released on 6/18/21 0:00 – S&P 500 breaking the trendline 3:20 – Monetary policy 6:04 – Trading algos 7:47 – Trading volume 8:30 – Put-call ratio 10:34 – Gareth’s trades 11:30 – Inflation 13:53 – Gold and silver 16:44 – Bitcoin 17:50 – Upcoming live interview The S&P 500 just broke a major … Read more

The Second half of 2021 begins soon. Choose which of these 5 scenarios you think is most likely to play out over the next six months.

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by mark000 [1] Nothing much happens in the financial markets. [2] A stock market Correction occurs or worse: a Bear Market begins. [3] A major financial crisis but the Central Banks & Govts once again save the day [4] A major financial crisis that puts us clearly into a Economic Depression [5] A major financial … Read more

Fed Musings about Distant Interest Rate Hikes Spook Metals Markets

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by Mike Gleason Investors who buy into the “transitory” inflation line are being duped Don’t want to listen? Read the podcast below! Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Well, precious metals markets got absolutely slammed on Thursday. The selling rout followed statements put out by the Federal Reserve suggesting that tapering and … Read more

Jeffrey Gundlach discusses just how screwed up the U.S. economy really is

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DoubleLine Capital, Released on 6/18/21 (Recorded on 6/8/21) Recap of the Total Return presentation with Jeffrey Gundlach. *This webcast was recorded on June 8, 2021 Jeffrey Gundlach is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of DoubleLine Capital. He is recognized as an expert in bond and fixed income investments. His investment strategies have … Read more

Gov Ron DeSantis: Today, Florida prevailed in our lawsuit against the unlawful CDC order that shut down the cruise industry. This is a defeat for bureaucratic overreach, and a win for Florida jobs and tourism.

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https://www.flgov.com/2021/06/18/governor-desantis-wins-major-victory-to-protect-floridas-cruise-industry/ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, the federal district court in Tampa delivered a major victory for Governor Ron DeSantis against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its obstructionist No Sail Orders that have flatlined Florida’s cruise industry for over a year. Ruling in favor of Florida’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Judge Steven Merryday … Read more

Maryland high court upholds Baltimore billboard tax

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Maryland’s highest court has upheld a tax imposed by the city of Baltimore on selling billboard advertising. The Court of Appeals last week rejected arguments by Clear Channel that the tax violates constitutional provisions that protect freedom of speech. The appeals court ruled 6-to-1 that the tax ordinance was not subject … Read more

As civil asset forfeiture surpasses criminal theft FBI now seizing millions from safety deposit boxes without warrants. Who are the real crooks?

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In March of this year, the US Attorney in Los Angeles, California secured an indictment against a secure vault company, alleging the company was engaged in money laundering, drug trafficking, and hiding taxable assets. None of the company’s employees or owners were indicted. FBI agents spent five days turning US Private Vaults upside down. Agents … Read more

CNN’s Brian Stelter Should Take a Hint that his Show Sucks after New Ratings Come Out

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4E9eHsS1jE Becky Noble from The Political Insider reports, Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s media show “Reliable Sources,” once again failed to crack the 1 million mark in viewership for the 11th straight week. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://thepoliticalinsider.com/cnns-brian-stelter-continues-networks-ratings-dive-in-post-trump-era/?utm_source=home-headline-stories

Bulls cannot be happy about this…

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  Bulls cannot be happy about this. pic.twitter.com/NfFgOifsZe — Jim Carroll (@vixologist) June 17, 2021 Great reflation trade/steepener unwind well underway in Treasuries today. Post Fed 2-day curve flattening so far is sharpest since 2020 liquidity crisis. Some move👇 pic.twitter.com/6Wxgz50br2 — Edward Bolingbroke (@EddBolingbroke) June 17, 2021 https://twitter.com/QTRResearch/status/1405718992778579968 2020 Household debt growth(Source: Pictet)#China pic.twitter.com/GP7M7upbeJ — … Read more