Why are food prices soaring? Wheat prices are up 37% from their low and corn prices are up 61%. Both are at the highest levels in years.

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This matters for emerging markets (EM) more than developed markets, because lower incomes in EM means a higher proportion of spending goes on food. There's enough famous Marie Antoinette "let them eat cake" examples to justify concern about unrest when food prices go up in EM pic.twitter.com/HoXN8zh2IX — Charlie Robertson (@CharlieTTEcon) January 18, 2021 It … Read more

Your Next Stimulus Check for $1,400 Will Move Closer This Week

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiiGYDj7doc&feature=youtu.be President-elect Joe Biden just announced a $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue plan that includes a third round of “stimulus checks” — and already this week, things are likely to start happening. “There’s no time to waste,” Biden said on Thursday when he unveiled his package, which would give most Americans another $1,400. – Learn More: … Read more

Worldwide inventories of the key base metal have contracted by more than 60% since March.

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🌎 Global #copper stockpiles tracked by leading exchanges have collapsed to the lowest level since 2008, adding to signs of increased market tightness – Bloomberg*Worldwide inventories of the key base metal have contracted by more than 60% since March. pic.twitter.com/1OMgVakU7N — Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) January 18, 2021 Weekly economic activity @Theimmigrant84 pic.twitter.com/61QsP3YK3Z — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) January 18, … Read more

People Love Pointing Out “Bubbles”, but Few Are Willing to Jump in for the Ride

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by BarmeIo-Xanthony Disclaimer: If you take a fully passive approach, this doesn’t apply to you. DCAing VOO/SPY/whatever index is the best low effort way to get rich over time. Lately I’ve seen countless “it’s a bubble” posts everywhere. Are SPACs a bubble? Yes. Is green energy a bubble? Yes. Are EVs a bubble? 1000% yes. … Read more

A comprehensive list of tax filing resources

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by rnelsonee So most people should check out IRS Free File if your income is ≤$72,000. It’s a partership between the IRS and tax software companies; the companies agree to support at least some (if not all) common forms (but can also set an AGI below $72,000 for their editions). These are the forms/schedules Free File editions can support. … Read more

The Federal Reserve has such faith and confidence in the value of the U.S. Dollar that it wants you out of them as quickly as possible in order to spur inflation.

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The Federal Reserve has such faith and confidence in the value of the U.S. Dollar that it wants you out of them as quickly as possible in order to spur inflation. — John Tuld (@BradHuston) January 18, 2021 Let this sink in. In November & December the government issued $505B worth of Treasury notes and … Read more

2000 National Guards sworn as US Marshalls last night

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What explanation do you have for this? What US Marshalls do? Chief Lamont Ruffin from D.C. District Court swears in 2000 National Guard troops as Special Deputy U.S. Marshals prior to the upcoming presidential inauguration: https://t.co/vw5OC3maqV pic.twitter.com/oG6n1JgpiZ — U.S. Marshals Service (@USMarshalsHQ) January 18, 2021     h/t kelu

Bond Market’s MAJOR Indicator Worse Than Ever! Fed Broke the Market and Can’t Fix It

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The stock market continues to move higher and higher. We are seeing tech stocks, technology stocks rising higher and higher to new record highs constantly. Interest rates are very low and so investors are looking for places to put their capital, cash, money. Debt is expanding alongside this stock market growth. The bond market, sovereign … Read more

UNREAL! CNN’s Chris Cuomo Tries to ERASE His Own Words on BLM Riots but We Have ALL Evidence Here

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F5mFtJqYAQ Mike LaChance from American Lookout reports, Do you remember last spring when CNN’s Chris Cuomo defended left wing riots? He doesn’t. Here’s a reminder. As the left was burning and looting American cities, Cuomo went on TV and said: “Please show me where it says protesters are supposed to be polite and peaceful.” Read … Read more

Is China Run by Gangsters?

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Is China run by the mafia? That’s according to Elmer Yuen, a Hong Kong politician and activist, who is lobbying the US government to label the Chinese Communist Party as a Transnational Criminal Organization. The US economy and China economy are closely linked, and that makes US companies complicit with human rights violations in China, … Read more

Dems FREAK OUT As Rep. Gohmert DUNKS on Pelosi With Her Own Words She Will Forever Regret Saying!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EgLEROioIA Jim Hoft from The Gateway Pundit reports, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) flipped the script on Democrats on the House floor Wednesday. After a summer of Democrat-sanctioned rioting and $2 billion in damages, Democrats and their fake news media are trying desperately to push to the American public that Republicans and Trump supporters are the … Read more

LIFE IN THE BLUE ZONES: Portland ‘defund police’ activists have vandalized city commissioner’s home 7 times in 3 months.

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Portland City Commissioner Dan Ryan was the swing vote on a proposal to cut $18 million from the city’s police budget. That proposal came from fellow Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and was supported by Commissioner Chloe Eudaly. A group of Antifa/BLM activists saw Ryan as a potential third vote to pass the measure. Several dozen … Read more

IT’S AS IF ALL THE MEDIA “INSURRECTION” HYPE IS JUST SOUND AND FURY, SIGNIFYING NOTHING:

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Trump approval rating relatively unchanged in wake of Capitol rioting: NBC News poll. A poll released by NBC News on Sunday morning found that President Trump’s approval rating has remained relatively unchanged following deadly rioting by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month. The new poll found that 43 percent of voters gave Trump a positive job approval rating, … Read more

ANTITRUST: Facebook and Google allegedly cut a deal that reduced ad competition. “It hurts their chances of surviving antitrust cases.”

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The antitrust cases against Facebook and Google might have some additional fuel. The New York Times says it has obtained documents from Texas’ antitrust lawsuit elaborating on a “sweetheart deal” (first mentioned by the Wall Street Journal) Google gave to Facebook in 2018, allegedly reducing ad competition. Nicknamed “Jedi Blue,” it reportedly gave Facebook favors in ad header bidding, where sites could solicit ad space bids … Read more

Jim Rickards: Keynesian death spiral & $15,000 gold … Peter Schiff: What’s coming will be both worse and different … Doug Casey: Gold miners are going to be coining money …

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BY JOHN RUBINO Jim Rickards: Keynesian death spiral & $15,000 gold … Peter Schiff: What’s coming will be both worse and different … Doug Casey: Gold miners are going to be coining money … Gerald Celente: 2021 will be ‘dreadful’, ‘unprecedented’ … Mike Maloney: Why Tesla & solar could lead to a silver supply shock …

Joe Biden’s presidency could make America normal again? Since the election, things haven’t exactly gotten more normal so far…

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Joe Biden’s presidency could make America normal again. Our next president, Joe Biden, “will restore a bunch of norms,” vowed Barack Obama in November. And norms are exactly what America wants back. After boy genius Bill Clinton, blueblood heir to power George W. Bush, visionary hope-and-change merchant Barack Obama and disruptor Donald Trump, Joe Biden promises to … Read more

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe claims that China interfered in the 2020 election and that information was suppressed by the CIA management.

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https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1351161977129861121 DNI Ratcliffe Drops Bombshell Report, Alleges China Interfered in the 2020 Election DNI Ratcliffe Releases Report Showing China Interfered with the 2020 Election and CIA Management Pressured Analysts Not to Report It The EPOCH Times reported today: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe assessed that China interfered in the 2020 federal elections, according to a letter … Read more