Which One Wins: Central Planning or Adaptive Networks?

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by Charles Hugh-Smith Those who are betting on Central Planning do not understand the essential role of adaptation. The global economy is in the midst of a grand experiment pitting centralization (Central Planning) against the evolutionary model of adaptive, self-organizing networks. Centralization is the dominant dynamic of the Status Quo everywhere: the economies of China, Japan, … Read more

Crude oil trading strategy for beginners

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Crude oil is one of the world’s most demanded commodities and its price fluctuations make it very attractive to traders. With a strong trading plan and strategy, investing in crude oil can bring you huge profits. Find out more below about the “black gold” market, what influences it and how you can enter it in … Read more

“An Unavoidable Global Recession”: The Warnings Get Louder As Worldwide Economic Numbers Continue To Deteriorate

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by Michael Snyder  Economic numbers all over the world continue to get worse, and as you will see below, even New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is now warning of “an unavoidable global recession”.  Unfortunately, most Americans still have absolutely no idea that this is happening.  Most ordinary citizens are still under the impression that everything … Read more

Hello Old Friend…Gold Nears $1,350 Resistance That Has Repelled It Four Times In 5 Years

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by John Rubino The past five years have been baffling for gold bugs. In an environment of massive central bank money creation, rising government deficits and a populist takeover of many countries’ political systems – all of which should be great for safe haven assets – gold has spiked to around $1,350 four times, only … Read more

The Red Ponzi Goes Berserk In January—New Debt Equals 5% Of GDP In One Month! 47% Of Chinese Home Mortgages Are On Unoccupied Units

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By David Stockman Rabobank: China’s Borrowing Was Insane: In January It Borrowed 5% Of GDP In One Month Yes, this is one month, and Lunar New Year means we need to see the February/March data too; but if the January pace is kept up China is already throwing the whole kitchen at the economy. It borrowed … Read more

Last Year Was Not An Anomaly. Outlook For 2019: Trapped by Liquidity

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via Daniel Lacalle  For 2019, the key factors that we need to think about are what is going to be the outlook on three levels: monetary, macro, and earnings. Watch my entire interview at Real Vision here. In general, considering where expectations are right now, we are still in a stealth downgrade mode, Industrial production, and ISMs are slowly descending … Read more

Just So Crazy It Might Work

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by Chris   This is pretty funny, but it also says something about where we are in the bubble times too (and maybe more than a little about Sillicon Valley and how it’s so drunk on self-importance that it could not detect an in-its-face parody?). Here’s the set up: “Exactly 7 days before the October … Read more

My Amazon Perspective

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by Dave In a recent interview with Richard Dolan, CAF talks about the missing money and a bunch of other things.  But buried in the interview was her oft-made observation about how the theme of Mr Global’s operation: centralizing profits. And that’s what Amazon has done.  They’ve centralized the profits.  Same with Google.  Same with … Read more

Germany is in a recession, Schauble and Merkel hate each other, Paris still burning… everything is great in EU

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Last week in #projectfear: – Piss off Japanese & Chinese; – No closer to Brexit deal; – Labour splits; – TM defeated in pointless vote; – Honda announces closure of plant; – UK econ growth hits 6 yr low; – Children chant ‘fuck Theresa May;’ 39 days. It’s fine. https://twitter.com/NinaDSchick/status/1097517488106061829 The December industrial production figures … Read more

Precisely- all after a “pause”

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pic.twitter.com/ycRx4nOE1O — mikeo188 (@mikeo188) February 18, 2019 pic.twitter.com/DdI9yd3TNv — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 18, 2019 Yardeni Research Boom-Bust Barometer negatively diverging S&P500 pic.twitter.com/cNPynWAVq6 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 18, 2019   EU mfg complex headed <50 print pic.twitter.com/SxtSuH0yVG — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 18, 2019    

Suckers Rally? Berkshire’s Revealing 13F: Buffett Didn’t Buy The Dip – Didn’t Add To Apple, Sold Oracle, Bought Banks

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via seekingalpha: Despite the brief mini-bear of Q4 Berkshire’s stock buys exceeded sells by less than $1 billion despite a $100 billion cash position. The fact that Buffett didn’t buy the dip is important information. He did, however, make adds to six large banks, swamping all other actions on the buy side. Despite its large decline, … Read more

Gold Could Regain Status as a True Global Currency

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From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: Gold is the next global currency of choice, a new catalyst will drive silver prices higher in 2019, and Russia considers abandoning gold taxes to boost investment in the metal. Gold Will Become the … Read more

The War On Drugs Is The Dumbest Ever: How El Chapo’s Third-Grade Education Beat The Fed’s Billions

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via theamericanconservative: On Tuesday, the jury in the federal court of Brooklyn found Joaquin “El Chapo”Guzmán guilty of all 10 counts of the drug trafficking offenses that had been brought against him. For good reason, the head of the Sinaloa Cartel will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. However, Chapo’s incarceration leaves us with … Read more