Courtesy of John Rubino.
Private sector jobs growth disappoints, auto sales slip. US GDP, consumer spending up strongly, will be revised downward after the election. Facebook shares fall on weak guidance. The dollar is rising and so is inflation. FBI probing new Clinton emails, polls tightening.
Best Of The Web
The clear and present danger list for the week ending Oct. 28 – Deep Connections
Metals and PMIs; translating the economy – Seeking Alpha
Far beyond double – Hussman Funds
Hey Fed, enough is enough – Jim Grant
We risk being collaterial damage in the neocon lust for war – Peak Prosperity
In bonds, no one can hear you scream – ETF Trends
How a pillar of German banking lost its way – Spiegel
Weekly commentary: Peak monetary stimulus – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Hoisington Management quarterly review and outlook, 3Q 2016 – Mauldin Economics
Bill Fleckenstein interview – King World News
Ungovernability – Automatic Earth
Gold’s secular bull market continues – 50 amazing charts – Mountain Vision
Politicians must tell free market from corporate stitch-up – Telegraph
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Breaking News
The Economy
11/03 Factory orders see third straight rise in September – MarketWatch
11/03 It’s not election that’s killing stock and bond prices – Forbes
11/03 Jobless claims hit 3-month high of 265,000 – MarketWatch
11/03 Analysts react to U.K. high court Brexit ruling – MarketWatch
11/03 China slowdown deepens looming pension crisis – Wall Street Journal
11/03 Kentucky plans to pull at least $800 million from hedge funds – Wall Street Journal
11/03 Deutsche Bank set to be among hardest hit by new capital rules – Reuters
11/03 More signs of “strong US consumer” emerge as auto repos soar – Zero Hedge
11/03 Is this the most bearish oil report of all time? – Oil Price
11/03 Hedge fund clients dump humans for computers and still lose – Bloomberg
11/03 The danger to your portfolio from a Trump win is huge – MarketWatch
11/03 The restaurant recession has arrived – MarketWatch
11/03 Retirement dreams becoming nightmares – Daily Coin
11/03 What keeps Elliott’s Paul Singer up at night – Zero Hedge
11/03 Last 3 times this happened, world was gripped by financial crisis – Zero Hedge
11/03 Thanks to Obamacare, government debt is worse than you think – Forbes
11/03 The potential ‘economic catastrophe’ that no one is talking about – CNBC
Precious Metals
11/03 Royal Gold reports record quarterly revenue and earnings per share – Business Wire
11/03 Gold still in a bull market – Gold And Liberty
11/03 Gold on steroids: the perfect election trade – Daily Reckoning
11/03 Great Panther reports Q3 profit – Great Panther
11/03 Why gold ‘only clear winner’ among commodities if Trump wins – MarketWatch
11/03 Gold backs off on profit taking, Brexit news – Kitco
11/02 Buy gold no matter who wins the election, HSBC says – Bloomberg
11/02 The Rosen market timing letter – 321Gold
11/02 Gold Prices: “potential wildfire waiting for the right spark” – MunKnee
11/02 3 major catalysts are poised to send gold to the moon – Casey Research
11/02 These gold, silver stocks are flashing buy signals on Trump, dollar – Investors
11/02 Three precious metals candidates for the next round of M&A – Streetwise Reports
11/01 Gold: End of the year excitement – 321Gold
11/01 Silver Krugerrands by South African Mint coming soon – GoldCore
11/01 This is what will move gold in 2017 – SilverDoctors
11/01 Newmont revises dividend policy on higher gold prices, free cash flow – Market Realist
11/01 What led to Barrick Gold’s 3Q16 earnings beat? – Market Realist
11/01 3 terrible reasons to buy Great Panther Silver Ltd. – Motley Fool
10/31 Speculators finally start buying back gold positions – Seeking Alpha
10/31 The golden rule for next week – Seeking Alpha
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
11/03 Why are inflation expectations rising? – SafeHaven
11/03 Monetary tricks no longer work – Daily Coin
11/03 Falling global interest rates are a ‘trend’ not a ‘fad’ – Seeking Alpha
11/03 Super-carry goes ballistic as ruble’s not atrocious – Bloomberg
11/03 Venezuela is in trouble, and it only seems to be getting worse – CNBC
11/03 Bitcoin prices: why traders are going crazy over bitcoin – Profit Confidential
11/03 Venezuelans are turning to bitcoin as the bolívar crumbles – Quartz
11/03 Bitcoin isn’t anonymous enough to be a currency – Live Mint
11/03 Bitcoin soars on its eighth birthday – Dollar Vigilante
11/02 Central banks and the revenge of politics – Project Syndicate
Real Estate Bubble
11/03 The mega rich have found an unlikely new refuge – Bloomberg
11/03 Vancouver home sales fall 39% as new rules chill market – Bloomberg
11/03 Quicken and others dominate low-down payment mortgage market – MarketWatch
10/30 Shadow banks are taking over the mortgage market again – CNBC
10/27 Pending home sales leap on strong demand – MarketWatch
DollarCollapse Podcasts
10/04 European banks in the eye of the storm
9/13 Markets explain facts of life to Fed
8/16 A tough time to manage money
7/27 Random violence and political instability: the new normal
7/21 It’s not the event but the response to the event that matters
7/01 Brexit was just the beginning
6/25 The deeper meaning of Brexit
6/08 Gold Will Soar, Marijuana Will Be Legal
5/23 Hard times for obsolete entities
5/14 Chaos spreads to US retailers and Italian banks
Politics
11/03 Donald Trump more trustworthy than Hillary Clinton, poll finds – Time
11/03 FBI: Clinton foundation moving towards “likely indictment” – Real Clear Politics
11/03 Assessing Trump’s chances with six days remaining – Mish
11/03 Trump vs. Clinton: Could the polls be wrong? – CNN
11/03 Donald Trump & the passion of the Christ – Antonius Aquinas
11/03 Why the US presidential election has the entire world confused – Alt Market
11/03 Collusion between Clinton Campaign, State Department, NY Times – Zero Hedge
11/03 “The dam is breaking” – Daily Reckoning
11/03 Hillary’s early black voter turnout plunges in key swing states – Zero Hedge
11/02 Politics as usual is dead – Charles Hugh Smith
11/02 Hillary Clinton: Wall Street’s favorite enemy – Reuters
11/02 Clintons under multiple FBI investigations – Wall St. On Parade
11/02 Hillary Clinton is irreparably damaged, even if she wins – MarketWatch
11/02 After another release of documents, FBI caught in a partisan fray – Washington Post
11/02 Trump tells early voters to to change their ballots – ABC News
Offshore Investing
10/28 Social mood is changing – prepare your offshore nest egg – Mountain Vision
10/07 Panama Papers? Try UNITED STATES Papers? – Mountain Vision
9/14 4 totally legal reasons to use an offshore structure – Nestmann
7/20 Costa Rica: Central America’s hidden gem – Sovereign Investor
Clean Tech
11/03 First Solar in re-evaluation of production, module tech strategies – PV-Tech
11/03 The plot thickens in Florida as solar advocates sue over Amendment 1 – PV-Tech
11/03 All Canadian federal government buildings to go 100% green by 2025 – PV-Tech
11/03 Enphase’s microinverter pricing strategy boosts shipments in Q3 – PV-Tech
11/02 The lithium boom has a new player in Argentina – 321Gold
11/02 Amazon orders wind farm in Ohio to help power cloud business – Seattle Times
11/01 Falling costs and tech innovations will drive offshore wind power boom – India Times
11/01 No one saw Tesla’s solar roof coming – Bloomberg
10/31 Will electric cars be cost competitive by 2020? – Oil Price
Art of the Collapse
11/02 Anthony Weiner sends apology sext to entire Clinton campaign – Onion
10/31 Artist’s impression of 2017 inauguration day – Zero Hedge
10/31 Donald Trump’s brain-worms finally reveal themselves – Cracked
10/26 Forget Trump and Clinton – watch SNL’s’Black Jeopardy’ sketch – Washington Post
10/25 Trump and Clinton’s third debate gets mocked brilliantly by SNL – BGR
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
11/02 NATO builds up offensive capability on borders of Russia & Belarus – RT
11/02 Turkey rejects Europe’s ‘red line’ on press freedom after detentions – Reuters
11/02 Why is MI5 making such a fuss about Russia? – Guardian
11/02 Battle for Mosul intensifies as Iraqi forces enter city – MarketWatch
11/01 NYU prof who spoke against “safe spaces,” “trigger warnings” pushed out – ZH
11/01 48% of Russians fear Syrian conflict will lead to WWIII – Zero Hedge
10/31 The loosening grip: a beginner’s guide to death throes – Fred On Everything
10/31 Iraqi forces resume offensive towards eastern Mosul – Reuters
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
11/02 Electroacupuncture lowers hypertension by activating natural opioids – Kurzweil
11/02 The clever pen on a mission to finally kill the tape measure – Wired
11/01 Boosting antioxidants may help resist age-related decline – Kurzweil
10/31 New cookbook demystifies process of following ketogenic diet – Mercola
10/31 Doubts about the promised bounty of genetically modified crops – New York Times
10/30 Surviving a lethal force encounter – Reluctant Preppers
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
11/03 Julian Assange: “The source of hacked emails is not Russia” – Zero Hedge
11/01 What to do if a retailer says you’ve been hacked – CNBC
10/30 Russian official hacked, report says – US News
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
11/02 New study debunks consensus that math abilities are innate – Kurzweil
11/02 Chain-smoking robot not just hilarious – it’s a big deal – Wired
11/01 Here’s what Vinod Khosla expects to see in 40 years – Bloomberg
10/31 Got bank? Election could create flood of marijuana cash – Yahoo!
10/31 The iconoclast – Texas Monthly
10/31 Major bull market in Canadian cannabis stocks to continue – MunKnee
10/31 How Donald Trump changed the dating world – Politico
10/30 HBO officially killed cable bundle, ESPN looks biggest victim – Zero Hedge
10/30 Weed growers racing to register strains on bitcoin blockchain – Motherboard
10/29 How to make 2016 the most offensive Halloween ever – Zero Hedge
10/28 Americans are dying faster. Millennials, too – Bloomberg