Courtesy of John Rubino.
Longest, most brutal presidential campaign finally about to end. Polls give Clinton slight lead. US student and auto debt soaring. China trade contracts again. Stocks retracing some of yesterday’s relief rally. “Best Of” articles from Doug Noland, Deep Connections and Hussman Funds.
Best Of The Web
Watch the EU banks after Us election gyrations are over – MATA SII
Tech is disrupting all before it – even democracy is in its sights – Guardian
The upshot of inflationism – Credit Bubble Bulletin
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
11/08 This is how consumers turn into debt slaves – Wolf Street
11/08 The global bond bubble is ready to burst – Financial Sense
11/08 Boeing’s retiring boomers underscore U.S. manufacturing plight – Bloomberg
11/08 We’re screwed no matter who wins today – Nestmann
11/08 $30 oil or worse if OPEC fails – Oil Price
11/08 China October dollar-denominated exports -7.3% on-year, imports -1.4% – CNBC
11/08 World’s #3 economy headed towards a fiscal crisis? – National Interest
11/08 Student, auto loans hit all time high as consumer credit jumps $19 bln – Zero Hedge
11/08 Wealth of world’s richest people rebounds by $37bn – Zero Hedge
11/08 Pension burdens of 50 largest local governments hit 147% of revenue – ValueWalk
11/07 Stocks rise, Treasuries fall with gold as Clinton gets FBI boost – Bloomberg
11/07 Obama’s successor inherits bond market at epic turning point – Bloomberg
11/07 Canadian economy shrinks as quickly as in the last crisis – Most Important News
11/07 US stocks open sharply higher as FBI clears Clinton – MarketWatch
11/07 These 3 charts should scare the Bejesus out of you! – MunKnee
11/07 Both Trump, Clinton could lead to 25% sell-off – CNBC
11/07 Five reasons to blame economics discipline for today’s problems – Forbes
Precious Metals
11/08 Gold: vulnerable until rates are hiked – 321Gold
11/08 Lovers and central banks walk away from gold’s scorching rally – GATA
11/08 Islamic finance nears final standard for gold-based products – GATA
11/08 Will BOJ’s new framework become a turning point for gold? – Seeking Alpha
11/08 Gold: fundamentals do matter – Seeking Alpha
11/08 Gold has no place in a modern monetary system! – Talk Markets
11/08 People’s Bank of China adds 5 tons of gold to reserves in Sept. – Smaulgld
11/08 Silver prices and the train wreck known as national debt – GoldAndLiberty
11/08 Swiss National Bank trims gold and silver mining – Smaulgld
11/08 What to make of Great Panther Silver’s earnings – Seeking Alpha
11/08 Gold always wins – Talk Markets
11/08 The biggest opportunity today isn’t in stocks or bonds – 24hGold
11/08 Tahoe resources – fairly valued after 3rd quarter earnings – Seeking Alpha
11/08 Hedge funds are hiding out in gold – Bloomberg
11/07 Gold falls most in a month as FBI’s twist favors Clinton – Bloomberg
11/07 Kinross flubs earnings, Torex crushes earnings – Seeking Alpha
11/07 Weekend edition: Our key advice on buying gold stocks – Casey Research
11/07 Are longs buying gold or shorts covering? – Seeking Alpha
11/07 Trump surge sends investors to gold – Fox Business
11/07 Gold Resource’s CEO Jason Reid on Q3 2016 results – Seeking Alpha
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
11/08 Yuan heads toward six-year low as capital outflows spur weakness – Bloomberg
11/08 Cash still king in Japan, and that could be a problem for the BOJ – Bloomberg
11/08 War on cash strikes India – Zero Hedge
11/08 Shrinkflation hits the UK – Zero Hedge
11/08 Venezuelan currency crisis – ITM Trading
11/08 Presidential election won’t stop the mother of all deflations – SRSrocco Report
11/08 Economists to German QE critics: you’re wrong – Bloomberg
11/08 Are your medical expenses up only 5% from year ago? – Mish
11/08 Will bitcoin become the new “Swiss bank account?” – Guardian
11/07 Negative yields in Japan don’t look so bad with deflation – Bloomberg
Real Estate Bubble
11/07 Attempts to cool over-heating property market are failing – AFR
11/05 Miami-Dade real estate had a rough 3 months – Miami Herald
11/04 Toronto home prices surge in October, undaunted by new rules – Bloomberg
11/04 Mortgage rates jump as inflation stirs to life – MarketWatch
11/03 The mega rich have found an unlikely new refuge – Bloomberg
DollarCollapse Podcasts
11/04 Instability on the horizon
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
Politics
11/08 Here’s the WikiLeaks bombshell on Clinton that is still to come – Wall St. On Parade
11/08 The fat lady has a sore throat – 24hGold
11/08 Your complete guide to election day and night – Zero Hedge
11/08 Email exposes Ariana Huffington “using Huffpo to echo Hillary” – Zero Hedge
11/08 National race a dead-heat as polls swing in toss-up states – Zero Hedge
11/08 7 things to know about Clinton and Trump before you vote – WaPo
11/08 Election update: Clinton gains, and the polls magically converge – FiveThirtyEight
11/08 Hillary Clinton is one state away from losing the election – Red State
11/08 Adapting Libertarianism to warfare/welfare state – Daily Bell
11/08 My sister voted for Hillary Clinton yesterday – Daily Kos
11/07 How the Harry Reid machine may have killed Trump’s chances – Politico
11/07 This election has disgraced the entire profession of journalism – Observer
11/07 Ignore past elections, this one’s too uncertain – GoldCore
11/07 Trump, Clinton in all-out battle for New Hampshire – Real Clear Politics
11/07 Hillary appears to gain late momentum on surge of Latino voters – NY Times
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
11/08 Trump would slash spending on climate, clean energy if elected – Greentech Media
11/08 Mercedes-Benz launches a US energy storage company – Greentech Media
11/08 Here’s everything new about Tesla’s updated Powerwall 2.0 – Greentech Media
11/08 When bats look for meals near wind power, bats die – New York Times
11/06 Alliant: Solar may be the future of Iowa energy – Spencer Daily Reporter
11/06 Sorry Elon Musk, best solar power doesn’t go on your roof – Forbes
11/06 Tesla, ‘world’s safest car,’ explodes like a bomb – Daily Bell
11/05 Renewable energy grows in an unlikely place: the sunny Mideast – New York Times
Art of the Collapse
11/07 SNL’s biting criticism of Donald Trump’s media coverage – WaPo
11/04 Black Jeopardy is best political sketch this year – WaPo
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
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
11/08 How pervasive and dangerous mass surveillance is – Intercept
11/08 FBI documents show why Americans should worry – Intercept
11/08 Gun control measures expected to win in four states – Reuters
11/08 China’s new fighter jet can’t touch US planes it rips off – Wired
11/08 Globalist plan for human control – BATR
11/08 Islamic State’s ‘dark universe’: cyberwar, killer drones and poison clouds – UPI
11/07 Afghan Governor pleads for Australian help as soldiers defect to Taliban – ABC
11/07 Europe’s new blasphemy courts – Gatestone Institute
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
11/08 The ultimate zero to hero guide to prepping – Survival Sullivan
11/07 This FRUIT PEEL fights pain, heart attack and stroke – Lose The Back Pain
11/07 Election chaos fears have preppers stockpiling survival food – CNBC
11/07 Foundation training for back pain relief and general fitness – Mercola
11/05 The secret to staying young is broccoli and cabbage – MarketWatch
11/04 How to counteract the ill effects of working the night shift – Mercola
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
11/08 Internet of Things wrestles with making smart devices safer – Yahoo!
11/08 Obama may unleash cyberwar on Russia after election – Gizmodo
11/08 NATO cyberwar challenge: Establish rules of engagement – CNN
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
11/08 Voters could legalize marijuana for quarter of all Americans – Reuters
11/08 Earth just experienced the hottest five years on record – Bloomberg
11/07 Naomi Klein: What have we left for our children? – Guardian
11/06 Humans came out of Australia, not Africa – Daily Bell
11/04 Face electrodes let you taste and chew in virtual reality – New Scientist
11/04 Robot sex act to be offered with your latte at Swiss café – CNBC
11/04 Part of CA pulled out of five-year drought thanks to October rain – CNBC
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!
