Courtesy of John Rubino.
Interest rates becoming the main story. Bond yields and mortgage rates up, emerging market bonds and stocks down. Gold and silver stabilizing, mining stocks begin to recover. Political class still searching for an explanation (see “Best of the Web”). Trump’s cabinet takes shape, with mostly old and a few new faces.
Best Of The Web
The technosphere hiccups – Club Orlov
Did president-elect Trump just kill the golden goose? – MATA SII
No more flyover country – Automatic Earth
The cognitive dissonance cluster bomb – Dilbert
Get ready… change is upon us – Peak Prosperity
Trump won yet gold is falling…why? – Seeking Alpha
Trump’s revolution is over – Gary North
President Trump: How America got it so wrong – Rolling Stone
How to survive the next four years – Vanity Fair
Who lost: a biased media, pundits, pollsters, political parties, more – OfTwoMinds.com
Commentary: The unbearable smugness of the press – CBS News
The ruling elite is protected from the consequences of its dominance – Charles Hugh Smith
Democrats, Trump, & dangerous refusal to learn the lesson of Brexit – Intercept
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Breaking News
The Economy
11/17 Bond vigilantes are back, and Trump better pay attention – CNBC
11/17 Trump digs in for major U.S. trade reset with the world – CNBC
11/17 Canadian province to give every citizen $1,320 income boost – Independent
11/17 Singapore’s Oct. exports shrink 12% on-year, raising recession risks – CNBC
11/17 Rickards: financial crisis coming soon, will be different – Bloomberg
11/17 Another financial warning sign is flashing in China – Bloomberg
11/17 DryShip plummets 67% after reopening – Zero Hedge
11/17 BOJ first unlimited bond buys get no bids after yields retreated – Bloomberg
11/17 Industrial production far worse than first glance look – Mish
11/17 Pension battle pushes precedent in distressed CA town – Bloomberg
11/17 Jim Rickards describes coming shut down of us financial system – Schiff Gold
11/17 The Trump effect: negative-yielding debt plummets – Investopedia
11/17 HSBC: ‘Politics is the new economics’ in the markets – Business Insider
11/17 Illinois’ wealth flight explained in 4 graphics – Illinois Policy
11/17 Illinois’ unfunded pension liabilities reach $130 billion: study – Reuters
Precious Metals
11/17 Islamic gold – vital new dynamic in physical gold market – GoldCore
11/17 No, inflation isn’t bad for gold – Business Insider
11/17 Is India seriously considering a gold import ban? – Oil Price
11/17 India’s currency changes caused a gold rush last week – Washington Post
11/17 Gold set to get a boost as Trump’s spending plans fuel inflation – CNBC
11/17 How a Trump White House could affect gold stocks – Motley Fool
11/17 Peak gold globally – “bullish for gold” – GoldCore
11/17 Gold and the real interest rate – Seeking Alpha
11/17 Forget the narrative, time is on gold’s side – Kitco
11/17 What does the gold-to-silver ratio tell us? – Seeking Alpha
11/16 Gold: what’s next? – Merk Investments
11/16 Gold commitments of traders – SafeHaven
11/16 Soros more than doubles stake in Barrick Gold as shares drop – GATA
11/16 What are fractional coin sizes? – APMEX
11/16 Gold miner Kirkland Lake rises on bid talk; Yamana declines – Reuters
11/16 India, not Trump, is the real reason behind the crash in gold prices – MarketWatch
11/16 Why Evolution is the best gold stock to buy – Barron’s
11/16 Hecla Mining: all things considered – Seeking Alpha
11/16 Of course precious metals prices are manipulated – Nestmann
11/16 Pan American reports strong quarter, raises forecast – Yahoo!
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
11/17 Why Donald Trump must shut down the Federal Reserve – Economic Collapse
11/17 Inflation is going to rise; here’s how to protect yourself – US News
11/17 Warnings of massive asset deflation ahead – SRSrocco Report
11/17 Saudis, China dump Treasuries – Zero Hedge
11/17 Swiss National Bank leaders say ready to curb strong franc – Daily Mail
11/17 The price of bitcoin just jumped $30 in one hour – Coin Desk
11/16 US Producer Price Index unchanged in Oct vs. 0.3% increase expected – CNBC
11/16 Dollar index rises to 14-year high, pullback expected – Reuters
11/16 Strong dollar will be bad for emerging market securities – Forbes
11/16 Dollar rise a threat to global financial stability: BIS – Reuters
Real Estate Bubble
11/17 Mortgage rates soar to 10-month high after Trump bond rout – Bloomberg
11/17 The $11-trillion commercial property bubble in the US – Wolf Street
11/16 U.S. mortgage applications gauge slumps to lowest since January – Bloomberg
11/15 Panic as Trump effect pushes mortgage rates to 4% – CNBC
11/14 More troubling signs for NYC real estate as rent concessions soar – 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
11/17 GOP rushes to embrace Trump – The Hill
11/17 How America decided, at the last moment, to elect Donald Trump – Washington Post
11/17 For a libertarian foreign policy: five key fixes – Ron Paul Institute
11/17 The real reason Rand Paul opposes John Bolton for secretary of state – Washington Post
11/17 Noam Chomsky: similarities between Trump, Brexit, Marine Le Pen – Blasting News
11/17 Marine Le Pen could win presidential election in 2017 – Independent
11/17 You are still crying wolf – Slate Star Codex
11/17 War-torn Hillary emerges – Zero Hedge
11/17 The one big thing I got wrong about Donald Trump – Washington Post
11/17 Hillary Clinton’s popular-vote victory unprecedented and growing – Nation
11/16 Why aren’t Donald Trump’s epic conflicts of interest illegal? – Fortune
11/16 Rand Paul opposes both Giuliani and Bolton for secretary of state – Guardian
11/16 Warren assails Trump for ‘Wall Street elites’ on transition team – Bloomberg
11/16 After Trump’s victory, Marine Le Pen’s win seems ‘dangerously plausible’ – Telegraph
11/16 Give Marine Le Pen platform for racist views, then challenge them – Guardian
11/16 Impossible made possible by Trump win – CNN
11/16 Macron launches French presidential bid as polls show tight race – Reuters
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
11/17 What is solar energy’s future under Trump? – Medill
11/17 Tesla’s ludicrously fast car may get more punch – CNBC
11/16 Can Chevy Bolt wake Americans up to advantages of electric cars? – Salon
11/15 Fears over solar and wind power reliability ‘overblown’ – Telegraph
11/15 Microsoft announces biggest-ever wind energy buy – Fortune
11/15 Can Trump derail the EV revolution? – Oil Price
11/12 How utilities can spend $5b on new wind farms & lower electric rates – Forbes
11/11 How solar is changing the climate game – World Bank
Art of the Collapse
11/14 Dave Chappelle pledges to give Trump a chance in genius “SNL” monologue – Salon
11/11 Samantha Bee slams white women after Donald Trump’s win – Vanity Fair
11/10 Breaking news from Canada – Burning Platform
11/07 SNL’s biting criticism of Donald Trump’s media coverage – WaPo
11/04 Black Jeopardy is best political sketch this year – WaPo
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
11/17 Nato prepares for Trump presidency – Spiegel
11/17 Nick Turse, America, the election, and the dismal tide – Tom Dispatch
11/17 Russians launch “massive strikes” on syrian terrorist targets – Zero Hedge
11/16 Ron Paul: don’t confuse defense spending with military spending – Noozhawk
11/16 The terrifying prospect of an Attorney General Giuliani – Washington Post
11/16 Amid crisis, police departments relaxing hiring standards – Salt Lake Tribune
11/15 Germany launches biggest crackdown on Islamists in 15 years – Zero Hedge
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
11/16 How do startup robo advisers stack up against the big banks? – MarketWatch
11/14 These survival food and water mistakes could kill any prepper – Survival Sullivan
11/10 Poison – Dr. Sircus
11/09 Prepping mistakes (all of them are here) – Survival Sullivan
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
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
11/17 Wickedly clever USB stick installs a backdoor on locked PCs – Wired
11/14 Security news this week: what Trump’s win means for cybersecurity – Wired
11/11 Trump’s win signals open season for Russia’s political hackers – Wired
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
11/17 The absurdity of laws against prostitution – FFF
11/17 Trump’s environmental adviser: pesticides aren’t bad for you – Mother Jones
11/17 Brahms & democracy – Antonius Aquinas
11/16 Could these marijuana stocks continue buzzing from election results? – MunKnee
11/16 Humans aren’t just changing the climate, but life itself – Bloomberg
11/16 Denver is first city in US to allow pot in bars, restaurants – CNBC
11/15 Germany, Denmark step up bird flu controls – DW
11/15 Trump will quit global climate accord – hurray! – Dr. Sircus
11/14 As Trump heads to WA, global warming nears tipping point – Bloomberg
11/11 Marijuana wins big, as dark struggles loom – AlterNet
11/10 And the winner of the 2016 election is… WEED! – Anti Media
