Courtesy of John Rubino.
US dollar soaring, now at highest level of the year. Interest rates rising, bond prices falling. Mortgage rates up. Gold and silver correcting, setting the stage for the next bull market. 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
Did Trump just accidentally kill the golden goose? – MATA SII
As exciting as the 1930s – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Ringside with Steve Bannon at Trump Tower – Hollywood Reporter
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
Breaking News
The Economy
11/21 U.S. stocks climb to record as crude surges, dollar falls – Bloomberg
11/21 Credit bubble peak was marked by “totally crazy lending” – Wolf Street
11/21 Trump on the Fed, the debt ceiling, and trade – Zero Hedge
11/21 Japan imports continue decline – Bloomberg
11/21 Could Japan’s bond bubble get Trumped? – Japan Times
11/21 The coming financial backlash for Silicon Valley and more – Mark St. Cyr
11/21 The state level pension crisis: Jacksonville, Florida edition – Spectator
11/21 Negative rates are failing to halt savings obsession in Europe – Bloomberg
11/21 Dallas stares down a Texas-size threat of bankruptcy – New York Times
11/20 Fears over surge in populism lead EU leaders to hard Brexit stance – Euro Weekly
11/20 Italy’s banks in a slow-motion crisis. And Europe may pay – CNBC
11/20 Italy’s crisis turns into a multi-headed hydra – Wolf Street
11/20 4 reasons strong dollar may sink 2017 stock-market rally – MarketWatch
11/20 Follow the bouncing bonds – Nestmann
11/20 U.S. high-yield muni bond fund outflows set record – Reuters
11/20 Consumer spending expectations continue to decline – Mish
Precious Metals
11/21 Physical gold long-term “hedge against governments” – GoldCore
11/21 Silver gets ugly – Seeking Alpha
11/21 Reg Howe: Gold is Trump’s trump – GATA
11/21 Chinese firm wins Barrick’s half of big Australian mine – GATA
11/21 El Dorado Gold is set to outperform – Seeking Alpha
11/21 “Sharia Gold Standard” will add 100 mil investors to gold market – MunKnee
11/21 Gold’s 2016 bull market moving off course – Daily Gold
11/21 Is silver set to surge off significant support? – Zero Hedge
11/20 Gold miners dividend increases may be premature – Reuters
11/20 Gold junior/senior miner ratio not breaking down – Seeking Alpha
11/20 Trump and gold: the look ahead – Daily Reckoning
11/20 Four reasons why gold is a bad investment – Forbes
11/19 U.S. silver market’s two significant developments in August – SRSrocco Report
11/19 Gov coming after your money–how to protect yourself – Casey Research
11/19 Gold miners’ Q3’16 fundamentals – GoldSeek
11/19 Koos Jansen: China’s banks don’t really have much gold – GATA
11/19 Billionaires Stan Druckenmiller, George Soros sold their gold stocks – Motley Fool
11/18 Gold at 5-1/2-month low on strong dollar, Yellen comments – Reuters
11/18 Strong dollar blocking silver price recovery – Economic Calendar
11/18 May never get to buy gold at this level again – GoldAndOilGuy
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
11/21 Yuan falls to 8-year low as central bank cuts reference rate – Bloomberg
11/21 France and Italy aversion to fiscal austerity will keep dollar up – CNBC
11/21 Currency vigilantes ready to strike again – Bloomberg
11/21 Which of these currencies will hit parity against the dollar? – CNBC
11/20 How a universal basic income would transform society – Uplift Connect
11/20 Developed countries’ currencies solely driven by politics – CNBC
11/20 No compromise in sight, EU ministers at odds over immigration – Ekathimerini
11/20 Oil gains five percent on the week on OPEC hopes – Reuters
11/20 Higher interest rates, inflation coming soon – The Street
11/20 Inflation makes BOE’s response to higher unemployment difficult – Market Pulse
Real Estate Bubble
11/21 Whiff of panic in Miami’s condo market – Wolf Street
11/21 Will Trump economy derail soaring real estate prices? – Our Broker
11/21 Housing in a time of rising mortgage rates – My Budget 360
11/19 Bond carnage hits mortgage rates. but this time, it’s real – Wolf Street
11/19 San Fran home sales crash to lowest level since 2008 – Zero Hedge
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
11/21 Merkel’s fourth election will be her toughest – Bloomberg
11/21 Sarkozy’s out, but Le Pen isn’t a shoo-in for the French presidency – Guardian
11/21 Fear and loathing inside the deep state – The Saker
11/21 Sarkozy outed in first round of French elections – Mish
11/21 Grey champion assumes command (part two) – Burning Platform
11/21 Clinton’s popular vote lead over trump now exceeds 1.5 million – ABC News
11/21 Hillary Clinton’s campaign was killed in a barrage of friendly fire – Daily Kos
11/20 ‘Political amateurs are conquering the world’ – Euro News
11/20 Donald Trump, America’s first independent president – Washington Post
11/20 Donald Trump, Mitt Romney hold ‘far-reaching’ talk on world affairs – USA Today
11/20 Clinton’s loss weakens Merkel, Trump’s victory strengthens Le Pen – Navhind Times
11/20 Did Trump just inadvertently kill the golden goose? – MATA SII
11/20 “People no longer care if politicians tell the truth” – MATA SII
11/20 France set to vote for rightwing candidate to face Le Pen – Guardian
11/20 French politics scrambling for who can defeat Marine Le Pen – Telegraph
11/20 Post Trump, can Europe’s far right be stopped? – New Arab
11/20 Ron Paul on whether Trump can ‘drain the swamp’ – Fox Business
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
11/21 Trump has little control over green energy and climate change – Salon
11/21 Electric cars provide little threat to oil demand – Oil Price
11/19 Alabama to build largest solar farm, with power for 15K homes – Computer World
11/19 Car companies moving into home energy storage business – Salon
11/18 Power to the people: Solar panel sales to soon surpass leasing – ITWorld
11/18 Tesla’s solar shingles will cost less than a dumb roof – Bloomberg
11/17 What is solar energy’s future under Trump? – Medill
11/17 Tesla’s ludicrously fast car may get more punch – CNBC
Art of the Collapse
11/21 After Trump bashing, SNL goes after mainstream media “fake” news – Zero Hedge
11/20 See Alec Baldwin return to ‘SNL’ as overwhelmed Donald Trump – Rolling Stone
11/20 Did Trump just inadvertently kill the golden goose? – MATA SII
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
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
11/21 Police clash with North Dakota pipeline protesters, arrest one – Reuters
11/19 UK lawmakers approve ‘most sweeping’ surveillance powers – Yahoo!
11/19 Obama, EU agree to keep sanctions on Russia – Mish
11/18 Why the world needs WikiLeaks – New York Times
11/18 America’s top spy talks Snowden leaks and our ominous future – Wired
11/17 NATO prepares for Trump presidency – Spiegel
11/17 Nick Turse, America, the election, and the dismal tide – Tom Dispatch
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
11/20 Chemical, radioactive and heavy metal contamination – Dr. Sircus
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
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
11/20 US has “clear proof” of Russia’s involvement in cyber attacks – Censor
11/19 Certain android mobile devices can steal your bitcoin – Coin Telegraph
11/17 Wickedly clever USB stick installs a backdoor on locked PCs – Wired
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
11/21 Airbnb’s ambitious second act will take it way beyond couch-surfing – Vanity Fair
11/21 Amazon to sell fiat Chrysler cars online – Mish
11/19 Woah, Google’s AI is really good at Pictionary – Wired
11/19 OK, J.K. Rowling—enough already with the world-building – Wired
11/18 The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal – WaPo
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
