Courtesy of John Rubino.
Stocks, the dollar, oil and gold open the year on a bullish note. US manufacturing expands. Global debt continues to soar. US retaliates against alleged Russian hacking. Fake news debate rages.
Best Of The Web
Fears of a ‘massive’ global property price fall – Telegraph
Happy New Year! – FOFOA
Currency and the collapse of the Roman empire – Visual Capitalist
Silver prices and the Russian connection – Deviant Investor
2017 – the year of monetary revolution – 24hGold
Forecast 2017: the wheels finally come off – Kunstler
World’s most dangerous systemic risks for the week ending December 30 – Medium.com
The fate of debt after an economic collapse – Survival Sullivan
As we enter 2017, keep the big picture in mind – Peak Prosperity
Is the “Trump trade” already unwinding? – Wolf Street
Longest losing streak in gold since 2004 ended last week – Seeking Alpha
A biased 2017 forecast (part one) – Burning Platform
Weekly commentary: 2016 year in review – Credit Bubble Bulletin
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Breaking News
The Economy
1/04 2017: a volatile year from all angles – Wolf Street
1/04 China’s credit engine is running out of gas – Bloomberg
1/04 Pension problems: breaking down state pension liabilities – Mining Journal
1/04 The lament of the merely decent economist – Cafe Hayek
1/03 Manufacturing in U.S. expands at fastest pace in two years – Bloomberg
1/03 Oil touches 18-month highs before paring gains on strong dollar – Reuters
1/03 3 factors say big declines ahead for stocks in 2017 – Lombardi Letter
1/03 Are you wasting your time with this weird indicator? – Daily Reckoning
1/03 Sprott strategy report – Sprott Money
1/03 Indonesia terminates all business with JPMorgan after downgrade – Zero Hedge
1/03 Dallas pension not only “ticking time bomb ready to explode” – Zero Hedge
1/03 Corporates lead surge to record $6.6 trillion debt issuance – The News
1/03 Finland’s basic income experiment starts – Forbes
1/03 Japan looks to escape its economic slump – Stratfor
Precious Metals
1/04 US jobs report: key driver for gold – 321Gold
1/04 World’s purest silver producer’s lawsuit against bullion banks – Zero Hedge
1/04 The gold owner’s guide to 2017 – USA Gold
1/04 Gold: a change in character? – Seeking Alpha
1/04 Gold stocks: what to watch in 2017 – Motley Fool
1/03 10 predictions for 2017: gold, stocks, Trump, Putin and war – 24hGold
1/03 An interesting January for gold – Seeking Alpha
1/03 The only stock you need to capitalize on silver – Lomardi Letter
1/03 Precious metals fourth-quarter 2016 review – Seeking Alpha
1/03 SRSrocco top 2016 posts & my commentary for 2017 – SRSrocco Report
1/03 Strange goings-on in gold: the dealers buy in – Seeking Alpha
1/02 Note ban seen shaving a third of India’s gold demand in 2017 – GATA
1/02 3 top gold stocks that can be bought cheap – Fox Business
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
1/04 That bubbling sound coming from U.S. factories may be inflation – Bloomberg
1/04 Fed tightening eases stimulus pressure globally, Rajan says – Bloomberg
1/04 China’s New Year currency moves won’t make Donald Trump happy – CNBC
1/04 China Inc.’s large dollar debts fuel Beijing’s efforts to curb yuan plunge – GATA
1/04 Elites don’t need to ban cash to eliminate it – Daily Reckoning
1/04 US currency crisis coming in 2017 – Schiff Gold
1/03 German inflation soars close to ECB target. Domestic consumers may suffer – Reuters
1/03 Holes in China’s currency wall – Bloomberg
Real Estate Bubble
1/04 Luxury apartment bust spreads to Main Street – Zero Hedge
1/04 Home prices are shrugging off the surge in mortgage rates — for now – MarketWatch
1/02 House prices defy predictions in 2016 by rising more than 15pc – AFR
1/02 Real estate developers’ ‘arms race’ to fill Brooklyn luxury apartments – CNBC
1/01 “A warning for property investors in Australia” – Wolf Street
DollarCollapse Podcasts
12/21 Blow-Off Top
12/01 All Eyes On Italy
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
Politics
1/04 House Republicans scrap plan to gut ethics office after emergency meeting – CNBC
1/04 Sullivan lawyer Jay Clayton seen as Trump’s top choice for SEC – CNBC
1/04 Julian Assange’s whistleblowers promise more documents in 2017 – IB Times
1/04 WaPo: Russian government hackers may not have targeted Vermont Utility – Mish
1/04 Do you suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome? – LA Times
1/04 Thinly disguised Marine Le Pen movie character arouses fury – Guardian
1/04 How radical is Europe’s far right? – DW
1/03 Trump hits back at North Korea, China in tweets – CNBC
1/03 Japan in rage free zone: why? – 24hGold
1/03 Trump presidency could mean end of Pax Americana – MarketWatch
1/03 Donald Trump criticizes Republicans’ move to gut watchdog – CNN
1/03 EU faces up to risk of political turmoil as elections ahead – Daily Sabah
Offshore Investing
12/23 The best countries for your escape plan – International Man
12/21 Do you have an offshore backup plan? – Sovereign Investor
12/17 If Europe goes down, we go with it – Nestmann
12/16 The real winner of the US elections – Mountain Vision
Clean Tech
1/03 Hawaii Electric aims to hit 100% renewables 5 years early – Utility Drive
1/03 5 trends utilities need to watch in 2017 – Greentech Media
1/03 European solar PV market installs 1.56 GW in Q3, 2016, down 10% YoY – Solar Server
1/03 India to install more than 9 GW of solar in 2017 – PV Magazine
1/02 Solar technology gears up for a bright 2017 – Electronics 360
1/02 ‘Peak solar’ hits California – Breitbart
1/02 Thick toxic smoke engulfs Beijing – Mish
Art of the Collapse
1/04 Artist’s impression of Obama-Trump transition – Zero Hedge
12/12 A dozen dead oceans – Automatic Earth
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
1/03 WikiLeaks: “2017 will blow you away” – Zero Hedge
1/03 It’s the ‘most volatile’ year for political risk since wwii – Bloomberg
1/03 Ethereum Project: censorship resistant ‘world computer’ for developers – BreitBart
1/03 China expands hegenomy as part of larger perspecitve – Daily Bell
1/03 The Islamization of Germany in 2016 – Gatestone Institute
1/03 Superhero Snowden trashed in absurd WSJ op-ed – Mish
1/02 U.S. special operations numbers surge in Africa’s shadow wars – Intercept
1/02 Istanbul attack: ISIS claims nightclub shooting – CNN
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
1/03 How to survive a mass shooting – Survival Sullivan
1/03 Say goodbye to kale: the superfood trends for 2017 – Telegraph
1/03 SRSrocco top 2016 posts & my commentary for 2017 – SRSrocco Report
12/31 How to set up a prepping budget – Survival Sullivan
12/24 How physical inactivity increases risk for chronic diseases – Mercola
12/23 Healing tonic that helped climbing expedition conquer Everest – Alternative Daily
12/23 10 good reasons to change jobs every 3 to 5 years – Forbes
12/20 Alternative uses for honey – Survival Sullivan
12/17 Is your olive oil fake? – Mercola
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
1/04 Cyber security in the time of demonetisation – Your Story
1/03 National: Sanctions mark rare window into cyberwar – Voting News
1/02 Was claim about Russian hacking fake news? – TruthDig
12/31 How Russia recruited elite hackers for its cyberwar – CNBC
12/31 We’re living through the first world cyberwar – but just haven’t called it that – Guardian
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
1/03 Insurance claim adjusters replaced by “IBM Watson explorer” – Mish
1/03 Marijuana industry bracing for push toward legalization in 2017 – MarketWatch
1/03 Vanishing life, solar power boom year, and more! – Huffington Post
1/02 Life after cars 2016 – 24hGold
1/02 Massive volcano rumbling right under one of Italy’s biggest cities – CNBC
1/02 iPhone manufacturer Foxconn: humans no longer needed – Gateway Pundit
1/02 Rewriting the code of life – New Yorker
1/02 On the exponential view – Hacker Noon
1/02 Humanity may self-destruct, but the universe can cope without us – Guardian
1/02 John Kerry visited Antarctica to see Nazi UFO bases? – Inquisitr
12/29 Why people get happier as they get older – Medium.com
