Courtesy of John Rubino.
US stocks up, gold and silver down. President Trump begins with flurry of changes to Obamacare and NAFTA. Earnings season starting well for banks and miners. Global debt continues to soar, especially in China. Fake news debate rages. Brexit hits speed bumps.
Best Of The Web
These are the countries with the biggest debt slaves – Wolf Street
Everything is awesome! – Mish
What is this ‘crisis’ of modernity? – Automatic Earth
Weekend edition: comparing the 1930s and today, part I – Casey Research
The global war on cash – Visual Capitalist
Stock market indicators: S&P 500 buybacks & dividends – Yardeni
3 things: returns, nothing but “net”, overly optimistic – Real Investment Advice
US financial markets – alarm bells are ringing – Acting Man
Fire with fire – Automatic Earth
2017—Shades of 1937 – Financial Sense
Why the stock market has blasted into outerspace – Econimica
Surmount impending markets shocker to profit and protect – 24hGold
Off to an interesting start – Credit Bubble Bulletin
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Breaking News
The Economy
1/25 David Stockman: prepare for fiscal bloodbath, not fiscal stimulus – Daily Reckoning
1/25 Fitch warns time is running out for China’s debt-driven boom – Telegraph
1/25 Saving retirement – Financial Sense
1/25 Brexit heads to parliament — what happens next? – MarketWatch
1/25 US investors funding biggest share of national debt since 2003 – Forbes
1/25 Dow hits 20,000; Trump trade points to 21,000 – CNBC
1/25 The Second Largest Bubble in 100 Years – Daily Reckoning
1/25 Japanese exports turn positive after 14-month slump – Bloomberg
1/24 Senate democrats to unveil $1 trillion infrastructure plan – NY Times
1/24 U.S. manufacturing PMI beats in January, new orders surge – Investing.com
1/24 Eurozone manufacturing PMI exceeds five-year high – Digital Look
1/24 Japan January flash mfg PMI shows fastest expansion in almost three years – Reuters
1/24 Brexit plans unlikely to be slowed by Article 50 defeat – Reuters
1/24 80% of central banks plan to buy more stocks – Zero Hedge
Precious Metals
1/25 What is Goldcorp seeking in the mergers and acquisitions space? – Market Realist
1/25 How to profit from Trumponomics – Streetwise Reports
1/25 Klondex releases year-end update and guidance for 2017 – Streetwise Reports
1/25 Gold pressured by rallying world stock markets – Kitco
1/25 Trump is gold rally accelerant – 321Gold
1/25 Columbus Gold comes to a fork in the road – Streetwise Reports
1/25 Will 2017 mark a turnaround in Goldcorp’s fortunes? – Market Realist
1/25 Yamana Gold jumped 46% in 2016: can it jump even higher in 2017? – Motley Fool
1/25 Fortuna announces US$65 million bought deal financing – Yahoo!
1/25 Historical official records reveal gold’s value should be 20x higher – SRSrocco Report
1/24 Gold consolidates after notching nearly 10-week high – MarketWatch
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
1/25 More evidence inflation will force the Fed to raise rates in Q2 – Yahoo!
1/25 China approaching the limits of currency management – Financial Sense
1/25 Expect yelling from China, Mexico, Europe, importers – Mish
1/25 China asks Donald Trump to desist from trade, currency wars – Economic Times
1/25 Is China about to drop a yuan devaluation bombshell? – Money Morning
1/25 Beer prices rise amid sobering threat of Brexit-related inflation – Guardian
1/25 Here’s how inflation could suck the wind out of Trump’s economy – Yahoo!
1/25 UBS says dollar to ‘roll over’ amid Trump spending, tax cuts – Bloomberg
1/25 Bitcoin holds above $900 as fears of Chinese crackdown fade – MarketWatch
1/24 Global markets turn back on euro as economic woes reinforce dollar – Telegraph
Real Estate Bubble
1/25 Americans are flipping houses like it’s 2006 – Bloomberg
1/25 Existing-home sales for 2016 best in decade – Financial Sense
1/25 A $90 billion debt wave shows cracks in US property boom – Bloomberg
1/25 Homebuilders sizzle–but you must read these charts before you buy – The Street
1/25 The ‘housing culture war’ reignites over $42 a month – MarketWatch
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
1/25 Trump warns he’s ready to ‘send in the Feds’ to Chicago – Big Story
1/25 As Trump stresses ‘America First’, China plays the world leader – Reuters
1/25 US is no longer a full democracy, EIU warns – CNBC
1/25 Karl Rove’s prophecy – Unz Review
1/25 Trump administration orders media blackout at EPA – LA Times
1/25 Trump’s executive orders restricting immigration, order Mexican wall – Zero Hedge
1/25 Defiant governor: ‘California is not turning back, not now, not ever’ – MarketWatch
1/25 ‘1984’ sales spike after Kellyanne Conway’s Orwellian interview – Huffington Post
1/25 Divided States of America – Frontline
1/24 Theresa May, Trump to hold talks on trade deal that cuts tariffs – Telegraph
1/24 Fillon challenges Merkel on Russia, immigration, Turkey – Mish
1/24 Marine Le Pen’s surprise supporters – Politico
Offshore Investing
1/24 Switzerland: still a safe country for storage… but only for physical gold – GoldBroker
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
Clean Tech
1/25 Donald Trump claims ‘environmentalism is out of control’ – Independent
1/25 How solar power might burn dry bulk shipping – Seeking Alpha
1/24 Renewables with vanadium batteries to reshape $27bn off-grid market – SafeHaven
1/24 Trump signs orders renegotiating Keystone XL, Dakota access pipelines – Zero Hedge
1/24 US solar employs more people than oil, coal, gas combined – Independent
1/24 Solar could be a cheaper power source than coal within a decade – Oil Price
1/24 Theresa May seeks clean energy to buoy vision of global Britain – Bloomberg
Art of the Collapse
1/24 Watch: SNL pays tribute to Obama — ‘don’t go!’ – BreitBart
1/16 “Mainstream mediasaurus” – Zero Hedge
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
1/25 China says will protect South China Sea sovereignty – Reuters
1/25 China’s missiles near Russian borders target USA analyst believes – Before It’s News
1/25 Gun-controlled Paris deploys soldiers to protect the wealthy – BreitBart
1/24 Netanyahu approves 2,500 more homes in settlement territories – MRC TV
1/24 Trump White House vows to stop China taking South China Sea islands – Reuters
1/23 China party paper says no ‘provocation’ can stop its military drills – Reuters
1/23 Erdogan seeks powers to stay in office until 2029 – Mish
1/23 Netanyahu wants to discuss iran ‘threat’ with Trump – BreitBart
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
1/24 What does roundup do to your liver? – Mercola
1/24 Dirty dairy is in panic mode – Mercola
1/23 How sun exposure improves your immune function – Mercola
1/22 Persistence is undervalued – Signal v. Noise
1/22 Why planning your day the night before drastically increases productivity – Medium
1/19 How to protect your online life – International Man
1/16 12 Google tricks that will change how you search – Medium
1/16 A guide to becoming unstoppable with your money – Medium
1/08 US seafood consumption up, but many still making unhealthy purchases – Mercola
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
1/21 The emergence of the ‘cyber cold war’ – NBC
1/19 2016 was a record year for data breaches – Bloomberg
1/19 Inside a multinational cyber weapons deal that went bust – Bloomberg
1/17 Russian hackers were only getting started in the 2016 election – Fortune
1/16 The year’s biggest hacks, from Yahoo to the DNC – Wired
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
1/25 Bumblebee added to US endangered species list – VoA
1/25 Cab industry on verge of collapse? Capital One’s Taxi NPL rate >50% – Zero Hedge
1/25 6 areas of AI and machine learning to watch closely – Medium
1/23 Last time oceans got this warm, sea levels were 20-30ft higher – LA Times
1/23 Government ‘tried to bury’ its own alarming report on climate change – Independent
1/23 AI performs better than 75% of American adults on visual IQ test – Kurzweil
1/23 Utopian ideas on climate change will get us precisely nowhere – Guardian
1/23 Why are world leaders visiting Antarctica? – USA Watchdog
1/23 This book outlines both the history and future of marijuana – Salon
1/22 Being antinatalist – Medium
1/21 NASA finally admits it’s going to get colder – Armstrong Economics
