Courtesy of John Rubino.
US stocks turn volatile, gold and silver off recent highs. President Trump bans immigration from several countries, fires acting attorney general for refusing to enforce ban, names supreme court nominee. Marine Le Pen catches another break.
Best Of The Web
The persuasion filter and immigration – Dilbert
Liberals, not Trump, to blame for backlash – Mish
A nation-and world-divided – Miles Franklin
The clear and present danger list for the week ending January 13, 2017 – Deep Connections
Dow companies report worst revenues since 2010, Dow rises to 20,000 (LOL?) – Wolf Street
How great the fall can be – Arch Druid Report
A dubious monetary backdrop – Credit Bubble Bulletin
How to listen to authoritarians (without losing your mind) – Umair Haque
Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right – Coinbase Blog
Doomsday prep for the super-rich – New Yorker
What’s behind the collapse in global exports in the US, Japan, EU – Mish
These are the countries with the biggest debt slaves – Wolf Street
Everything is awesome! – Zero Hedge
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Breaking News
The Economy
2/01 European bonds post worst January on record amid political angst – Bloomberg
2/01 Toyota leads US sales drops as carmakers keep discounts coming – Bloomberg
2/01 Global M&A is having a moment with best start to year since 2000 – Bloomberg
2/01 ADP says companies in US added most workers in seven months – Bloomberg
2/01 Goldman asks whether country risk will return to Europe – Bloomberg
2/01 “Second financial bubble going to burst soon… even Trump can’t stop it” – 24hGold
2/01 US factory activity hits two-year high, payrolls surge – Yahoo!
2/01 Donald Trump has a Goldman Sachs problem: derivatives – Wall St. On Parade
2/01 Everything you thought you knew about bond yields is wrong – Bloomberg
2/01 This won’t end well – China skyscraper edition – Zero Hedge
1/31 Chicago PMI crashes to recession-fearing 11-month lows – Zero Hedge
1/31 Is Italy’s banking problem becoming too big to solve? – CNBC
1/31 US college endowments lose 1.9% in worst showing since 2009 – Bloomberg
1/31 Americans are rushing to get ahead of rising mortgage rates – MarketWatch
Precious Metals
2/01 The alternative fact of the cashless society – GoldCore
2/01 Critically high US silver supply reliance in jeopardy – SRSrocco Report
2/01 Gold spikes after Trump says other countries devaluing US currency – Business Insider
2/01 6 gold statistics that will blow you away – Motley Fool
2/01 New Gold warns of higher mine build cost, production delay at Rainy River – Yahoo!
2/01 Silver miners ETFs are partying again – ETF Trends
2/01 Gold: bears fighting a losing battle – Seeking Alpha
1/31 Gold flows to China via Switzerland soar in December – Seeking Alpha
1/31 Silver, platinum and palladium as safe havens – reassessing their role – GoldCore
1/31 Great Panther Silver: what investors can expect in 2017 – Seeking Alpha
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
2/01 Trump, trade adviser signal displeasure with U.S. ‘strong dollar’ policy – Reuters
2/01 Dollar rises, Treasuries fall as Fed meeting looms: markets wrap – Bloomberg
2/01 Inflation Surprise Index shows unexpected global turn: chart – Bloomberg
2/01 He’ll bring them [inflation], and they will love him for it – Wolf Street
2/01 Stagflation shock: ISM shows input costs soaring at fastest since 2011 – Zero Hedge
2/01 Loosening is the new tightening – 24hGold
2/01 Bond markets set for a taste of the 1960s as inflation picks up – MSN
2/01 Fed’s preferred inflation rate still below target – Forbes
2/01 More hints that Trump’s trade policy will focus on currency valuations – GATA
1/31 The European trade wars begin – Zero Hedge
Real Estate Bubble
1/31 Pending home sales jump 1.6% in December as demand hangs tough – MarketWatch
1/28 Consider Southern Chile – SCP
1/26 Commercial realty loan defaults booming – Financial Sense
1/26 US new-home sales tumble in December – Mercury News
1/25 Americans are flipping houses like it’s 2006 – Bloomberg
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
2/01 White House blackballs CNN; refuses to send surrogates – Zero Hedge
2/01 Macron leads in French race as scandal upends Fillon’s plans – Bloomberg
2/01 French race blown wide open as Le Pen, Macron wait in wings – Bloomberg
2/01 Donald Trump chooses Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court seat – CNBC
2/01 Paul Ryan’s perspective takes a dramatic turn – MSNBC
2/01 How to build an autocracy – Atlantic
2/01 The man who could make Marine Le Pen president of France – Guardian
2/01 French election offers next hope for populist upset if Marine Le Pen wins – Newsweek
2/01 Trump’s Supreme Court pick: another Dilbert persuasion play? – Mish
2/01 The immigration ban is a headfake, and we’re falling for it – Medium
1/31 Trump must choose between farmers and ‘big meat’ – Bloomberg
1/31 White House immigration ban promises constitutional showdown – Bloomberg
1/31 Trump fires acting Attorney General – NY Times
Offshore Investing
2/01 FATCA needs to go, but the FATCA “refugees” are never coming back – Zero Hedge
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
Clean Tech
2/01 Saudi Arabia plans the world’s cheapest power with solar and wind – Bloomberg
2/01 Tesla drops ‘Motors’ from name as CEO Musk looks beyond cars – Yahoo!
2/01 The “wind and solar will save us” delusion – Our Finite World
2/01 Affordable solar roofing to promote household adoption of solar power – Yahoo!
1/31 Sunshot $1 per watt solar cost goal: mission accomplished – Greentech Media
1/31 Competition grows, solar installers turn to batteries, loans – Greentech Media
1/31 Wind, solar our cheapest electricity generation sources – Greentech Media
Art of the Collapse
1/29 This Dutch video on Trump has gone viral because, well, just watch it – Mashable
1/26 Bad Lip Reading’s video on Trump’s inauguration is hysterical – The Blaze
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
2/01 Iran admits it test fired new missile, putting nuclear deal in jeopardy – Zero Hedge
2/01 America’s unchecked security state – FFF
2/01 Obama killed a 16-year-old American in Yemen – Intercept
1/30 Pre-emptive attack Iran bill active in US house – Ron Paul Institute
1/30 6 killed in Canada mosque shooting; Trudeau calls it terror – Bloomberg
1/30 Ukraine says more soldiers killed in deadliest clashes in weeks – Reuters
1/29 Trump, Putin discuss “real coordination” against ISIS in phone call – Mish
1/27 US, UK will no longer ‘remake the world in their own image’ – Independent
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
1/31 Worried about the Apocalypse? Here’s a shopping guide – Bloomberg
1/31 Importance of enzymes for health, longevity, disease prevention – Mercola
1/31 Healing with medical marijuana – Dr. Sircus
1/29 When the rich become preppers, it’s time to worry – Peak Prosperity
1/27 Standing for mental clarity and physical health – Mercola
1/27 How Pete & Gerry’s cage-free eggs are a model for other small farmers – MarketWatch
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
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
2/01 Credit-card thieves move online as chips thwart in-store fraud – Bloomberg
2/01 Protect your digital privacy in the era of surveillance, public shaming – Pacific Standard
2/01 Get ready for the cyber war in 2017: know your enemy – Information Age
2/01 Hackers demand bitcoin after hijacking hotel’s locks – MSN
1/28 Hacker, tailor, soldier, spy: the future is cyberwar – Vocativ
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
2/01 The unreasonable effectiveness of deep brain stimulation – The Spike
1/31 These may be the last glasses you will ever need to buy – Kurzweil
1/31 Living in a world of big data and smart things – Medium
1/31 NASA just released 30 years of before and after images around the world – Forbes
1/31 Social media helped Kim Kardashian’s alleged robber plan heist – Vanity Fair
1/30 Why I only watch movies in virtual reality – Medium
1/28 The ‘untranslatable’ emotions you never knew you had – BBC
1/28 Are we destined to fall in love with androids? – Medium
1/28 The giant zero – Nonlocal
1/28 VR & the great unbundling – IoT for All
1/28 Intelligent agents + things – Medium
