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Fed leaves rates unchanged, Yellen says optimistic things. US stocks jump after good jobs data, gold and silver up on weakening dollar. 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
Great expectations – Real Investment Advice
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
2/04 BOJ to conduct special bond buying after yield surge on Trump remarks – Japan Times
2/04 Shocking fact in today’s job report: employment stalls – Mish
2/04 Trump has inherited a terrifying problem – Nestmann
2/04 Markets smell a rat as central banks dither – 24hGold
2/04 Don’t blame Trump when the world ends – Economic Prism
2/03 Full-time jobs soar by 457k to record high – Zero Hedge
2/03 Markets are experiencing cognitive dissonance – Daily Reckoning
2/03 UK services growth cools as costs dominate firms’ concerns – Bloomberg
2/03 Bank of Japan whipsaws markets in tussle over yield control – Bloomberg
2/03 Spain’s Banco Popular posts 3.5 bln euros loss on property charges – Reuters
2/03 Deutsche Bank to slash jobs across equity, fixed income trading – Zero Hedge
2/03 US stocks rise after jobs report beat – CNBC
2/03 Carney says central bankers’ 15 minutes of fame is about to end – Bloomberg
2/03 Amazon forecasts lower operating profit, shares dip – Yahoo!
Precious Metals
2/04 Gold & silver rocket ride? – News Doctors
2/04 JPMorgan will lose control of silver! – Silver Doctor
2/04 Gold: bears on thin ice – Seeking Alpha
2/03 Buy gold because of uncertainty, not doomsday – GoldCore
2/03 Learning to prosper in silver – Sprott
2/03 JPM silver rigging case back in court – Zero Hedge
2/03 Trump says 2 little words that could skyrocket gold – Birch Gold
2/03 Stocks and dollar overpriced, buy gold and silver says Marc Faber – Birch Gold
2/03 Weaker US$ could send gold & gold stocks to higher targets – Daily Gold
2/02 Royal Gold reports record operating cash flow in its Q2 2017 – Yahoo!
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
2/04 Is China joining the currency war? – Barron’s
2/04 House financial services committee sends warning letter to Yellen – Mish
2/04 US dollar: candlestick of doom – 321Gold
2/04 Price controls and propaganda – Goldmoney
2/04 Bitcoin is back above $1,000 – Business Insider
2/04 Bitcoin will be worth more than gold – Coin Telegraph
2/04 Why Venezuela’s currency crisis is a case study for bitcoin – Forbes
2/04 Do we really want a currency war with Germany? – AEI
2/04 A Trump devaluation and global currency war? – GoldSeek
2/03 Why Italians might be economic losers in era of euro – Bloomberg
Real Estate Bubble
2/03 Toronto home prices jump 22% as buyers contend with tight supply – Bloomberg
2/02 Yellen eyes commercial real-estate froth as Fed weighs ’17 risks – Bloomberg
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
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
2/04 The purpose of decadence and the pleasures of coercion – Kunstler
2/04 Merkel an election shoo-in? Nope, think again – Mish
2/04 Before Trump, the border wall was a bipartisan project – CounterPunch
2/04 When villains aren’t super – Extra Newsfeed
2/04 A “color revolution” is under way in the United States – The Saker
2/03 Neil Gorsuch’s constitutional philosophy explained – Guardian
2/03 The anti-Trump is rising in Mexico. each snub makes him stronger – Bloomberg
2/03 Chaos erupts at NYU College Republicans event, 11 arrested – Zero Hedge
2/03 Trump executive order may deny services to gay, transgender people – Zero Hedge
2/03 California leads states’ fight to break Trump’s authoritarian wave – MarketWatch
2/03 Media launches “full frontal” cover attack on Trump administration – Zero Hedge
2/02 Trump slams ‘dumb deal’ with ally Australia after testy call – Bloomberg
2/02 Trump threatens UC Berkeley funding over violent protests – Bloomberg
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
2/04 European solar demand fell 20% in 2016, says SolarPower Europe – PV Magazine
2/04 LED lighting retrofits in Hawaiian homes – Clean Technica
2/04 Solar power will completely phase out coal by 2050 – IFL Science
2/04 Study: Storing solar power is a bad idea – Chron
2/04 The missing link – AheadOfTheHerd.com
2/04 Solar provides 4.3% of Japan’s electricity during 2016 – PV Magazine
2/03 Cheaper renewables to halt coal and oil demand growth from 2020 – Reuters
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
2/04 The coming clash with Iran – Zero Hedge
2/04 Louvre terror attack suspect identified – Zero Hedge
2/03 US imposes new sanctions on Iran in wake of missile tests – Bloomberg
2/03 What Flynn meant and how the White House may have miscalculated – CNBC
2/03 US to issue new Iran sanctions, opening shot in get-tough strategy – Reuters
2/02 World war zero – Umair Haque
2/01 Iran admits it test fired new missile, putting nuclear deal in jeopardy – Zero Hedge
2/01 America’s unchecked security state – FFF
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
2/02 Privacy and security stuff you should read: 1/31/2017 – Forbes
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
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
2/04 “Bionic barista’s” mission to terminate millions of minimum wage jobs – Zero Hedge
2/02 The many tribes of artificial intelligence – Medium
2/02 Inside libratus, the poker AI that out-bluffed the best humans – Wired
2/02 Microplastics found in supermarket fish, shellfish – CBC News
2/02 Winter 2017 – colder and snowier – Dr. Sircus
2/02 California considering legislation to recognize new gender – Zero Hedge
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
