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US stocks at all-time highs on Trump tax-reform promise, gold and silver near multi-week highs. Trump national security adviser quits under Russian cloud. Debate over Putin intensifies. French election becomes even more complex.
Best Of The Web
‘Fed Up’ exposes the elite rot inside the Federal Reserve – MarketWatch
Vice-chairman of EuroThinkTank: “euro may already be lost” – Mish
Witch’s brew: sentiment up, complacency up – but uncertainty also up – MATA SII
The AI threat isn’t Skynet. It’s the end of the middle class – Wired
Bubbles, money and the VIX – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Are you prepared for “unencumbered” interest rate policy? – Daily Reckoning
The misleading comfort of calm – SafeHaven
Which assets are most likely to survive the inevitable “system re-set”? – OfTwoMinds.com
A murderous complacency – Peak Prosperity
It’s finally happening – Macro The Tourist
Equity valuations, an everything bubble and “policy Trumpacho” – Mish
Extreme vetting, but not for banks – RollingStone
Weekly commentary: the wraths – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Great expectations – Real Investment Advice
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Breaking News
The Economy
2/15 Greece defies creditors over more cuts as economy shrinks unexpectedly – Guardian
2/15 Banks lift stocks, U.S. yields climb after data – Reuters
2/15 Biggest EU banks embark on the mother of all debt binges – Wolf Street
2/15 What has been pushing S&P 500 higher? – GoldAndOilGuy
2/15 If this trend continues, a full-fledged credit crisis inevitable – Casey Research
2/15 Is Deutsche Bank going down? Will it take your portfolio with it? – Lear Capital
2/15 China credit surging to record underscores PBOC shift to tighten – Bloomberg
2/15 China’s zombie province shows trouble with its bond market – Bloomberg
2/14 Yellen outlook ‘irrelevant’ because Trump will reshape Fed – CNBC
2/14 Credit Suisse announces another 6,500 layoffs – Zero Hedge
2/14 Is this metal flashing the hottest chart on the market? – Daily Reckoning
2/14 Made for each other – Kunstler
2/14 Signs of the time – Miles Franklin
Precious Metals
2/15 Pan American Silver announces unaudited net earnings of $101.8m – Yahoo!
2/15 Germany has got its gold back — They must know something we don’t – CNBC
2/15 A bullish thesis about gold is stronger now – Seeking Alpha
2/15 Valentine’s Day is golden – 321Gold
2/15 Remembering the genius of Hunter S. Thompson – Streetwise Reports
2/15 The last time this happened, gold prices skyrocketed – Silver Doctors
2/15 5 reasons Americans should continue to buy gold – Birch Gold
2/15 Gold and silver stocks – the bargain of the century – Gold Broker
2/14 Koos Jansen: China’s net gold imports in 2016 were 1,600 tonnes – GATA
2/14 Europe eyes sweeping cash ban: are gold & silver next? – SafeHaven
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
2/15 Germany’s burden: The euro is the most crisis-ridden currency – MarketWatch
2/15 What is Trump’s dollar policy? – 24hGold
2/15 This is what happens in inflation’s year-long afterlife – Bloomberg
2/15 China’s yuan slips, money rates surge as c.bank drains funds – Nasdaq
2/15 Best-performing Treasuries suggest inflation threat is real – Bloomberg
2/15 Days of low inflation over with UK consumer finances to take hit – Guardian
2/15 The war on cash may be the bitcoin tipping point – Calvin Ayre
2/15 Trump should default on debt – Silver Doctors
Real Estate Bubble
2/13 5 years of luxury condos for sale in Bal Harbour Miami – Condo Vultures
2/12 There are 66,719 empty mansions in Vancouver – Zero Hedge
2/10 Serial house sitters shed the shackles of a mortgage – CNBC
2/08 $1 trln of Australian mortgages and some now worry of what’s next – AFR
2/08 Houses are the least affordable they’ve been in seven years – CNBC
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
Politics
2/15 Trump lashes out at spy agencies ‘illegally’ leaking – Telegraph
2/15 America’s spies anonymously took down Michael Flynn – Week
2/15 “All further migration from mainly Muslim countries should be stopped” – Mish
2/15 Who will protect Americans from their protectors? – WaPo
2/15 France in trouble and Marine Le Pen heading fo presidency – Life.com
2/15 Marine Le Pen and France’s choice – Irish Times
2/15 Flying on a wing and a Tweet – Daily Reckoning
2/15 Farage expects another “big shock”, warns EP on “more Europe” – Mish
2/15 New poll: Europe wants to stop Muslim migration – OrionPrime
2/15 Awkward photo of Trump and Justin Trudeau – Huffington Post
2/15 What could cause Donald Trump to lose his base? – WaPo
2/15 “I’ve got a little list” – Medium
2/14 Shoving Alinsky’s rules for radicals right back in the left’s ugly face – Townhall
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
2/15 Einhorn’s Greenlight ends bet on SunEdison’s Terraforms – Bloomberg
2/15 Dominion solar power spending in Virginia approaches $1 billion – ELP
2/15 Tesla shares near record high – Yahoo!
2/15 State incentives in offing as companies adopt solar power – Mass Live
2/15 Solar energy to power Dubai desalination plants – Gulf News
2/14 Wind power is beating the pants off of other renewables – Grist
2/14 Arnold Schwarzenegger blew everyone away with this FB post – Knowable
Art of the Collapse
2/13 Weekend update on appeals court ruling – SNL
2/13 Spicer returns – SNL
2/13 SNL’s Donald Trump takes his frustrations to ‘The People’s Court’ – WaPo
2/13 Meryl Streep to Donald Trump: I am the ‘most overrated’ actress – Variety
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
2/15 What will happen to young refugees? – New Statesman
2/15 Mike Flynn may face felony charges for lying to the FBI – Zero Hedge
2/15 Edward Snowden’s new job: protecting reporters from spies – Wired
2/15 Russia has secretly deployed cruise missile US says violates arms treaty – CNBC
2/13 China “seriously concerned and opposed” after Trump backs Japan – Zero Hedge
2/13 N Korea says test launch of new missile type a success – CNBC
2/12 Snowden: report Russia may ‘gift’ him to Trump proves he is not a spy – Guardian
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
2/15 Organic food’s demand “gold rush” for producers – Natural News
2/14 Monsanto’s roundup must carry cancer warning label, judge decrees – Mercola
2/14 Fermented foods may be a key component of an anti-cancer diet – Mercola
2/14 10 easy recipes that make a week’s worth of food – Medium
2/12 How to add value to your life – Medium
2/12 5 small financial mistakes that can lead to a major cash crisis – Medium
2/11 How to improve your fitness with variable-intensity interval training – Mercola
2/10 New risks of GMOs, glyphosate – Non-GMO Report
2/07 Trump could approve a giant merger that’s scaring American farmers – MSN
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
2/15 How democracies lose in cyberwar – Atlantic
2/14 Russian hackers pose increasing threat to UK’s national security – Independent
2/08 Trump’s impending crackdown on cybersecurity – Daily Reckoning
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
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
2/15 AI and the end of truth – Medium
2/15 The most insane yacht on Earth just got even insaner – Wired
2/15 Spanner, Google database that mastered time, now open to everyone – Wired
2/15 The Daily Mail flails – Medium
2/15 Reveries on the future of VR – Medium
2/14 Orville dam failure could wipe out entire cities – Most Important News
2/14 Is Magic Leap lying about its “acid trip” technology? – Vanity Fair
2/13 Humans must merge with machines or become irrelevant in AI age – CNBC
2/13 100k people evacuating over “imminent failure” of CA’s Oroville Dam – Zero Hedge
2/13 The future of agriculture is already here – World Positive
