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US stocks open lower. Gold and silver down from multi-week highs. Bitcoin now higher than gold. Fed expected to raise rates at next meeting. Trump budget to increase defense, cut EPA, State. Obamacare replacement to be released shortly. Trump’s secretary of state forced to recuse himself from Russia investigation.
Best Of The Web
Reality vs. the neutral rate – Credit Bubble Bulletin
The four horsemen of the retirement Apocalypse – Charles Hugh Smith
Rigged system: fake risk, fake return – Mish
The coming great wealth transfer – Peak Prosperity
Auto lending – someone please explain how this is not a bubble – Zero Hedge
Fake risk, fake return? – Merk Investments
19,20,21…faster, faster! – Doug Wakefield
What financial disaster awaits us next – Jay Taylor
Contemplations for a Sunday (unless you can’t get around to it til Monday) – Economica
Risk on/risk off face-off – Credit Bubble Bulletin
It’s bubble time! – Peak Prosperity
Dazed & confused… Treasury buying vs. asset valuations? – Econimica
Michael Belkin interview – King World News
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Breaking News
The Economy
3/06 Geopolitics, Deutsche Bank drag global stocks lower – Reuters
3/06 When the tidal wave hits, part I – Sprott
3/06 Peugeot maker PSA agrees to buy GM’s European brands – Bloomberg
3/06 China has the right to “step in” to Hong Kong election – Reuters
3/06 Core factory orders growth slows to six-month lows – Zero Hedge
3/06 “The European ‘story’ is broken” – Zero Hedge
3/06 Greece desperate for growth strategy as public mood darkens – Guardian
3/06 Zero rates are putting European banks in jeopardy – GoldBroker
3/06 The next market to break *should* be stocks – Market Anthropology
3/06 Brexit latest: Construction grows in February but inflation still strong – Independent
3/06 Why do the markets keep going up? – FSN
3/06 What does the Treasury sell-off mean? – FSN
3/06 Andrew Hoffman – upcoming Trumpflation crash – FSN
3/06 Citi’s Matt King: “we think you should sell” – Zero Hedge
3/05 A selloff is looming as fear stalks the stock market rally – MarketWatch
3/05 The Fed is embarking on a path that usually ends with a recession – Yahoo!
3/05 Brexit: UK could quit EU without paying a penny, say Lords – Guardian
Precious Metals
3/06 London trader dissects 150 million oz silver massacre – Silver Doctors
3/06 Trump address to Congress a blip on gold price – GoldBroker
3/06 Avery Goodman: Explosion in Comex gold offtake hints at LBMA defaults – GATA
3/06 “I wouldn’t call it a pull-back”: Eric Sprott is fired up! – Silver Doctors
3/06 When will gold manipulation end!? – Silver Doctors
3/06 The Deep State’s gold scam – Silver Doctors
3/06 Precious metals decouple from the Fed – Lear Capital
3/05 ‘Paper vs. physical dilemma’ can power gold, Tice tells CNBC – GATA
3/05 Mining entrepreneur Giustra concedes gold price suppression – GATA
3/05 With money in their pockets, prospects improve for small miners – Reuters
3/04 More downside potential in the gold stocks – Daily Gold
3/04 Let’s get real: why you must own precious metals – SafeHaven
3/04 Silver and gold smack-down – News Doctors
3/04 The first thing Doug Casey looks for in a gold stock – Casey Research
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
3/06 Arizona challenges the Fed’s money monopoly – SafeHaven
3/06 In praise of cash – Aeon
3/06 The Fed’s favorite inflation predictors aren’t very predictive – Five Thirty Eight
3/06 Inflation returns to Japan for the first time in more than a year – Guardian
3/06 The rise of bitcoin: Why bytes are worth more than gold – for now – CS Monitor
3/06 Bitcoin is better than gold – Forbes
Real Estate Bubble
3/06 Average selling price soars 28% y-o-y in February! – MunKnee
3/06 Coconut Grove with 45-month supply of luxury condos for sale – Condo Vultures Realty
3/06 The government doesn’t actually want housing to be more affordable – SMH
3/06 Chinese property investors could exit US as Asia beckons – Bloomberg
3/05 This house was 3D-printed in under 24 hours at a cost of just $10,000 – Zero Hedge
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
3/06 FBI director asked DOJ to publicly reject Trump wiretapping claims – Zero Hedge
3/06 It sounds like Paul Ryan just confirmed Trump’s wiretap story – Red State
3/06 Trump scares the crap out of liberals – Huffington Post
3/06 What liberals don’t get about free speech in the age of Trump – Establishment
3/06 Foreign & economic policy under Trump? – Jay Taylor Media
3/06 Confused by Trump? That’s exactly what he wants – Extra Newsfeed
3/06 The origins of American Democratic fascism – War Is Boring
3/06 The Trump-Obama narrative war – Today In Politics
3/06 Muslim critic calls for ‘assimilation centres’ for Muslim migrants – NZ Herald
3/06 Canada: No plans to clamp down at border to deter migrants – Reuters
3/06 America’s millions of Mexicans without documents live in fear of deportation – Guardian
Offshore Investing
3/06 The richest people in the world want this passport (clue: it’s European) – MarketWatch
3/05 How to find the best offshore banks – Casey Research
2/22 Record Americans say goodbye to Uncle Sam (and the taxman) – Nestmann
2/01 FATCA needs to go, but the FATCA “refugees” are never coming back – Zero Hedge
Clean Tech
3/06 Automakers near a victory on rollback of fuel standards – NY Times
3/06 Renewable energy’s problem – AheadOfTheHerd.com
3/06 Another record year for utility-scale solar – Solar Server
3/06 Regulation may stall the future of energy storage – Oil Price
3/06 China says it will drastically cut back on coal power – MarketWatch
3/05 White House proposes steep budget cut to leading climate science agency – WaPo
3/05 China’s coal consumption drops, boosting leadership on climate change – CS Monitor
Art of the Collapse
3/06 Jeff Sessions at the bus stop – SNL
2/27 Truth… hurts – Zero Hedge
2/22 10 reasons why Muslims are the worst – Medium
2/22 Mainstream media strategery – Zero Hedge
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
3/06 US Air Force unveils combat ‘laser guns’ on AC-130 gunships – Zero hedge
3/06 Tensions rise in Iraq as Kurdish forces seize oil pipeline – Oil Price
3/06 Erdogan accuses Germany of Nazi practices – Mish
3/06 Austrian chancellor calls for EU-wide ban on Turkish campaigning – Reuters
3/06 Stranded refugees denied UK asylum face ‘life in limbo’ – Guardian
3/06 North Korea fires four ballistic missiles – Zero Hedge
3/05 Tulsi Gabbard: to solve refugee crisis, stop funding terrorism – Zero Hedge
3/05 Erdogan anger as Germany-Turkey war of words escalates – BBC
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
3/02 The best EDC items for self-defense – Survival Sullivan
2/27 Why you should eat 10 portions of fruit or vegetables a day – Kurzweil
2/26 Fight inflammation and chronic disease by walking barefoot on the Earth – Mercola
2/26 Some doctors prescribe food instead of pills to treat certain patients – CBS
2/26 The fountain of youth may be closer than you ever thought – Natural News
2/22 Why you should be planning for 2018, not 2017 – Medium
2/21 Privacy is power – Standard Notes
2/20 Medical cannabis — a vastly underutilized therapeutic option? – Mercola
2/19 13 things you should give up if you want to be successful – Medium
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
3/06 Russian hackers said to seek hush money from liberal groups – Bloomberg
3/06 The golden age of email hacks is only getting started – Wired
3/05 Trump inherits a secret cyberwar against North Korean missiles – NY Times
3/05 You are the target of today’s cyberwars – Back Channel
3/03 Hackers accessed private email account Pence used for official business – WaPo
3/03 Medical devices are the next security nightmare – Wired
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
3/06 A survival guide for the coming AI revolution – Financial Sense
3/06 The most (and least) worthwhile degrees – Zero Hedge
3/05 Schemers, investors, dreamers bewitched by a giant green rock – Wired
3/05 Are insects the future of food? – Lucky Peach
3/05 Tiny fossils could be oldest evidence of life on Earth – SCPR
3/05 What do Uber, Volkswagen and Zenefits have in common? – Medium
3/05 Why Snapchat won’t make it through the year… – NewCo
3/04 The story behind that ‘future that liberals want’ photo – Wired
3/03 Lake worshipped by Incans now littered with trash – AP News
3/02 Over-fishing wipes out 90% of Caribbean predatory fish – Daily Mail
