Courtesy of John Rubino.
Back to “risk-on” — US stocks up, gold and silver flat. Bitcoin and oil stable after recent drops. New home sales rise. Trump’s popularity slumps. Major vote on Obamacare replacement scheduled.
Best Of The Web
The broken bond market – Global Macro Monitor
Status quo under increasing attack by ‘populist people power’ – MATA SII
Who the hell would vote for Marine Le Pen? – Daily Beast
A funny thing happens when the US accuses the UK of spying – Wired
Time to get painfully serious: Banks are evil – Peak Prosperity
Another missed opportunity – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Steve Eisman: Smart, lucky, abrasive, and now one of them – Burning Platform
Enter the blockchain – Garret Galland
Blue skies – Hussman Funds
Precious metal investing — the old versus the new – Miles Franklin
Austerity kills and then some – Automatic Earth
Inflation is back, the EU is failing, gold will exceed $10,000 – Goldbroker
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Breaking News
The Economy
3/24 Crude inventory build sends oil prices into nosedive – Financial Sense
3/24 China’s debt risks go global amid record foreign junk bond sales – Bloomberg
3/24 Zombie companies are China’s real problem – Bloomberg
3/24 Auto loan quality continues to deteriorate – MarketWatch
3/24 This new bubble is even bigger than the subprime fiasco – Sovereign Man
3/24 Trump tantrum looms on Wall Street if health care effort fails – Reuters
3/24 9 years later Greece still in crisis – Zero Hedge
3/24 Why America’s auto boom fuels bubble talk – Bloomberg
3/24 5 charts that scream “this is it”—here’s what to do – Garret Galland
3/24 A Donald Trump vs. Janet Yellen clash is getting closer to happening – CNBC
3/24 Reflation trade hangs in the balance as health care vote looms – Bloomberg
3/24 What’s next for the dollar, gold & stocks? – Merk Investments
3/24 Why the GOP is coming up short on votes to repeal Obamacare – CNBC
3/23 China’s leverage love affair is tricky to break – Bloomberg
Precious Metals
3/24 Franco-Nevada reports strong full-year 2016 results – Yahoo!
3/24 Better buy for dividend lovers: Royal Gold, Inc. vs. Newmont Mining – Motley Fool
3/24 Royalty, streaming companies in higher interest rate environment – Market Realist
3/24 Why Alamos Gold is a better choice than Agnico Eagle now – Yahoo!
3/24 Better buy: Hecla Mining Company vs. Pan American Silver – Motley Fool
3/24 Gold – looking at a massive breakout – Seeking Alpha
3/24 Barrick Gold – billionaires are cornering the gold market – Bay Street
3/24 Looking at silver miners after the Federal Reserve’s rate hike – Market Realist
3/22 Gold’s 6-day winning streak ranks as best rally since Brexit – Bloomberg
3/22 Does this senior gold miner offer upside after rate hike? – Market Realist
3/22 Columbus Gold announces positive bankable feasibility study – Yahoo!
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
3/24 UK inflation rate leaps to 2.3% – BBC
3/24 Don’t look now, but inflation may be about to surge – CNBC
3/24 UBS to charge private clients for euro deposits – FI News
3/24 Ethereum vs. bitcoin: which will see the best return? – Lombardi Letter
3/22 Saudi Arabia downgraded by Fitch to A+ on fiscal deficit – Zero Hedge
3/22 We’re at the door of the global currency reset – Silver Doctors
3/22 Noonan on money: “fiction has taken precedence over reality” – MunKnee
3/22 Is the US T-bond a Judas goat? – Jay Taylor Media
Real Estate Bubble
3/24 US new-home sales climbed to a seven-month high in February – Bloomberg
3/24 San Francisco median home price now over $1.3 million – Dr. Housing Bubble
3/24 Existing home sales in February wipe out January gains – Mish
3/22 Hot U.S. real estate a potential red flag: Fed’s Rosengren – Reuters
3/22 ‘Stark choices’ for Vancouver if housing models don’t change – CBC
DollarCollapse Podcasts
3/14 Inflation + populism = soaring gold
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
Politics
3/24 Doug Casey has “never seen anything like this” – Zero Hedge
3/24 Trump the destroyer – Rolling Stone
3/24 Trump faces bitter defeat tomorrow – Daily Reckoning
3/24 Italy falls out of love with euro: Beppe Grillo on the rise – Mish
3/24 Populism may be a bigger deal than monetary, fiscal policy – Bloomberg
3/24 Donald Trump keeps getting things wrong – WaPo
3/24 “We won’t have these crowds if we don’t get this done” – CNN
3/22 Italy’s populist ‘mad man’ worrying for euro area stability – CNBC
3/22 Le Pen’s Dutch bummer – Politico
3/22 Marine Le Pen sharpens attack on Emmanuel Macron in French debate – NY Times
3/22 Le Pen targets voters her party once repelled – NY Times
3/22 Germany’s defense minister to Trump: No, we don’t owe NATO money – CNN
Offshore Investing
3/22 Why banks no longer want your money – Nestmann
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
Clean Tech
3/24 Imagining a world after fossil fuels – Financial Sense
3/22 Why shares of Canadian Solar Inc. plunged 11% today – Motley Fool
3/22 The great electrification of BMW should terrify Tesla – The Street
3/22 Chevy Bolt discounting proves it’s ‘dead,’ says Tesla bull – CNBC
3/22 Vivint Solar earnings analysis: Q4, 2016 – Capital Cube
3/21 Can renewables save these downed energy giants? – Oil Price
Art of the Collapse
3/21 Beauty and the Beast adjusted for Belle’s entitlement – Belladonna
3/17 Gilbert and Sullivan explain Trump lies – YouTube
3/11 ‘Reasons to vote for Democrats’ jumps to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list – CNBC
3/09 Malcolm Evans – Ayaan Hirsi Ali – Daily Blog
3/06 Jeff Sessions at the bus stop – SNL
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
3/24 London attack – latest updates – BBC
3/24 Erdogan warns Europeans ‘will not walk safely’ if attitude persists – Reuters
3/24 London terrorist attack leaves 5 dead, including attacker, police officer – CNBC
3/24 Wellesley faculty opposes “controversial” speakers – The Fire
3/22 Shooting outside UK Parliament after SUV “mows down” several – Zero Hedge
3/22 The Kagans are back; wars to follow – Strategic Culture
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
3/22 Access to nature reduces depression and obesity, finds European study – Guardian
3/20 Sugar is at the heart of America’s health problems – Financial Sense
3/19 How rich is your knowledge capital? – Peak Prosperity
3/19 These people eat monkeys and piranhas – WaPo
3/18 Whole-body vibration may be as effective as regular exercise – Kurzweil
3/17 Trump and the GOP Want to Make It Even Easier for Police to Get Military Gear – NYT
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
3/24 Wikileaks: proof CIA bugs “factory fresh” iPhones – Zero Hedge
3/24 ISIS is winning the cyber war. Here’s how to stop it – Hill
3/24 CIA at cyberwar – Valdai Club
3/24 Small businesses beware: half of all cyber-attacks target you – Medium
3/22 How China is preparing for cyberwar – CS Monitor
3/21 The new handbook for cyberwar is being written by Russia – Buzzfeed
3/20 Russian ATMs spit out cash after malware attack – Zero Hedge
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
3/22 Man who planted tree and grew whole family of forests – Guardian
3/22 Ganges and Yamuna rivers granted same legal rights as human beings – Guardian
3/22 World’s first anti-ageing drug could see humans live to 120 – Telegraph
3/22 5 reasons you’re living in the strangest time in human history – SHTF Plan
3/22 Lab-grown chicken strips could change the meat industry forever – Entrepreneur
3/21 Record-breaking climate change pushes world into ‘uncharted territory’ – Guardian
3/21 Stunning video of Mars took 3 months to stitch together—by hand – Wired
3/21 SpaceX plans global ‘space internet’ – Kurzweil
3/21 Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time – Medium
