Courtesy of John Rubino.
US stocks fall on health care turmoil, gold and silver rise slightly. Bitcoin and oil stable after recent drops. New home sales rise. Trump’s popularity slumps. Obamacare replacement stalls in Congress.
Best Of The Web
Tigers, ghosts, and Kryptonite – Stock Research
They’re baaack! And why you should be worried – very worried – Mark St. Cyr
Discussions on the Fed put – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Pension crisis too big for markets to ignore – Bloomberg
Why this market needs to crash – Peak Prosperity
Required minimum distributions spell disaster (& even greater intervention) – Econimica
The Deep State’s dominant narratives and authority are crumbling – Charles Hugh Smith
Dead men walking? – SilverSeek
The smokestacks come tumbling down – Nearly Now
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
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Breaking News
The Economy
3/27 Fading Trump rally threatened by rare contraction of US credit – Telegraph
3/27 These charts show alarm bells ringing on the Trump trade – Bloomberg
3/27 Plateau in U.S. auto sales heightens risk for lenders: Moody’s – Reuters
3/27 US oil rig count continues to rise despite Saudi warnings – Oil Price
3/27 Venezuela in dire straits as oil production falls further – Oil Price
3/27 ‘Soft’ data slump continues – Dallas Fed misses, tumbles – Zero Hedge
3/27 Populism is the result of global economic failure – Guardian
3/27 Dow falls triple digits as optimism on Trump agenda diminishes; financials lag – CNBC
3/27 Asian markets drop as dollar weakens following Trump health-care failure – CNBC
3/27 Pension problem too big to ignore? – Mish
3/27 Foundation – Fall of the American Galactic Empire – Burning Platform
3/27 Is bankruptcy for Illinois the answer? – Zero Hedge
Precious Metals
3/27 Gold, silver rise 2.5% and 3.2% as ‘Trump trade’ fades – GoldCore
3/27 Could gold take off? – Seeking Alpha
3/27 Gold bullion truth – suppression of gold prices – Harvard Gold
3/27 Free gold and silver training course – Harvard Gold
3/27 Sovereign gold buyers know how to play the paper game, Maguire tells KWN – GATA
3/27 3 top silver stocks to buy in 2017 – Motley Fool
3/27 The fascinating history of gold and gold investing – Harvard Gold
3/27 Gold, the dollar and how to invest in gold – Harvard Gold
3/26 Gold jumps as market digests impact of Trumpcare failure – Kitco
3/26 Gold party is back on track thanks to Yellen’s promise – Birch Gold
3/26 Silver mining stock fundamentals – Market Oracle
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
3/27 Pound breaks $1.26 for first time since February as dollar drops – Bloomberg
3/27 Rupee hits near 1-1/2 year high against US dollar – Times of India
3/27 Greek capital controls tightening a possibility – Ekathimerini
3/27 A Bitcoin civil war threatens to tear digital currency in 2 – Business Insider
3/27 What should we make of this inflation rise? – Telegraph
3/27 Goldman asks “have we reached peak cash?” – Zero Hedge
3/26 Fed’s Williams says goal is to get inflation ‘back to 2% and keep it there’ – MarketWatch
3/26 How bitcoin exchange market is preparing for hard fork – Coin Telegraph
3/26 Why bitcoin is taking over the entertainment world – Social Barrel
3/25 BOJ won’t raise bond yield target: Kuroda – Japan Times
Real Estate Bubble
3/27 Condo flippers in Miami-Dade left twisting in the wind – Wolf Street
3/24 Wild swings in new home sales – Mish
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
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
3/27 Trump taps Kushner to lead SWAT team to fix government with business ideas – WaPo
3/27 Republican lawmaker quits freedom caucus – Zero Hedge
3/27 Trump handed Merkel $375 billion invoice for NATO defenses – Zero Hedge
3/27 ‘Religious left’ emerging as U.S. political force in Trump era – Reuters
3/27 France’s Le Pen says the EU ‘will die’, globalists to be defeated – Reuters
3/27 A map explains the roots of France’s growing nationalism – ValueWalk
3/27 This is the nightmare scenario for the GOP: a $2 trillion funding “hole” – Zero Hedge
3/27 These Democrats seem to really want a war with Russia – Zero Hedge
3/27 Fights erupt at pro-Donald Trump rally on California beach – Guardian
3/27 France’s Le Pen says euro exit ‘wouldn’t be chaos’ – CNBC
3/27 France’s Macron ahead in polls, Fillon faces angry protesters – Reuters
3/26 Marine Le Pen of France meets with Vladimir Putin in Moscow – NY Times
Offshore Investing
3/24 Where’s citizenship for sale? Huddled masses need not apply – 24hGold
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
Clean Tech
3/27 Tesla Model 3 ramp up aims to crush BMW and Mercedes – Bloomberg
3/27 Why are Shell and Toyota backing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles? – Oil Price
3/27 Trump to sign order on Tuesday easing energy regulations – Reuters
3/27 Photovoltaic system market to grow with a CAGR of 18.7% by 2022 – Solar Server
3/27 Tesla solar roof orders starting in April – Clean Technica
3/26 Energy carbon emissions in 2016 flat for third year: IEA – Reuters
Art of the Collapse
3/24 Artist’s impression of judge Gorsuch’s nomination hearings – Zero Hedge
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
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
3/27 Kremlin rejects US, EU call to free detained protesters – Zero Hedge
3/27 When the law opposes the truth rather than protects it – GateStone Institute
3/27 Russian police arrest hundreds of anti-corruption protesters – CNBC
3/26 Here are 10 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways – WaPo
3/26 Daesh, creature of the West – Sputnik News
3/26 NSA spied on Congress, Supreme Court and Trump – Informational Liberation
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
3/27 Mayo Clinic discovers high-intensity aerobic training can reverse aging – Kurzweil
3/26 The microbes in your body that you couldn’t live without – BBC
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
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
3/24 Canada, NATO attempt to define boundaries of response to cyberattacks – CBC
3/24 The Royal Navy is holding huge cyber war games in Scotland – Irish News
3/23 Wikileaks: proof CIA bugs “factory fresh” iPhones – Zero Hedge
3/23 ISIS is winning the cyber war. Here’s how to stop it – Hill
3/23 CIA at cyberwar – Valdai Club
3/23 Small businesses beware: half of all cyber-attacks target you – Medium
3/22 How China is preparing for cyberwar – CS Monitor
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
3/27 A “tidal wave” of overdoses is filling up this morgue – Mother Jones
3/27 Self-driving cars may just be the start – Oil Price
3/27 Evolution is slower than it looks and faster than you think – Wired
3/27 What happens to the US midwest when the water’s gone? – National Geographic
3/27 Are Baby Boomers a ‘generation of sociopaths’? – Huffington Post
3/26 New research shakes up dinosaur family tree – WaPo
3/26 Amazing photos document iconic Summer of Love in San Francisco – Timeline
3/26 Declassified nuclear blast footage – War Is Boring
3/25 Silicon Valley’d rather cure death than make life worth living – Wired
3/24 Why the white middle class is dying faster, explained in 6 charts – Vox
3/22 Man who planted tree and grew whole family of forests – Guardian
