Breaking News And Best Of The Web

Trading gets choppy as stocks, the dollar, bitcoin and gold reverse recent trends. US jobs growth disappoints, manufacturing expands. Global debt continues to soar. US retaliates against alleged Russian hacking. Fake news debate rages.  

Best Of The Web

My political-financial road map for 2017 – Nomi Prins

How to make America great again with other people’s money – Club Orlov

Fears of a ‘massive’ global property price fall – Telegraph

Happy New Year! – FOFOA

Currency and the collapse of the Roman empire – Visual Capitalist

Silver prices and the Russian connection – Deviant Investor

2017 – the year of monetary revolution – 24hGold

Forecast 2017: the wheels finally come off – Kunstler

World’s most dangerous systemic risks for the week ending December 30 – Medium.com

The fate of debt after an economic collapse – Survival Sullivan

As we enter 2017, keep the big picture in mind – Peak Prosperity

Is the “Trump trade” already unwinding? – Wolf Street

Longest losing streak in gold since 2004 ended last week – Seeking Alpha

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Breaking News

The Economy

1/05    U.S. service industries expand at faster pace than forecast – Bloomberg


1/05    Making America great again…with debt – Financial Sense


1/05    Oil prices fall, big rise in US fuel inventories offsets drop in crude stockpiles – CNBC


1/05    UK credit binge approaching levels not seen since 2008 crash – Guardian


1/05    Pace of jobs growth fell in December – CNBC


1/05    Total global debt tops 325 pct of GDP as government debt jumps – Reuters


1/05    JGBs sag following rout in global debt market – EconoTimes


1/05    Macy’s posts disappointing holiday sales, likely to cut 10,000 workers – CNBC


1/05    James Rickards: an end to globalism – Daily Reckoning


1/05    The Fed’s playbook for 2017 – Daily Reckoning


1/05    Why profits are faltering – Talk Markets


1/05    December US auto sales come in at pace of 18.4 mil, vs. 17.7 mil estimate – CNBC


1/04    British consumers borrow at fastest rate in 11 years as inflation threat rises – Reuters


1/04    Global stocks climb, dollar dips ahead of Fed minutes – Reuters


1/04    #84. Looking ahead – Surplus Energy Economics

Precious Metals

1/05    Bullion Star posts primer on China’s especially secretive gold reserves – GATA


1/05    Trump’s Twitter “140 characters” to push gold to $1,600/oz in 2017? – GoldCore


1/05    Bullion Star ‘infographic’ on gold ETFs shows how they undermine gold price – GATA


1/05    Silver to outperform gold in 2017 – Kitco


1/05    Saville doesn’t get it: Rig the gold price and you rig all prices – GATA


1/05    The value investor’s gold miner – Yahoo!


1/05    3 key factors practically guaranteed to move gold in 2017 – Nasdaq


1/05    State Dept. cable confirms gold futures market created for price suppression – GATA


1/05    2017 – The promising year for the silver investor – Commodity Trade


1/05    Doug Kass explains why he is aggressively buying gold – Zero Hedge


1/04    Gold’s dead. Here’s why we’re buying… – Daily Reckoning


1/04    Precious metals: searching for a shiny bottom – Seeking Alpha

Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies

1/05    India’s cash woes are just beginning – Bloomberg


1/05    China’s choices narrowing as it burns through FX reserves to support yuan – GATA


1/05    Bitcoin is crashing – Business Insider


1/05    Dollar posts biggest drop since Trump win – Bloomberg


1/05    Ron Paul statement on audit the Fed – Campaign For Liberty


1/05    Bitcoin nears parity with gold – Talk Markets


1/05    Selling pressure in U.S. bonds came from Europe – Talk Markets


1/05    Bitcoin hits a record high, but can it rival gold as a safe haven? – CNBC

Real Estate Bubble

1/05    Six reasons construction boom won’t last – Mish


1/05    Refinance window closing fast: applications plunge 22 percent – Mish


1/04    Manhattan resale home prices tumble the most in four years – Bloomberg


1/04    Mortgage applications tank 12% to end 2016 – CNBC


1/04    Luxury apartment bust spreads to Main Street – 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


6/25    The deeper meaning of Brexit

Politics

1/05    Universal basic income and radical populism: making the link – Financial Sense


1/05    So what’s the big idea, European Union? – Guardian


1/05    Italy’s Five Star Movement, growing club of Putin sympathisers in West – Guardian


1/05    If 2016 wasn’t the Epocalypse, what the heck was it? – SafeHaven


1/05    Here’s why liberals are suddenly embracing the 2nd Amendment – Anti Media


1/04    Marine Le Pen can still win it – PoundSterling


1/04    Calls to scrap ‘security catastrophe’ of EU’s open borders – Express


1/04    Trump and the case of Congressional ethics – New Yorker


1/04    Trump criticizes GOP over timing of gutting ‘unfair’ ethics watchdog – Huffington Post


1/04    Ron Paul on facts or fakes: can we trust the Washington Post? – AntiWar


1/04    House Republicans scrap plan to gut ethics office after emergency meeting – CNBC


1/04    Sullivan lawyer Jay Clayton seen as Trump’s top choice for SEC – CNBC

Offshore Investing

12/23  The best countries for your escape plan – International Man


12/21  Do you have an offshore backup plan? – Sovereign Investor


12/17  If Europe goes down, we go with it – Nestmann


12/16  The real winner of the US elections – Mountain Vision

Clean Tech

1/05    It’s final — corn ethanol is of no use – Forbes


1/05    Residential solar specialist sungevity’s reverse merger is canceled – Greentech Media


1/05    If Trump kills Clean Power Plan, legal action ensues, warn 15 states – PV Tech


1/05    Solar power surges in popularity for home owners – NewsHub


1/03    Hawaii Electric aims to hit 100% renewables 5 years early – Utility Drive


1/03    5 trends utilities need to watch in 2017 – Greentech Media


1/03    European solar PV market installs 1.56 GW in Q3, 2016, down 10% YoY – Solar Server

Art of the Collapse

1/04    Artist’s impression of Obama-Trump transition – Zero Hedge


12/12  A dozen dead oceans – Automatic Earth

War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State

1/05    China media warn Trump of ‘big sticks’ if he seeks trade war – Bloomberg


1/05    IA war over the South China Sea? – Bert Dohmen


1/05    Chicago cops condemn “sickening” video of teen kidnap, attack – Zero Hedge


1/05    Where secret arrests were standard procedure – New York Times


1/04    As opioid epidemic worsens, cost of waking up from an overdose soars – CNBC


1/04    More than 2,000 Iraqis a day flee Mosul as military advances – Reuters


1/04    China: US ‘shooting star’ in history as Trump picks protectionist trade chief – Guardian


1/04    Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition – Guardian

Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival

1/03    How to survive a mass shooting – Survival Sullivan


1/03    Say goodbye to kale: the superfood trends for 2017 – Telegraph


1/03    SRSrocco top 2016 posts & my commentary for 2017 – SRSrocco Report


12/31  How to set up a prepping budget – Survival Sullivan


12/24  How physical inactivity increases risk for chronic diseases – Mercola


12/23  Healing tonic that helped climbing expedition conquer Everest – Alternative Daily


12/23  10 good reasons to change jobs every 3 to 5 years – Forbes


12/20  Alternative uses for honey – Survival Sullivan


12/17  Is your olive oil fake? – Mercola

CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime

1/05    The “Russian hacking” story changes again – Zero Hedge


1/04    Cyber security in the time of demonetisation – Your Story


1/03    National: Sanctions mark rare window into cyberwar – Voting News


1/02    Was claim about Russian hacking fake news? – TruthDig


12/31  How Russia recruited elite hackers for its cyberwar – CNBC

Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating

1/03    Insurance claim adjusters replaced by “IBM Watson explorer” – Mish


1/03    Marijuana industry bracing for push toward legalization in 2017 – MarketWatch


1/03    Vanishing life, solar power boom year, and more! – Huffington Post


1/02    Life after cars 2016 – 24hGold


1/02    Massive volcano rumbling right under one of Italy’s biggest cities – CNBC


1/02    iPhone manufacturer Foxconn: humans no longer needed – Gateway Pundit


1/02    Rewriting the code of life – New Yorker


1/02    On the exponential view – Hacker Noon


1/02    Humanity may self-destruct, but the universe can cope without us – Guardian


1/02    John Kerry visited Antarctica to see Nazi UFO bases? – Inquisitr


12/29  Why people get happier as they get older – Medium.com