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US markets closed; European stocks fall on approach of Brexit. Gold rising. Earnings season starting well for banks and miners. Global debt continues to soar, especially in China. US retaliates against alleged Russian hacking. Fake news debate rages. Trump holds first press conference since election.
Best Of The Web
Why the stock market has blasted into outerspace – Econimica
Surmount impending markets shocker to profit and protect – 24hGold
Off to an interesting start – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Mad as Hell – Peak Prosperity
How much did it cost to build the Titanic – GoldSeek
RealVision’s 15 “killer charts” for Q1 2017 – Zero Hedge
3 things: consumer debt, NFIB optimism & policy uncertainty – Real Investment Advice
Secular stagnation theory: challenge to Delong, Summers, Bernanke, more – Mish
The calm before the storm for China inflation – Asia Times
Black magic fraud to be exposed in 2017 – gold up 300x – Egon von Greyerz
The economic risk of ignoring arithmetic – John Hussman
Michael Belkin interview – King World News
The death throes of “money” – SilverSeek
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Breaking News
The Economy
1/16 European stocks continue lower as investors await Brexit plan – CNBC
1/16 Debt by country relative to GDP – ValueWalk
1/16 Chesterfield finds $83 million unfunded liabilities – Bacon’s Rebellion
1/16 Explosive short-covering rally coming up – Mish
1/15 Investors are bracing for a massive stock-market selloff – MarketWatch
1/15 Nomi Prins: big banks already failing stress tests – Daily Reckoning
1/15 Be prepared for a violent Fed reversal – Daily Reckoning
1/15 Weekend edition: making the chicken run, part I – Casey Research
1/15 6 in 10 Americans don’t have $500 in savings – CNN
1/14 Beware the next correction – Seeking Alpha
1/14 Christmas fizzles: retail sales except autos, gas, fall flat – Mish
1/14 2017: change can be a bitch – Automatic Earth
1/14 Visualizing Donald Trump’s $20 trillion problem – Zero Hedge
1/14 “Rest in peace,” bull market – Casey Research
Precious Metals
1/16 Gold’s fundamental outlook for 2017 – 24hGold
1/16 Discussion of the dollar, gold and Chinese liquidity – TF Metals Report
1/16 Yet another “leading indicator” for gold bites the dust – Seeking Alpha
1/16 Another missed opportunity by the gold majors – Seeking Alpha
1/16 Gold (miners): the new bull case – Seeking Alpha
1/16 Why the price of gold is headed above $6,000 – King World News
1/15 Big gold buying coming – SafeHaven
1/15 Are you prepared for the great financial enema? – SRSrocco Report
1/15 3 key factors practically guaranteed to move gold in 2017 – Yahoo!
1/15 Real metal will defeat paper gold someday, Hathaway writes contentedly – GATA
1/15 The 3 biggest surprises from silver stocks in 2016 – Fox
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
1/16 Pound sterling hits new 31-year-low amid hard Brexit fears – Independent
1/16 Mexico to cut its dependence on US food producers – Wolf Street
1/16 The world’s first cashless society is here – International Man
1/16 Swiss SNB’s vice pres says negative rates key for monetary policy – Reuters
1/16 How Brexit will make all Brits poorer – Business Insider
1/15 Fed may step in to protect corporations from Americans’ rising wages – Birch Gold
1/15 What if the natural real interest rate is negative? – Seeking Alpha
1/15 China’s bitcoin market: another ticking time bomb? – SCMP
1/14 China’s economy at mercy of force beyond its control – Business Insider
1/14 Draghi’s inflation upturn reopens divergences across region – Bloomberg
Real Estate Bubble
1/14 New York real estate prices plunge in 4Q – Zero Hedge
1/14 Ontario is becoming last bastion of Canada’s hot housing market – Bloomberg
1/14 How rising rates are hurting America’s largest mortgage lender – Zero Hedge
1/13 Becoming a landlord is just a click away – CNBC
1/12 Mortgage rates sink for second week – MarketWatch
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
1/16 Trump slams NATO, blasts EU as “vehicle for Germany” – Mish
1/16 May to seek hard Brexit by leaving EU market – Bloomberg
1/16 Trump hand grenade thrown by working class against the system – Sputnik News
1/16 Davos elites struggle for answers as Trump era dawns – Reuters
1/16 John Lewis’ diverse district bashes Trump – Huffington Post
1/16 Le Pen follows Trump’s lead on social media bombardment – Straits Times
1/15 Trump open to shift on Russia sanctions, ‘One China’ policy – MarketWatch
1/15 The “Trump vs. media” cage match has only begun – Vanity Fair
1/15 President Obama’s farewell address – Medium
1/15 Trump suggests he may drop Russia sanctions if Moscow ‘is helpful’ – Guardian
1/15 Tucker Carlson, Glenn Greenwald on deep state war vs. Trump – Zero Hedge
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
1/16 German power battery storage to grow three-fold this year – Reuters
1/16 Charging a Tesla goes from free to dirt cheap – Quartz
1/16 This week in solar – Motley Fool
1/16 Hawaii becoming proving ground for the future of energy storage – Motley Fool
1/16 Tesla uber-bull’s supercharger estimates are way too optimistic – Forbes
1/16 9 facts you didn’t know about driverless cars – Motley Fool
1/16 China, Europe drive shift to electric cars as U.S. lags – Reuters
Art of the Collapse
1/16 “Mainstream mediasaurus” – Zero Hedge
1/16 Pee-pee party press conference – SNL
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
1/16 Lofgren and Moyers – what is the deep state? – 24hGold
1/16 Weekend edition: making the chicken run, part II – Casey Research
1/16 Predicting the next crisis, programming behavior – 24hGold
1/16 100+ asylum seekers drown as boat sinks in the Mediterranean – Independent
1/15 Police to Trump: ‘Help us continue to militarize’ – OC Register
1/15 The worst thing Russia ever did to America – Daily Reckoning
1/15 Is the US really ready to end its drug war? – Conversation
1/14 Will Trump have a Neocon foreign policy? – AntiWar
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
1/16 12 Google tricks that will change how you search – Medium
1/16 A guide to becoming unstoppable with your money – Medium
1/08 US seafood consumption up, but many still making unhealthy purchases – Mercola
1/08 A month without sugar – New York Times
1/06 As Calpers flails, don’t bank on your pension – Investor Place
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
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
1/16 The year’s biggest hacks, from Yahoo to the DNC – Wired
1/15 Alexa may have won CES, but it still has a fight ahead – Wired
1/15 US Marines seek more than a few good men for cyber-war – Register
1/15 Cyber threats to US growing faster than government defenses – Sputnik News
1/15 Europe erects cyber defences ahead of 2017 elections – IB Times
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
1/15 Woman died from superbug resistant to all available antibiotics – CBS News
1/15 The climate “doomsday” is already here – Extra Newsfeed
1/15 Trump meets with professor who thinks global warming is positive – Daily Bell
1/14 Driverless shuttles hit Las Vegas – Mish
1/14 Top 10 tech trends transforming humanity – Medium
1/13 The virus that could get rid of alcoholism – Good Health
1/13 Massive scientific report on marijuana confirms medical benefits – Ars Technica
1/13 A new physics theory of life – Quanta Magazine
1/13 Lady Liberty depicted as a woman of color on US currency – CNBC
1/13 ‘This is a big deal’: Storms could spell end to historic drought – SF Chronicle
1/11 EU proposal would kill spam in all forms without consumer opt-in – Mish
