Breaking News And Best Of The Web

US stocks, gold and silver pop. Brexit process begins. Protesters and police gearing up for Trump inauguration. 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

1/17    Women’s apparel retailer Limited Stores files for bankruptcy – Reuters


1/17    May sets out Brexit vision with vow to quit EU single market – Bloomberg


1/17    Companies scramble to avoid the “Trump tweet” – Mish


1/17    China’s new way to pump record credit without side effects – Bloomberg


1/17    Chinese stocks stabilize after longest losing streak since 2015 – Bloomberg


1/17    Asian stocks drop on concerns over ‘hard’ Brexit, US policies – Bloomberg


1/17    Bonds & bullion surging as small caps give up 2017 gains – Zero Hedge


1/17    Markets shudder under threat of hard Brexit – Daily Reckoning


1/17    Trump threatens German carmakers with 35% US import tariff – CNBC


1/17    Broad US stockmarket update as inauguration of Trump approaches – Clive Maund


1/17    Why fractional-reserve banking would be limited in unhampered market – 24hGold


1/17    The eight forces that are pressuring profits – Financial Sense


1/17    Two more major problems for Social Security & Medicare – Sovereign Man


1/17    Wall Street faces 20 years of retirement withdrawals – Zero Hedge

Precious Metals

1/17    2017 – spectacular for gold, silver but disaster for bonds and stocks – 24hGold


1/17    Bitcoin and gold – outlook and safe haven? – GoldCore


1/17    These catalysts could send gold prices flying in 2017 – Lombardi Letter


1/17    Gold price rises through key $1,207 level – Bullion Vault


1/17    Physical gold will ‘Trump’ paper gold – GoldCore


1/17    “Gold is money – and nothing else” GoldSeek


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

Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies

1/17    The “war on cash” has nothing to do with fighting crime – 24hGold


1/17    How crowded is the “long dollar” trade? In one chart – Zero Hedge


1/17    Apple hikes UK app store prices by 20% – Zero Hedge


1/17    Pound soars after UK’s May calls for vote on Brexit – Zero Hedge


1/17    Allianz’s El-Erian says strong U.S. dollar biggest risk in 2017 – Reuters


1/17    China may soon shock the market – Daily Reckoning


1/17    Hugo Salinas Price: The further decline in international reserves – GATA


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

Real Estate Bubble

1/17    Luxury condo supply sale nears 3yrs’ inventory in S. Florida – Condo Vultures Realty


1/17    House party soon over in Sweden as rates stick – Bloomberg


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

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

1/17    The Cheeto cometh – James Howard Kunstler


1/17    Germans fear Trump may reunite its old enemies – MarketWatch


1/17    Jeremy Corbyn accused of being Russian “collaborator” – Intercept


1/17    As Trump era arrives, a sense of uncertainty grips the world – NY Times


1/17    Europe’s far-right parties hold first-ever “counter-summit” – Quartz


1/17    Germany retaliates after Donald Trump labels NATO ‘obsolete’ – Telegraph


1/17    China will ‘take off the gloves’ if Trump continues on Taiwan – CNBC


1/17    Fake news police arrive in Germany – Mish


1/17    “Hell Week II: The Revenge”‘s unrestrained election rejection – SafeHaven


1/17    Theresa May to set out 12-point plan for Brexit – Telegraph


1/17    Anti-Trump groups plotting criminal acts for inauguration – 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

1/17    Large corporations are driving America’s renewable energy boom – Greentech Media


1/17    John Doerr, TJ Rodgers Invest $10M in microinverters and storage – Greentech Media


1/17    How and why Las Vegas embraced solar energy – Greentech Media


1/17    The danger of solar’s ‘hot-hand fallacy’ – Greentech Media


1/17    World could enjoy utopian future with sustainable development – Independent


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

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

1/17    Trust in CEOs plummets and hits all-time low: Global survey – CNBC


1/17    China will ‘take off the gloves’ if Trump continues on Taiwan – CNBC


1/17    Trump slams NATO, floats Russia nuke deal – Bloomberg


1/17    Spotted in Davos: anti-drone guns – Zero Hedge


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

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

1/17    Russian hackers were only getting started in the 2016 election – Fortune


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

Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating

1/17    Not taking multivitamins during pregnancy could set child back – Telegraph


1/17    Cyberwarfare, driverless cars, and quantum computing – Financial Sense


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