Courtesy of John Rubino.
What survives the coming reset? Not your bank account or IRA. US stocks remain near all-time highs, gold and silver down on stronger dollar. Trump immigration plan challenged in court. Debate over Putin intensifies. French election uncertainty rocks euro bonds
Best Of The Web
Which assets are most likely to survive the inevitable “system re-set”? – OfTwoMinds.com
A murderous complacency – Peak Prosperity
It’s finally happening – Macro The Tourist
Equity valuations, an everything bubble and “policy Trumpacho” – Mish
Extreme vetting, but not for banks – RollingStone
Weekly commentary: the wraths – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Great expectations – Real Investment Advice
The persuasion filter and immigration – Dilbert
Liberals, not Trump, to blame for backlash – Mish
A nation-and world-divided – Miles Franklin
The clear and present danger list for the week ending January 13, 2017 – Deep Connections
Dow companies report worst revenues since 2010, Dow rises to 20,000 (LOL?) – Wolf Street
How great the fall can be – Arch Druid Report
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Breaking News
The Economy
2/07 Everyone is suddenly worried about this US mortgage-bond whale – Bloomberg
2/07 When the money supply dries up – International Man
2/07 Greece won’t meet fiscal surplus targets set by Europe – Bloomberg
2/07 Too late for couples therapy? – DiEM25
2/07 The new face of American unemployment – Bloomberg
2/07 Harry Dent: stocks will fall 70-90% within 3 years – Peak Prosperity
2/07 Harvard’s $1.2 billion haul erased by investing loss, payout – Bloomberg
2/07 Carnage of the middle class – 24hGold
2/07 Dear IMF, please put Greece out of its misery – Mish
2/07 Why grandpa is homeless – Pacific Standard
2/07 US consumer bankruptcies do something they haven’t done in 7 years – Zero Hedge
2/07 China’s miracle economy is nothing more than fool’s gold – Daily Reckoning
2/07 ECB sees seeds of next crisis in Trump deregulation plan – Reuters
2/06 Bill Gross: Central bank ‘financial methadone’ isn’t going to end well – CNBC
Precious Metals
2/07 Silver market set up for much higher price move than gold – SRSrocco Report
2/07 Gold prices rising mean “impending market volatility” – GoldCore
2/07 China refrains from adding to gold reserves for a third month in January – Kitco
2/07 Gold, bonds sending a signal reminiscent of 1987 and 1973 market crashes – CNBC
2/07 Gold falls on stronger dollar, profit taking – Kitco
2/07 Gold miner Randgold Resources hikes dividend by 52% as demand soars – IB Times
2/07 Trump will be great for gold and silver (if nothing else) – News Doctors
2/06 Rate hike push-out: good for gold – Seeking Alpha
2/06 2 gold producers breaking out – Seeking Alpha
2/06 Investment veteran favors gold on risk of Trump ‘mistakes’ – Bloomberg
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
2/07 Investors pay Danes to finance mortgages in negative-rate record – Bloomberg
2/07 China reserves edge below $3 trillion as yuan pressure increases – Bloomberg
2/07 ECB sees seeds of next crisis in Trump deregulation plan – Reuters
2/07 Republicans reeling in Fed? – Daily Bell
2/07 Jucker: Draghi has ‘bigger fish to fry’ than inflation – Bloomberg
2/06 France yield spread nears four-year high as political risk grows – Bloomberg
2/06 Euro declines amid political uncertainty; dollar dips vs yen – Reuters
2/06 Drug prices rose 11% last year, providing fuel for both sides of price debate – CNBC
2/06 Deflation has disappeared – Business Insider
Real Estate Bubble
2/06 Hyde Park homes hit hardest as Brexit fuels discounts in London – Bloomberg
2/06 Everyone is suddenly worried about this US mortgage-bond whale – Bloomberg
2/06 House flipping is back, with all its opportunities and risks – CNBC
2/03 Toronto home prices jump 22% as buyers contend with tight supply – Bloomberg
2/02 Yellen eyes commercial real-estate froth as Fed weighs ’17 risks – Bloomberg
DollarCollapse Podcasts
2/06 Things that WON’T change
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
Politics
2/07 Marine Le Pen vs the media – Politico
2/07 The “impossible” happens in Germany – Mish
2/07 Our part in the darkness – New Yorker
2/07 Shock poll shows Merkel losing chancellorship if elections held today – Zero Hedge
2/07 Hypocrisy of the West over fake news claim – Guardian
2/07 Marine Le Pen: French election ‘choice of civilization’ – Fox News
2/07 President Trump’s immigration ban faces a major legal test – WaPo
2/07 The very peculiar isolation of Donald Trump – WaPo
2/07 Are journalists overreacting to Donald Trump? – Vanity Fair
2/07 CA Senate leader admits: “half of my family” in country illegally – Zero Hedge
2/07 Why is Trump beheading the statue of liberty: Spiegel editor explains – Zero Hedge
2/07 Trump not welcome to address Parliament, UK Speaker declares – Huffington Post
2/06 Trump is no fascist. He is a champion for the forgotten millions – Guardian
Offshore Investing
2/01 FATCA needs to go, but the FATCA “refugees” are never coming back – Zero Hedge
1/24 Switzerland: still a safe country for storage… but only for physical gold – GoldBroker
12/23 The best countries for your escape plan – International Man
12/21 Do you have an offshore backup plan? – Sovereign Investor
Clean Tech
2/07 US solar industry clamors for workers as jobs climb by 25% – Bloomberg
2/06 China’s solar power capacity more than doubles in 2016 – ABS CBN
2/06 U.S. utilities seek solar power as Trump sides with coal, fossil fuels – LA Times
2/05 Absolution, deceit and renewables – Automatic Earth
2/04 European solar demand fell 20% in 2016, says SolarPower Europe – PV Magazine
2/04 LED lighting retrofits in Hawaiian homes – Clean Technica
2/04 Solar power will completely phase out coal by 2050 – IFL Science
Art of the Collapse
1/29 This Dutch video on Trump has gone viral because, well, just watch it – Mashable
1/26 Bad Lip Reading’s video on Trump’s inauguration is hysterical – The Blaze
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
2/06 ‘It’s NATO – not Russia – that has deployed tanks to Poland & Baltic States’ – RT
2/06 Refugees in Europe to be redirected to Asia, Latin America – Indepedent
2/05 Iran vows ‘roaring missiles’ if threatened, defies new sanctions – Reuters
2/05 China assails US pledge to defend disputed islands controlled by Japan – NY Times
2/05 Americans who cared about muslims would stop killing them – Black Agenda Report
2/04 The coming clash with Iran – Zero Hedge
2/04 Louvre terror attack suspect identified – Zero Hedge
2/03 US imposes new sanctions on Iran in wake of missile tests – Bloomberg
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
2/07 Trump could approve a giant merger that’s scaring American farmers – MSN
2/07 FDA milk prohibition is dirty dairy’s scheme – Mercola
2/05 A complete guide to keeping your digital identity short and sweet – Medium
1/31 Worried about the Apocalypse? Here’s a shopping guide – Bloomberg
1/31 Importance of enzymes for health, longevity, disease prevention – Mercola
1/31 Healing with medical marijuana – Dr. Sircus
1/29 When the rich become preppers, it’s time to worry – Peak Prosperity
1/27 Standing for mental clarity and physical health – Mercola
1/27 How Pete & Gerry’s cage-free eggs are a model for other small farmers – MarketWatch
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
2/02 Privacy and security stuff you should read: 1/31/2017 – Forbes
2/01 Credit-card thieves move online as chips thwart in-store fraud – Bloomberg
2/01 Protect your digital privacy in the era of surveillance, public shaming – Pacific Standard
2/01 Get ready for the cyber war in 2017: know your enemy – Information Age
2/01 Hackers demand bitcoin after hijacking hotel’s locks – MSN
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
2/07 Brain-computer interface enables patients to communicate for the first time – Kurzweil
2/07 First stable semisynthetic organism created – Kurzweil
2/07 Middle Class jobs to be taken by ROBOTS – Daily Mail
2/05 Autonomous vehicles and the end of privacy – Hacker Noon
2/05 Greenland ice sheet melting 600% faster than predicted – Naked Capitalism
2/04 “Bionic barista’s” mission to terminate millions of minimum wage jobs – Zero Hedge
2/02 The many tribes of artificial intelligence – Medium
2/02 Inside libratus, the poker AI that out-bluffed the best humans – Wired
2/02 Microplastics found in supermarket fish, shellfish – CBC News
2/02 Winter 2017 – colder and snowier – Dr. Sircus
