Courtesy of John Rubino.
Another risk-off day. US stocks down, gold and silver back at multi-week highs. Bitcoin stable after recent plunge. Home sales tumble. Trump’s popularity slumps. French presidential campaign in full swing.
Best Of The Web
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
A funny thing happens when the US accuses the UK of spying – Wired
Time to get painfully serious: Banks are evil – Peak Prosperity
Another missed opportunity – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Steve Eisman: Smart, lucky, abrasive, and now one of them – Burning Platform
Enter the blockchain – Garret Galland
Blue skies – Hussman Funds
Precious metal investing — the old versus the new – Miles Franklin
Austerity kills and then some – Automatic Earth
Inflation is back, the EU is failing, gold will exceed $10,000 – Goldbroker
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Breaking News
The Economy
3/22 Markets fret as Trump agenda shows signs of cracks – Reuters
3/22 Oil tightens its noose around currency market as rout deepens – Bloomberg
3/22 Eurozone head says southern Europe blew cash on ‘drinks and women’ – Telegraph
3/22 Sears warns of ‘going concern’ doubts – Reuters
3/22 Iron ore takes a battering as bear market engulfs China futures – Bloomberg
3/22 Ally Financial issues profit warning over used car prices – Mish
3/22 OECD warns China on rising corporate debt – DW
3/22 Bill Gross says China’s credit level ballooning – Market Realist
3/22 The Rosen market timing letter – 321Gold
3/22 Oliver’s market summary as of March 14, 2017 – Jay Taylor Media
3/22 Muni Massacre – Puerto Rico bonds plunge near record lows – Zero Hedge
3/22 Banks slash loan books while equities hover near all-time highs – Zero Hedge
3/21 US stocks fall hard as financials shed 2% – CNBC
3/21 A popular stock-market ‘black swan’ gauge at record – MarketWatch
Precious Metals
3/22 Gold’s 6-day winning streak ranks as best rally since Brexit – Bloomberg
3/22 Does this senior gold miner offer upside after rate hike? – Market Realist
3/22 Columbus Gold announces positive bankable feasibility study – Yahoo!
3/22 2 key metrics for Coeur Mining investors to focus on – Motley Fool
3/22 Gold’s uptrend of champions – 321Gold
3/22 The biggest gold story not being reported – Daily Reckoning
3/22 Rising demand, falling supplies equals higher gold prices – Daily Reckoning
3/22 Silver Wheaton reports record revenue and sales volumes in 2016 – Yahoo!
3/22 Is demand for physical gold really collapsing? – GoldBroker
3/22 Gold party is back on track thanks to Yellen’s promise – Birch Gold
3/21 Gold pushes higher as US dollar under pressure – Kitco
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
3/22 Saudi Arabia downgraded by Fitch to A+ on fiscal deficit – Zero Hedge
3/22 We’re at the door of the global currency reset – Silver Doctors
3/22 Noonan on money: “fiction has taken precedence over reality” – MunKnee
3/22 Is the US T-bond a Judas goat? – Jay Taylor Media
3/21 What Sweden’s negative interest rates do to consumers – Zero Hedge
3/21 To make America great, the dollar will have to be weak – MarketWatch
3/21 Venezuelan escalates “war on bread” as food shortages plague hungry – 24hGold
3/21 How to properly invest in bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrencies – Medium
Real Estate Bubble
3/22 Hot U.S. real estate a potential red flag: Fed’s Rosengren – Reuters
3/22 ‘Stark choices’ for Vancouver if housing models don’t change – CBC
3/22 Existing home sales tumble as tight inventory chokes market – MarketWatch
3/22 Martin Armstrong: why real estate is different from stocks & gold – Silver Doctors
3/21 Toronto home prices may jump 25% this year – Bloomberg
DollarCollapse Podcasts
3/14 Inflation + populism = soaring gold
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
Politics
3/22 Italy’s populist ‘mad man’ worrying for euro area stability – CNBC
3/22 Le Pen’s Dutch bummer – Politico
3/22 Marine Le Pen sharpens attack on Emmanuel Macron in French debate – NY Times
3/22 Le Pen targets voters her party once repelled – NY Times
3/22 Germany’s defense minister to Trump: No, we don’t owe NATO money – CNN
3/22 Mainstream media in total collapse – Ron Paul Institute
3/22 Trump is running out of political capital at the worst possible time – Vanity Fair
3/21 Marine LePen far ahead of rivals in secret polling – Zero Hedge
3/21 French presidential debate lifts euro to six-week highs – Reuters
3/21 Tillerson no-show at NATO renews European disquiet about Trump – Reuters
3/21 Gorsuch seen by many as smart, modest nominee for high court – WaPo
3/21 Why economists and the media fail to get the Trump phenomenon – 24hGold
Offshore Investing
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
2/22 Record Americans say goodbye to Uncle Sam (and the taxman) – Nestmann
Clean Tech
3/22 Why shares of Canadian Solar Inc. plunged 11% today – Motley Fool
3/22 The great electrification of BMW should terrify Tesla – The Street
3/22 Chevy Bolt discounting proves it’s ‘dead,’ says Tesla bull – CNBC
3/22 Vivint Solar earnings analysis: Q4, 2016 – Capital Cube
3/21 Can renewables save these downed energy giants? – Oil Price
3/21 Trina Solar goes private – PV
Art of the Collapse
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
3/06 Jeff Sessions at the bus stop – SNL
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
3/22 Shooting outside UK Parliament after SUV “mows down” several – Zero Hedge
3/22 The Kagans are back; wars to follow – Strategic Culture
3/22 World’s largest refugee host says EU deal near collapse – Bloomberg
3/22 Dijsselbloem ‘mail bomb target’, says spokesman – Yahoo!
3/22 More Mideast madness as Trump prepares to march – Unz Report
3/22 Ron Paul on neocons striking back – AntiWar
3/21 How government goons use civil forfeiture to rob us blind – Rutherford
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
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
3/18 Whole-body vibration may be as effective as regular exercise – Kurzweil
3/17 Trump and the GOP Want to Make It Even Easier for Police to Get Military Gear – NYT
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
3/22 How China is preparing for cyberwar – CS Monitor
3/21 The new handbook for cyberwar is being written by Russia – Buzzfeed
3/20 Russian ATMs spit out cash after malware attack – Zero Hedge
3/19 The risks of a silent US cyberwar against North Korea’s weapons – Normangee Star
3/18 ‘Anonymous’ joins hacker crusade to steal millions – Zero Hedge
3/18 Cyber War I has already begun – Belfer Center
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
3/22 Man who planted tree and grew whole family of forests – Guardian
3/22 Ganges and Yamuna rivers granted same legal rights as human beings – Guardian
3/22 World’s first anti-ageing drug could see humans live to 120 – Telegraph
3/22 5 reasons you’re living in the strangest time in human history – SHTF Plan
3/22 Lab-grown chicken strips could change the meat industry forever – Entrepreneur
3/21 Record-breaking climate change pushes world into ‘uncharted territory’ – Guardian
3/21 Stunning video of Mars took 3 months to stitch together—by hand – Wired
3/21 SpaceX plans global ‘space internet’ – Kurzweil
3/21 Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time – Medium
