Courtesy of John Rubino.
US stocks continue their descent, gold and silver rise. Bitcoin and oil recover from recent lows. Subprime auto loans emerging as possible threat. Tax reform up next.
Best Of The Web
Stalling engines – Hussman Funds
The auto industry is about to drive off a cliff — again! – MATA SII
Our economies run on housing bubbles – Automatic Earth
How the Left learned to love states’ rights – Mises Institute
The curse of the thinking class – James Howard Kustler
The natural order of money and why abstract currencies fail – Medium
Tigers, ghosts, and Kryptonite – Stock Research
They’re baaack! And why you should be worried – very worried – Mark St. Cyr
Discussions on the Fed put – Credit Bubble Bulletin
Pension crisis too big for markets to ignore – Bloomberg
Why this market needs to crash – Peak Prosperity
Required minimum distributions spell disaster (& even greater intervention) – Econimica
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Breaking News
The Economy
4/04 The danger of a sell-off in US stocks grows – Bloomberg
4/04 Trump’s reflation trade is deflating – 24hGold
4/04 Austerity-crushed Greek households cutting food purchases – National Herald
4/04 ‘US stocks mixed before Trump meets with Chinese leader – CNBC
4/04 Oil prices rebound as traders eye supply data – MarketWatch
4/04 Auto sales final numbers: down 5.7%, 2-year low – Mish
4/04 Euro-area unemployment lowest in eight years – Bloomberg
4/04 Carmakers post surprise declines – Bloomberg
4/04 The reason underfunded pensions are a disaster waiting to happen – MarketWatch
4/04 Japan business mood brightens as recovery broadens – Reuters
4/04 As quota compliance tumbles, is the end of OPEC near? – Zero Hedge
4/03 Auto inventories highest since July 2009 – Mish
Precious Metals
4/04 Invest in gold – 46 trillion reasons why – GoldCore
4/04 Is The Cartel’s “silver Waterloo” looming? – 24hGold
4/04 Is gold money? China and Russia think so – 24hGold
4/04 The US owes the world 3x the gold ever produced – 24hGold
4/04 Warning signs in precious metals – Daily Gold
4/04 Sandstorm Gold announces record gold production – JMN
4/04 Opportunities in resource space, turnaround sectors – KE Report
4/03 Money managers boost gold net-long exposure by 62% – Kitco
4/02 Gold’s latest rally is backed by recent history – Birch Gold
4/01 Gold marks its 8th first quarter gain in 10 years – CNBC
4/01 China manufacturing gauge highest in almost five years – Bloomberg
Inflation, Deflation, Currency War, Cryptocurrencies
4/04 Obsession with 2% inflation belongs in ‘halls of academia’ – CNBC
4/04 Japan’s balance of stashed cash surging – Nikkei
4/04 How to stop Venezuela’s fatal inflation – Forbes
4/04 Behind Turkey’s crisis-era inflation levels – Bloomberg
4/03 Measuring redenomination risk in Italy – Mish
4/03 Japan’s bitcoin law goes into effect tomorrow – Coin Desk
4/03 Moscow, Beijing join forces to bypass USD in global markets – Zero Hedge
4/03 Bitcoin reaches a grand compromise on the scalability debate – Cryptocoins News
4/03 Bitcoin vs gold: which is a better long-term bet? – Coin Desk
4/03 Inflation finally starting to hit healthy levels – Mother Jones
Real Estate Bubble
4/04 Manhattan home resales rebound after sellers agree to cut prices – Bloomberg
4/03 Sydney property prices rise almost 20% in past 12 months – Guardian
4/03 Housing bubble in Sydney soars to new high – Wolf Street
4/03 Australia sticks with blunt instruments to battle housing bubble – CNBC
4/03 Toronto bidding wars so fierce homebuyers skip inspections – 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
4/04 Ryan’s border tax on the ropes as Trump ponders overhaul plan – Bloomberg
4/04 The deep state now works for the ‘good guys’ – Aljazeera
4/04 Putin derangement syndrome arrives – Rolling Stone
4/04 Obama did bug Trump after all – Fox News
4/04 Londonistan: 423 new mosques; 500 closed churches – Gatestone Institute
4/03 Trump presses China on North Korea ahead of Xi talks – Reuters
4/03 ‘Nuclear’ bid to confirm Gorsuch may radically change Washington – Bloomberg
4/03 Democrats almost able to block Trump high court pick’s confirmation vote – Reuters
4/03 Blaming Russia for everything – Strategic Culture
4/03 Debate over no-go Sharia zones in Sweden, France: fake news? – Mish
4/03 The American empire and economic collapse – Antonius Aquinas
4/03 Russia/Flynn/Freedom Caucus questions and at the White House – CNN
Offshore Investing
3/24 Where’s citizenship for sale? Huddled masses need not apply – 24hGold
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
Clean Tech
4/04 Musktopia here we come! – James Howard Kunstler
4/04 Tesla surpasses Ford as stock rises to record – MarketWatch
4/03 Tesla delivers quarterly record of 25,000 vehicles in first quarter – Reuters
4/03 Company in Japan just broke world record for solar panel efficiency – Futurism
4/03 Bio-inspired energy storage: A new light for solar power – Science Daily
Art of the Collapse
4/04 Cyber Crying: a song describing our cyber plight – CSO Online
4/03 Fed reportedly “tired of waiting for inflation” – Charles Hugh Smith
3/29 Samantha Bee’s full-frontal assault on the Trump regime – Wired
3/29 Anger-fueled, social- media-driven world of humor in the Trump age – Wired
3/24 Artist’s impression of judge Gorsuch’s nomination hearings – Zero Hedge
War, Civil Unrest, Privacy, Creeping Fascism, Police State
4/04 Erdogan says Turks in Europe should defy ‘grandchildren of Nazism’ – Reuters
4/03 10 dead, 50 injured after briefcase bomb in St. Petersburg – Zero Hedge
4/03 Spain tells UK to keep its cool after Falklands comparison – Bloomberg
4/03 Single N. Korea nuke could black out US electric grid – Zero Hedge
4/03 Connecticut considers arming drones with tear gas – Raw Story
4/03 The war in Yemen explained in 200 seconds – Zero Hedge
4/03 Abandoned at sea – Intercept
Self-sufficiency, Food Security, Survival
4/03 DIY solar powered water heater – Survival Sullivan
4/03 Bulletproof plan to activate untapped brain energy – Mercola
4/02 Having a ‘retreat’ property comes with real challenges – Peak Prosperity
3/31 Bicarb magical mineral supplement – Dr. Sircus
3/29 Top 5 best military surplus rifles for those on a budget – Survival Sullivan
3/29 How to do the Heimlich maneuver – Web MD
CyberWar, CyberTerrorism, CyberCrime
4/04 Russian hackers used the same backdoor for 2 decades – Wired
4/04 Hackers empty ATMs with a single drilled hole – Wired
4/03 UK puts nuclear power plants, airports on terror alert – Zero Hedge
4/01 To understand future of cyber power, look to past of air power – Huffington Post
3/31 The US has an ‘active cyber war underway’ – NPR
3/31 Cyberwar on elections is just starting: Steven Strauss – USA Today
3/29 America’s plan for stopping cyberattacks is dangerously weak – Vox
Off-Topic But Brilliant/Challenging/Infuriating
4/04 How TV robs us of the spirit of carpe diem – Herald Scotland
4/04 Detroit stomping Silicon Valley in self-driving car race – Wired
4/04 Climate change is real – Dr. Sircus
4/03 Salmon farming in crisis: ‘a chemical arms race in the seas’ – Guardian
4/02 The dawn of truly commercial spaceflight – Ars Technica
4/02 Weed yoga, naked yoga, yoga with goats: Have we reached peak namaste? – WaPo
4/02 ‘This is not a hoax!’ April the giraffe is about to give birth, despite video outage – WaPo
4/02 Man collects $763,000 he thought was a scam – NY Times
4/02 For better health, close your eyes and do nothing – Good Health
4/02 These robots want to steal your heart, not your job – MarketWatch
3/31 Global reshuffle of wildlife will have huge impacts on humanity – Guardian
