The European Union Decides to Sanction Itself

This morning, the news broke bright and early that the European Union had decided to launch a secondary wave of sanctions on Russia for the […]

And so it Begins: Peru Imposes Curfew in Lima after Fuel Price Riots Leave 4 Dead

The central banksters of the world apparently didn’t learn their lesson from the 1970’s and the news from Peru is indicative of what is going […]

The German Grocers Followed Through with Massive Price Increases

In the wee hours of this morning Zero Hedge posted up the following story: German Retailers To Increase Food Prices By 20-50% On Monday Some […]

Saudi Aramco Raises Oil Prices to Record Levels

Good thing those guys are our “ally” and they listen to Senile Joe, right gang? From Reuters: Saudi Arabia raises May Arab Light crude prices […]

Russia – Ukraine War: An Avoidable Conflict?

For the regular readers of these pages, this is not the daily update of the war in Ukraine. Instead, this is a query into the […]

04.02.22 Russia Cuts off Gas Shipments to Germany

This story is presented with one caveat as the only news source is the UK Express at this time: ‘Hostile environment!’ Germany left scrambling as […]

Two Charts Says the US Economy is Doomed

And I don’t mean just 2008 doomer radio doomed like I used to broadcast via shortwave radio. I think this time we are doomed like […]

03.30.22 09:00 UTC Russia-Ukraine War Update: China Throws a Wrench into Peace Proposal

The world’s markets rallied once again on fake news that the “peace” overtures by the Russians and Ukrainians meant that this war is almost over. […]

The Undeclared War on Gold and Oil

One might just ask a very logical question: Who and how does one declare war on inanimate objects? If it means the end of Western […]

Ignore This Economic Marker at Your Own Risk

This is what is known as a major macroeconomic data point which will have major repercussions by end of 2022: With the 3’s, 5’s, 7’s, […]

Last Week in Equities: Just like the Oscars, a Bad Remake

Last night the Academy Awards were held in the land of fruits and nuts and when all is said and done nobody will care because […]

03.28.22 Russia-Ukraine War Phase 2: Total War

While phase one of the Russian invasion of Ukraine might well have best been described as “shock and awful,” the next phase is going to […]

03.21.22 09:00 UTC BREAKING NEWS: Boeing 737 Crashes in China

No details on fatalities, but initial reports indicate that the aircraft took a steep dive before air traffic controllers lost contact with the aircraft. From […]

03.21.22 00:45 UTC: Evergrande Suspends Share Trading in Hong Kong

Gee, this will end well. No problemo. It will track DOGE and rally to 17 cents in no time at all. Or not. All is […]

Market Deterioration is Accelerating

If you thought Thursday and Friday of last week were bad days for the market, well, today was much, much worse. Breadth fell apart, volume […]