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Peter St Onge: Millions of Small Businesses Are Struggling!

Wall Street Silver...

Summary

 

Small businesses in America are facing significant challenges, including declining sales, profits, inflation, a shortage of qualified workers, and consumer financial stress.

 

  • Small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy, yet half of Americans either own or work at a small business and are already feeling the effects of the recession.
  • Small business costs continue to climb, especially labor and energy costs, hitting hardest right now is inflation and labor input and material prices are rising.
  • The small business index is a lot gloomier than the conference board’s consumer index, suggesting that consumers are either sending their money to Big stores or that inflation and labor problems are eating up profits.
  • Recession is becoming a growing concern for small business owners, alongside inflation.
  • Small businesses are struggling to find qualified applicants, with 90% reporting finding few or no qualified candidates.
  • 70% of Americans now report stress over personal finances and 61% live paycheck to paycheck.

Long-Term Inflation Expectations Hit 15-Year High

The Daily Gold...

Summary

 

Despite the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes, long-term inflation expectations are still a major problem and could potentially lead to stagflation in the near future.

 
  • Long-term inflation expectations are a problem for the Fed, despite rate hikes failing to impact inflation.
  • Long-term inflation expectations hit a 15-year high.
  • The highest level since the oil spike in 2008.
  • This is the second biggest greatest hiking cycle ever for the FED other than the early 80s and they’ve done that and inflation expectations have not come down.
  • The FED saw the risk of deflation with housing being a massive problem.
  • The second greatest tightening cycle ever hasn’t done anything to long-term inflation expectations, posing a major issue.
  • The possibility of a rebound in commodity prices, including oil, natural gas, and copper, could further accelerate inflation expectations.
  • Long-term inflation expectations are still a major problem, potentially leading to stagflation around the middle of next year.

Dr. Charles Nenner: Long-Term Gold Has Yet to Bottom

Gold Seek Radio...

Summary

 

Investing in financial assets without knowledge could lead to losses, and it is important to understand market cycles and not rely on news for financial decisions.

 

  • Dr. Nenner warns against buying bonds with low interest rates, as history teaches us that rates will go up and inflation will follow, causing a loss of capital.
  • Dr. Nenner predicts high inflation of 6-8% and warns that investing in financial assets without knowledge could lead to losses.
  • Financial markets should not be based on knowledge of the news, as the news always comes later.
  • When a cycle turns down, something negative in the world is likely to happen, bringing financial markets down.
  • Silver prices also go up but this is still short term, if you want to see a real longer term up move, you have to wait till early next year.
  • “I just do my work and the work says if something goes up or down when it goes up when it goes down and how much it goes up and how much it goes down and I’m not really looking to make a connection with the news.”
  • Bitcoin is the easiest market to analyze because it’s all based on emotions, with no fundamental use affecting short-term cycles.
 

Factory-Model Schools and Progressive Education

Mises Media...

Summary

 

Progressive educators sought to reform the factory-model school system by emphasizing the importance of teaching children social consciousness and activism, in contrast to the efficiency and impersonality of industrial manufacturing.

 
  • John Dewey emphasized the importance of teaching children to share in social consciousness as the primary purpose of education, embodying the ideals of both individualism and socialism.
  • Progressive educators aimed to perfect factory model education for social activism, contradicting the efficiency and impersonality of Henry Ford’s assembly line manufacturing facilities.
  • The factory-model school system treats children like industrial workers, toiling until a bell signals their opportunity to eat and briefly socialize.
  • Progressives view children as commodities to be shaped into products to meet the demands of life, likening schools to factories.

Adam Taggart: Lyn Alden, Danielle DiMartino Booth, James Rickards & Russ Gray give killer discussion on Money

Thoughtful Money...

Summary

 

The US dollar’s future performance and purchasing power is uncertain, and the world is shifting towards a more multi-polar financial system with the emergence of new digital currencies and decentralized banking solutions.

 

Monetary Policy and Currency Performance

 
  • The US dollar has surprisingly stood up well despite rapid growth in US debts and national deficits, sparking debate on its future performance and purchasing power.
  • The cycle of central planners stepping in to rescue the system will lead to larger rescue efforts each time, making the underlying issues worse.
  • The pandemic required a double-barreled approach of equal fiscal and monetary stimulus, with the Fed having to monetize every penny legislated, shaping the direction of the country.
  • Investing for income cash flow can provide stability in chaotic market conditions.
  • Converting income into real assets allows for storing real wealth.
  • The book “Sold Out” by Danielle DiMartino Booth covers the breakdown in the supply chain, inflation, deflation, and capital markets.
  • We may be living through a Renaissance in money, introducing new solutions that could potentially be much better than anything we can imagine right now.
     

Global Financial System Trends and Shifts

 
  • The world is shifting towards a more multi-polar financial system, with countries focusing on reserve diversification and creating their own payment channels.
  • Open source monies are emerging as a bottom-up variety in the new digital age, challenging the dominance of centralized digital currencies.
  • The concept of Federated Community Banks using Bitcoin and stable coins could revolutionize banking in highly inflationary environments, bypassing local banking systems and allowing for jurisdictional arbitrage.

 

It's For The Greater Good, So Shut The F*ck Up!

AwakenwithJP...

Summary

 

The government is implementing measures to restrict free speech and monitor individuals, all under the guise of protecting the common good and national security, while actually working to manipulate and control society for their own agenda.

 

  • The Biden Administration has been tracking and spying on people who flew into DC on January 6th 2021, even if they didn’t go to the capital or the rally.
  • “If your views on other people’s identities go to make their lives unsafe insecure and cause them such deep discomfort that they cannot live in peace. Then I believe that it is our job as legislators to restrict those freedoms for the common good for the common good.”
  • Ireland’s new free speech laws are eroding anti-hate speech laws, leading to investigations of hate speech on social media.
  • Communist regimes have a history of creating food shortages for the purpose of thinning the population while putting people in a state of desperation which makes them more compliant.

Andy Schoonover: Defecting from Corrupt Healthcare

TFTC...

Summary

 

Andy Schoonover’s healthcare model, which utilizes Bitcoin as a medium of exchange, aims to revolutionize the healthcare industry by providing better care at lower costs and taking down the corrupt healthcare system.

 

Healthcare Cost Reduction and Payment Innovation

 
  • Andy Schoonover’s healthcare model pays about 40% of what health plans pay, significantly reducing costs for patients.
  • The vision of using Bitcoin as a medium of exchange in the healthcare industry is ambitious and could potentially revolutionize the largest industry on the planet.
  • The idea of paying for healthcare with Bitcoin is seen as a way to support doctors who prioritize thoughtful care over the influence of the medical industrial complex.
  • The Direct Primary Care model provides better care at a lower price, without the need for unnecessary upcharges or involvement of insurance companies.
  • “The catch is we’re getting 50% better rates than health plans, I mean that’s crazy for bills greater than $1,000.”
  • The cost of healthcare in the US is mindboggling, with high premiums and deductibles that don’t even cover basic health expenses.
  • The incentive structure in typical health insurance just purely doesn’t exist, it’s just spend more we’ll pay for whatever we’ll print money to pay for it totally be as unhealthy as you want.
 

Grassroots Advocacy for Healthcare Reform

 
  • Andy Schoonover is on a mission to take down healthcare and expand the use of Bitcoin in the economy.
  • The Crowd Health team advocates on behalf of patients, aiming to take down the corrupt healthcare system with a grassroots movement.
  • The healthcare crisis is being fueled by a crazy insurance-driven system that increases prices and diminishes the incentives for providing good care.
  • The healthcare system puts patients in a position where they have to choose between their own health and the financial burden on their community.

 

Doug Casey: Kissinger Dead, Milei a WEFer?, Marriage, and Panama seizes copper mine

Doug Casey's Take...

Summary

 

The current global financial and political system is unsustainable, and there is a need for the creation of more independent principalities to promote peace and prosperity.

 

  • Kissinger’s influence: “The Worm tongue behind the throne that pulls strings and influences the papier-mâché cutout that really gives the orders.”
  • Kissinger winning a Nobel Peace Prize while being indicted as a war criminal is really questionable.
  • Most of the governments of the world are bankrupt, with obligations exceeding their assets and outgo exceeding their income, leading to a trend of international activity like the seizure of copper mines.
  • Doug Casey advocates for the creation of more independent principalities around the world to promote peace and prosperity.
  • The current value of loans could be cut in half if interest rates rise, leading to massive defaults in the commercial real estate sector.
  • The government doesn’t want banks to fail, so it will bail them out, tying into the digital currencies and the Federal Reserve becoming everybody’s bank.
  • Consider putting your assets in an offshore trust to protect them in case of a lawsuit.
  • The state is an arbitrary institution that can and should be abolished.

The Treasury is Running Out of Creditors

Human Action Podcast...

Summary

 

The US Treasury is facing a serious crisis as they are running out of buyers for their debt, leading to higher interest rates and potential difficulties in maintaining government spending.

 

 

Impact of decreasing demand for government debt

 
  • The Treasury is running out of creditors, highlighting the severity of the situation.
  • The Treasury is running out of buyers for their debt, causing the price of government bonds to decrease and yields to increase, leading to a serious issue for the government.
  • The numbers show that the crisis is hitting now, not 10 years from now.
  • The treasury auctions in October had higher yields than expected, indicating that people are not willing to pay a high price for government debt.
  • The treasury’s auction failure is causing higher yields on bonds, indicating a lack of demand for the promised cash flows over time.
  • The amount of treasuries held on the fed’s balance sheet has been dropping steadily.
  • The risk of stagflation in the US is a real concern, despite claims that inflation has been solved.
 

Potential consequences for the US Treasury

 
  • The US government’s net interest payments are projected to make up a huge portion of the government’s budgets, impacting its ability to spend on a year-to-year basis.
  • The distinction between current spending and revenue realities versus the accumulated deficits of the past is crucial in understanding the state of the treasury.
  • With $7.6 trillion worth of US federal government maturing next year, the government may struggle to maintain its level of spending.
  • The US Treasury will have to navigate a situation with a lot of new debt to sell and potentially lower demand.
  • The Treasury is facing a real crisis as they are running out of buyers and interest rates are increasing, connected to the FED reducing its purchasing.
  • The possibility of treasuries being downgraded to junk bonds could have a significant impact on the financial system.
 

Challenges for the Federal Reserve

 
  • The Federal Reserve has painted themselves into a corner, facing the dilemma of addressing unemployment without increasing price inflation.

Andy Schectman: Smart Money Moving Into Gold & Silver

Liberty and Finance...

Summary

 

Countries like China, India, and Russia are accumulating large amounts of gold and silver, leading to a potential shortage and rising demand for these precious metals.

 

  • China and Saudi Arabia are key players in the unfolding events, with significant deals being struck between their central banks.
  • More countries are moving towards conducting trade in local currencies instead of defaulting to the US dollar, leading to a decay in the value of the dollar in trade settlement status.
  • Venezuela’s desire to become a full-fledged member of the BRICS alliance could have significant implications for the global economy.
  • The silver Institute predicts a massive shortage of minable silver, with demand reaching the highest level in history at 879 million ounces.
  • Silver and gold supply are being drained by the biggest money in the world, with millions of ounces disappearing into countries like India and China.
  • Countries like China, India, and Russia are accumulating copious amounts of gold and silver.
  • Open interest in silver is now 250% of all the vaulted silver and almost 1,000% of registered silver, indicating a potential shortage and rising demand.
  • “If you hold gold or silver, you control your own finances, but when you hold dollars, you’re at the mercy of someone giving you access to your money.”
 

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